Invulnerability and Energy Melee Tanker?

[omegacypher]

kind of borrowed this from someone else save for the patron powers and slotted IOs

 

Not sure about the building of it so was wondering if I could get input ..

 

https://api.midsreborn.com/legacy/download?uc=1655&c=705&a=1410&f=HEX&dc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

 

thanks

invul-energy.mbd

[purexedz]

Barrage can be skipped. 
Taunt is optional.
Dull Pain should be 6-slotted with Preventive Medicine.
Weave could use more slots, LotG is good but also put 4-pc Shield Wall there.
Tough Hide could use more slots, same deal with Weave. One LotG, and 4-pc Shield Wall. 
Invincibility is another that could be one LotG + 4-pc Shield Wall.
You could use some Impervium Armor +Psi res, since that is Invul's weakness. Put one in Resist Physical Damage, Resist Elements, Tough. Unstoppable can also take one as a mule FYI. These 4 would get your psi resist into the mid 60s, you're currently at 37%. 
Your attacks are missing out on some proc opportunities. You just 6-slotted everything, but instead could 2-3 slot + procs for the rest.

Here's what I've been using to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
 

Tanker (Invulnerability - Energy Melee).mbd

[Biff Pow]

5 hours ago, purexedz said:

You could use some Impervium Armor +Psi res, since that is Invul's weakness.

 

This isn't really true anymore, Invulnerability's base Psi resistance is only 5% lower than the other non-S/L damage types. So you can slot the Impervium Armor IOs, but there's other options. I prefer six-slotted purple sets so you get the 6% Psi resist, plus 6% Toxic resist, and also 10% Recharge at the fifth slot. My Invulnerability Tanks generally have over 70% Psi resist without using any Impervium Armor (and also before the Might of the Tanker proc).

[tidge]

This is my Invuln/EM Tanker, it was a Pre-page 5 build tweaked slightly for page 5 revisions.

 

This build leans into the Psi Resistance, but as noted by @Biff Pow Psi isn't really a "hole" for Invulnerability Armor.

 

Taunt isn't really optional IMO, although it doesn't need to be slotted. The Inv/EM combination isn't a great one for leveraging the radius changes to Tankers, and my own experience has been that Tankers want at least one of Taunt, Combat Teleport (or equivalent) or Fold Space, with really short cooldown times to grab aggro, especially when friends are in trouble. There are a bunch of enemies that will ONLY make ranged attacks (and otherwise stand in place), so the Taunt -Range effect helps the team (in addition to drawing them into Invincibility range).

 

I almost never toggle on all of the resist/defense powers, and Dull Pain ends up not being used all that often... each of these tends to come out in "hard content", this build has plenty "Master of..." badges FWIW.

 

The one tweak I might suggest is pulling one of the Impervium Armor pieces and adding another %Heal from Power Transfer (to Stamina). This character predated a slight fix that (now) allows multiple %Heal pieces to "work", because....

 

For "hard(er) mode", the one thing I like about my build here is that with Tanker HP, %Heal, Regeneration and Scaling Damage Resistance there isn't much of a need to worry about taking damage... so when this character has Tanked for characters that probably were not really up for whatever challenge (i.e. ally buffs were skipped) it was able to hang tough. When a single ally bring team buffs, a character like this one easily crosses all the thresholds of interest (resistances, defenses), so the extra "heal from damage taken" ends up making up a LOT of difference. This build passes a few opportunities to increase +MaxHP from set bonuses, but with Dull Pain triggered I'm pretty sure it hits the cap. YMMV, but teh power comes so early in the build that I didn't feel the need to chase those.

 

Spoiler

 

Level 50 Magic Tanker

Primary Power Set: Invulnerability

Secondary Power Set: Energy Melee

Power Pool: Force of Will

Power Pool: Fighting

Power Pool: Leadership

Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

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Level 1: Resist Physical Damage

 (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30

 (*) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance: Level 40

 

Level 1: Barrage               

 (A) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50

 (*) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All): Level 50

 

Level 2:                 Temp Invulnerability     

 (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP: Level 50

 (*) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance: Level 40

 

Level 4:                 Bone Smasher  

 (A) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50

 (*) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 

Level 6:                 Mighty Leap      

 (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50+5

 

Level 8:                 Unyielding         

 (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 

Level 10:              Weaken Resolve             

 (A) HamiO:Lysosome Exposure (Accuracy / -Defense / -ToHit) Level 53

 (*) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage: Level 30

 (*) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage: Level 50

 

Level 12:              Taunt   

 (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt: Level 50

 (*) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range: Level 50

 (*) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range: Level 50

 (*) Mocking Beratement - Recharge: Level 50

 

Level 14:              Wall of Force     

 (A) Javelin Volley - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Javelin Volley - Chance of Damage (Lethal): Level 50

 (*) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage (Energy): Level 50

 (*) Bombardment - Chance of Damage (Fire): Level 50

 (*) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage: Level 20

 

Level 16:              Whirling Hands 

 (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure (Accuracy/Damage): Level 53

 (*) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage: Level 30

 (*) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage: Level 50

 (*) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 50

 (*) Superior Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb: Level 50

 (*) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage: Level 50

 

Level 18:              Invincibility        

 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

 (*) Shield Wall - Defense: Level 50+5

 (*) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All): Level 50

 (*) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure (Endurance/ ToHit/Defense)

 (*) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up: Level 50

 

Level 20:              Dull Pain              

 (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal: Level 50

 (*) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb: Level 50

 

Level 22:              Tough Hide        

 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

 (*) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50

 (*) Kismet - Accuracy +6%: Level 30

 

Level 24:              Total Focus        

 (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50

 (*) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 50

 (*) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage: Level 50

 (*) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 40

 

Level 26:              Build Up              

 (A) Recharge Speed IO: Level 50+5

 (A) Recharge Speed IO: Level 50+5

 

Level 28:              Resist Energies 

 (A) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance: Level 50+5

 (*) Gladiator's Armor - Recharge/Endurance: Level 50+5

 (*) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All): Level 50

 (*) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance: Level 40

 

Level 30:              Energy Transfer               

 (A) Hecatomb - Damage: Level 50

 (*) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50

 (*) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 50

 (*) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 40

 

Level 32:              Maneuvers        

 (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense: Level 50

 (*) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage: Level 50

 

Level 35:              Resist Elements               

 (A) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance: Level 40

 

Level 38:              Boxing 

 (A) Gladiator’s Strike (Accuracy/Damage): Level 50+5

 

Level 41:              Tough  

 (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 (*) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 50

 

Level 44:              Weave 

 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

 

Level 47:              Focused Accuracy           

 (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception: Level 20

 

Level 49:              Physical Perfection         

 (A) Power Transfer- %Heal: Level50

 

Level 1: Brawl    

 (A) Empty

 

Level 1: Gauntlet             

 

Level 1: Sprint   

 (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50+5

 

Level 2: Rest      

 (A) Interrupt Reduction IO: Level 50

 

Level 4: Athletic Run      

 

Level 2: Swift     

 (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50+5

 

Level 2: Hurdle 

 (A) Jumping IO: Level 50+5

 

Level 2: Health  

 (A) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance: Level 50

 (*) Miracle - +Recovery: Level 40

 

Level 2: Stamina               

 (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 50

 (*) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 50