Dechs Kaison

If you say it fast enough, sure.

No purples or PvP IOs in mine, if that's what you're asking.

Biggest ticket item in my build is probably the few sets of Kinetic Combat.

You know, I've never actually tried to port the Seekers, but since they are already mobile, I'm pretty sure they would move with you too.

I'm someone that believes the Acid Mortar should move. I know the Triage Beacon isn't a true pet, just pseudopet, but the Acid Mortar shows up in my pets window for crying out loud. Then again, it's /Traps. Do we really have any reason to complain?

I have to admit, though, moving Trip Mine with Team Teleport would be pretty broken. Part of the balance of the power is that you need to get the enemies to come to you or deal with the interrupt in combat.

Heh. Thanks. But really, at least it sounds the same. The one that really bugs me is when they spell it "Dech".

Iggy ITT tryin' to outdo me.

And done.

Just for the record, though, Arcanaville predicted that.

I likewise approve.

I disagree. You can use the market to buy more than IOs. In addition to inspirations, you can get HOs easily this way.

The invention system has to be a high tier reward. It's one of the major reasons to maintain a subscription.

Seriously? I don't blame you. I've probably answered enough questions here for three guides.

You're also not the first to attribute some guide I've never heard of to me.

Could you give me a link to that guide?

For the life of me, I cannot find it.

I must not have been clear. Being able to solo +4/x8 was never intended game design, and despite your poor build choices and some minor mistakes, you still managed to do it.

And my whole point has been "Dark Armor doesn't suck," not how awesome it is.

Your whole point, however, is undermined pretty heavily by not using some of the fundamental strengths of the set, but still managing to do very well against +4/x8 mobs, something not intended at all.

Well, I didn't want to be showing a video of the entire mission. No one would want to see it and I don't want to store the footage on my computer.

I know I can solo +4/x8 missions, I routinely do so when helping friends level their characters. Council fall easy enough without any inspirations at all, but even that Malta group only took a single small purple inspiration. One full spawn clearly drops more than one inspiration, so I know I'd be able to continue for a full mission at that pace, even chock full of Malta goons.

That was actually the design goal of the build, 32.5% defense to the majority of types. With that, I'd be able to handle just about anything, and a small purple would softcap me for the really really hard stuff.

You're missing something important here, and that's "Soloing on +4/x8 is not intended at all." If you don't have a well slotted IO build, you're not going to be able to do the same things as I have in my video.

Nothing you have said or your video shows that Dark Armor is squishy. It just shows that Dark Armor, when poorly built and played (thanks Nihilii for saying just about everything I would have), cannot stand up to +4/x8 Council.

I have always invited people to try to compare apples to apples. Take a Shield/Fire or WP/Fire tank and do the same things I did in my first video; I don't care how much you spend on the build. Or take a Claws/WP or Claws/SR and do the same things I did. I'm not saying I don't think it can be done, just that it's not nearly as easy as you might suggest.

Yeah, I had thought about doing that, but I wanted to be able to hit a spawn fresh from the start. You do bring up a good point though, that my video isn't even showcasing the set's T9 power.

Haha! It is a Brute, this time around. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for your initial comments on the build way back when.

That's actually two separate questions.

Why did I not choose DM?
Because I find that it's a terrible pairing for Dark Armor. I don't need Siphon Life when I have Dark Regen. Personally, I do not like relying on -tohit because it can be resisted. I've always built well enough to not need the endurance recovery tool.

Why did I choose Claws?
Because I wanted the character to be a swirling mass of sand, blood, and blades.

Again, Dark is not squishy. Take away the IOs, take away the Claws mitigation, and go back to Arcanaville's spreadsheets. Dark pulls ahead of many of the other sets in almost every quantifiable way.

How can you call it squishy?

This part if factually incorrect, but it's a common misconception. Claws does have less endurance costs per power, but don't forget that the recharge rates are likewise reduced. You would end up burning the same endurance per second as normal, except that with more fast AoEs, it works out to more endurance costs than any other set.

Can't really disagree with anything else you said, of course.

I'm not saying Dark Armor is awesome. I'm just saying that if it can do this, it clearly can't suck.

I would suggest creating a tab to track "healing done to self," I think it's called. The procs should show up there so you can verify with yourself that it's working properly. You will see about one proc for every five heals.