Best scrapper on just so enhancements

[flakoff]

As title says, real life means I lack the time or the will to try and grind to afford invention sets.

So is there one that stands out. Leaning towards willpower or Regen for less downtime regarding end use.

[nihilii]

Strictly answering the question:

 

Kinetic melee is pretty fluid on SOs, decent attacks of all kinds you can chain coupled with a solid damage/tohit buff that's going to have more uptime than anything else (save for Soul Drain in DM).

 

Defense is king on SOs (well... king-er?), making Energy Aura a pretty strong contender for a secondary. Defense, resistance, a heal that helps with end management and an actual end management power, and a T9 with no health crash that also boosts your HP. It's really the full package before IOs.

 

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Questioning the premise:

 

There is no need to grind to afford IOs. Going from lvl 1 to lvl 50, even on double XP (0 inf), you'll get rare salvage drops and recipes you can drop on the market for 1 inf and see what you get. Then there's merits you might acquire as a result of playing story arcs and TFs.

 

Plenty of useful uniques can be bought for 2-5M a piece. Steadfast protection, Miracle +recovery, Kismet Accuracy (+tohit), Unbreakable Guard +7.5% hp, Reactive Defenses scaling resist, to name a few.

 

Then there's sets of multi-strike and crushing impact that can be bought for 1M a piece and slotted in attacks for great power enhancing - and set bonuses on the side.

 

Those prices are the lazy route, even. If real life means play sessions are rare, it's possible to put lowball bids on just about anything. I've bought more than 10 ATOs for 2 millions a piece. I've seen my auctions for Doctored Wounds fill up at 111k inf. With patience, there's a lot you can get for a fraction of the inf most players spend.

 

[jack_nomind]

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[flakoff]

I thought something like willpower as a nice easy secondary maybe oaired with what? I still sticking with just so.

[Nightmarer]

I thought something like willpower as a nice easy secondary maybe oaired with what? I still sticking with just so.

 

DM/WP is a very solid build with just SO enhancements.

[Murcielago]

DM/SR

DM/WP

Shield is OK with SOs, its very reliant on one with the shield though.

[Bloodofcaine]

I thought something like willpower as a nice easy secondary maybe oaired with what? I still sticking with just so.

 

  SO enhancements are  kind of a waste of money. You will come out better with IO enhancements. You will save more money in the long run because you won't have to swap them out every few levels. if your play time is truly limited you will also save time by not having to stand in a store and replace your SOs

[Gaidin]

DM/SR

DM/WP

 

First, you should really consider getting basic IOs instead of SOs, as if you invest in level 30 IOs your're slightly better off enhancement percentage-wise and save a ton of influence by thr time 50 rolls around from not needing to constantly upgrade the SOs.

 

Secondly, I also reccomend DM/SR if you're not doing set bonuses, as you can soft cap positional defenses and get the DDR to +95% to resist debuffs without set bonuses, unlike /Shields.

 

Quickness, along with Hasten + attack slotting helps you achieve a good attack chain, since you're not getting recharge from set bonuses.  I haven't loaded Pines up with this to see what you'd be able to squeeze out without sets, but if you can get 235% recharge (with Hasten) in Midnight's Grasp, you can run the optimal ST attack chain of MG>Smite>SL>Smite.

 

Finally, DM gives you a self-heal in your attack chain, end management, and a to hit and damage buff, all of which /SR lacks.

 

Finally, and this is big, if you're doing basic IOs (or SOs), you won't be using -res procs, so DM's damage type really means a alot for effectiveness.

[Errants]

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Have you swapped to using Level 25/30 generics, for better parity to SO level slotting? Because if you're still running 50's in those builds, it's not as helpful.

 

Also, here's an SO/Common IO DM/SR build, power choices and slots for leveling... Not too bad.

 

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SO'd DM/SR: Level 50 Natural Scrapper

Primary Power Set: Dark Melee

Secondary Power Set: Super Reflexes

Power Pool: Fighting

Power Pool: Speed

Power Pool: Leaping

Power Pool: Leadership

Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

 

Hero Profile:

Level 1: Shadow Punch -- Acc-I:30(A), Dmg-I:30(3), Dmg-I:30(7), Dmg-I:30(21), EndRdx-I:30(34)

Level 1: Focused Fighting -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(5), DefBuff-I:30(13), EndRdx-I:30(37)

Level 2: Smite -- Acc-I:30(A), Dmg-I:30(3), Dmg-I:30(7), Dmg-I:30(21), EndRdx-I:30(34)

