Time/Pistols/Power Defender build feedback

[Ozryk]

So I've been working on a series of Defender/Corruptor ideas, looking for a good combination of style, effectiveness, team support, and good old offensive power. I took a look through the Offender thread, and decided I wasn't fully ready to commit to a pure proc-driven strategy, and came up with this compromise. It's perma-hasten, 4.11 seconds of downtime on Chrono-shift, has double procs in single target attacks, and very, very high defenses, using the Power Boost/Farsight synergy. Here it is:

 

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I tried this using both a Corruptor Base and a Defender base, and decided that the offensive benefits of the Corruptor wouldn't make up for the huge advantages in durability offered by reaching 59% in Ranged/AoE defense, and Intuition in my Alpha slot adds much needed range to Empty Clips, along with damage. I'd like to see if I can squeeze down my Chrono-shift downtime further, without giving up too much else from my toolkit. Thoughts?

[Bopper]

Well... I would say you should try for a proc-heavy approach and I can provide you builds that I've done. But as for you build specifically, there are a few things that stand out. First, I'm shocked you didn't take Swap Ammo. That provides a lot of flexibility, soft control with Cold, survivability with Toxic, extra damage with Fire. Also, I would say slotting Kismet is useless, you get more than enough ToHit buff with a power boosted Farsight, so swap that with a LotG and it will shave off 2 seconds for your Chronoshift. The last thing I'll say is your build looks to be endurance heavy, with a net of 1.61 end/sec. You should want at least 2 end/sec.

 

If it helps, check out my Time Manipulation Guide in the Guide Forum. I have details on the powers, and some builds in the comments section. I originally had a Time/DP/Power build before I went to a /Soul build. Honestly, either is good since that power boost with Farsight is delightful.

[Ozryk]

33 minutes ago, Bopper said:

Well... I would say you should try for a proc-heavy approach and I can provide you builds that I've done. But as for you build specifically, there are a few things that stand out. First, I'm shocked you didn't take Swap Ammo. That provides a lot of flexibility, soft control with Cold, survivability with Toxic, extra damage with Fire. Also, I would say slotting Kismet is useless, you get more than enough ToHit buff with a power boosted Farsight, so swap that with a LotG and it will shave off 2 seconds for your Chronoshift. The last thing I'll say is your build looks to be endurance heavy, with a net of 1.61 end/sec. You should want at least 2 end/sec.

  

If it helps, check out my Time Manipulation Guide in the Guide Forum. I have details on the powers, and some builds in the comments section. I originally had a Time/DP/Power build before I went to a /Soul build. Honestly, either is good since that power boost with Farsight is delightful.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

Yes, I read your guide, and I did take it into account your ratings, it was very helpful. I would love to slip in Swap Ammo, but the only thing I think I'd skip to get it is Piercing Rounds, and I already feel fairly minimalist on my attack powers. I will definitely take your advice and drop Kismet, I was blithely ignoring the to-hit buff from Farsight, that's a clean improvement, no doubt. One reason my end burn seems so high is I've got Sprint toggled on, for the Stealth IO, cutting that brings me down to 1.04/s endurance burn. I also haven't added in accolade boosts to endurance which should help edge that up as well. One thought that occurs is maybe putting Freebird: Stealth in hover, for some always-on hiding, and just eating the 1.81 second longer interval between Chrono-shifts. I'll give that some thought.

[Bopper]

Ah, I always forget to check sprint. I would not put stealth in hover, leave it for LotG muling. Other things worth considering is frankenslotting (somewhat). For example, I don't 6 slot Superior Vigilant Assault, I split it into 2 3-slot sets (then add procs), that way I get 20% recharge and 7.2% endurance instead of 10%/3.6%. But no matter what you do, enjoy. You'll be added value to any team.

[Ozryk]

Ah! That is interesting. I was digging to the 6-slot bonuses for both for the amazing +5 to AOE and Ranged Defense, but I will check that out. I'm somewhat lukewarm on the heal procs in any case, as I don't intend to be that close to my targets.

[Darkir]

I would use Bopper's build, its very good and takes advantage of the i24/i25 rules.