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And might matter hugely if you were in fact 6 levels lower ... that's the point at which your soft cap would have demonstrated why it's called soft. A difference of 6 or more levels starts involving not only accuracy modifiers but To Hit modifiers.

And having primarily faced the Pylon with an SR scrapper I don't recall if the Pylon debuffs defense.

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PS Damage also scales by relative level ... A +6 Pylon would seriously hurt even my 1953 health scrapper.

Took a bit for me to be able to get back to this. (And YEAH! for finally getting Mids installed and running). Iridium Master has shown you a very solid build as an example. It is however not a very good match for your list above (and I don't believe it was intended as such either ... merely a solid example of a Grav/Emp build). Getting those listed features isn't impossible but likely going to be some work and expense in getting the IO's needed. Some of it also depends on how much defense you are looking for vs how much global recharge. Of the two I would strongly recommend favoring recharge over defense as a general rule for both controller builds and doubly so for empathy builds. In the build that follows I started by looking to get enough defense so 1 small purple inspire would hit the soft cap for defense (so anything 32.5% or higher) while still gaining perma Hasten and all the goodness that flows from that ... and tried to do so without using incarnate boosts. Build goal reached but as I said above lots of high end IO's (Panacea, a Glad proc and Purple sets) needed to do that. One could use Doctored Wounds and still be essentially perma Hastened even with out Incarnate abilities. Also could not fit in all the Grav powers you had in your build (ended up dropping Dimension Shift). Having only a little experience with Gravity and none of that prior to the most recent changes not sure if that's a good idea or not. Otherwise it contains the items on the list above ... Fly/Hover and Fire APP as well as solid ranged defense and high recharge. Anyway food for thought.

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Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.957
http://www.cohplanner.com/

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GravEmpathy (v1.00.i23 Incarnate): Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Gravity Control
Secondary Power Set: Empathy
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Lift -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(5), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(25), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 1: Healing Aura -- Panac-Heal(A), Panac-Heal/EndRedux(9), Panac-Heal/Rchg(15), Panac-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(31), Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 2: Gravity Distortion -- Lock-Acc/Hold(A), Lock-Acc/Rchg(3), Lock-Rchg/Hold(5), Lock-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(11), Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(21), Lock-%Hold(50)
Level 4: Heal Other -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(9), Numna-Heal/Rchg(15), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Numna-Heal(34), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(37)
Level 6: Propel -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(7), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(13), Apoc-Dam%(21)
Level 8: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(17)
Level 10: Crushing Field -- GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx(A), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg(11), GravAnch-Acc/Immob/Rchg(25)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17), RechRdx-I(31)
Level 14: Fly -- Winter-ResSlow(A)
Level 16: Clear Mind -- Range-I(A)
Level 18: Gravity Distortion Field -- SWotController-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear(A), SWotController-Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/Rchg(19), SWotController-EndRdx/Rchg(19), SWotController-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx(34), SWotController-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx/Rchg(40), SWotController-Rchg/Dmg%(50)
Level 20: Fortitude -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(23), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(43)
Level 22: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(23), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(43)
Level 24: Tactics -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 26: Wormhole -- Amaze-Stun/Rchg(A), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(27), Amaze-Acc/Rchg(27), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(36), Amaze-ToHitDeb%(50)
Level 28: Recovery Aura -- RechRdx-I(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(29), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(29)
Level 30: Vengeance -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Singularity -- ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(A), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(33)
Level 35: Regeneration Aura -- Panac-Heal(A), Panac-Heal/EndRedux(36), Panac-Heal/Rchg(36), Panac-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(37), Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 38: Adrenalin Boost -- Panac-Heal(A), Panac-Heal/EndRedux(39), Panac-Heal/Rchg(39), Panac-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(39), Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(40), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(40)
Level 41: Fire Ball -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(42), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Ragnrk-Knock%(43)
Level 44: Fire Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(45), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Fire Shield -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResKB(48), GA-3defTpProc(48), GA-ResDam(48)
Level 49: Afterburner -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- EndMod-I(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A)
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
Level 50: Agility Radial Paragon
Level 50: Ageless Radial Epiphany
Level 50: Support Radial Embodiment
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Okay I just collected a gazillion demerits for not noticing the lack of the -kb IO's on the list. One of them is the very first thing every single character I have seeks out if they don't have some form of kb protection.

