Savage Melee Tanker

[One IV All]

I posted asking about Savage Melee a while back and loved all the info. I’ve settled on a Tanker… I love the viciousness of Savage and dig the idea of just being an unkillable beast running rampant. 

I have my eyes on a few primaries and was curious what people would suggest pairs best with Savage Melee:

 

Shield Defense/Savage: The dual tele attacks (Shield Charge and Savage Leap) could be a lot of fun together. Shield is fairly end intensive and Savage can help with that. AAO can help ramp the dmg a bit as well.

 

Dark Armor/Savage: Another end intensive set that Savage Melee can help with. Dark seems to have a lot of tools, but can be a pain to level. Savage seems like it can help with that.

 

Electric Armor/Savage: No end issues here, but both these sets combined just seem like they’d be a maelstrom of violence.  Elec gives free recharge and slow resistance, which adds to the flying around and fighting theme.

 

Rad Armor/Savage: This has a lot of AOE potential. Rad doesn’t have a consistent dmg aura to pair with Savage’s dots, but it has the two PBAOE’s. Savage doesn’t really have any spots to for Force Feedback slots for recharge,  but I believe Savage gives free recharge on it’s own passively?

 

Which combo do you think would create the most SAVAGE Tanker?

[hakurr]

have you looked at Fire/Savage that could be good 

[Shadowstormprime]

I think Savage is super sweet as well.

 

I'm probably gonna skip going over Rad Armor. Everyone loves it and it seems to pair well with everything. IDK if there is any particular synergy there with Savage, although I'm sure it'd be an amazing combo.

Shield/Savage would probably feel SUPER mobile with both Charge and Leap. I like the idea of being able to move from group to group so quick.

Dark/Savage seems like a VERY thematic concept and to have the most direct synergy, IMO.

Elec/Savage to me just seems like it would be absolutely no fuss, no frills. You just mow things down and keep going.

With all this in mind, I'd probably go with Dark/Savage myself. Dark Armor can be a pain to level, and Savage Melee helps with that. Once IO'd out, Dark Armor is amazingly good and Savge Leap will really help you get into the thick of things.

 

[Neiska]

Personally I’d recommend Bio/savage. Boosts both offense and sustain, END friendly, Bio loves recharge which savage boosts as well, so it has both synergy and theme to boot.

[Grimm2]

Rad/savage is really, really fun. Extra recharge for Rad's clicks, Leap and Flurry radius is bonkers, and the opening AOE burst salvo hits the whole spawn hard.

[Frozen Burn]

I have a Savage/Bio Brute and love it - I can imagine a Bio/Savage Tanker would be just as awesome and fun.

[yorevyomama]

Despite people's complaints about the set, I absolutely love Savage as a fun powerset.