Broad Sword/Shield Defense guidance?

[DaddyGamer]

My intention was to slot IOs for mez resist. Right now if I get held, it lasts 2-3 seconds. From what I can tell there's no way to maintain pve mez immunity with shield defense. Am I missing something? Is that even an optimal choice? I'd love any feedback.

 

Here's my build from Mids:

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[MTeague]

Every armor set has either a toggle for mez protection, or a clicky for mez protection.

• Shield has Active Defense
• Invulnerability has Unyielding
• Regeneration has Integration
• Dark Armor has Obsidian Shield
• etc

Now, you're never..... 100% ... vs all conditions....totally immune to mez.

If enough enemies stack enough mez effects on you, it can still go right through traditional mez protection. 

[EDIT:  but it still won't be a concern to you for most of the game, and when it does happen, you have Break Free's, or Teammates.]

Edited Sunday at 12:29 AM by MTeague

[DaddyGamer]

Active Defense needing to be clicked made it redundant with One With the Shield, and even that only comes out of there's stacks of mez

[MTeague]

Lol. I just realized I completely misread your entire question.

Sorry, never mind me, carry on....

[Uun]

Active Defense is your primary form of mezz protection (including kb protection) and should be put on auto. It also provides a big chunk of your defense debuff resistance (DDR). Skipping it is a huge mistake. While OWTS also provides mezz protection, it has a 120s duration and a 360s recharge that can't be enhanced. It's much more skippable than Active Defense. 

• Battle Agility and Maneuvers each need only 3 slots each. The set bonuses really aren't worth the extra slots.
• In Deflection, swap the Aegis res/end/rech and psi resist pieces for Reactive Defenses def/end and def/rech.
• True Grit should also be slotted for healing for the hp boost.
• If you intend to run Tactics, you need to slot end reduction. The %bu proc won't work in an inactive power.
• The base defense in Phalanx Fighting can't be enhanced (only the additional defense from allies).
• Grant Cover only effects your teammates, not you. Typically it's just 1 slotted with a LOTG +rech.
• The Karma -kb IOs in Phalanx Fighting and Vengeance aren't needed as you should be getting your kb protection from Active Defense.
• Drop Victory Rush and Assault.
• You would get a lot more mileage taking Tough/Weave than Aid Self. Even with Agility active, you're well short of soft capping your defenses (particularly ranged). Consider 6-slotting Mako's Bite in Hack and/or Disembowel for the ranged defense bonus.
• Shield Charge is a fantastic power and shouldn't be skipped.
• Slotting HOs in Rest and Swift is pointless.

I'm attaching my Broadsword/Shield build for comparison.

Uunicycle - Scrapper (Broad Sword).mbd

[DaddyGamer]

I keep Tactics on all the time and frequently get BU procs. I know Grant Cover doesn't work on me; SD seems geared more towards teams than solo, so I figured having that and Leadership powers would compliment that idea. Do you think it's worth slotting Health/Physical Perfection to compliment True Grit? I tried to do what I can with Hasten, but the most is does is shorten Build Up's recharge by 5 seconds, and that's usually recharged by the time I move from one mob to the next.

[Uun]

47 minutes ago, DaddyGamer said:

I keep Tactics on all the time and frequently get BU procs. I know Grant Cover doesn't work on me; SD seems geared more towards teams than solo, so I figured having that and Leadership powers would compliment that idea. Do you think it's worth slotting Health/Physical Perfection to compliment True Grit? I tried to do what I can with Hasten, but the most is does is shorten Build Up's recharge by 5 seconds, and that's usually recharged by the time I move from one mob to the next.

If you're going to run Tactics all the time, I would add slots for a tohit/end and possibly a tohit/end/rech. 

 

If you're going to slot heal enhancements, it's better to put them in Health than Physical Perfection (which has twice the +regen). The more hit points you have, the more you regenerate. You could also slot a Panacea +health/end in either one. The Regenerative Tissue proc in Aid Other isn't doing anything for you - it needs to be slotted in an active power. 

 

You could easily drop 1-2 slots from Stamina (or switch one to a Power Transfer +health proc).

 

Hasten is less about reducing BU's recharge and more about speeding up the recharge on your attacks. You've got a ton of recharge slotted in your attacks already, plus you've got Agility, so it's probably not noticeable. 

[DaddyGamer]

Thanks for the insights! Time to get tinkering in Mids

[SomeGuy]

The only power you can contemplate skipping in Shield Defense is One with the Shield. Everything else is an absolute must. OwtS is a great set mule though. I don't even have it on the bars for the characters I have taken it with. Grant Cover, while it may not directly benefit you, is a great LOTG Recharge mule.

Think about putting the entire Gaussian set in Build Up. The 6pc set bonus is AMAZING for Shield and the proc is almost always guaranteed to go off on Build Up use when you need it. Not some random time if you put it in Tactics.

 

Assault is nothing to sneeze at. It's 10% damage for you.

 

Honestly, I don't see the point of Tactics. Get enough global accuracy through set bonuses and slot the Kismet +6 TOHIT somewhere and have it on.

 

Anyways, here is my current BS/SD build. Hopefully you get some ideas.:

 

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