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Well, they are stunned from oppresive gloom and so are walking around drunkenly "confused". I realize they are not confused in game terms, but you can SAY they are...

I find things get even more amusing when you say people are suffering from status ailments that they actually are not. It is just even more important to emote on your PuG teams that they ARE confused. Drunken people are confused. Who could argue with that? And they occasionally alternate fighting you and not fighting you as the status effect wears off, so that certainly makes them look confused.

If you just want the old boring confusion effect, you can go back to my plant/elect dom suggestion. :P I don't think you'll be nearly as chaotic though.

Kinetic Melee/Dark Armor Scrapper.

Hear me out: Get hasten so that you have glowing hands. I know on most builds this is yucky but it is perfect for your concept. Of course get cloak of darkness (essentially to having her form turned chaotic) and get oppresive gloom so you have your confusion effect. Go body mastery for the extra end and so you don't break theme.

Now color all of the dark armor auras all sorts of ridiculous colors...purple, pink, yellow, red, etc. Different ones for different auras.

And you know the kinetic melee attack animations. They don't look like attack animations anyway on a normal toon. But on this tune all people will see are these crazy whirling yellow lights (from hasten) that go in strange circular strobing patterns as people are damaged. Get hover so you fly over the ground like some sort of will-o-the-whisp.

Add in the dark armor auras all colored different things and your character will be the embodiment of chaos: People will just see whirling yellow lights and all of the crazy strobing different colored dark armors. You can optionally also get the cloak of fear aura if you want people to be afraid.

I have a similar character where all of the armors are just the same color 'cause I don't want to be chaotic--I just want to be a disembodied being.

Scrapper because you can still soft-cap S/L def but get the nice damage buffs from kinetic melee. Since scrappers have higher base damage they will benefit more than brutes. Also, they get to recharge power siphon on crits from concentrated strike. The upcoming AT specific sets even have more good news, because I think there is an enhancement that ups crit rates which would be perfect for getting power siphon almost perma.

You can turn off cloak of darkness for when she is "struggling to be more human" and turn it back on again when chaos comes back. Have different colored DA auras on different costumes and choose the "dimension shift" (or some other chaotic seeming one) costume changer as she goes from one color of chaotic-whirling-lights to another one. You'll have a blast.

To keep it from being boring (so sue me...this is a problem I have with melee toons as I feel I am dial-a-comboing more than playing) remember to get both repulsing torrent and energy torrent (both PERFECT for a chaos theme) and practice alternating melee attacks with flying straight up and doing those for cone knockback straight into the ground.

Thanks! You're the best!

You like to argue, don't you?

If you look (not far, in this very thread!) you will see that I am perfectly aware of the fact that damage buffs just increase base damage...

I don't think you understand the mechanics of this. Let me try an example:

Say an attack does 50 damage fires against a foe with 30% resistance to that damage type. So you would normally do 50*(1-.3)=35 damage.

But suppose the foe is even level so purple patch does not come into play and you hit him with a -20% resistance debuff. Then his new resistance is (see http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Damage_Resistance)
16%=(30-20+[20*.30])%

So when we now do the same attack against the debuffed enemy it does
50+(1-.16)=42 damage.

And the key thing to note here is that this is the same as a buff of 20% to the original damage of 35 because
35*(1+.2)=42.

See wiki and my previously quoted Arcanaville post.

Ignoring purple patch, which you should factor in before to figure out the actual debuff amount, resistance debuffs of -Y% act exactly like damage buffs of +Y% regardless of how much resistance the guy you are fighting has.

I was not aware that the purple patch affected resistance debuff but I see that it does from:
http://coh103.gtm.cityofheroes.com/s...&postcount=126
I stand corrected. Note that in general though the way the amount of damage resistance a mob has when it is affected by a damage resistance debuff works out so that (see post I quoted) -X% damage resistance debuffs onto the critter is equivalent to you doing +X% damage. So my current understanding (and I would be thrilled if Arcanaville came in to correct me) is that you first apply the purple patch (see http://coh.coldfront.net/index.php/c.../view/851/107/ for values depending on how much higher level they are than you) to the damage resistance debuff of -X and are left afterwards with a damage resistance debuff of -Y and then (regardless of how much base damage resistance the AV has) you are doing +Y% damage.

