Post by skeeterbarnes on Aug 21, 2012 10:35:06 GMT -5
Long ago, when I first tried to build my "chef turned superhero" toon, I tried Single Blade + fire (specifically, Fire Breath).
My current incarnation is built around Ego Weapons (easily colored to look like a flaming sword) and Explosive Arrow (+ Where's the Kaboom).
These are all 6+ stat builds, which I always like.
Because I will be combining a variety of different damage types, an offensive form isn't particularly helpful. Invuln is the most obvious choice.
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-- Build 1: layered tank
DEX/INT/CON with points in REC (important), EGO, STR, PRE
- Ego Blade
- Ego Weaponry + Siphoning Strikes
- Invuln
- Lunge - Thunderbolt Lunge or Ego Blade Dash
- Form of the Tempest
- Dragon Kick + Lashing Dragon Tail
- Energy Return - Ego Reverberation or Molecular Self-Assembly
- Block - Parry + Elusive Monk
- Explosive Arrow + Where's the Kaboom
- Ego Blade Annihilation + Mental Acuity or Ego Blade Breach
3 powers remain - some examples:
- Heal combo - Masterful Dodge and/or Evasive Maneuvers + BCR
- Offense/Defense Build switch - Pestilence + Gas Arrow + Toxic Nanites
- Active offenses - any of Lock and Load, Electric Sheath, etc
- TK boosts - TK Eruption+adv, Telekinetic Maelstrom+adv
- Acrobatic - Evasive Maneuvers, Inexorable Tides
The defensive layers:
flat damage reduction - invuln
% mitigation - invuln
dodge - Elusive Monk + options in gear, specializations
avoidance - Elusive Monk, Lashing Dragon Tail + options in gear, specializations
heals: siphoning strikes
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-- Build 2: balanced build with repeated alpha strikes
Ego Weaponry: drop Siphoning Strikes
Block: Switch to Retaliation
Heal: add Bionic Shielding (or Evasive Maneuvers + BCR)
Ego Blade Annihilation (not Ego Blade Breach)
Minor changes, but the switch from defense to offense is pretty dramatic. Retaliation can be a pain to trigger, so you want a big result from it, and this build has 3 attacks that deliver - Explosive Arrow+wtk, Dragon Kick, and Ego Blade Annihilation. Ego Weaponry changes from an attack/heal mix to a major attack. Ego Blade Annihilation could even be dropped from the build, but I like building up to it.