Fire Blast / Dark Armor

[DirtyBoxerz]

Anyone happen to Have any Ideas?

Edited Sunday at 03:57 PM by DirtyBoxerz

[Octogoat]

I had an idea for a battery operated fork that automatically rotates to collect spaghetti but I have the feeling that's not what you're asking about.

[FupDup]

...To be more specific, are you asking for opinions on the effectiveness of such a combo? For a completed Mids build? Something else?

[Psiphon]

Dark Armor is great on melee alts but awful on Sentinels. 

If you want to play DA go for a Scrapper or Tank etc. 

If you want to play a Sentinel, go anything but DA. 

[DirtyBoxerz]

That bad on a Sent?

[FupDup]

Well, the upcoming patch will be helping quite a bit.

 

>Obscure Sustenance (previously exclusive to Sents) will be getting nice buffs, and you'll get the option to pick Dark Regen like the melee ATs in case you still don't want it

>Clock of Fear buffs

>Tenebrous Regeneration (exclusive to Sents) is getting a small defense buff

>Soul Transfer changes

 

So basically, post-patch the only difference in power structure (relative to melee ATs) will be that Sents lose the damage aura in exchange for a bit more regen and defense. 

[evetsleep]

I wouldn't say Dark Armor on sents is awful personally, but what's fun for me may not be for others.  Dark Armor really wants you to be in melee range so if you're more a blasting from a distance kind of sent, then it probably isn't for you . 

 

For me, I tend to play close and and use epic melee attacks, so I don't find dark armor problematic and this lets me leverage the CC aura's as part of my "defense".

 

I've taken fire, radiation, and electric blast the furthest (I do have a sonic, but it's a pain to play with DA).  I personally like electric the best and radiation second (for stacking disorients).  I've been meaning to try beam\dark since it has a number of stuns that I bet would work nicely (again..when focused on close\melee range)....and with that ...another alt will be born today!

 

Fire is 🔥.  It does have that single target repel which can be the opposite of what you want to do with dark armor.  Although you could pick an epic power like chained fences to keep baddies in rain of fire while they're mezzed.  You could also do the same with ice blast too.

Edited Monday at 05:52 PM by evetsleep