As far as disruption arrow, on long AV fights (obviously disregarding the first 15 or so seconds) it consistently double stacks in my build. Maybe you didn't click on the incarnate button to get those effects calculated as well. Also, although I only have it one slotted, I have it one slotted with a +5 lvl 50 IO using enhancement boosters.

When you consider an end game BAF-like situation where you have 1-2 AVs and you can reasonably expect (provided they are reasonable close together so both could be hit with disruption and you can just indidivdually hit both with acid) to have the damage resistance debuffs on both, the TA is contributing a TREMENDOUS amount to the ENTIRE LEAGUES (not just your teams) total damage. I honestly don't see how your scrapper is keeping up.

As far as the lower tier scrapper attacks, that is an unfair comparison for several reasons: (1) They tend not to be AOE like oil slick and certainly are not as wide an AOE in any case; (2) Oil slick's main limitation would be its recharge in this situation (about 45 sec) so that it's total contribution would be dps related as in (total damage)/recharge; (3) The amount of time necessary for the TA to do this would be rather minor as it would be just setting the slick and lighting it; (4) The scrapper contribution would probably be more DPA related and in point of fact would require the scrapper's whole attention to keep going as you would figure out their optimal attack chain.

I guess we can just agree to disagree on this. Tankish characters are still very useful with some of the nasty hard-hitting AVs. I think it is actually a shame that scrappers/blasters don't contribute more in end game trials. The way it currently seems to work though is that the multiplication effect of the (de)buffers just gets even more crazy when you have whole leagues working on things.

(1) If you did this, it was very subtle. You said "Look at it this way: with Oil Slick dealing 250, that means it's doing 1.38 dps (at +0% recharge). Fireball is 45 on the same scale, for 2.81 dps (at +0% recharge). Now, we'll use Forge on that player. 50% of 2.81 is 1.4 dps." By talking about base damage of oil slick in this situation rather than actual slotted (with damage enhancers) damage, you strongly implied that you were unaware of how damage buffs work. Because of course it is the enhanced oil slick damage that you would be comparing things with. Although the player using fireball would also have damage slotted, the forge buff would only be increasing base damage. It was not increasing the slotted damage.

(2) My first comment was simply that TA can definitely contribute to team damage, and I gave an example where it would be abundantly clear it was able to do big damage. Of course other examples would have it less clear that it was contributing big damage, which is why I listed the PL case. My other arguments talked abundantly about other cases and you can refer to them for the core general team setting.

(3) As far as your third comment, I backed up my claims of experience with valid numbers and argued my point. All I see you bringing up are talking about blizzard when (a) it is an anomaly; (b) is in the secondary and so what not relevant to Trickshooters claim in the first place; and (c) Could be taken by TA in any case. And then you talked about Tornado, which I handily rebuffed and you failed to respond to.

Basically, I have been responding to your claims with actual arguments that used numbers and listed experience and logically refuted your claims. You seem to be just bringing up random ones (i.e., Tornado) and then dropping them when convenient.

I rest my case that you are either intentionally being deceptive (a possibility) or are really just so inexperienced with TA that you can't help but make ridiculous claims.

You originally took issue with Trickshooters claim that TA is a top defender choice to invite to teams for damage. You then proceeded to say that it was ranked 5th solo or 9th teamed in damage contribution. Go back and look. These were the claims I was responding to.

I amply responded to these claims with both numbers and arguments and experience. People don't like TA, but NOT because it isn't a big contributor top team damage. It is. Ranking it 5th or 9th among defender primaries for damage contribution shows that you are either intentionally being deceptive or are just flat out inexperienced. I was being kind and assuming you were not intentionally deceptive so was assuming you were just inexperienced. I apologize if that was not the case. Saying that TA does damage IS THE NORM. So I am not "wildly different" from it when I say that. It is apparently your reading comprehension of other people's complaints about TA that is at issue. They think it has too many clicky debuffs that take the place of fewer debuffs in other sets, that its best abilities are at the highest levels, and that it it should bring buffs or other things to the table. When people say TA sucks, it is not its damage they are referring to. Please read my posts again and I think you will find you have been refuted at every turn.

