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  1. Granite Agent

    Earth/Dark/Ice

    POST-ACTION

    yeh, thanks. Not sure I totally grok all your choices. I might see the Decimation slotting in Life Drain as worth it to pick up some recharge (or Apoc), good idea.

    Isn't intuition a pretty good alpha choice for an Earth dom?

    I'm not in love with Spring Attack but I wanted a 1-2 punch for eating spawns after their controlled -- Engulfing, Spring, Engulfing (1-2-3).

    It's not visible in MIDS that Sleet is worth slotting for damage?
  2. Granite Agent

    Earth/Dark/Ice

    POST-ACTION

    Here's the updated build. I don't love the 4 KC's in Smite - they hurt its recharge too much, and take away the proccy goodness. Open to ideas on how to maintain softcap S/L without sacrificing much else.

    Took the two damage procs out of Fossilize -- figured I had enough ST damage with the attacks. One went into CJ to reach softcap. Other slotted the KD IO into Sleet - anyone tried that?


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  3. Granite Agent

    So, 22% to-hit

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TankShock View Post
    What are ways to perma this (for Snipe)? Universal or archetype specific.

    Kismet proc
    Tactics
    Targeting Drone

    What else, pre-incarnate?
    Power Boost.
  4. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hejtmane View Post
    The question is how much recharge do I need on my DB/EA for the BF>AS>SS>AS attack chain.
    I don't believe it will be gapless without about 188%-190% global plus high recharge in AS (97%-100%) and then perhaps Agility (raises AS to total 121%+ recharge).

    You need AS to recharge in SS's animation time. You can see it in MIDS.

    You might be willing to live with a small gap (0.1 seconds) if it helps DPS by taking Musculature.
  5. Granite Agent

    Earth/Dark/Ice

    POST-ACTION

    I cranked out this guy a bit over 2xp weekend. I think I will sub out Hoarfrost (make it lvl 49 with 1 slot Health/Recharge) and instead put Frozen Armor in, along with Tough/Weave and Kinetic Combats to softcap S/L. Might be better for melee range survival.

    Anyone have any other tips?

    Will post an updated build later.
  6. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nihilii View Post
    CU: (25 / 1.59 + 2,376) * 4.5 / 60 = 1.3572, or 90%, as it is apparently the cap according to patch notes.
    SB: (8 / 1.59 + 1.584) * 4.5 / 60 = 0.5975, or 60%.

    Making SB the better choice, given 2 SB uses for every CU.

    Right?
    I forget most of my statistics. Isn't the chance of it firing at least once in SB equal to (1-(60%*60%))? Or 64%. Where as the probability of both SB's triggering the proc = 60%*60% = 36%.

    So... let's assume 100 pts proc damage .... I can't quite calc expected value because I don't know how to account for the chance of both occuring ...Someone smarter than me probably can. The following expected values are probably wrong

    EXPECTED VALUES

    SB (2 SB's per attack chain):
    Both procs: 36%*100*2 = 72 pts
    At least one proc: 64%*100 = 64 pts

    CU (1 CUper attack chain):
    90%*100 = 90pts
  7. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by John_Printemps View Post
    AS > SS > AS > AB? Mids shows AB with an animation time of 1.188, is this incorrect? Unless I'm missing something I'm not aware of in Stalker Dual Blades, you've got a bigger gap between AB and Ablating.
    Hm I thought the chain was supposed to be
    Ablating - Sweeping - Ablating - Assasin (repeat)

    Your point is that anim time for in-combat assasin is 1.188? Dang. Not sure how I missed that.

    Well now I'm stumped. The best I can get Ablating down to using Agility is 1.46 ... and like you note with Ageless and musc its not that far off at 1.5-1.55 .... so there is going to be 0.4 sec gap I guess. I don't remember people talking about that gap, maybe it's not so bad.

    I was coming from the Scrapper pov of just getting Ablating to recharge in SS's time .. given Blinding Feint I guess recharged in the chain's time ... forgot AS was different
  8. Granite Agent
    Speaking of ELA builds I always liked my Staff/ELA ... softcaped S/L def and enough energy resist to not worry about softcapped E haha.

