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Kindredsun's build is decent, but a few choice are rather lack luster. Sorry, your Death Shroud slotting is completely inadequate. Stamina is over slotted, move some of those to Death Shroud.

Over all, if you can't afford Purple IOs, it's a fair route to go, except you included PvP and some Purples. A DM/DA build REALLY benefits from Purple sets, just 5 slots though. You should easily work 4 into your build. The difference is in higher resistance and recharge values.

You'll get a better response if you include the data chunk with your build posts.

While I'm at it, I do have an Elec/Elec scrapper that uses hover and fly. While Hover/Fly is obviously not the preferred option for Electric Armor, you can address aerial KB issue with a few KB protection IOs. Not the most efficient choice, but workable if you are committed to a flying Electric Armor Scrapper.

Dark Armor is a bit of a slow starter. While Cloak of Fear and Oppressive Gloom seem like defining powers for the set, sole reliance on them or any one aspect of Dark Armor will not yield the best performance.

Dark Armor really is a layered set. Individually, none of the powers start too well and none of them end up that spectacular (Obsidian Shield is an arguable exception, but Psi Damage simply isn't common enough to entertain the argument.) Some will state that Dark Regeneration the defining power, it's simply too endurance costly to be spectacular at low levels.

When all the Dark Armor toggles are combined, the set truly starts to shine. It's easy to over look one toggle was insignificant, but remove it and you quickly notice the difference.

• Setting the Foundation: Dark Armor basic three are Dark Embrace, Obsidian Shield, and Murky Cloud. Get these early and have them all 4 slotted by level 22. (you could cheat a few slots out of OS. Some do this in their final build, but this depends on your bonuses.) The resistance values achieved by Dark Embrace and Murky Cloud are simply not impressive. ~34% with basic enhancements. Everything builds on these small values, without them, the set quickly crumbles.
  
  Minion Muncher: Death Shroud seems rather lack luster initially for the amount endurance it costs. DO NOT BE MISLED. Death Shroud is your most endurance efficient toggle and is vital to managing endurance on any Dark Armor build. On full teams or soloing at x8, Death Shroud will consistently out damage any power in your arsenal (except Throw Spines.) Take this power immediately, and slot it up ASAP. Fill it with Endurance reductions initially, but at level 22 you should be treating the same as any attack.
  
  Pulled from the fire: Dark Regeneration is the most powerful self heal, but at a high cost. You need 2-3 targets to get full benefit and it uses up 1/3 of your end bar. Without IO sets, you want this to be your "OH $#!+ !!" Take this power immediately and slot it immediately. This power will give a much better sense of Dark Armor's potential, but only after you have the basic toggles in order. With the right IO build, it can be uses rather casually about every 10-15 seconds.
  
  Mez toggles: Outside of IO builds, Cloak of Fear and Oppressive Gloom basically serve the same purpose, so you generally don't need both. While I have always preferred Cloak of Fear, it costs a great deal of endurance and has terrible base accuracy. (who can I harass about this?) On non IO builds, Oppressive Gloom is preferable as it needs no slotting to function fully. I just never liked the wandering affect stunned mobs would get. On IO builds, the preference can shift drastically depending on bonuses sought and the secondary you chose, but things really start to favor Cloak of Fear. Once you have a mez toggle up and running, you really start to understand Dark Armor 's full potential.
  
  Meh powers...sort of: Cloak of Darkness is marginally useful on a basic build. It offers some defense ~5% fully slotted, but not enough to be significant. It does have stealth, which can be situationally useful, and it offers immobilization protection if you wanted to skip Combat Jumping. On an IO set build that emphasizes defense, CoD because a great spring board, making it a must have power.
  I'm simply not a fan of self rez powers. IMHO, they are situational at best, and easily replaced by an awaken. If you can't think of another power worth taking, it can make for an IO mule, but I never take the power. I can usually find something to take that will help keep me for face planting in the first place.

If you think this post is long, check out the ridiculously massive guide . It's slightly out of date, but the basics explained there haven't really changed. IMHO, still a great starting point for any Dark Armor scrapper.

Hard to evaluate fully with out the date junk. Download does not work well for me.

A few oddities jump out just from reading it over. I share ClawsandEffects concerns, but would expand that to mention under slotting of Dark Regeneration. Awful lot of slots in Confront while key powers are looking anemic.

Is this supposed to be a positional or typed defense build?

Two things as I review your build.

1) I recommend attempting your build again with out selecting any Fitness Pool powers. Yes, they are inherent now, so when you do a respect, you no longer need to select. YOU STILL NEED TO SLOT them. Think along the lines of Brawl or Sprint.

2) When you post a build it is helpful if you include the data chunk. Then you select "Export Short Forum" check the last box that reads "Export Data Chunk as well as Data Link". This ensures whom ever wants to offer assistance, will be able to import the build by their method of preference. You will get more and faster responses this way.



Regarding your actual build; you selected a Purple set but almost not sets else where. Was there a reason for this? Budgetary concerns?

There are nearly a dozen different ways to build DM/DA. There are a lot of mistakes on your current build, but it would be helpful to know what kind of budget you are working with, before suggestions could be made.

You'll get faster responses if you post the entire build, not just the link. The link does not work well for everyone.

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