Dechs Kaison

In Nova, only two attacks can do KB. Detonation is high enough knockback, but Blast is single target, is only a 10% chance, and is low magnitude. Gravitic Emanation in human form has KB, but it's not an attack, it's a control power.

The only attack with KB that a WS often cycles is Dark Nova Detonation. If one attack counts for "heavy on KB" then I guess you are right.

I agree with all of this.

Voids are completely a non-issue these days. Their damage is resistable and much less than it ever was.

If I were you, I wouldn't play a PB. They have some demonstrable balance issues, at least for the time being. In one of the USTREAMs the devs said they "will be taking a look at them." Again, I'd suggest you hold off on those.

In general, though, I disagree that Kheldians function like blasters. Kheldians were the first hybrid AT, before villains came around. PBs were intended to be able to fit whatever role the team needed, being able to tank quite well if the team was heavy on damage and damage very well if the team was heavy on support. It didn't work out too well, especially if the PB was solo.

Warshades, on the other hand, are the closest thing you'll find to a tankmage. Played and built right, a Warshade can be a dominator with better than scrapper survival and blaster AoE damage. When you put enough recharge into them, you sit at 85% resistance to everything, all the time, as well as hitting your own damage cap and being followed by three damage dealing pets. For more details on all that, I'd point you to my MFing Warshade guide. The link is in my signature.

Just going off base damage, Nova Bolt is identical in DPA to Detonation, and far worse than Blast and Emanation.

It's manageable without extra end reduction. I'd just rather not bother worrying about it. If you look at my build, you'll see that even with Armageddon in Mire, I still have an extra slot just for endurance reduction. I cycle that power once every five seconds, and it eats too much endurance if for any reason I'm staying in Dwarf form.

I don't have mids with me right now, but I can make a few comments. First, have you seen my guide? It is made for tri-form warshades and includes some good slotting advice.

Defense is an option, I've seen some people cram good amounts into their build. It helps to prevent you from mez and really multiplies your survivability.

One comment is that Phase Shift is a terrible choice. If you want a phase ability, get Nebulous Form. It activates immediately and grants you extra movement.

I'd also change the order of your powers for better exemplaring, but that's not a big deal if you don't do that often. I'd move Gravity Well and Shadow Cloak up to as soon as they are available, and leave stealth for the picks after 41 since you shouldn't ever be using it.

I think you're going to want some end reduction in Black Dwarf Mire. It's pretty heavy on the blue bar and Obliteration doesn't give you much at all.

Spiritual and Clarion are most likely the best choices indeed. Reactive is better if you solo, but on a team, more people are likely to have it. At that point, you'd be better off with anything else because of the stacking limits.

I see that you have a lot of damage bonuses. They aren't all that useful since they become diluted by Mires. If you picked them up "by accident," then I understand. I just hope you aren't actively building for them.

Kids these days. All they want are the overpowered monstrosities.

Why?

In $deity's name, why?

I like the enhancement values more. I think those are worth more than the 16 HP I'd get our of Call to Arms.

Yes.

Just like the other 100 topics we have about it.

That doesn't work, and not for any mechanical reason.

If the option to turn knockback off exists, it will become a "requirement" for teaming to turn it off.

DAMNIT!

But really, the most fun I've ever had playing this game was learning how to play my Warshade.

I had so much fun with it that I wrote a pretty definitive guide on how to play a Tri-Form Warshade. See the link in my signature for The MFing Warshade.

It most certainly is not unrealistic. Even my Claws/Dark brute, who is not built for tanking, makes for a great tank if that's what the team needs.

You would indeed be surprised what Lore pets can do with Fortitude and Adrenaline Boost. The Emp is a sure shot at soloing AV's with just that.

The FF? Yeah, he'd have trouble. I doubt the Lore pets could down an AV in the five minutes they get. If you had T4 Reactive interface, though, it might be possible.