Duneytron2000
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Hey thanks for the thorough response Android.
I decided to try out both Degenerative and Spectral at T3. I think in general I like degenerative better, just because it's one of the few interface powers to debuff something that might be useful in addition to its damage.
Spectral has been a disappointment, as the immob duration is so short as to be meaningless, and too low magnitude to affect the things I really want it to. Partially this is because I went for the dot side of the tree, but that's the side I would probably want to go for at T4 anyway. Still nice for its psi damage, but I'll probably stick with Degenerative as my first choice backup for now.
It's hard to get around the awesome targeting ability of Ion. I don't really need any of the secondary effects of other judgement powers, though void is probably the next-easiest to target IMO. Widow already has a lot of exotic damage, though (and I went gloom and dark obliteration, so I'm good on negative energy too), so I'll probably just keep on with Ion until I have a compelling reason to switch.
I appreciate the feedback on Incandescence. I hadn't thought about its usefulness in general teaming as a faster ATT. That'd come in a ton of handy on STF or similar TFs with a lot of opportunities for a fast stealther to get ahead of the group. Do you ever find yourself using it to help the team out of a tough situation? I wonder about the -healres ever accomplishing anything. I'd probably be more inclined to give +stealth on recall to help port people into hot situations. -
We do have a couple of regular trial runners who will happily kick trials off with minimal forces, which helps a little. Now that enough people are consistently +3 and familiar with the trials, it's less dicey to start a 9-person Lambda than it used to be, which means people in the queue have a chance to partake. If number in queue was visible, presumably this practice would increase, since you'd know other people would be joining in.
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Is there any way these numbers might reflect actual experience more accurately? We thought since people can queue in missions now that it might be easier to use the LFG tab without first gathering an entire league. After spending a solid 2 hours in the queue for DD without a single hit, the time listed still showed 5 minutes. I'm assuming that the timer only updates once a trial starts, but it ends up being a really useless statistic for those of us hoping to take advantage of the new LFG flexibility.
Hopefully more people will be willing to queue independently now, but it would also be nice to see something like the number of people currently in the queue so you could know whether you have any prayer of seeing a trial kick off. -
I'm extremely happy with my Night Widow's current build (probably my favorite character yet), which means I've played it enough to have some spare incarnate components laying around. I thought I'd try to get some feedback from the forums on good alternate incarnate power options.
I'm currently running:
Alpha: Musculature
Interface: Reactive
Judgement: Ion
Lore: Arachnos
Destiny: Ageless
My main thoughts are that it's good to have some more options for destiny (Clarion for UGT, Barrier w/ rez for MoM, Incandescence for TPN), and someone suggested that it's nice to have a backup Interface for trials, since reactive only stacks 5 times.
I currently use Destiny for endurance management when solo, but have plenty of global recharge without it. Arachnos was just for flavor. Musculature, Reactive, and Ion were chosen for the typical reasons.
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Another option if survivability is a concern would be to take Aid Self instead of Tough. That way you only end up burning endurance when you're actually dying, rather than running Tough all the time, when you rarely actually need it. Down side is that Aid Self has a stupid long activation time, but it is nice to get some self healing from time to time, especially in situations like UGT or Keyes where you're guaranteed to have incoming damage to deal with.
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I've played a couple of days in a row with no problems now. Don't know if anything has changed or if I've just been getting lucky, or maybe playing at different times? Who knows..
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Quote:This is a good point, though in my case, I am 100% positive that I had not run Ice Mistral previously.Originally Posted by Big_King
While this is likely the case, I do want to point out that it is not impossible to correctly receive both Assistant and the Numina badge at the same time if you are a Vigilante who had previously run Ice Mistral the same week. The WST rewards are awarded the first time you complete either side's target. -
Still no luck here. Tried to log in, timed out. Tried again, it said I already was logged in. Logged in a third time, clicked on server, hung indefinitely. Killed CoH from taskmanager. Decided that, if my luck zoning was going to be equally spotty, I should just wait for a patch. Probably won't try again until Tuesday.