I just set team sizes (like minutes ago) for +4/x8 and did blizzard on my ice/traps in a nem farm. (Sorry I have been villain side too long and tend to use the old standbys for tests.) I pretty routinely got 3 of 11 or so running out of the spawn from blizzard. I don't get any running out when using oil slick on the TA/A in the +4/x8 nem farm, although I do (!!) use glue to keep them in as well so maybe that is affecting things but this seems fair to me as we are talking about the TA primary. Regardless, as Trickshooter said, this was a discussion from defender primaries in any case. I think you would be better off choosing sonic blast for the -res in a team setting and not having to worry about the significant effect of end crash which does get in the way of your other duties. My point stands: Oil slick is in a defender primary so I don't know why you are bringing up secondary nukes as regards to Trickshooters comment but it does do more damage than the average secondary nuke with significantly less bother and better recharge.

As far as the thermal comments go, you do realize that the +damage is just for base damage and not actual slotted in game damage, right? In practice it does significantly less damage boosting than you might think. Oil slick (642 damage on a 45 sec recharge timer) not including resistance debuffs that would make it do more is a spawn killer. You probably just didn't realize it because you are not really a TA player and are talking from inexperience.

In any case TA also has both disruption and acid which do actual +20% damage boosting (each!) damage since they are -resistance. I can routinely double stack disruption as well. This is +60% actual damage boosting for the whole team. Thermal has melt armor as well but it is just -30 rez.

Again, I think that you basically don't have much experience with high end TA builds and are mids-playing rather than actual playing. Or you have teamed with TAs and from your lack of knowledge not realized what they were actually contributing. I know from experience that is is very easy just to babysit an entire team damage-wise (an in, either virtually PL them or actually PL them) with just a TA/A. I see kinetics making that claim but not many thermals. :P

I'm not sure if you are being intentionally deceptive or actually think this...

Mids might be wrong on this (it is often wonky about these things but I also know that the placed objects like blizzard are often the same across ATs) but it lists Defender, Corruptor, and Blaster Blizzards as all doing about 500 base damage. So if this is correct you have clearly chosen an anomaly to compare to oil slick. The other defender nukes do base according to mids: archery=146, ar=103, beam=126, dark=176, dual=118, elec=153, energy=176, fire=272, psi=176, rad=198, sonic=176.

Oil slick base is 250. The average of the above nukes damage (including 500 for blizzard) is 193. So on average oil slick does more damage. It also tends to be up much more often. It also has a knockdown effect so that mobs stay on the slick for the whole damage period, unlike blizzard where mobs are notorious for running out of it during its duration.

And Tornado? Yes, it is listed as 407 base but you are never going to get that for a whole spawn. The best you are going to be able to do is stick some guy with enough immobs so that he has -knockback (must reapply as -knockback expires before immob does) on him and hope Tornado sticks with him for the whole duration. This is nowhere comparable to the reliable AOE damage of oil slick.

As far as defender primary damage is concerned, traps with trip mine would have been far better to discuss because it does 126 damage on a pretty sprightly 20 sec recharge timer. And it is genuinely AOE. The problem with it of course it that it knockbacks people out the center, and so it can be finicky to apply in team settings and even solo can muck up your other aoe.

Oil slick is nice because in recharge intensive end-game builds it can be up virtually all the time and does reliable damage that doesn't f*** with anything else and has the side effect that things tend to stay on it and you can stack it with disruption (best but limited targets) and acid (okay but not large enough aoe).

Again, I will lay against you the criticism that I did against Turbo-Ski earlier: I don't think you actually have any experience in high end TA builds.

For the record, I DO have 50s with all of blizzard, tornado, and trip mine and am talking from experience with my claims.

The things I play most are defenders/corruptors/controllers/dominators, and I have many many 50s with all of the popular sets like kinetics etc etc.

I think that early game TA is weak and make no claims otherwise. Since you were bringing blizzard (on a defender! where they only get it at 38 and can only slot it later) into your argument though, I could only assume you were also talking about late game.

So I agree with Trickshooters claim that it is one of the best sets for doing damage on a defender. If you combine oil with disruption and acid, you are doing damage in a team setting. Obviously kinetics wins in this situation and is going to be higher with fulcrum shift (provided you don't already have a kinetics because definitely TA stacks better than kinetics.) But on the basis of "damage in a team setting" it is doing better than radiation and dark because it is providing oil in addition to the resistance debuffs. Storm I think it is still doing more damage "in a team setting" because storm has freezing rain yes for the resistance debuffs but tornado especially is not team friendly and lightning storm doesn't do reliable big AOE damage for a whole spawn--it just potshots who it wants to and sometimes hits one and sometimes hits more. Traps solo has trip mine which is VERY nice but in a team it can be problematic and is often not optimal.

