Kinetic Melee

[battlewraith]

57 minutes ago, lemming said:

It's why I rarely answer Ultima's posts because it's little point.

 

 

Human beings are social animals. Some people are just looking to have a conversation. 

The consensus seems to be that KM sucks, so this seems like a good topic to have a chat about and not encounter hostility.

But alas, twas not to be. 

[kelika2]

just go stalker

scrap/tank/brute was not meant to be.  the "siphon" effect is not suitable for city of heroes, the game is too fast

the stacks dont last long

the stacks are not a 100% chance

the stacks dont build from aoes

and their base damages are balanced around perfect RNG on siphon stacking

 

just go stalker.  i think i told you this before but just go stalker

[Jacke]

On 8/7/2025 at 5:10 PM, Psyonico said:

Concentrated Strike is hot poo.  Either the animation time needs to be lowered or its base damage needs to be raised.

 

Well, damn.  It's worse than Eagles Claw which I skip on all ATs.  Even having a flat 20% chance to recharge Power Siphon is likely not enough.

 

I find the early Powers work well with Power Siphon if all 3 of the T1, T2, and T3 are taken.  Then Power Siphon is great, fire it, pump up the +Damage Buff with those low Tier Powers, then use the...damn, Concentrated Strike.

 

Wow.  Drop it off my Kinetic Melee/Ninjitsu and add on Cross Punch--which has a better ST DPA and is a 50° melee cone.

 

I was taking another look at this topic as I was doing a new build and wanted to make sure I'd not missed anything.  Good thing too.