Snagged a name I needed to match a bio, now thinking of AT/powers to match…DP/Marine Corruptor?

[Crysis]

So during the dark years between Live and HC, I kept using MIDS when I’d get bored to theorycraft some builds and whip up some character bios/backstories along with drawing some character sketches to match.  I have literally over a hundred of these in my sketchbooks.

 

At any rate, Marine Affinity is the perfect powerset choice for this character, but I have two/three choices to make:

 

1) DP/Marine Corruptor

2) Illusion/Marine Controller

3) Fire/Marine Corruptor cuz everyone has one it seems

 

In general, I’m kind of leaning towards Corruptors as I just like direct damage.  I’ve just about wrapped up the six different MM’s I made for /Marine Affinity and I have slotting for that powerset down to a science.  I also love the flash/look of DP, have a DP/Kin and a DP/Time corruptor and have that down to science, so a build is easy for me to make.  

 

But I’ve not seen a single post on here about DP/Marine for Corruptors and frankly it surprises me.  Checked Discord also and not much mention over there either.  Whitecap + Tide Pool + HoB just seems like a no-brainer combination to me, especially if I can softcap Melee Defenses (which I can with one of my builds, quite easy with the temp +DEF boost from HoB ).  To do this, however, requires me to go easy on the Procc’ing of Dual Pistols, which I know from experience reduces DPS.  

 

I’ve seen much talk about Fire/Marine for Corruptors and that appears, like everything Fire, to be a solid DPS set.  But I can’t easily work Fire into this backstory like I can Illusion or Dual Pistols.

 

So….anyone tried DP/Marine on a Corruptor?  Anything obvious I’m missing when I look at the synergies between the two sets?

 

 

Edited November 3, 2024 by Crysis
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[Auroxis]

The main reason you don't see a lot of DP/Marine is because the combo is arguably better on Defenders. More -res, more -damage, tankier, and since DP uses a lot of procs the damage difference isn't vast. However you can just grab Defender builds and you won't have much to change.

 

[Crysis]

6 minutes ago, Auroxis said:

The main reason you don't see a lot of DP/Marine is because the combo is arguably better on Defenders. More -res, more -damage, tankier, and since DP uses a lot of procs the damage difference isn't vast. However you can just grab Defender builds and you won't have much to change.

 

 

I actually wondered about that.  See a bunch of these in game and thought that was likely the case, as any IO +DEF/+RES/+REGEN bonuses I lose from procc'ing out the attacks is offset greatly by the bonuses for those same values by playing a Defender.

 

"Defender" makes just as much sense for the actual backstory I have in mind anyways, so perhaps it's time to dust off my Offender spurs.

 

Thanks!