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Just to add a bit to my earlier experience:
I've been continuing to have problems logging into the game as well as zoning. Just now I hit the sign in screen, logged in - the game hung for a bit, then popped the unable to connect to coh servers message. Tried again, connected no problem. Then I clicked to log into Justice server - again the game hung, this time indefinitely. Killed CoH with task manager, opened again. Was able to log into game and server. Entered game as character, went to Oruborus, tried to go to Grandville, stuck at loading indefinitely. Had to kill CoH with task manager again.
Usually when I load a new zone, the loading screen very briefly shows one picture and a loading bar, but then quickly switches to a new picture and a loading bar that actually progresses. When I fail to load a new zone, I basically stay at the first screen forever with the loading bar stuck at the tiniest fraction complete. -
Hey I just wanted to put another voice in the crash on zone change hat. I also have experienced a very similar crash immediately after clicking on my server from the sign-in screen.
I play on Justice. I have crashed in particular zoning into Skyway and Independence port, and also zoning into the last mission of Statesman TF. There have been other crashes but I don't remember specifically which zones.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---
DxDiag gathered at December 17, 2011 16:29 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
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C Drive: (NVIDIA STRIPE 931.52G) 253763MB out of 953777MB (26%) free
I Drive: (WD My Book 1110 USB Device) 743667MB out of 953198MB (78%) free
H Drive: (ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
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E Drive: (WD Virtual CD 1110 USB Device) zero-size drive
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Monitor:
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Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
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Music Sound Volume: 0.105
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Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
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Really you can probably get them on a number of servers if you join the appropriate server-specific chat channels. Justice runs iTrials pretty regularly, and you'll hear about them on Justice United.
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I like PB. Very high AoE damage in nova form, high burst single target damage in human form, excellent survivability with three separate self-heals (one in human, one in dwarf, and a dull pain clone) and dwarf form. They also get a really fast uninterruptible heal other which always surprises me with its effectiveness.
Obviously WS has its perks as well, but I suspect many people who complain about PB are expecting human-form blasting to give them satisfaction, which it will not. In my mind, the main argument for WS over PB is for the -res debuffs it provides (and free recall friend), but I always have a soft spot in my heart for PB. -
Quote:Wow, you're right, EarthWyrm. Thank you; I feel a little less stupid for bringing it up now.Originally Posted by EarthWyrm
The latter. Notice that he got both Assistant and Numina's Compatriot. That means that, at least on that character, the OP had not run this TF before.
This happened to 3 members of our team tonight - both badges received, meaning that it's impossible for the characters to have already run this particular WST, but the game thought we already had, probably because we ran the prior WST last Monday night and somehow the "reward clock" isn't going Tuesday-Tuesday like it's supposed to.
We all petitioned for the bonus merits and xp. I suggest the OP do the same. -
Quote:Wow. Bonus points for me being oblivious. Thank you, Shagster!Originally Posted by Shagster
You earned the Assistant badge.
So you had already run the WST once this week and gotten the big bonus then.
(or at least the game thinks you already ran the WST earlier in the week).
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I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this. I just participated in Numina TF with a level 38 character. Based on past WST experience, I expected something like half a level award, but saw no noticeable gain when the TF finished. It appears I only got the standard number of merits as well. I scanned the log closely and do not see any mention of them.
I'm not interested in compensation, but I wanted to throw it out there that I may have had a problem in case other people have seen the same thing. All my other teammates said they received their awards as usual, so either I was exceptionally oblivious and my log missed it, or I experienced an isolated occurrence.
Here's the log of the event. It shows the 35k exp for defeating Jurassik and 19k + 36 merits for finishing the TF, but no other awards that I can see.
****** has defeated Greater Devoured
You gain 5,614 experience and 3,743 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 37 prestige.
****** ****** has defeated Blackrose
You gain 445 experience and 104 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 3 prestige.
[NPC] Jurassik: Smash...
[NPC] Jurassik: ...little...
[NPC] Jurassik: ...bug...
******* has defeated Jurassik
You gain 35,202 experience and 3,912 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 246 prestige.
