Stone Melee!

[BuiltDifferent5]

So I’m digging the CRUNCH of Stone Melee. Are there any tanker primaries that pair particularly well with it? 
 

Was thinking Bio, Shield and Ice seem promising.

[Warshades]

Any armor set that helps with endurance would be a good pairing as stone melee tends to be endurance heavy. Bio and ice would both help, shield not so much.

[BuiltDifferent5]

1 hour ago, Warshades said:

Any armor set that helps with endurance would be a good pairing as stone melee tends to be endurance heavy. Bio and ice would both help, shield not so much.

I’m kind of leaning towards a Bio/Stone/Earth Mastery (for theme).

[biostem]

1 hour ago, BuiltDifferent5 said:

I’m kind of leaning towards a Bio/Stone/Earth Mastery (for theme).

Don't pass over radiation armor - tons of end there, and it kind of fits with anything pertaining to "radioactive ore" or the like...

[StriderIV]

3 hours ago, BuiltDifferent5 said:

I’m kind of leaning towards a Bio/Stone/Earth Mastery (for theme).

I was messing around with Bio/Stone myself. I went with Energy Mastery for Focused Accuracy and Physical Perfection, but I rejigged things to get Earth For you. 

I had to drop fault to do it. Not sure if it was worth it. I'd leave it to better builders like @Xandyr, @Sovera, @Onlyasandwich, @Story Archer and @Spaghetti Betty to chime in on that. 
 

Now that you mention it as well, Stone/Ice seems like it'd be great on a Scrapper or Stalker. I think @Onlyasandwich had a build floating around once.

Tanker (Bio Armor - Stone Melee - Earth).mbd

[Uun]

Electric Armor is also a good option for +end.

[Camel]

14 hours ago, StriderIV said:

I was messing around with Bio/Stone myself. I went with Energy Mastery for Focused Accuracy and Physical Perfection, but I rejigged things to get Earth For you. 

I had to drop fault to do it. Not sure if it was worth it. I'd leave it to better builders like @Xandyr, @Sovera, @Onlyasandwich, @Story Archer and @Spaghetti Betty to chime in on that. 
 

Now that you mention it as well, Stone/Ice seems like it'd be great on a Scrapper or Stalker. I think @Onlyasandwich had a build floating around once.

Tanker (Bio Armor - Stone Melee - Earth).mbd 40.73 kB · 1 download

I know you wanted to go /Earth for theme... But might I suggest going Soul? Gloom and Dark Obliteration are a simple one, two combo power pick and they offer huge benefits. The issue with Bio Armor is that you need to take every single power, which makes your builds pretty tight. Bio/Stone/Soul still is pretty thematic, in my opinion. The dark, murky sort of look you get with Bio armor seems to fit really well with Soul. While dropping Fault isn't the end of the world (the way it does AoE damage is funky and it really only does damage 100% of the time if you have a multitude of procs in it), it's still a great power to have in your AoE rotation and it is the perfect place to slot another Force Feedback +recharge proc.

 

[Camel]

Scrolled through Mids and I actually have a Bio/Earth/Soul laying around. 

Tanker (Bio Armor - Stone Melee).mbd

[StriderIV]

On 3/30/2025 at 10:42 AM, Camel said:

I know you wanted to go /Earth for theme... But might I suggest going Soul? Gloom and Dark Obliteration are a simple one, two combo power pick and they offer huge benefits. The issue with Bio Armor is that you need to take every single power, which makes your builds pretty tight. Bio/Stone/Soul still is pretty thematic, in my opinion. The dark, murky sort of look you get with Bio armor seems to fit really well with Soul. While dropping Fault isn't the end of the world (the way it does AoE damage is funky and it really only does damage 100% of the time if you have a multitude of procs in it), it's still a great power to have in your AoE rotation and it is the perfect place to slot another Force Feedback +recharge proc.

 

Absolutely! I just was trying to work in /Earth because OP mentioned it. I think /Soul or /Psionic is the way to go personally. Maybe /Energy for Focused Accuracy? 

I REALLY dig some of your slotting choices in your build though, you have me moving some stuff around in mine 😂

[Story Archer]

On 3/29/2025 at 4:01 PM, BuiltDifferent5 said:

So I’m digging the CRUNCH of Stone Melee. Are there any tanker primaries that pair particularly well with it? 
 

Was thinking Bio, Shield and Ice seem promising.

 

Rad/Stone was my first L50 Tanker and I still love him. Shield/Stone seems intriguing, I could definitely see myself experimenting with that, especially since my Rad/SS is getting all my Tanker love these days and she doesn't exactly play like a 'traditional' Tanker. I personally prefer Bio on Scrappers & Stalkers, though.

Edited Monday at 08:42 PM by Story Archer

[Chalkarts]

I like Ice because you can change the Stoe aesthetics to Crystral snd color it to match the ice stuff.  

[Camel]

On 3/31/2025 at 12:56 PM, StriderIV said:

Absolutely! I just was trying to work in /Earth because OP mentioned it. I think /Soul or /Psionic is the way to go personally. Maybe /Energy for Focused Accuracy? 

I REALLY dig some of your slotting choices in your build though, you have me moving some stuff around in mine 😂

Glad I could share some inspiration! I was terrible at the quoting aspect, the suggestion about taking /Soul was meant for the OP and not you 😛 I just forgot to mention that.