Fold Space, or Combat Teleport with a Gaussian's BU proc?

[Story Archer]

So I'm running a RAD/SS Tanker with lots of proc'ed out AoE, most of it PBAoE. I've chosen the Teleport travel pool because I like its speed, the ability to 'port allies to me and, initially, because Fold Space would seem to be a no-brainer to compliment my area attacks.

 

I've never used Combat Teleport before, so I don't know how cumbersome it is to actually use, particularly once your group gets on a roll, but it looks like it could take a Guissian's Build-Up proc and that's got me wondering if that would be a viable tactic to take. My instinct is that the power probably isn't smooth to use without some sort of macro/keybind invested and that Fold Space is the way to go, but I was wondering if anyone had any experience using both, and if the BU proc would work the way I think it would. I'd hate to waste a respec just for that unless it's genuinely effective.

 

Edited February 21 by Story Archer

[lemming]

I tend to have a lot of teleporters, but don't tend to use combat teleport as much though it's not a bad power with a low investment.

 

"powexec_location target Teleport" and going the same with Combat Teleport really made a huge difference in how I run them.   And Fold Space is pretty darn useful as long as you're not pulling everyone out of someone else's AOE.

 

The targetted TP is great for going a lot of different places since it works for enemies, teammates, NPCs, (anything you can name really)

This will work thru many walls, etc... though some maps have blocked spots.

[Maelwys]

I've precisely one character which has a Gaussian in Combat TP. It goes off extremely rarely, feels very much like the baseline 6.5% chance. Not worth it IMO unless you can't slot it anywhere else and you already have both +perception and a Winter's Gift unique.

 

The combat teleport power itself however is definitely very useful for a melee toon. No thought required anymore to reposition yourself or navigate through tricky geometry or up/down stairwells - just tap your "teleport to the currently selected target" bind. Squishier toons may want to make additional binds to teleport up/down/left/right/backwards/whatever as it's a very fast animation + a good means of playing keepaway.

 

Edited February 24 by Maelwys

[tidge]

On a low-level character, while monitoring ToHit bonus (this was a Katana Scrapper) I wasn't seeing any +ToHit from Combat Teleport (when I made an attack)

 

 

This behavior is still there at level 50.