You gain 19,200 experience and 4,800 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 413 prestige.
Congratulations! You earned the Numina's Compatriot badge.
You received 36 reward merits.
[NPC] Jurassik: !?
Congratulations! You earned the Assistant badge.
******* has defeated Jurassik Rubble
You gain 309 experience and 72 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 2 prestige.
******* **** **** has defeated Jurassik Rubble
You gain 309 experience and 72 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 2 prestige.
******* **** **** has defeated Jurassik Rubble
You gain 309 experience and 72 influence.
The Aufmang Brigade gains 2 prestige.
You have defeated Rubble
You gain 18 experience.
******* **** **** has defeated Rubble
You gain 18 experience.
** ******* has defeated Blackrose
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Thanks, Linea. That's exactly the type of discussion I was looking for.
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I've had this character for awhile and find myself obsessed with maximizing the potential of regeneration as a defense. This build focuses primarily on +hp, followed by +regen, and aims to pick up +recharge or +melee defense where it can as secondary goals.
I've picked up the following regen-related stats:
hp:
1.12% - 5x
1.50% - 5x
1.87% - 5x
2.25% - 4x
3.00% - 1x
regen:
10% - 4x
12% - 5x
16% - 1x
I also have all the +hp accolades, and opted for spiritual core paragon alpha slot. All in all it comes out to 154.5% max hp (with accolades) and 816% regeneration (not accounting for the fact that I'll use enhancement boosters to max out any regen powers further).
I've had to sacrifice a bit more than I wanted to on melee defense and global recharge to hit this build, so anyone who could take a gander at it and suggest further optimization would be much appreciated!
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Dark Horizon: Level 50 Natural Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Sting of the Wasp- (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (3) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (9) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (36) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (36) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Healing IO
- (5) Healing IO
- (45) Healing IO
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (7) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (7) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (15) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (5) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (23) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (11) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (13) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Celerity - +Stealth
- (15) Celerity - RunSpeed
- (50) Celerity - Endurance
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (17) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (17) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (37) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (39) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
- (40) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (19) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (19) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (21) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
- (23) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
- (A) Resist Damage IO
- (39) Resist Damage IO
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (25) Titanium Coating - Resistance
- (25) Titanium Coating - Endurance
- (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (27) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (27) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (31) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (29) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (29) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
- (34) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (34) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
- (36) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge
- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (37) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (A) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (45) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
- (46) Devastation - Chance of Hold
- (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (48) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (48) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (48) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration
- (50) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Endurance
- (50) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Recharge
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 2: Swift- (A) Run Speed IO
- (A) Healing IO
- (11) Healing IO
- (A) Jumping IO
- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (21) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
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Was going to create a new critique my spines/fire build thread, but since there's already one going, I thought I'd throw my creation into the ring.
Pros:
-all the FA powers
-hasten
-nice substantial slotting for most dps powers
-balanced positional defenses
-good max end and max hp bonuses
-no purple or pvp enh
Cons:
-boring ancillary powers
-no travel power (whatever, use a jetpack)
-lowish global recharge
Defense Totals:
Melee: 32%
Ranged: 30.4%
AoE: 25.4%
I wouldn't mind squeezing another recharge into hasten somehow, and a couple other powers would benefit from 1 more slot, but all in all I'm pretty happy with the stats on individual powers. A lot of the builds I saw sacrificed power effectiveness for set bonuses, but this build manages to keep healthy power effects across the board and still get pretty solid defenses in all three positions.
I was really hoping to do something interesting with the AP powers, but I just didn't have enough slots to get anything out of them. Focused accuracy and physical perfection are undoubtedly useful, but just not very exciting to use. I thought maybe dark mastery with its -tohit and immobilize would synergize well, but there's always a trade off.
