Dechs Kaison

First, little nitpick. It's Dechs. Pronounced "dex." Very notably not short for Dexter. I'm certainly not upset or anything; I know it's an unusual name.

Second, thanks for taking the time to offer suggestions. I really appreciate it.

Good plan. I don't like running into walls when I'm trying to sneak my way around. It's especially difficult in the Council caves. That's on the list of things to get now.

I may do that, I'll have to play around with slots to get the extras. In general, I wasn't too concerned about recharge because there's so much in bonuses worked in all over the place. I don't know if the build link shows it, but my alternate slotting for Emanation has the purple set in it. I do plan to fully purple out eventually, it's just a matter of time.

I must have thought that +range was +recharge. Reading comprehension FTW. I was after the +max end bonus though. You'll notice I try to grab a lot of that.

"I hate waiting." -Inigo.

I already have the recharge taken care of with set bonuses and hasten, so the only way to minimize waiting seemed to be interrupt. I hadn't thought about the Shard. I've never actually been there. (Please don't hit me. This is my first hero since i4. It's not my fault! I swear!)

I actually did plan on using this as my "heavy hitter" when I'm tanking in dwarf. It's up all the time, stacking with itself, and this is where I plan to put the purple PBAoE set. The heavy end usage is one of the reasons I try to grab those +max end bonuses. They indirectly increase recovery as well.

Yeah, those endmods are kind of superfluous. The +ends I already have, and figured the movement bonus might be nice in dwarf form. I'll consider the fact that the slots might be better elsewhere.

Nope, don't use them at all. Maneuvers is a LoTG mule, but yeah, I should probably use invisibility. The others... I don't know why I picked them. Maybe one day I'll want inky aspect because the team could use more control? Maybe? Orbiting death is just a cool visual, and if I'm going to pick a power I won't use, it might as well look good.

Yeah, I grabbed another movement bonus and enhanced the accuracy/recharge. I don't think the movement is that necessary though, so I'll revise this. I'm not changing Impervium Armor, since I want the +max end.

This is eventually getting the full purple set. Until then, I'm getting the set bonus for global recharge while having as many fluffy balls of doom as I can. I know how awesome that proc is, since I have it on my Assbot.

Meh, I figured the power recharges fast enough on its own, might as well use it as a "please proc" kind of power.

Pretty sure the heal and recharge were ED capped, I'll have to look at it again. I can't see mids right now, but I think I went for another +max end here.

Well, with purples this becomes so very close to perma. I have a bind that drops just to use this power. I don't think I will be able to manage to keep it perma, but with enough practice, maybe. As it is, it's getting me a 5% recharge bonus, but I should probably look at it more as a boost and less as an AoE attack.

Yeah, that was my plan. Basilisk's gaze gives a very rare 7.5% recharge bonus, and lockdown proc is there for the chance to hold bosses. The other lockdown enhancer ED caps some things and give me a slight recovery boost.

Well, now, that explains a lot.

Well yes, that's the idea. But you can fit the other two into thugs and bruiser without having to totally gimp Gang War.

If you plan to use Gang War at all.

I want to make a bots/dark so very badly, but I just cannot rationalize a concept. Nanite swarm is the best I can do, and I'm just not happy with it. Maybe after my character "dies" he'll come back as a ghost to reanimate his robots with nether worldly energy... but Dechs Kaison is not likely to die anytime soon...

I did slot gravity well for hold as opposed to damage, as well as adding the +2 mag proc. The same is true for Gravatic Emanation, slotted for stun. I'm leaving myself capable of such controllery stuff, I just don't expect to do it often.

I spend most of my time in forms and just drop for buffs, so recharge seemed to be the best focus for me. Eclipse is perma, even mire can be, but that requires me to drop way too bloody often. I also didn't slot any toggle powers, since I don't plan on staying human long enough to make use of them. I'm no good with attack chains, but with the amount of recharge I'm packing, it may very well end up as the two AoEs in nova. I know the dwarf mire can actually STACK with this build.

Do you stay human longer and make use of the Opressive Gloom clone I can't remember the name for? How else are you holding/stunning enemies that I may not be seeing?

This is more or less what I was trying to say. Recharge is more important than accuracy, which is more important than damage. Damage helps the taunt in that a high damage target moves up the aggro list faster, but really? You need to connect first. And you want this up as often as possible, so recharge should be the primary focus.

I still maintain that you should try to fit the uniques that won't go in your other pets. That's an extra 5% defense and 10% resist all. Maybe not much, but on top of everything else, it's amazing.

That's more like it.

Thanks.

Very arguably, PBs solo much better at the intended difficulty the game was designed around of +0/x1. A warshades powers are more beneficial as you have more enemies to fight against. A PB will always build up for the same value, will always heal the same amount when you click the button. A warshade is too dependent on the number of enemies.

It doesn't. I don't need it to. That's why I have a mastermind.

My warshade is still the most fun I've ever had playing this game, and no amount of solid math will convince me otherwise. There is no mathematical expression of fun.

Wow. Thanks. Ok, I'm glad I wrote this.

Out of curiosity, which of my posts made you go back to Bots/Traps? Was it either the scrapperlock thread or the "I've discovered my limits" thread?

I wholeheartedly do not believe this. You have been proven wrong. Not everyone knows that VEATS > HEATS.

Ahhhh I see what this is now.

Translation: I am entitled to everything I want now!

Perhaps you meant to say... a glinting eye?

You're welcome.

It is nice how much variety I have. Tank goes afk because his cats start attacking each other? Eclipse or Dwarf up and go. The controller DC'd and we need some mezzers taken care of? Use the gravity well and emanation a bit more. Want to stealth a mission? Full stealth and recall friend. Otherwise, dance and destroy!

I've already started with the IOs. I have two level 25 +end Performance Shifter procs and one LOTG +recharge made out of merits. I've recently fell into a small fortune and started buying 5 piece sets of Decimation for the two nova ST attacks since they only go up to level 40. I'm doing the same for Impervium Armors to go into dwarf and eclipse. +Max endurance goodness.

After I iron a few more kinks out, I'll post a build for critiquing. I've got a few slots I'm not sure I like the placement of.

Ok, my bad. You just don't happen to know anything about one of the best dark miasma powers. Autohit stun and all that. One of the most talked about benefits of having a dark on the team.

Wait, you use it on EVs/AVs? Do you always get in their face to hit them with it? How the hell didn't you know it worked from range?!

Proof that you don't have a clue what you're talking about.

First, I haven't set foot blueside since i4, with the exception of my recent warshade. I know villain content.

Second, you had an MM with you that has enforce morale. No, forget enforce morale, you had an MM. He should be alpha soak every damn time. Stun or no, he's got 50% resist with only two pets in bodyguard mode. It goes up from there. Let him eat all the mez, his pets will fire back.

My diagnosis: Operator error.