This is technically a Tanker build!

[Spaghetti Betty]

Hello again!

 

I have something very interesting to share! It's definitely a Tanker build! A Shield/MA to be exact.

 

Except, you might notice something a little strange about this one. *cryptic music intensifies*

 

 

Lol, Lmao - Tanker (Shield Defense - Martial Arts).mbd

 

Aaaaah!! I forgot to pick regular powers!

 

So, this is actually a soft necro of this thread, one of the first I made when I discovered HC! Now that I have tons of knowledge, I wanted to give the "Pool Powers Only" concept another shot, with no expenses spared! And, well...

 

This """Tanker""" has softcapped DEF, Hardcapped S/L RES*, Capped Slow RES, Mez Protection**, and 2.6k HP. It also has an additional Oh Shit button in the form of Unrelenting, which puts in a ton of work here. What it doesn't have is a ton of damage or DDR. But it can hit things for what I would amount to "almost as good as Kinetic Melee" levels of DPS.

 

*-With Rune/Melee active plus 1 SMoT proc

**-Clarion or Break Frees needed

 

Anyways, here is me soloing +4x8 Crey with this abomination! There are also some bonus Arachnoid spawns in the end, but that doesn't go nearly as well as the Crey did. I'd call it a success! And we're not going to talk about the fact my recording software cut the video early.

 

 

 

Also, I'd like to give a shout out to @Projector for the inspiration. His "Only Brawl" journey is what got my gears turning for this!

Edited Wednesday at 08:15 PM by Spaghetti Betty
I initially uploaded an older version of the build!

[Sovera]

*stares*

*has the vapours*

[Nemu]

Have you tried invoke panic? Highly recommend it.

[Maelwys]

1 minute ago, Nemu said:

Have you tried invoke panic? Highly recommend it.

I think looking at the build invokes enough panic as it is... 😛

[Spaghetti Betty]

5 hours ago, Nemu said:

Have you tried invoke panic? Highly recommend it.

Enflame is a very important part of the build's AoE DMG and would constantly interrupt the Fear!

[Spaghetti Betty]

5 hours ago, Sovera said:

*stares*

*has the vapours*

Happy Easter Sovvy! 🥚

Edited Wednesday at 06:04 PM by Spaghetti Betty

[Psyonico]

 

But seriously, I considered doing an all-pool character on live and never got anywhere with it.  If you enjoy the challenge, that's awesome.

[Spaghetti Betty]

7 minutes ago, Psyonico said:

 

But seriously, I considered doing an all-pool character on live and never got anywhere with it.  If you enjoy the challenge, that's awesome.

This is mostly just a proof of concept, but honestly it was performing so well on Brainstorm that I might actually make it for real and see how far I can get it!

[Nemu]

1 hour ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

Enflame is a very important part of the build's AoE DMG and would constantly interrupt the Fear!

Doh I was on my phone and looking at the screenshot for mids and missed that the top row of powers got cut off in your screenshot. That makes sense. I will continue to espouse invoke panic where it makes sense in a build though!

[Spaghetti Betty]

4 minutes ago, Nemu said:

Doh I was on my phone and looking at the screenshot for mids and missed that the top row of powers got cut off in your screenshot. That makes sense. I will continue to espouse invoke panic where it makes sense in a build though!

Oh, that's interesting. I was pretty sure I cropped it correctly. I will fix it in a moment!

[Thraxen]

Ya have a taunt power so good enough for me. Seems like a testament to how good MA is on a tank. Clicking the 1-5 powers with your mouse seems like extra work but if it’s how you play then cool. 
 

I made some silly builds but did it on live and should have probably saved time and did test.