Spines/Ice Build help

[dtaxtman86]

Hey all. I am trying to figure out how to best run this character, and which Alpha to take. This would be fairly end hungry, and trying to maximize resists, and maybe even capping fire defense, while not sacrificing too much end or recharge time. Wanted your thoughts and attempts at fine tuning. Thanks.

 

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Brute (Spines - Ice Armor)(1).mbd

[dtaxtman86]

The other option I thought is go Tanker and get Cardiac along with whirlwind with KD, but wanted to see a damage version of this. Would Scrapper be better?

Edited Sunday at 12:11 PM by dtaxtman86

[SeraphimKensai]

I play spines/ice as a tanker. As a tanker you get 51.9% DDR of I recall, so keep that in mind when building for defense. Ice blends typed defense, with max HP, -damage on enemies (which acts like resistance for your whole team), and slows.

 

Spines synergizes with the slows and gives you an assortment of melee/ranged/AOE abilities. I personally use soul mastery for darkest night to stack more -damage on top of chilling embrace, and it's extra tohit debuff to help protect the team. I eschewed whirlwind to go teleport as I like fold space on the build to maximize EA.

 

That said Ice Spines can be pretty end heavy, but luckily EA refills you. Given everything it gives, I find it better to use musculature radial on it for an alpha. I also use an aegis radial for most content, but swap to incandescence for some things that can benefit from pulling the team to the objective quickly. I also use melee core and demonic when necessary.

 

I recommend trying spines and ice as a brute, tanker, scrapper, and stalker to see how you like each as they all vary slightly.

[Thraxen]

I had an ice/spines tank.  It was super aggro.  Like kept it all all the time.  I'm gonna try again on brute now though.  Intuition Radial seems good.

 

[dtaxtman86]

Brute (Spines - Ice Armor).mbd

Here is the latest iteration I have created for the Brute. Let me know what you think. With Absorption it maintains S/L/E/Neg/Fire Def caps. Hasten is near perma. Only downside is the energy res is lower and not as many + dmg sets. If you take Agility or Cardiac can probably wiggle more out of it vs the musc I took. Another option is Rune of Protection for added survivability or whirlwind with KD for more toggle fun.

 

Edited 19 hours ago by dtaxtman86

[Thraxen]

I doubt hasten will be perma with just ageless.  It is 20 seconds away if you take ageless off.  It probably gets it within 10 seconds away if I were to guess.  I like hibernate.  Can always use it as an end refill as well as health.

 

 

[Thraxen]

Well, looks like the -recharge isn't buffable so I'll prob just go musc big damage buff one.

[dtaxtman86]

11 hours ago, Thraxen said:

Well, looks like the -recharge isn't buffable so I'll prob just go musc big damage buff one.

Here is a concept for a Tanker I made. With Psi Tornado, Whirlwind, and KD proc on Icicles, the cc would be pretty fun. Can alter how you like 😃 but was something that looked like fun.Toggle Tanker (Ice Armor - Spines).mbd