End game -ish Shield Defense/War Mace build

[gameboy1234]

Hey all, I got my Shield Defense/War Mace tanker up to 50, now I'm considering how to turn a leveling build into something that's more end game oriented.  Here's one build I made, I thought I'd post it here for general commentary and nit picking.  Also in case I missed anything major or did a dumb thing, maybe someone will catch my mistake.  Ideas are welcome!

 

Let's see if I did this export thing right...

 

Valkyrie Maiden - Hero Tanker
Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.7.5 rev. 21
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• Primary powerset: Shield Defense
• Secondary powerset: War Mace
• Pool powerset (#1): Flight
• Pool powerset (#2): Fighting
• Pool powerset (#3): Speed
• Pool powerset (#4): Leadership
• Epic powerset: Energy Mastery
  

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Deflection

• A: Impervium Armor: Resistance/Endurance
• 3: Impervium Armor: Resistance/Recharge
• 7: Impervium Armor: Endurance/Recharge
• 25: Impervium Armor: Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• 29: Impervium Armor: Resistance
• 34: Impervium Armor: Psionic Resistance
  

Level 1: Pulverize

• A: Hecatomb: Damage
• 3: Hecatomb: Chance of Damage(Negative)
• 7: Hecatomb: Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
• 13: Hecatomb: Recharge/Accuracy
  

Level 2: Battle Agility

• A: Reactive Defenses: Defense
• 5: Reactive Defenses: Defense/Endurance
• 9: Reactive Defenses: Endurance/RechargeTime
• 29: Reactive Defenses: Defense/RechargeTime
• 31: Reactive Defenses: Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 34: Reactive Defenses: Scaling Resist Damage
  

Level 4: Jawbreaker

• A: Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge
• 5: Force Feedback: Damage/Knockback
• 9: Force Feedback: Accuracy/Knockback
• 13: Superior Gauntleted Fist: Accuracy/Damage
• 19: Superior Gauntleted Fist: Damage/RechargeTime
• 50: Superior Gauntleted Fist: RechargeTime/+Absorb
  

Level 6: True Grit

• A: Preventive Medicine: Heal
• 11: Preventive Medicine: Heal/Endurance
• 15: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb
• 15: Gladiator's Armor: Resistance
• 19: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• 48: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%
  

Level 8: Active Defense

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 11: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 10: Taunt

• A: Perfect Zinger: Threat/Placate/Recharge/Range
  

Level 12: Fly

• A: Soaring: Endurance/FlySpeed
  

Level 14: Boxing

• (Empty)
  

Level 16: Tough

• A: Aegis: Resistance/Endurance
• 17: Aegis: Resistance/Recharge
• 17: Aegis: Endurance/Recharge
• 42: Aegis: Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• 43: Aegis: Resistance
• 45: Aegis: Psionic/Status Resistance
  

Level 18: Against All Odds

• A: Perfect Zinger: Chance for Psi Damage
  

Level 20: Whirling Mace

• A: Obliteration: Damage
• 21: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 21: Obliteration: Damage/Recharge
• 34: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 42: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 42: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
  

Level 22: Shield Charge

• A: Obliteration: Damage
• 23: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 23: Obliteration: Damage/Recharge
• 36: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 37: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 37: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
  

Level 24: Build Up

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 25: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 26: Clobber

• A: Superior Might of the Tanker: Accuracy/Damage
• 27: Superior Might of the Tanker: Damage/Recharge
• 27: Superior Might of the Tanker: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 36: Superior Might of the Tanker: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 37: Superior Might of the Tanker: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 39: Superior Might of the Tanker: Recharge/Chance for +Res(All)
  

Level 28: Weave

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
• 31: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Recharge
• 46: Luck of the Gambler: Endurance/Recharge
• 46: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
• 50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 30: Shatter

• A: Obliteration: Damage
• 31: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 33: Obliteration: Damage/Recharge
• 40: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 40: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 45: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
  

Level 32: Crowd Control

• A: Eradication: Damage
• 33: Eradication: Accuracy/Recharge
• 33: Eradication: Damage/Recharge
• 40: Eradication: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 43: Eradication: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 46: Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge
  