In short, I disagree with you and agree with Trickshooter. He was perfectly justified in saying it is one of the best sets for doing damage on a defender (especially in a team setting which is where I think he was making the claim.)

It is just very easy to lay oil down and the -resistance debuffs and know that you right there have done a lot of aoe damage whether solo or teamed. There is no worrying about herding to get them tightly packed or else enervating field won't be hitting all of them. Oil slick has a large radius and is location aoe. There is no worrying about them running out of it, because oil slick has -speed and knockdown. There is no worrying about having to continually apply an immob with -knockback to keep them where they are supposed to be because you are trying to tornado them. It is just damage and it is there.

For /traps, the corruptor version of trip mine uses BLASTER VALUES and so is mondo-crazy AOE damage. I think this puts corruptor far ahead for solo because it is easy to get enough defense to trip mine whenever you feel like it for traps. The defender traps will be debuffing resistance more, and is the preferred choice for teams.

You should do this based on what your solo/team priorities are.

Hi Kioshi,

I'd reroll it as a TA/A if I were you. Just realize that most of your damage from A/TA or TA/A is going to be coming from oil slick and rain of arrows, to the extent that everything else is almost irrelevant. So you might as well go TA/A because the damage is so similar there and TA will get better -resistance buffs so you will be doing better there.

AOE-damage-wise, all other powers are completely irrelevant at 50. I'm serious. I might do a explosive arrow every now and then but I'm not kidding myself that it matters compared to the big guns of oil slick and rain of arrows. Single target, of course, other powers matter but not AOE.

The better debuff values from having TA as a primary will help you a lot more than the small extra damage you get from having A as a primary.

Yeah, LISTEN UP DEVS delete those useless sword attacks that often don't agree with theme in any case and are cold/lethal regardless and so suck. Just give us the pure cold AOE damage of Frost and Frozen Aura.

I know you won't do it, because you want stalkers to suck, but it would be nice...

My build posted above has only ranged attacks slotted (except Power Thrust which is slotted but that is fine because the point of it is to push people out to range and it gets the benefit of the doubt because it can be used while mezzed) and SOFTCAPPED RANGED DEFENSE like you seem to want.

It is just that LRM Rocket actually is a good ability and it makes me sad to see you gut it like that. You can alternate build up + LRM or aim + Overcharge on spawns to not be that bad. When you get judgement and can cycle that in, you basically have a nice powerful aoe on demand.

I also like plainguy's build if you want to go in that direction.

Best of luck regardless and I am sure you will do well with your build!

I did this on my bane, and managed (with double stacked assault) a damage bonus of +58.5% (while still having 54-ish% melee and ranged defense.) Build is below.

I think it works best on "Assassin strike" type characters like banes and stalkers where you really do want to deliver a lot of damage in a short amount of time. Blasters seem to want to do more AOE damage over an extended period of time, and I suspect defense is going to benefit them more. Builds differ, of course...

