Desmodos

Yup, and slam into the same abyss of level 30-45 content as every other character ever created. There was already plenty of 20-30 content in place for this. It wasn't needed.

roflmao

I was referring just to the debuff, before factoring resistances. Mainly because that's how Ryxx depicted it. But point taken.

I tried this and I was less then pleased with the results.

Disembowel and Soaring Dragon.

Not sure there are any others for scrappers.

Archvillain Resistance.

The range is based on level. For a lvl 54 AV (Lord Recluse in a STF) would have 87%.

It get's worst. Here are Ghost Widows base resistances:
That's before she puts up Shadow Fall.

EDIT: If I'm understanding all here data right, she is weakest to Fire and Energy damage. In that order.

So we just stop at the first calculation? Making it 48% resistance debuff?

FYI 48% is not enough to floor her while Shadow Fall is running.

I've been advocating for awhile, that Scirocco may be a greater threat than Ghost Widow. It all depends on how many Dust Devils (tornadoes) he drops. He can drop up to 5 at a time.

Ghost Widow also has a version of Shadow Fall. I don't know the exact numbers on her version, but it will grant her and the other AVs resistance to Energy, N. Energy and Psi damage.

I'm not on Sarrate's level of number crunching, but here's the quick and dirty version.

STF AVs are +4 so Purple Patch rules apply first. So basically a +4 mob has as 48% resistance to the debuff.

EDITED to reflect correction by Sarrate.

Sort of. Some times. It's not really anywhere near reliable enough to justify taking both powers.

Someone must of said it before this...I'm sure I missed the boat somewhere, but...

There is all kinds of wrong with this statement.

I thought Cat pretty much answered the question. What part remains unanswered?

This is still poor wording. In general, there is no 6th bonus. The first set bonus is applied after 2 enhancements from the set are slotted in the same power. The final "5th" bonus is applied by slotting the 6th enhancement from the set. Is not generally what's referred to as the 'rule of 5.'

The sixth enhancement from a set is not necessarily ill advised. For many sets, the 5th bonus (achieved by slotting the 6th enhancement) is a highly sought after defense bonus (i.e Touch of Death, Mako's Bite, Red Fortune).

Best I can tell, this power was either designed as a throw away to encourage players to explore pool powers or a great source of amusement for the devs.

...because it's incorrect. I get what Ishalia is saying, but it's not relevant to the rule of 5. If a bonus comes from 2 IOs in a set and the identical bonus comes from 4 IOs in another set, the two would still be added together towards the rule of 5.


Ishalia:
Perhaps Ishalia could elaborate on what he/she is trying to say. As it stands, this statement is incorrect.

I haven't looked a Fire Tanker builds in a really long time, but is that even possible?

Around here, we call this tough love.

Sarrate and I went on about this for hours, but I think we concluded Luck of the Gamblers were not treated as set bonuses even though they functioned as such, thus did not add to the rule of five. Until another IO is introduced that give +7.5% recharge by it's self (forgive me if the is one already, I've been away), then we could see if would contribute to it's own rule of 5.

It's on the value, regardless of source. In other words, yes the Crushing Impact and Doctor Wounds 5% recharge bonus both count towards the same limit of 5.

Pre-IOs, ToF will have a very significant impact on your survivability. Once you start stacking defense bonuses, ToF becomes less and less significant. You eventually get to the point where ToF contributes so little, it's not worth a power pick.

Damage auras are endurance management tools. You save endurance by running them. The more opponents your fighting, the more effective your endurance management becomes.