Level 35: Hasten

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 36: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 38: Maneuvers

• A: Gift of the Ancients: Defense/Endurance
• 39: Gift of the Ancients: Defense/Recharge
• 39: Gift of the Ancients: Endurance/Recharge
• 45: Gift of the Ancients: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 48: Gift of the Ancients: Defense
• 48: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 41: Conserve Power

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
• 43: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 44: One with the Shield

• A: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP
  

Level 47: Focused Accuracy

• A: Adjusted Targeting: To Hit Buff/Endurance
  

Level 49: Tactics

• A: Adjusted Targeting: To Hit Buff/Endurance
  

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Inherents:

Level 1: Gauntlet

Level 1: Brawl

• A: Invention: Damage Increase
  

Level 1: Sprint

• A: Celerity: +Stealth
  

Level 2: Rest

• A: Invention: Interrupt Reduction
  

Level 1: Swift

• A: Invention: Flight Speed
  

Level 1: Hurdle

• A: Invention: Jumping
  

Level 1: Health

• A: Miracle: +Recovery
  

Level 1: Stamina

• A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End
  

Level 12: Afterburner

 

 

 

[gameboy1234]

Oh right, if you want summary information from Mids, any info graphics or such-like, let me know.  Or the data-chunk thingy if you want to go that far.

 

You know what, eff it, here's at least the summary screen. (Edit: the "Haste" value is way too large, I think two procs were selected, the real value is 118%, and that's with Hasten running.)

 

Edited Wednesday at 11:54 PM by gameboy1234

[Warshades]

It would be easier if you drop a download link to the build. You can drag and drop the save file into where you write comments at the bottom (it says "drag files here to attach, or choose files..." and that's where you want to drop your saved build).

 

There are a few power picks, or lack of power picks, that appear strange to me. You didn't take Physical Perfection which would help with endurance woes and instead went for Focused Accuracy. I'd absolutely swap those two at minimum. I'd also say you don't really need to run Tactics, it's an additional toggle that will eat up endurance. 95% accuracy with enemies at +3 should be the goal, anything higher than that won't help since all attacks have a minimum 5% chance to miss. The only exception is if you're facing acc/tohit debuffs.

 

Your overall resists (aside from s/l) and defenses are on the low side. The build I'm posting is just a change of my shield/dark to shield/mace with some powers switched around. Don't follow the levels at which powers are taken and this could further be optimized to get more positional defense. Barely getting to 45% positional isn't good enough since you can end up with cascading defense failure. This shouldn't be as big a problem if you always team and get additional cushion from Phalanx Fighting and whatever team buffs others are providing, but an extra ~10% would go a long way towards helping. You can play around with the slots to try and get more, my original build prioritized resist bonuses more and had some different powers/iso sets that didn't transfer over evenly when switching between dark and mace melee.

 

 

Tanker (Shield Defense - War Mace).mbd

[gameboy1234]

4 hours ago, Warshades said:

There are a few power picks, or lack of power picks, that appear strange to me. You didn't take Physical Perfection which would help with endurance woes and instead went for Focused Accuracy. I'd absolutely swap those two at minimum. I'd also say you don't really need to run Tactics,...

 

Your overall resists (aside from s/l) and defenses are on the low side. The build I'm posting is just a change of my shield/dark to shield/mace

 

Thanks for this, I was a bit concerned about my defenses too, and wasn't sure about some picks.  I'll redo the build and see if it looks better (I got a whole bunch of stuff on the auction house I might have to re-do, oh well).

[gameboy1234]

And it turns out that's a whole lotta purple and PVP for me to buy.  I figure if I could match your power choices I can just slot cheaper recipes for now and upgrade to something better later.  Well it gives me something to build towards at least.

 

 

[Camel]

4 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

And it turns out that's a whole lotta purple and PVP for me to buy.  I figure if I could match your power choices I can just slot cheaper recipes for now and upgrade to something better later.  Well it gives me something to build towards at least.

 

 

I would suggest investing in some farmers, with a bit of farming you could fund an entire build in 1-2 days.

[lemming]

I tend to slot cheaper stuff until I have the VR items though sometimes I will just blow some reward merits.