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I did this just a couple of days ago on my Kat/Dark. Went pretty quick. Think it took me 2 hours, but I was also killing overseers for my Rularuu katana and paragon protectors for their badge, since there were a lot of them there too.

Claws is probably my favorite set as well. The mix of single target and AoE seems just right to me and spin is absolutely awesome. I have a DM/SR that I like, but haven't played her in quite a while. I had a DM/DA that just didn't work out for me, but that was before IOs. I love my Kat/DA, but I don't know if I'd revisit a DM/DA.

Now that my Kat/DA is reaching his final stages of constructing his build, I'm eyeing my next character and have been considering the DM/Inv as it has been suggested multiple times as the most durable scrapper.

I've been fussing with a DM/Elec in mids over and over seeing if I can build something comparable. I really like the resists on Elec and the added AoE capablility from lightning field. Lightning field with shadow maul wouldn't be so bad. Even if you just focused on bosses and lts. most of the minions would just die from the incidental damage from lightning field. I had also pondered the endurance drain capability of power sink and lightning field together. Maybe even with the Ion judgement later on.

However, the biggest downfall is the defense capablility with elec. It really only seems reasonable or only possible to softcap one type or position (Haven't treally tried the latter). I would think that the healing capability on DM/Elec would be more reliable than DM/Invul just due to the fact that you can use energize quite more often than dull pain, though the HP boost from dull pain is extremely valuable. I've found that I really do prefer solid non-haste reliant builds though. It's a tough choice as far as compromising survivability, ultility, and ultimately fun.

I enjoy having near indestructible characters. Surviving insurmountable odds is incredibly fun. I recently had one of my better experiences with my Kat/Dark against dozens upon dozen of rikti in LGTF. They just couldn't hurt me no matter what they through at me or how many there were. Sadly, my teammates were dropping left and right and there wasn't much I could do about it. I've considered going Tank, but my Stone/Stone while fun was horribly boring simply, because it took me eons to kill anything.

Elec is a great set for resists. You can cap energy resists easily, get very high S/L resists, and fairly good resists for fire/cold etc.

Katana helps it out a lot by providing a bit more defense in melee and a good deal of defense against many ranged attacks (Mainly things like bullets that do lethal damage).

Since elec really has no defensive bonuses it's hard to (maybe not even possible, I don't know) to cap more than one type or position. S/L defense is a good way to go and can be soft capped with a bit of work. I'm not certain what the trade off for this would be, but it is probably worth it considering that you have such strong resistances to back it up with a fairly decent heal in energize.

I don't know if you could work in aid self without losing too much from anything else, but another form out heal would be great with the build.

I'm certain there's a kat/elec build probably floating around out there though.

And thank you to you as well.

I've had these things for months. If I was "antsy" to get rid of them. They'd have been gone by now.

Asking the frequency of these trades occuring is hardly antsy. It is, however, a great way to find out what to expect.

@No Torius - That sounds like a fair trade to me. I'll send you a tell ingame shortly.

If they are account locked you should be able to pass them to yourself via e-mail right?

This for certain. The extra HP it gives you is great for a bit more padding against spike damage and the added regen can help, however, dull pain is such a large heal it's smart to save it for when you can make really use all the components of it.

With siphon life as your primary heal, dull pain can sit back in your arsenal to cover you during a tough fight or through a particularly heavy hit. The less you have to use click heals the more useful they actually become in that they end up covering holes in your defenses rather than being your primary defense, if that makes sense.

Well, that's what I get for assuming they'd work.

I'm not sure the effect of the HOs in the regen build, but I tried switching out some of the HOs for other dual stat IOs on the /dark build and the difference were pretty significant difference simply, because none of those dual stat IO's can match the boost you get in both those stats on the HO you're using. A level 50 Enzyme gives you 33% defense, 33% endurance, 20% tohit.
The best I can do is replace it with a defense/endurance IO and those will only give ~16% defense and 26.5% endurance redux. The +3 HO gives 38% on both defense and endurance. An equal level dual stat IO that has been boosted to +5 doesn't even compare.

Oh well, I'm enjoying dark either way, even if it will take me a long long time to reach where you have yours.

Of course it's subjective.

I didn't say Dark melee was bad or that shadow maul was bad. The Lack of AoE comment is in comparison to other sets, which typically have a least a PBAoE. Which I like better. I've had good use out of shadow maul, but I do much better with things like spin or fire sword circle or whirling hands etc.

I just said I didn't like them

Let's just say that I finished leveling my Kat/Dark and was putting together a build when I came across werner's build for one. Sadly, I was excited that I found a good build, but discovered mine was trash in comparison.

The 53 HO's make a huge magnitude in difference. Unfortunately getting your hands on them is next to impossible. Best thing you can do is run as many hami raids or LRSF's/STFs as much as you can and hope you get the HOs you need. Then you can use enhancement boosters to bring up their level.

I've been hashing up some old characters I never use to part out the build. I'm still short HOs and have none of the pvp sets. It just gives me something to work to.

This sums up the whole of the game for me these days.

I had this same experience until I started making sure I had rage back up, before or during the crash, started using inspirations more wisely, and got my T4 spirit. It all made a huge difference.

The only down side was I didn't care for FA so much.