    I may have slotted Panacea in place of DW in Energize. I know I could put a pet and/or Waterspout in it, I just went for extra survivability via Shadow Meld which has been great for trials like DD, MoM, TPN etc.

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  9. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by JChaos View Post
    And Granite, Synapse indicated that all of the mez resist globals were going to be changed as well in light of the change.
    Yes, that is my point .... if it is something super sexy like another +3 res or +3 def global, (a) we will be loving it and (b) prices will skyrocket!!
  10. Granite Agent
    Will the new IOs be convertible (to) from standard sets -- or are they special sets (I think Synapse said "orange") meaning we have to wait for drops?? Or, prices likely to be INSANE for a while.

    Any screenies of Tech Knight?
  11. Granite Agent
    The big question is: what happens to Impervious Skin 7.5% mez resist?
  12. Granite Agent

    Cap Buster

    POST-ACTION

    Is the only way to get Cap Buster to kill the 330 redcaps? Paragon Wiki not totally clear. I thought you could get it just completing the Snaptooth (DJ Zero) mission one time?

    It's looking like i have to set Snaptooth to +8 and run it several times.
  13. Granite Agent
    Let the rampant speculation on 7.5% mez resist Impervious Skin IOs commence!!
  14. Granite Agent
    Looking for input.

    DB/EA

    - icapped (58%+) to S/L/E
    - chain of Ablating-SS-Ablating-AS
    - Waterspout and pet for MOAR DMG
    - Musculature for MOAR DMG
    - Ageless to handle endurance issues

    Recharge: Hasten will be perma with Ageless. Issue: 1.55 recharge on Ablating vs. 1.452 cast type for Sweeping (i.e., 0.1 sec gap) ... An Agility build avoids the gap (0.008 sec) but loses the damage increase from Musc.

    Placate is there for Empower combo when Ablating misses in the BU-AS-Ablating (sweep combo).

    Cons: Lethal damage is teh suk. Psi hole.

    Love input. Thanks!




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  15. Granite Agent
    Ricodah has a neat idea of using perma-buildup from CS crits to run a chain including the new i24 Moonbeam. But his latest post suggests he is a bit disappointed in reality meeting the theory.

    The chains I've seen usually start BU-CS (out of hide) so that the crit from CS recharges BU before you launch into your chain.
  16. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ricohdah View Post
    Currently running: (BU-CS-BU-AS) HB-SB-HB-AS-CU-BU-AS. Planned build after i24 is: (BU-CS-BU-AS) MB-SB-AS-CU-BU/HB.

    For MB to be a perma-snipe in the above, it would need BU to recharge every 2nd cycle of the attack chain.
    Looks at attack chain above. Thinks, "Ricodah loves StJ so much he even writes about it when he means KM"
  17. Granite Agent
    "We are Soaring Dragon. Simple feedback proc belong to us now!"



    Bonus points if you get the reference, and make a Les Grossman toon (I assume StJ/WP) to remind them how Asia is your territory
  18. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ricohdah View Post
    Wow! You are reading my mind. I just started working on a KM/EA stalker yesterday to try to utilize stacked BU and integrating Moonbeam into the attack chain as it is supposed to be affected by the i24 snipe change. So far, the planned chain is BU/BB-SB-MB-AS-CS.

    Played for 6 hours yesterday and hit lvl 26 and 40 Vampyri away from the Atlas Medallion. The stalker ATO is fantastic in KM, AS-Burst and everyone gets a critical.
    The only thing that holds me back on KM are

    1) The "wave your hands in the air" anim for CS.
    2) The knowledge that crit-from-hide Burst is a known bug and will be fixed at some pont.

    I love your Build Up Stalker concept with Moonbeam. That's pretty slick thinking and a great way to leverage new game mechanics. I hit a wall trying to figure out how you can keep BU up enough to have Moonbeam always ready ... it seemed like there would be one run through of the chain where MB wasn't fast cast, every other go or so? Maybe that is where the new Stalker ATO proc can make a difference.