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Mist: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Bane Spider Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Bane Spider Training
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Bash -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), T'Death-Dam%(7)
Level 1: Wolf Spider Armor -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 2: Combat Training: Defensive -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(7)
Level 4: Bane Spider Armor Upgrade -- ResDam-I(A)
Level 6: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(13)
Level 8: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(13), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(15), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(15), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(17), GSFC-Build%(17)
Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(19), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(19), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(21), RedFtn-Def(21), RedFtn-EndRdx(23)
Level 12: Maneuvers -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(23), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(25), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(25), RedFtn-Def(27), RedFtn-EndRdx(27)
Level 14: Combat Jumping -- ULeap-Jump(A), ULeap-Stlth(29)
Level 16: Tactical Training: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(29)
Level 18: Pulverize -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(31), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(31), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), T'Death-Dam%(33)
Level 20: Shatter -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(33), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(34), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), T'Death-Dam%(36)
Level 22: Mental Training -- Run-I(A), Run-I(36)
Level 24: Cloaking Device -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(36), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(37), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(37), RedFtn-Def(37), RedFtn-EndRdx(39)
Level 26: Placate -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 28: Surveillance -- AnWeak-DefDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(A), AnWeak-Acc/DefDeb(39), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg(39), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(40)
Level 30: Tactical Training: Leadership -- AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(A), AdjTgt-ToHit(40), Rec'dRet-Pcptn(40), Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(42), EndRdx-I(42)
Level 32: Crowd Control -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(42), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(43), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Oblit-%Dam(45)
Level 35: Aid Other -- Heal-I(A)
Level 38: Aid Self -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(45), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(45), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Dct'dW-Heal(46)
Level 41: Web Envelope -- Acc-I(A)
Level 44: Shatter Armor -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(46), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(48), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48), T'Death-Dam%(50)
Level 47: Tactics -- AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(A), AdjTgt-ToHit(50), EndRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Combat Training: Offensive -- Acc-I(A)
Level 50: Musculature Core Paragon
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Conditioning
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A), Run-I(9)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A), Jump-I(9)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(11), EndMod-I(11)
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 28.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 28.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 15.5% Defense(Smashing)
• 15.5% Defense(Lethal)
• 4.25% Defense(Fire)
• 4.25% Defense(Cold)
• 8% Defense(Energy)
• 8% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 25.19% Defense(Melee)
• 13% Defense(Ranged)
• 5.5% Defense(AoE)
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 4% Enhancement(Heal)
• 10% FlySpeed
• 84.33 HP (7.87%) HitPoints
• 14% JumpHeight
• 14% JumpSpeed
• MezResist(Held) 11%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 17.6%
• MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
• 20% Perception
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 10% (0.54 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 5.04% Resistance(Fire)
• 5.04% Resistance(Cold)
• 10% RunSpeed

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Set Bonuses:
Touch of Death
(Bash)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 16.06 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• MezResist(Held) 2.75%
• 3.75% Defense(Melee), 1.88% Defense(Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Smashing)

Steadfast Protection
(Wolf Spider Armor)

• 3% Defense(Melee), 3% Defense(AoE), 3% Defense(Ranged), 3% Defense(Smashing), 3% Defense(Lethal), 3% Defense(Fire), 3% Defense(Cold), 3% Defense(Energy), 3% Defense(Negative), 3% Defense(Psionic)

Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control
(Build Up)

• 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
• 20.08 HP (1.87%) HitPoints
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• 2.5% Defense(Melee), 1.25% Defense(Lethal), 1.25% Defense(Smashing), 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative), 2.5% Defense(AoE), 1.25% Defense(Fire), 1.25% Defense(Cold)

Red Fortune
(Tactical Training: Maneuvers)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
• 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
• 2% DamageBuff(All)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)

Red Fortune
(Maneuvers)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
• 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
• 2% DamageBuff(All)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)

Unbounded Leap
(Combat Jumping)

• 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight

Touch of Death
(Pulverize)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 16.06 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• MezResist(Held) 2.75%
• 3.75% Defense(Melee), 1.88% Defense(Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Smashing)

Touch of Death
(Shatter)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 16.06 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• MezResist(Held) 2.75%
• 3.75% Defense(Melee), 1.88% Defense(Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Smashing)

Red Fortune
(Cloaking Device)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
• 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
• 2% DamageBuff(All)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)

Analyze Weakness
(Surveillance)

• 10% (0.54 HP/sec) Regeneration
• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
• 3% DamageBuff(All)

Adjusted Targeting
(Tactical Training: Leadership)

• 2% DamageBuff(All)

Rectified Reticle
(Tactical Training: Leadership)

• 1.88% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.94% Defense(Melee)
• 20% Perception

Obliteration
(Crowd Control)

• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
• 3% DamageBuff(All)
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 3.75% Defense(Melee), 1.88% Defense(Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Smashing)

Doctored Wounds
(Aid Self)

• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
• 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
• 4% Enhancement(Heal)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Touch of Death
(Shatter Armor)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 16.06 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• MezResist(Held) 2.75%
• 3.75% Defense(Melee), 1.88% Defense(Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Smashing)

Adjusted Targeting
(Tactics)

• 2% DamageBuff(All)

Performance Shifter
(Stamina)

• 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed

I've had it in other builds and can certainly understand someone getting it. Basically, unlike maneuvers or weave which don't need any action at all to work, it is a click as you said (and so another action.) A valid criticism against TA is that sometime you are going to want to attack, and you have to cut the debuff cycle short at some point. But yes, the build could be modified to get it.

Plus of course, maneuvers and weave are contributing +12.5% global recharge each and I think the most you could manage with flash was +6.25%.