Jebe_the_Pirate

It would definitely have to be one or the other between the hold and -def in the taunt aura. OR! You could remove the damage portion from the aura. I know that lowers dmg output by a lot but other than attracting the general populace, there's nothing that says your first and (in this set) only taunt aura must do dmg. I'm envisioning the level of control a rad version of Arctic Air for tanks would bring, or the control of CoF and OG combined! Now THAT would be awesomely awesome awesomesauce. (I'm very well aware this might be overkill, so is 3 taunt auras in DA).

In regard to dividing resists, I meant to say dividing them between an auto power and a toggle power as in Invuln and not in DA. I understand that it is still up to the player on whether or not he chooses the power, but when it comes to layering survivability the difference becomes toggling a power, or respecing.

I'm more concerned with it being too much like EA than WP since EA is also a resist heavy set. But yeah, you have a point. :shrug:




If you consider this a weakness, it only provides 20% base resist to psy. I think the only thing you can do to this set is make it end heavy. This and if what I said earlier regarding no -end or -recovery debuff resists are included, can be a serious weakness. Also, unless I missed it the set does not offer resists to rech/spd debuffs. Oh man, this tank is gimped. It sucks and can't tank anything!

Things I don't agree with or like:

-I think having both -regen and -def in the set is fine but I'd like to see the -def as part of the taunt aura.

-I think the -regen debuff resist is great and very thematic but I don't agree in including recovery or end debuff resists.

-I've never like splitting up the resist for the same type of damage in two separate powers, like RPD and TI in Invuln.


Suggest:

Maybe instead of the auto power and/or Particle Infusion heal, make it a BIG regen buff.

Save those Kinetic Combats for your Ice/Elec and your Stone/Fire. Don't waste any on your DA/Elec since Dark Armor sucks.






Aaaaaaaaaaaaand back to reality...

Just before the last time I stopped playing I parked 5 KC sets and I'm down to 1 so I feel your pain. Now, for slotting I suggest you get a Force Feedback unique in there somewhere, preferably in your T-Strike or Lightning Clap to max out potential procs.

I completely agree here. If you want to choose between the two and cannot stack with anything else, go with OG. No acc penalty (CoF needs an SO to match OG's base acc), and very small end cost.




Dark Tower,

Some things about your build...

-Personally, the +3% Psi is unnecessary for dark armor.
-Death Shroud is underslotted and can use more acc, dmg, or end redux.
-I might be mistaken but you have not maxed out your S/L defense bonus from Reactive Armor
-Don't think you did this intentionally but just in case, Smashing Haymaker is a good substitute while you acquire -Kinetic Combats, but it should not be a replacement.
-Another reason I would consider OG over CoF is, CoF the fear effect is broken by death shroud. Unless there's been some change to this I'm not aware.
-If you have the slots, move some to Taunt and 6 socket perfect zinger (S/L def) instead of just sitting on the 2 socket bonus.
-+Heal in Dark Regen is wasted and end redux is a must. Also, if there's any single IO you want to spend inf on is the +chance for end from Theft of Essence and slot it in Dark regen. I saw this missing from your build and almost swallowed my tongue. It's sacrilege not to.

There's more but I have some RL stuff to do before I tank a tuesday. Take a look at my sample build found at the link in my sig for suggestions with a fear build. Or take a look at some of the other builds in dark armor threads.

I ended up going with inv/dark for tomorrow but I need to try the balrog.

Yeah, I've been gone for a year and after looking at what's changed since then I'm happy to be back.


Fireheart,
Good, you slotted rec reticle in soul drain. I was going to mention it when I looked at your previous build last night. Or even taking focused acc and slotting it there but that and soul drain is a bit overkill. Besides you're at the soft cap now.


The last few things I see are more out of preference than anything but you have a pretty solid build. Personally I wouldn't go with Cloak of Fear or OG unless I was stacking either of those two with other powers. I'm still fighting with how you slotted death shroud because I avoid actively slotting for regen although I understand that you want it to do more dmg. The reason I don't like to slot for regen on dark armor tanks is to me it feels wrong. I have an awesome heal in dark regen and when coupled with siphon life, make regen seem like a waste. I'm not talking about the numina IO's, keep those. I'll look and see if a rework will net me more E/N defense, +max end, or +hp instead of +regen.

This isn't meant to get you to redo your build, like I said it's solid. I'm just mentioning how I approach dark armor. Once your high enough level and have the build near complete, let me know how it works for you.

As long as you don't hear Mod08 whisper in your ear or his hands on your shoulders, you're ok.

*passes bag o' popcorn, coke, and milk duds to PosterChild*

QFT. The two fire/kins we run with mentioned that they really don't need their imps as their overall damage isn't affected as much without them.

The amount of combined damage they do is ridiculous. Remember fire is the most damaging of the primaries, then damage capping it with FS and adding in bonus damage from containment which does not affect the damage cap. The difference in damage between fire and other controller primaries is just amplified.

ROFL!


Better hope I didn't start the team because we WANT to make a kb team. I wouldn't want you to be left out. Think of it, a group of kb's circles mobs and proceeds to kb into a centralized aoe graveyard. The image is so glorious I'm having a moment at work. C'mon, you know you want to break out your PB.