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Cynareae: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Spines
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Lunge- (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (11) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (13) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (40) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (43) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (46) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
- (3) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (3) Aegis - Resistance
- (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (9) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Eradication - Damage
- (39) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (5) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
- (5) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (21) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (25) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (27) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (A) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage
- (7) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Multi Strike - Damage/Recharge
- (11) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
- (13) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (15) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (29) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (29) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (15) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (34) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (A) Empty
- (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
- (17) Aegis - Resistance
- (17) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage
- (19) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
- (19) Multi Strike - Damage/Recharge
- (21) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
- (25) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (27) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (23) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (23) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
- (37) Aegis - Resistance
- (43) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (33) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (39) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (46) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (50) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
- (45) Performance Shifter - EndMod
- (45) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
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I wonder if you are getting your money's worth for those slots in freezing rain. It never seemed like the -def needed any additional slotting. With that much global recharge, you're also not getting a whole lot out of the recharge slotting. You could drop it down to achilles' and a single recharge IO and only lose 2.8 seconds on the recharge. Moving just one of those slots over to a recharge IO Indomitable Will would shave 19 seconds off its recharge. You'd have another slot to spare to shore up Cinders as well.
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Okay, I came up with another build, if anyone still cares. :P I was contemplating survivability vs. the value of global recharge, and I was also thinking about how the value of global recharge decreases the more you get. Was also thinking about which powers I really use regularly and decided to drop a few more in exchange for fighting pool. The resultant build has the following:
45.2% ranged defense
64.4% s/l resist (72% with my current alpha slot)
3.28/s end in, 1.84/s end out (1.39/s out with alpha)
a paltry 53.75% global recharge (without hasten)
36% acc
13% dam
So, I give up a good chunk of global recharge, but gain heavily in resists and also get to put a few more slots into my other powers. I went back to lockdown, because I still like the +2 hold proc :P and I moved numina +recov/regen into health.
To fit those in, I'm not taking shiver, flash freeze, jack frost, or thunderclap, and I dropped both hover and combat jumping.
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Northwinde: Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Ice Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Block of Ice- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (3) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (3) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (5) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (11) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (29) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (7) Miracle - Heal/Recharge
- (9) Miracle - Heal
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (13) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (11) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (15) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (33) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused
- (17) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge
- (17) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
- (19) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Recharge
- (19) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Endurance
- (21) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion
- (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure
- (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
- (23) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
- (23) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
- (46) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (33) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (25) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (27) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (27) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (29) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (31) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (50) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (31) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (33) Impervium Armor - Resistance
- (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
- (34) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
- (34) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Endurance
- (36) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (34) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
- (40) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
- (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (42) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (43) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (45) Recharge Reduction IO
- (45) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Damage Increase IO
- (48) Damage Increase IO
- (48) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (50) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (50) Impervium Armor - Resistance
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Unbounded Leap - +Stealth
- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift- (A) Flight Speed IO
- (A) Empty
- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (9) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (15) Endurance Modification IO
- (45) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
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Quote:I think the suggestion to focus on FR in lieu of a few % global recharge is reasonable. FR really is one of the best powers in the set and maybe 4 seconds difference is still worth it.Originally Posted by Draggynn
And I'm pretty sure your long explanation wasn't aimed at me, but just in case you were unclear, my suggestions get you to the soft cap (45.2% ranged) while still having 75% global recharge, and another IO of recharge in Freezing Rain. Definitely an improvement in my book.
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For a fuller explanation of my views on Tornado, read my guide (numbers are the same for trollers on tornado). But the debuff on Tornado is fairly low so you won't generally use it because of the debuff. Some good things about tornado though: 1) auto-hit. 2) you have an AoE immobolize that suppresses KB and thus can turn Tornado into a straight damage power 3) that's 856 damage against a single target (27 dps) 4) you should be able to have a period with 2 of them out. That's hardly minor damage.
For tornado, I definitely treat it like dps, but it's kind of manic and I have a hard time really feeling like it brings its own might to bear unless I'm fighting just one target. I've never really built a controller for dps, though, so I don't have a lot of practice using them that way. I think after I get around to buying all these enh I'm going to have to give it a whirl (heh) and see what tornado can really do when slotted for damage. -
Quote:Thanks for another perspective, SuperJe. A couple of points to consider on specific power slotting vs. set bonuses.Originally Posted by SuperJe
snow storm is an exploit? Not sure what you mean by that...
