Energy Melee/Ninjitsu Build ?

[Guardian]

Hello,

Does anyone have a good viable build for this combo?

Haven't had much success and building one so far. 

SO, any advice would be appreicated.

Thanks

 

Edited Friday at 07:04 PM by Guardian

[Due Regard]

Using SO's or common Level 25/30 IO's:
1-2 Acc in powers with a ToHit check - ideally get to 95% ToHit against most foes you're fighting, wouldn't stand for much below 90%
3 Dam in powers that hurt things
3 Def/Res/Heal/EndMod in powers that keep you alive
3 Rech in powers that take a while to come back

1-3 EndRed in anything that costs Endurance

Yes, you only have 6 slots/power, you'll have to make trade-offs. Alternately, can explore Set IO's for frankenslotting (multiple dual/triple/quad aspect IO's enhance more for the total slots) or Set builds to grab those sweet, sweet set bonuses.

[Guardian]

I was hoping for one of the build masters to put together a build using sets. 
I was only able to get about 27% defense with about 50% resistance in the totals.

Was hoping to find a higher defense without losing resistances.

 

 

[Thraxen]

Get combat jumping and weave. Two plus defense uniques. Makos bite and touch of fear are good for defense. Obits too but end sucks on it. 

[Due Regard]

3 hours ago, Guardian said:

I was hoping for one of the build masters to put together a build using sets. 
I was only able to get about 27% defense with about 50% resistance in the totals.
Was hoping to find a higher defense without losing resistances.

Steal from other postings of those sets on the forums, either together or alone.

Make your own "terrible" build and post it.

More effort on your part leads to more effort on the forums' part.

None of it is needed - the game is perfectly playable at default difficulty and/or on only SO's for enhancement.

Also, did you hit 26.9% Defense? That's 3x Def SO slotting with just the 3 BASE Ninjitsu defense toggles.
If you're running Weave, Combat Jumping, and Maneuvers as well - gets you to 25.2% UNSLOTTED, 38.6% SO Def slotting. A small purple gets you +12.5%, tossing you at ~51% for a minute.

Easy stretch of +6% from the Steadfast and Gladiator globals (3% each) puts you at 44.6%, in combat, with only 2 IO's, SO's everywhere else, and no set bonuses.
More effort on your part will lead to more effort on others' parts.

Try... SOMETHING and throw it against the wall/forum. You're just begging, here.

[Heatstroke]

One of the best things you can do is learn to build things yourself. You learn what you like and dont like and you are not dependent on anyone else to create something for you. people have their own preferences in their builds. Ive seen some every good builds, and ive seen some that looked like they were created by a sheer lunatic. Now you CAN get some good idea from builds.. certainly.. but IMO one of the keys is learning how to make things according to your own flavor. 
 

I like pepper and paprika with a little oregano on my eggs. I prefer them soft scrambled with a bit of milk mixed in. Or Hard Boiled with just pepper.

You might like your eggs completely different. Mine arent better.. just made to my taste.. 

 

Experiment.. They are eggs..  you dont like em.. start over.. make another one. 

 

Use Mids Hero Builder.. you dont like the build.. start over.. make another one. 

[Troo]

On 4/10/2025 at 11:15 AM, Guardian said:

Does anyone have a good viable build for this combo?

 

Here is a War Mace / Ninjitsu that I swapped Energy Melee into real quick. It's not perfect but will give you an idea of what's possible, Powers could be switched around. Maneuvers could be added and incarnates would put it over the top easily. This could go more expensive or less expensive as needed. It is just an example.

 

Scrapper - Energy - Ninja.mbd

 

 

 

[Battlecruiser]

This is one of my favorite character's build.

 

She does everything. Great team utility plus beautiful single target damage. Pretty much everything you'd want in a melee character is in this build.

 

Softcapped positional defense with respectable resists.

 

Whirling Hands is the only AoE but honestly if you're playing EM you're not there for the AoE.

 

I recommend Total Focus out of hidden to crit. Even with recharge slotted, it still has a really high chance to proc Critical Strikes, which lets you Energy Transfer > Bone Smasher > Energy Transfer. This will usually melt a boss and really hurt an AV.

Crashpoint.mbd