Picking my first 50 scrapper

[Kinvesu]

Hey everyone, I have a question. I am used to playing masterminds. I love a pet class, especially probably the best pet class ever in a game, the MM, but my main love is melee. I have only ever taken a MM to 38 on homecoming, 50 on live. Tons of other low levels. So I don't have a vast fortune to send to my other characters. Think I have 2mil inf right now lol.

 

I spend all my time making builds, rather than playing. I think I have 100s and 100s of builds, but they are great in the builder, not so much playing them from scratch at level 1. Almost every scrapper I make, I die multiple, multiple times before getting to level 10. It's frustrating. Like I made a katana/ninjitsu/weapon(basically a ninja with exploding shuriken/reg shuriken) in the builder and I wanna play it. But I am dying over and over and I am not even level 10 yet.

 

I love the Tanker, but I don't wanna tank and their damage is a lot lower(It really doesn't bother me as I won't be soloing +4/x8 anyways, like maybe half that and with EBs). Though I do love their survivability.  Don't like brute or stalker(I know, I said I like a ninja, just don't really care for the stalker powersets or how the class works). I take frequent breaks to interact with my kids as I am a single father, so hate having to rebuild fury, even if it isn't that hard too.

 

I don't like cones. I despise them and refuse to use them. So I don't like sets that need to use them, like claws or TW . I just like the no hassle of pbaoes or targeted aoes. 

 

So my question is, since I want to just solo most of the time until I maybe find some friends or an SG, what is the best scrapper for me to start off with, that won't get me killed a dozen times, or more, before I get the build going? Or should I just stick to tanker, with better survivability and who cares about lower damage?(like shield/broad or shield/ma)

[Kinvesu]

Can a mod delete this? If you want. I apologize. I already asked this a couple years ago.

 

(I was ran over by an SUV a while back and have trouble remembering stuff sometimes)

Edited Sunday at 10:11 PM by Kinvesu

[Story Archer]

The smoothest levelling experience that I can think of for a Scrapper from 1 to 50 would probably be Katana / Willpower, especially if you put Divine Avalanche on auto-fire. It was the first 50 I ever made, Scrapper or otherwise. I know you said that you don't like cones, but honestly if you just treat Flashing Steel like a single target attack, you'll still constantly be racking up 'bonus' hits without even trying.

[Plutonix]

On 8/14/2025 at 9:43 PM, Kinvesu said:

Can a mod delete this? I apologize. I already asked this a couple years ago.

 

(I was ran over by an SUV a while back and have trouble remembering stuff sometimes)

Sweet lord, I'm sorry you went through that. I'm on multiple medications that effect memory so I know how fickle it can be....

[Kinvesu]

On 8/16/2025 at 9:41 AM, Plutonix said:

Sweet lord, I'm sorry you went through that. I'm on multiple medications that effect memory so I know how fickle it can be....

Thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah it sucks. I also developed cauda equina syndrome from it. 2 collapsed lungs, cut liver, fractured right foot in 7 places, right wrist in 5, ruptured l5 disc, pinched s1 nerve too long and developed CES.

 

 

On 8/15/2025 at 8:16 AM, Story Archer said:

The smoothest levelling experience that I can think of for a Scrapper from 1 to 50 would probably be Katana / Willpower, especially if you put Divine Avalanche on auto-fire. It was the first 50 I ever made, Scrapper or otherwise. I know you said that you don't like cones, but honestly if you just treat Flashing Steel like a single target attack, you'll still constantly be racking up 'bonus' hits without even trying.

Thanks for the suggestion. So far, I have made my Kat/Nin, Ice/Ice, both have died countless times before 10. Maybe I should focus on a resist set first, since defense usually needs investment? I was gonna try a staff/Invuln, but decided to make it a tanker, because I liked the numbers a lot better. So far haven't died. Same with my Shield/Ma.

 

It feels like I am just getting EXTREMELY unlucky all the time.

Edited Sunday at 10:11 PM by Kinvesu

[Thraxen]

Play on a team and should be fine. Get divine avalanche and spam it. That will carry for a long while.