Ice/Stone Melee Tank

[crabion]

Thoughts on this pairing, yay or nay? If you have a build, please post. I'd like to get an idea of what I'm looking at.

[Call Me Awesome]

Both are capable sets and should work quite well together.  My experience with Ice is somewhat limited as I only played one Ice tanker to around 45 on Live right before shutdown but I'm completely familiar with Stone Melee and it offers a lot of soft control with it's knockdowns, the Stun in Fault and the MAG 4 (Yes, 4) hold in Seismic Smash.  The only downside to Stone Melee is that it's fairly end heavy and that can be an issue before your build matures.

[ryuplaneswalker]

I had one on live, it was good, I recall Ice Armor getting a buff at some point so that it had an endurance boosting power somewhere that should help with Stone Melee's endurance costs.

[Hyperstrike]

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Level 50 Magic Tanker

Primary Power Set: Ice Armor

Secondary Power Set: Stone Melee

Power Pool: Leaping

Power Pool: Fighting

Power Pool: Speed

Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

 

Hero Profile:

Level 1: Frozen Armor -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(3), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP:50(3)

Level 1: Stone Fist -- SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx:50(42), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(43), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(43), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg:50(43), SprBlsCol-Rchg/HoldProc:50(45)

Level 2: Hoarfrost -- Pnc-Heal/EndRedux:50(A), Pnc-EndRdx/Rchg:50(11), Pnc-Heal/Rchg:50(11), Pnc-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg:50(27), Pnc-Heal:50(45)

Level 4: Heavy Mallet -- SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprMghoft-Dmg/Rchg:50(5), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(5), SprMghoft-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(7), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(7), SprMghoft-Rchg/Res%:50(9)

Level 6: Super Jump -- WntGif-ResSlow:50(A)

Level 8: Wet Ice -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(9)

Level 10: Taunt -- MckBrt-Taunt:50(A), MckBrt-Taunt/Rchg:50(34), MckBrt-Taunt/Rchg/Rng:50(37), MckBrt-Acc/Rchg:50(40), MckBrt-Taunt/Rng:50(42), MckBrt-Rchg:50(42)

Level 12: Permafrost -- UnbGrd-ResDam:50(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx:50(13), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam:50(13), UnbGrd-Max HP%:50(21), GldArm-3defTpProc:50(21)

Level 14: Icicles -- SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprGntFis-Dmg/Rchg:50(15), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(15), SprGntFis-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(17), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(17), SprGntFis-Rchg/+Absorb:50(19)

Level 16: Kick -- FrcFdb-Rechg%:50(A)

Level 18: Glacial Armor -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(19)

Level 20: Fault -- FrcFdb-Dmg/KB:50(A), FrcFdb-Acc/KB:50(45), FrcFdb-Rchg/KB:50(46), FrcFdb-Rchg/EndRdx:50(46), FrcFdb-Dmg/EndRdx/KB:50(46), FrcFdb-Rechg%:50(48)

Level 22: Tough -- UnbGrd-ResDam:50(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx:50(23), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam:50(23), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:50(25), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(27)

Level 24: Weave -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(25)

Level 26: Energy Absorption -- PrfShf-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(A), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc:50(33), EffAdp-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(34), EffAdp-EndMod/Acc:50(34), LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(50)

Level 28: Hurl Boulder -- SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprWntBit-Dmg/Rchg:50(29), SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(29), SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(31), SprWntBit-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg:50(31), SprWntBit-Rchg/SlowProc:50(33)

Level 30: Combat Jumping -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(31)

Level 32: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(33)

Level 35: Tremor -- SprAvl-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx:50(36), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(36), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(36), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(37), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc:50(37)

Level 38: Seismic Smash -- SprEnt-Acc/Hold:50(A), SprEnt-Hold/Rchg:50(39), SprEnt-End/Rchg:50(39), SprEnt-Acc/Hold/End:50(39), SprEnt-Acc/Hold/End/Rchg:50(40), SprEnt-Rchg/AbsorbProc:50(40)

Level 41: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I:50(A)

Level 44: Physical Perfection -- PrfShf-End%:50(A), PrfShf-EndMod:50(50)

Level 47: [Empty]

Level 49: [Empty]

Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Gauntlet

Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)

Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)

Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)

Level 4: Ninja Run

Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)

Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End:50(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+:50(48), Mrc-Rcvry+:40(48)

Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)

Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%:50(A), PrfShf-EndMod:50(50)

Level 50: Agility Core Paragon

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Nice medium-to-hard control.

[x7urnp1ke]

Thoughts on this pairing, yay or nay? If you have a build, please post. I'd like to get an idea of what I'm looking at.

 

My favorite!  This was my main back in the day and I'm rebuilding her now.  You'll use a lot of End early game but it gets better, just be aware.  It has some satisfying burst damage and tosses enemies around with the Stone melee set.  The Ice Armor is a defensive set instead of resistance like most and has great taunting capabilities with Chilling Embrace and Icicles.

[crabion]

Thanks everyone.

[cprice]

On 7/16/2019 at 9:31 PM, Hyperstrike said:

Nice medium-to-hard control.

So I see you've been posting this build a few places on the forum. I'm an Ice/Kat tank. At times I feel pretty good and other I feel downright bad. How does your build operate on ALL content? I thought I had a solid build since I run ITF +4/8 with no issue, but when I fought Banished Pantheon in Dark Astoria mission arcs, they handed my a** to me if a support isn't on their game. I like ice/ tanks, but I don't want it to be a build where I have to seriously analyze the enemy and then say "What guys, let me grab an ult that can deal with this better."

[Hyperstrike]

12 minutes ago, cprice said:

So I see you've been posting this build a few places on the forum. I'm an Ice/Kat tank. At times I feel pretty good and other I feel downright bad. How does your build operate on ALL content? I thought I had a solid build since I run ITF +4/8 with no issue, but when I fought Banished Pantheon in Dark Astoria mission arcs, they handed my a** to me if a support isn't on their game. I like ice/ tanks, but I don't want it to be a build where I have to seriously analyze the enemy and then say "What guys, let me grab an ult that can deal with this better."

BP is ALWAYS going to be a problem.  As they're tossing MASSIVE debuffs of all sorts.

For pretty much everything else, it's a decent brick.

[cprice]

15 minutes ago, Hyperstrike said:

BP is ALWAYS going to be a problem.  As they're tossing MASSIVE debuffs of all sorts.

For pretty much everything else, it's a decent brick.

That makes sense then lol. They gave me the business lol. Is this where you extra Defense% comes into play with hedging for defense debuffs?

[Hyperstrike]

9 minutes ago, cprice said:

That makes sense then lol. They gave me the business lol. Is this where you extra Defense% comes into play with hedging for defense debuffs?

Yeah.  Went in on Hyperstrike and got myself raped that first time...