Just looking at the build, it looks like your focused way to much on bonus numbers than the synergy of the sets.
Ice/storm is mostly about slows and some blocking, and postional control. Freezing rain, snowstorm, ice slick, shiver, gale, hurrican and of course block of ice.. those are your bread and butter powers.
fire a shiver, to open, drop a slick and FR, use gale or hurrican to move stragglers onto the slick, Blocking boses, using snow storm on AV's or elite bosses..
I also find artic air totally pointless for an ice storm, and jack, if you solo he is ok, But on teams to me he is pointless other than taking an alpha on occasion, or keeping another group busy for a moment while the team catches up.. as in the case of a few groups close and the second gets agro'd
ice/storm is also not really all that dependent on recharge other than block stacking, But at 50, you should beable to get a couple bosses, or 3 leuts with no problem. there of course is always glacier for the massive lock down on emergancy
to me ice storm is all about hoving back outta the combat at range, using slows and postional, and very relaxed game play..
Diminishing returns on recharge make individual recharge enhancements a lot less noticeable. For example, on Freezing Rain:
No hasten or set bonuses:
0 rech: 60s
1 rech: 42.1s
2 rech: 32.7s
3 rech: 30.1s
Hasten only:
0 rech: 35.3s
1 rech: 28.2s
2 rech: 23.7s
3 rech: 22.3s
Hasten and 88.75% global recharge:
0 rech: 31.8s
1 rech: 26.0s
2 rech: 22.1s
3 rech: 20.8s
So, while I obviously want FR to recharge as fast as possible, 5.2s is not very much time to pay in order to get two slots back. When you consider that all the other powers are affected similarly, it means recharge slotting as a whole is much less pivotal to the overall build. I guess you could argue that hasten itself is enough without even adding the global recharge, but most of the global recharge comes for free with the other slotting.
It adds up - two slots from FR and two slots from Ice Slick, plus one out of Indomitable Will. Why are they important? Well, nabbing those defense bonuses from 6 slotting things becomes more and more valuable as you approach the soft cap. With 40% defense, enemies have a base hit chance of 10% times level modifier. With 45% defense, that drops to 5% times level modifier. That means you're getting hit half as often at 45% as you are at 40%. It really does make a character a lot more durable, which is especially important for ice/storm, who has so many soft control powers that get agro and don't lock enemies down.
I'm finding in trials that it's just impossible to avoid agro if I want to contribute in any meaningful way. Freezing rain is my bare minimum for useful contribution, and even that will tick off any strays that might be around. Still struggling in trials on this character though, lacking incarnate shifts.
At any rate, you listed a set of powers that are useful in positional control, and I don't disagree. My build plans to heavily utilize all the powers you listed, with the exception of shiver. They just don't all need a lot of slots to be useful. Gale with 1 accuracy is pretty much enough, recharges are pretty low as noted above, and the stacked slows already hits the floor even without shiver.
I have debated the usefulness of jack and tornado. I like tornado for debuff and minor dps on AVs, and for mixing stuff up with things hit the fan, but usually it just knocks enemies into inconvenient places. Jack doesn't really seem to do enough work to justify his existence, but I haven't really checked out the dps yet so maybe I'm not being fair. I'd definitely be interested in hearing more personal experience on their usefulness.
As for Arctic Air, I think you're not giving it enough credit. Especially with the contagious confusion, you can consistently confuse mob after mob, contributing some serious mitigation if you're willing to get your hands dirty. My only real complaint about AA is that it's sort of mutually exclusive with hurricane unless you really jam guys in a corner. On the other hand, I don't really have the endurance to run both at once anyway... -
Thanks for the awesome feedback, Tex. I like a lot of the changes. In particular:
90% global recharge (vs 50%)
s/l/p resist
status protection
dps slotting for chillblain
I was a little sad to give up the +2 mag hold from lockdown and the end cost is even more intimidating now that mind over body is in the picture. I also will miss ice storm for thematic reasons, but the value of indomitable will is undeniable, and some psi damage would be nice.