    Anyway it's a killer idea. Let us know how it goes.
  19. Granite Agent
    SS is really only considered strong because of the effect Rage has on non-SS powers such as Burn, Blazing Aura, and Gloom. Your "SS chain" consists of 4 attacks, 3 of which are non-SS (Gloom/Burn/Gloom).

    TW's successes on pylons have come primarily from the primary itself (though perhaps some have run TW/Fire and used Burn, and some have run TW/ELA and used lightning field). It's not really a fair comparison primary to primary.

    My TW/SR Brute was getting really great pylon DPS due to stacking -RES, procs, and insane recharge (thank you 20% quickness) -- all from the primary itself. You couldn't do that with SS. You could do it with StJ and/or DB and maybe KM and, of course, if you are Night Widow using Shatter Armor.
  20. Granite Agent
    Here's the Musculature version.

    By the way Placate is in both builds only for the Empower combo (20% dmg for 20 secs?) if Ablating misses after BU-AS-Ablating (Placate)....

    I put the -RES achilles into waterspout (instead of the anti-KD/KB IO) because I believe come I24 having the Achilles in Ablating will not be as useful due to PPM recharge constraints. Probably sub it out for a damage proc and/or the stalker Build Up proc (if that doesn't go into AS in place of the Mako dmg).

    Anyway, in this build Ablating has 1.55 recharge time (vs. Sweeping's 1.452 activation time), so the 0.1 second lag I mentioned above. With Ageless running at least for 30-40 seconds it should be relatvely gap free. The question is whether the rest of the time it will be super annoying (woop-woop / power not ready) relative to the Agility build above. But Musc probably increases the DPS significantly (also of waterspout/pets/Judgment/Lore).

    FYI, Hasten has 1 slot and appears not to recharge in under 120. But I believe it will with Ageless running.

    Shrug. Any other feedback?


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  21. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Even three mezzing bosses combined can't kill a blaster in one mez duration generally.
    I'm gonna guess perma-stunning Malta would be an exception here ...
  22. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ravarex View Post
    Its worth noting that Doms that take Intimidate or Invoke Panic from the presence pool can boost the effect of these powers via Domination (even though the text doesn't appear as it does when using a primary control power, the mag and duration are nevertheless increased).
    And a nifty self buff +recovery / + regen power is being added to Presence in i24 I believe sort of a poor man's Drains Psyche. Something to consider!!
  23. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Grim Saint View Post
    Just wanted to say that I've been following this thread with great enthusiasm. I love stalkers, always have, and could not be more pleased that i22 made them into what they were always meant to be - namely the game's premiere single target death engines.
    Actually that appears to be Night Widows - moreso with the upcoming SoA toxic proc. Have you seen the results in the Scrapper Pylon Thread?
  24. Granite Agent

    Rumor control?

    POST-ACTION

    Mindless Speculation -- remove the 100% recharge of build up on a crit to a % chance to recharge build up. Bearing in mind the upcoming stalker ATO proc that recharges build up as well, and the fact that they may not want KM stalkers to utilize insta-snipe much more than other sets..... discuss!!!
  25. Granite Agent
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nihilii View Post
    Got my StJ/Ice to 50, mostly IOed out but with a few important holes here and there - all in all, missing ~35% recharge, fury of the glad -res proc, 7% S/L def, 3% res and some enhancement % in various powers. No accolades or incarnates yet.

    First try => 06:54, or 220 DPS, using SB HB AS CU SB HB AS SC, trying to use misc clicks instead of HB as needed.

    Seems about right, considering the current build shortcomings, and my original calcs not taking into account AS miss before CU (also forcing a SC use as to get the Hidden status back on CU) and the less than 100% chance to get an AS stack from SB and HB.
    Would be interesting to see time with T4 Degen if you are going that route, and Musculature.

    I posted a build yesterday for DB/EA that faces the choice of a 0.1 second gap between SS-Ablating each chain using Musculature, or basically no gap (0.008 sec) using Agility. And I really can't tell which will be better for dps and my sanity. (The gap with Musculature will be less during the first 30-60 secods of Ageless, but definitely 0.1 after that).
    -GA