Post by nomadic1 on May 8, 2016 19:25:20 GMT -5
Hello everyone! I started playing CO back in Sept. 2011 as a Silver account member, been playing off and on as such since then, and recently returned as a Gold subscriber. My first foray into the Freeform field of CO began with a personal modification of the Heavy Weapons AT, but since batman has always been my favorite Superhero since childhood (and being a new gold, I jumped at the "Night Warrior" passive) I soon had a variation of the Night Avenger in honor of "The Bat". As cool as Night Warrior is, I felt the moments at the onset of combat with it's stealth capabilities did not fell like the batman I remembered as someone who could take as many punches as you could throw at him, and then hit you harder...so I switched to Defiance and below is where we stand. One of my favorite books as a kid was Batman: Kinghtfall and Beyond; which is an novelization of the Knightfall series of comics involving Batman's defeat by Bane, Azrael/John-Paul Valley's temporary mantel as the Batman, and Bruce's rehabilitation and re-emergence as the Dark Knight. That being said my build is an amalgam of Bruce Wayne's Batman, with a splash of Jean-Paul Valley's "Azrael Batsuit" i.e. claws, and Reapers' Embrace (as a personal touch) to rupture bleeds.
Nothing is set in stone and the build has gone thought a few iterations; the latest being replacing Clobber with Bestial Fury w/ the adv., but at the moment I really like how he plays. Any advice/feedback would be wonderful, especially in regards to options for a lvl. 32 skill ( I know I have no aoe CC..) that is viable with only a 2 adv. pt. investment as "Bestial Fury" made my points tight. I may default to "grapple gun pull" for theme, but I feel it would be redundant since I have a lunge...(Been rolling around Uppercut, Inexorable Tides, Summon Shadows, and Bolas but I also play with a 360 controller and targeting can be finicky at times so I worry about the usefulness of a single target hold over an aoe CC).
I am presently lvl 20, and was able to solo the legendary hangman event in Burnside(Desert) no problem alternating Shred and Devour Essence(this was before replacing Clobber with Bestial Fury as an EB, and without Supernatural power as an energy unlock..
Thank you all for taking the time to read this and for any feedback you may have. Hope to see you in game!
~Nomad
The Current Build is as Follows:(Updated as of 5/8/20)
Darkwing
Superstats:
6 Strength (Primary)
10 Dexterity (Secondary)
15 Constitution (Secondary)
Innate Talent:
1 The Protector (Str: 10, Dex: 10, Con: 10, Rec: 8)
Talents:
6 Relentless (Str: 5, Rec: 5)
9 Quick Recovery (Con: 5, Rec: 5)
12 Impresario (Dex: 5, Rec: 5)
15 Physical Conditioning (Str: 5, Con: 5)
18 Martial Focus (Str: 5, Dex: 5)
21 Acrobat (Dex: 5, Con: 5)
Powers & Advantages:
1 Bestial Fury
1 Shred (Rank 2, Penetrating Strikes)
6 Supernatural Power
8 Ricochet Throw (Rank 2, Microelectronic Controllers)
11 Defiance (Rank 2, Rank 3)
14 Aspect of the Bestial
17 Devour Essence (Rank 2, Phlebotomist)
20 Void Shift (Emerging Nightmares, Nailed to the Ground)
23 Antagonize (Rank 2, Quills)
26 Resurgence (Rank 2)
29 Throwing Blades (Rank 2, Aggression)
32 Massacre (Bloody Mess, Open Wound)
35 Lock and Load (Two Smoking Barrels)
38 Masterful Dodge
Travel Powers:
6 Teleportation
35 (Choice)
Advantage points: 36 / 36
Strength Tree:
Swole (2/3)
Physical Peak (3/3)
Brutality (2/2)
Juggernaut (3/3)
Warden Tree:
Fortified Gear (2/3)
Slaughter (3/3)
Elusive (2/2)
The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator Tree:
Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Merciless (3/3)
Focused Strikes (2/3)
Mass Destruction (3/3)
Warden Mastery (1/1)
~If you are interested in the Knightfall Series:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Knightfall#Novels