I was also contemplating the usefulness of snowstorm vs. shiver and decided to swap them. I also decided that I'd still like flight, and was willing to sacrifice thunder clap for it and reclaim some slots.
I've made the build below that has swapped out those powers and shuffled around a few slots. Main changes:
Removed a slot from Indomitable Will, which looks like it should still recharge in plenty of time while hasten is up.
Slotted gravitational anchor in frostbite.
Added lockdown to block of ice
Increased slotting on hover to reduce overall end consumption
Reduced Steamy mist slotting and used HOs
Switched Glacier from Basilisk's gaze to Unbreakable Constraint
Added a slot to Mind over body
Before:
ranged def: 44.2%
s/l res: 35.5%
f/c res: 17.8%
endrec: 3.21/s
enduse: 1.87/s (AA, hover, CJ, MoB)
haste:+90% (without hasten)
acc: +30%
dam: +12%
After:
ranged def: 40.8%
s/l res: 38.3%
f/c res: 24.6%
endrec: 3.37/s
enduse: 1.79/s (AA, hover, CJ, MoB)
haste: +91.25% (without hasten)
acc: +60%
dam: +10%
So... I give up 3.4% defense, but come out 0.24/s ahead on end and have a lot more acc bonus. I also get a lot better stats out of glacier, and much more useful frostbite performance, as well as faster hover and the +2 mag hold on block of ice.
Thinking about poaching a slot from somewhere and switching block of ice entirely back to lockdown, which would cost me 7.5% recharge and .03/s end, but give me back 2.5% ranged defense and better stats on BoI. Was considering taking another slot from Indomitable Will, since hasten will be on auto and I probably won't remember to click IW the second it's up anyway.
Edit: Err, ignore the cardiac core paragon in there. I was messing around with alpha slots to see how the numbers came out, but I haven't decided what I want to use yet.
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Northwinde: Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Ice Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Block of Ice- (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
- (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
- (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
- (5) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (33) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (7) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (11) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (13) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (31) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (31) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (A) Freebird - +Stealth
- (A) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure
- (13) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure
- (15) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (33) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused
- (17) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge
- (17) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
- (19) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Recharge
- (19) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Endurance
- (21) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion
- (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure
- (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
- (23) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
- (23) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
- (46) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (36) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (25) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold
- (27) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge
- (27) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge
- (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Accuracy/Recharge
- (29) Unbreakable Constraint - Endurance/Hold
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
- (34) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
- (34) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Endurance
- (36) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold
- (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
- (34) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (42) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (43) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (45) Recharge Reduction IO
- (45) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (48) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (50) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (50) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (15) Endurance Modification IO
- (45) Endurance Modification IO
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Hi all. I put together a defensive build for my controller that seems to hang together pretty well, but doesn't seem to quite have enough slots. It hits 44.8% ranged defense, but I'm a little concerned about end usage and didn't have any slots left for extras like Gale, Shiver, or the immobilize powers.
It does hit my goals of near soft cap ranged defense, kb protection, stealth/recall capability, but all the non-ranged defense bonuses are kind of random. Any tips would be appreciated.
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Northwinde: Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Ice Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Block of Ice- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (3) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (3) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (5) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (5) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (7) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (7) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (11) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Freebird - +Stealth
- (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
- (13) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (13) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (15) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (15) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused
- (17) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge
- (17) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
- (19) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Recharge
- (19) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Endurance
- (21) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion
- (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
- (25) Recharge Reduction IO
- (46) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Dampened Spirits - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
- (23) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
- (23) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (25) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (27) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (27) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (29) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (29) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (31) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge
- (31) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun
- (31) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance
- (33) Stupefy - Stun/Range
- (33) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
- (34) Stupefy - Chance of Knockback
- (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
- (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
- (33) Blood Mandate - Damage
- (34) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
- (34) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
- (36) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
- (37) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (42) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (43) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (50) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (36) Endurance Modification IO
- (40) Endurance Modification IO
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