Psi Melee / Energy Aura build recs

[Kaibert]

I'm really bad at building my characters, does anyone have a build they would recommend for this? Thanks in advance!

[Due Regard]

1 Acc, 3 Dam, 1 EndRed in all attacks.
1 EndRed, 3 Def/Res in all toggles that take Def/Res
3 Rech in Energy Drain/Build Up/Energize
3 Heal in Energize.

Salt with pool powers to taste.

[tidge]

Psi-Melee is more-or-less slotting of sets, with the possible exception of Mass Levitate, which I usually franken-slot with %damage and some boosted Accuracy/Damage/Endurance, If you aren't reaching into a power pool for another AoE attack to use %damage in, I suppose Psi Blade Sweep could do this, but it has a small area of effect and an 8-second base recharge time so it is "bad for %procs". The animation times for Psi-Melee aren't (AFAIK) really conducive to the Critical Strike's proc... I'd include it but it would probably just be used as a rather complete set.

 

I'm not a huge fan of Energy Aura on Scrappers(*1). It is a good set, but my experience is that solo against +Nx8 at end game it can fold fast. This could be the driver taking it through a lot of different content, but it is my experience. It is a layered set, and you will need to take each power. I suppose Energy Drain could be skipped, but it helps mitigate the use of other powers.

 

The secondary will be a mix of Franken-slotting with sets. Note: AFAIK, None of the powers take both Resistance and Defense pieces.For me, this means slipping in useful globals where possible. I like the LotG global for +Recharge, so I've slotted 3xLotG for the +MaxHP bonus.

 

I would recommend trying to work in some sort of self-heal (or self-Rez)... you will end up using Overload, and there will be times when you get overwhelmed if you turn things up.

 

 

(*1) I find it works great on Sentinels, because Sentinels can start a combat from range. It would probably work just fine on Brutes, because of the larger base HP.

[Frosticus]

If you aren't married to a scrapper then I much prefer psi melee on stalkers. 

 

Other than janky animations it is a perfectly serviceable set for Stalkers, but less than stellar on other ATs. 

[Due Regard]

12 hours ago, tidge said:

The secondary will be a mix of Franken-slotting with sets. Note: AFAIK, None of the powers take both Resistance and Defense pieces.For me, this means slipping in useful globals where possible. I like the LotG global for +Recharge, so I've slotted 3xLotG for the +MaxHP bonus.

Low effort posts get low effort responses. I meant either/or as needed.

[tidge]

11 hours ago, Due Regard said:

Low effort posts get low effort responses. I meant either/or as needed.

 

There are powers that do take both Defense and Resistance pieces, and since Energy Aura powers offer Defense Debuff Resistance, I thought there was a good chance that the "low effort" suggestion was wrong.

 

I agree with @Frosticus that Psi Meelee is more appealing (to me) on a Stalker; I think it leverages the Stalker ATO better than the Scrapper ATOs too. Energy Aura on Stalkers may be slightly less (build) efficient as I believe (because of Hide) it ends up swapping a Resistance auto power for a (IMO, meh) low magnitude, short duration Stun toggle. There are a few other slight differences, but nothing that couldn't be accounted for.