Level 4: Focused Senses -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(5), DefBuff-I:30(13), EndRdx-I:30(37)

Level 6: Agile -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(17), DefBuff-I:30(40)

Level 8: Siphon Life -- Acc-I:30(A), Heal-I:30(9), Heal-I:30(9), Heal-I:30(31), Acc-I:30(43), EndRdx-I:30(48)

Level 10: Practiced Brawler -- RechRdx-I:30(A), RechRdx-I:30(11)

Level 12: Kick -- Acc-I:30(A)

Level 14: Tough -- ResDam-I:30(A), ResDam-I:30(15), ResDam-I:30(15), EndRdx-I:30(39)

Level 16: Dodge -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(17), DefBuff-I:30(40)

Level 18: Dark Consumption -- Acc-I:30(A), RechRdx-I:30(19), RechRdx-I:30(19), RechRdx-I:30(29), Acc-I:30(43), EndMod-I:30(48)

Level 20: Quickness -- Run-I:30(A)

Level 22: Weave -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(23), DefBuff-I:30(23), EndRdx-I:30(37)

Level 24: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:30(A), RechRdx-I:30(25), RechRdx-I:30(25)

Level 26: Soul Drain -- Acc-I:30(A), RechRdx-I:30(27), RechRdx-I:30(27), RechRdx-I:30(29), Acc-I:30(42), EndRdx-I:30(43)

Level 28: Lucky -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(31), DefBuff-I:30(40)

Level 30: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(50), DefBuff-I:30(50)

Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Acc-I:30(A), Dmg-I:30(33), Dmg-I:30(33), Dmg-I:30(33), EndRdx-I:30(34)

Level 35: Evasion -- EndRdx-I:30(A), DefBuff-I:30(36), DefBuff-I:30(36), DefBuff-I:30(36)

Level 38: Elude -- RechRdx-I:30(A), RechRdx-I:30(39), RechRdx-I:30(39)

Level 41: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I:30(A), RechRdx-I:30(42), RechRdx-I:30(42)

Level 44: Physical Perfection -- EndMod-I:30(A), EndMod-I:30(45), EndMod-I:30(45), Heal-I:30(45), Heal-I:30(46), Heal-I:30(46)

Level 47: Touch of Fear -- Acc-I:30(A), EndRdx-I:30(48)

Level 49: Assault -- EndRdx-I:30(A)

Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I:30(A)

Level 1: Critical Hit

Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Sprint -- EndRdx-I:30(A)

Level 2: Rest -- IntRdx-I:30(A)

Level 4: Ninja Run

Level 2: Swift -- Run-I:30(A)

Level 2: Health -- Heal-I:30(A), Heal-I:30(46), Heal-I:30(50)

Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I:30(A)

Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I:30(A), EndMod-I:30(11), EndMod-I:30(31)

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[Gobbledygook]

You guys are making me want to play a /Sr character...

[Bloodofcaine]

You guys are making me want to play a /Sr character...

 

rolled up a street justice/sr myself, it really is nice to use a defense set where getting debuffed is nearly no concern at all.

[marcussmythe]

Before set bonuses come in, invuln shows pretty well.

[DSorrow]

I'd have to go with Dark/SR or Fire/SR. SR is great with minimal investment and Dark synergizes with it extremely well: you get -ToHit to stack with your def and a self heal and +end power that SR lacks. If the lack of AoE bothers you, Fire Melee is a good alternative. If you're not dead set on the 100% SOs rule, a minimal excursion into the world of IOs can make both Dark/SR and Fire/SR capable of soloing AVs.

[Gobbledygook]

I'd have to go with Dark/SR or Fire/SR. SR is great with minimal investment and Dark synergizes with it extremely well: you get -ToHit to stack with your def and a self heal and +end power that SR lacks. If the lack of AoE bothers you, Fire Melee is a good alternative. If you're not dead set on the 100% SOs rule, a minimal excursion into the world of IOs can make both Dark/SR and Fire/SR capable of soloing AVs.

Yeah, my Main is a FM/Inv brute that MarcusSmythe helped hammer out the final build, so not sure if I'd want to go FM again. It's been a loooooong time since I've touched Dm. Just need some AoE in there somehow.

 

Btw, like your sig

[Murcielago]

Also anything BS or Katana, the +melee def from parry is useful. Katana/WP would be a smooth ride.

[Broken_Prey]

Also anything BS or Katana, the +melee def from parry is useful. Katana/WP would be a smooth ride.

 

This. The +Def from parry goes so well with wp.