Shield Defense/Rad Melee Tanker

[BuiltDifferent5]

Radiation Melee seems intriguing to me, although I hate the animation of Proton Sweep and Devastating Blow 😂 I DO love Atom Smashers animation and will absolutely add a chance to KD proc in it just for the epicness.

 

Thinking of pairing with Shield, since it brings a nice heal to Shield and AAO can help ramp Rad’s damage. Wondering if I could just run an attack chain of Smash - Siphon - Atom Smasher and mix in epic attacks/cross punch with a proc’d out IG doing (although I heard there were changes to it a while back)?

 

The fact that it can slot so many procs (including -res) seems promising.

 

Anyone have experience with it on a Tanker? How do you like it? How does it compare to the Shield/DM (which seems like the closest comparison I guess).

[Erratic1]

Allow me to caution you on this power combination. You will need at some point to do something about Endurance sustain/recovery because Rad Melee is hungry as goes endurance and Shield does nothing to help you in that department. 

 

This is far from saying, "Don't do it" just you may want to carefully consider your slotting, set choices (with an eye toward endurance cost reduction and recovery) and possibly Epic powerset choice.

 

On the upside, it will not nearly be so...challenging...as say Dark Armor/Rad Melee--the path for those who hate the concept of endurance.

[BuiltDifferent5]

Thanks for this call out @Erratic1! Would you say Rad Melee is one of the more end intensive sets, along with Battle Axe and Stone Melee?

Edited February 25 by BuiltDifferent5

[Erratic1]

9 hours ago, BuiltDifferent5 said:

Thanks for this call out @Erratic1! Would you say Rad Melee is one of the more end intensive sets, along with Battle Axe and Stone Melee?

 

I have not found Stone Melee to be that bad, but Rad Melee is definitely up there (got 2 50s with it, and both struggled until I found solutions).