Bio/Dual Blades - Love or Hate Relationship

[Argulus]

Getting ready to try my first BIO/ tank and was wondering the feasibility of this build as a tank.  Was leaning toward making this as a Scrapper due to having had a DB/ scrapper back in the day, but I already have multiple Scrappers and wanted to make a Tanker.  Having not played BIO/ my only familiarity with it is what I have read in the forums.  I do understand that it does take a decent amount of attention, so was wanting to know if /Dual Blades and the mechanic it uses would be counter-productive to BIO's playstyle.

As always, all thoughts, insight, must-haves and leave-behinds are GREATLY appreciated.     3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Let the Tanker Masters speak forth.

[Heraclea]

Bio is a rather demanding primary, in that there aren't really any clinker powers in it that you will want to skip.  Dual Blades is a rather demanding secondary: to get the most out of it you will want all of the attacks and as a tanker you will want Taunt.  Some will tell you that Attack Vitals is the only combo you want.  As a tanker, you will also want Sweep as soft control.  And Empower: your Build Up power is a combo.   And you don't have a choice about Nimble Slash.  May as well catch 'em all. 

 

 I would prefer pairing Dual Blades with an undemanding primary like Fire, which has at least a couple skippable powers, especially if your attack set is not Fire Melee, and a lot that can be postponed.  You will want Tough, which requires a throwaway power selection, on either build.  Fire is much looser than Bio, and there are exactly four powers in the set that contribute directly to your survivability.

Edited August 16, 2019 by Heraclea

[Argulus]

Thanks for the input.  This information was super helpful.  Will take your advice and make 2 separate toons if I decide I really want to both powersets.

Thanks again.