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Indeed Achilles is another I'll go looking to add somewhere in a build including working a bit to find a slot if need be.

My personal 'problem' with the GSFC is it's a either a random (and therefore unreliable) damage spike in the short run or in the long run about the equal as I recall of a +2.5% damage set bonus. When I think of it as a "+2.5% damage set bonus" it really doesn't cut the mustard when thinking about the best special IO's.

Now if I'm recalling the averaged over time boost to damage from a long past thread on the subject incorrectly then ...

I may be missing a good thing

In most of the builds when I've fiddled around with adding or not a Kismet to things it tends to work out to reliably hitting at a 95% rate foes who are about 1 level higher. In otherwords instead of hitting +3's at 95% I'll be hitting +4's or instead of +1's I'll be hitting +2's at 95% hence my desire to get Kismet into a build. That said most very high end builds tend to have sufficient accuracy to make this entirely moot. Kismet hence tends to be more of value either while leveling up or if one exemplars frequently at levels where accuracy is perhaps not quite so good (which tends to describe my playing rather well).

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As an aside and for what it's worth my favored slotting these days is 3 slots with Rech, Resist/Rech and Resist/Rech. Gains you minimal loss of recharge enhancement but nets you some additional +resistance.

Does seem rather silly (read seems like a "bug") to allow Endmod enhancement that has no effect on any aspect of the power.

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One quick thought here. Since you are SR you don't need much cushion vs -def ... Generally you'll be dead long before you get any significant defdebuff on you as long as you have your DDR at or very close to 95%. Any border/bizzare case in which for some reason you are getting enough defdebuff to matter it should be readily and rapidly countered by a single luck or other defense buff. I've never seen a case of cascade failure happen on any of my SR characters. To think about it another way if you get hit by -200% defense debuff(s) you are only going to suffer a -10% drop in defense ... when was the last time you recall getting anywhere nearly that debuffed? And that's still less than the +def of a small purple.

Finding ways to increase your regen and max health will do far more in terms of survival after you've hit the soft cap. Or with respect to Incarnate foes the Incarnate cap which may be worth shooting for but I've found that generally gaining it via the numerous buffs floating around most leagues combined with inspires is plenty for Incarnate work.

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Agreed, it confuses Vets at times too. No time like now to get it straight before misinformation raises its ugly head. Especially for a player (new or old) willing to come to the boards and ask questions.

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Yes. http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Limits

With Khelds, Arachnos Widows and Soldiers capping at 85%

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The difference I suspect is in the -40% End vs -100% End of most nukes. 8 AM's is +240% recovery buff (more with endmod slotting) but still well shy of countering the -1000% recovery debuff applied which is the bigger issue.

8 Short Circuits on the other hand are going to put a serious dent in the AV's blue bar. Having played on teams of sappers (Shock Troopers and DWEF of the RO Network) the AV/GM's blue bars vanish quite readily and stay that way with a team of sappers at work.

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As I recall that's essentially Dark vs Dark is it not? Much like using Fire attacks or AT vs Fire using mobs ... tend to be resistant to Fire effects?

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This last bit is the real "weakness" of a super team ... boredom. When 7 Fire/Rads can take out all 4 of Lord Recluse's Patron AV's on SO builds in under 3 minutes 20 seconds there's really nothing in the game that is going to provide an even remote challenge. It's fun the first few levels or times then ... not so much. That's what killed off one of the most potent dedicated teams my friends and I put together. While they weren't all the same AT (they were all Dark/* or */Dark of some sort) they were essentially a super team. Our play time petered out in the low 30's as other things became more interesting despite the ridiculous power of the team.

Still at some point I'd love to try 8 Fire/Sonic controllers. 24 Imps+ 8 Hot Feet + 8 Disruption Fields + 8 Dispersion Bubbles ... that's a lot of passive offense which is partly what makes the strongest super teams the strongest, passive always active offense and defense, no clicks or targeting required.

Edit: attempting to link to Time Force II You Tube video of the above mentioned Fire/Rads demolishing the Patrons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSoR7nq6b_g

This (as well as the explanation earlier by RevolverMike) are correct. Having the proc in multiple powers only increases the likelyhood of it being active at any given moment far as I know. Rad blast can also take (in Irradiate) the Fury of the Gladiator -resist and that will stack with the Achilles so if one had them both a Rad Blast could manage on occasion to stack -40% resist.