Muse to my Ears

And it looks amazing! This coming from the person who has 9 water toons! (Dont judge-its my element )

It seems pretty innovative as far as blast sets are concerned. Not a lot of copy and paste powers. It seems very versatile but its to main things it does is slows and -defense. (With other great goodies)

Now as you can imagine I want to make a new defender with this power. I already have one of every kind of defender...but was wondering what y'all.might think will have good synergy with it. I would post a link to the vid but on my phone and not sure how to do that on here. I know...technology is not my greatest skill.
Idk which to choose but i think im really gonna like this blast set

I've never been able to make these! I actually think i will be off that day too! I cant wait! My tank water shield could use some good tank buddies!

I have only face planted about twice with her without it. I just got her to lvl 32 today and died once again, but we were fighting plus 4s with a single corr and all melee...so that's to be expected I guess. I haven't had the need for it, bu twas gonna shoot to have max hp for max hp recovery after reading a few guides. With a power that only comes up every 6 min when you are going through 1-30 I didn't find it to be that necessary at all. I definitely want the power, but didn't realize it for being a vital piece. I figured it would be later as I was planning on doing a respec (after I read up on the build) whenever I reached 38 to make sure I have everything I need.

Of course at least one of my builds is going to have X3 ice, but y'all have any suggestions for patrons or epics that y'all have found more useful?

Yay! awesome! I really like her so far! I have all the powers you mentioned thus far except combat jumping, but was thinking of getting it anyways to make sure i'm in the middle of groups for ice patch. I also need to get hoarfrost too. I'm lvl 30 now. should i respec it to get hoarfrost or is that cool to just get later on.

As we all love our yummy tankers in the many forms they come in, I couldn't seem to get over the feeling to make my ice/ice tank awesome. I have many tanks builds under my belt and have used both ices on different characters. Shield/ice and ice/kin tanks. Both fun and very different play styles but it has left me with this feeling to make a true sign of a tank. Ice/ice. We can not be duplicated by scrappers or brutes. We are a proud race...but a dying one. I got her to lvl 30 so far and am loving it. Now this is crunch time. I have altinitous so i was wondering if ice/ice is something that can become pretty survivable. I do okay now at 30 but still need to pop an inspiration here and there to keep up. I know i personally have had great exp but have dropped like a fly as fast as a hummingbird when i have. I'm not good with "ultimate" slotting but if i can get her to 50 (and all that jazz ) can i make her pretty decent? And if so...is it expensive? I know damage isnt gonna be great just want her survivable. I personally lovethis build for all the control. Between the slows, holds, ice patch, and -damage i feel like a lasting defender

Oh yay! Thanks guys! I just read up on intuition and no joke about being made for Ta defenders.


Incandescence looks like a great choice too!


Yeah...i know I need mez protection I just feel like I could pop a few purples instead of using a very rare...but you're right. handy for UG.

Thanks guys! So excited about putting her together!

Anyone else who has some more info they'd like to share I'd be glad to hear it...read...it...:P

I just recently got another of my defenders to lvl 50 after many ages. (Damn altinitous- I mean she was lvl 49 for 2 weeks)

Her name is Potion Witch. She's supposed to be a witch that doesn't ness have "powers" like everyone else. My power is that she's can teleport duplicate items. (which is where all those pesky arrows, guns, and bow appear from)

Okay sorry for all that. Just realized that has nothing to do with anything. My main concept i'm going for is that she is more on the "normal" character side.

Aplha:She is good on all aspects I'd say. No endurance issues. Attacks pop up fast. Defenders could always use more damage I guess. Probably the main thing I would go for. personal defense is a bit of an issue, but planning on getting scorpion shield...eventually. Altinitous.:/

Judgment: Again I want to keep her as normal as possible...so I guess vorpal?...I could go for Cryonic I guess.

Destiny: I get mezzed like a mother. More often than not. Scorpion shield could help with that (altinitous) but I could never make my main destiny clarion. Not that important to me. Maybe rebirth or barrier...

I know this all seems loose and crazy, but wanted to get some info from other Ta defenders brotheren and sisteren about this and see what they have found to be most useful for them. Like I know Void could be good because it adds more debuffs to a debuff machine, or what have you.

Any help would be gladly appreciated. She is super versatile so incarnate stuff can too. You cant always stick to the story

P.s. The switching between the different weapons is not a problem for those of you who might think. At least not for me. I lay all my debuffs down and then attack so I really only need one change. They are mostly all dead after that.

I do have to say that my kin/electric I have is really easy to solo with. With the extra damage I dont have to be worried about taking on a group of 6 people in my early 20s (lvls) It just gets better from there. Making sure you have endurance/health to keep taking them on is key and this combo helps cover those bases. Requires a lot of spamming of short circuit, but at least it looks cool. I love this combo and thought it isn't the best solo-er for a defender, it is definatley not the worst. ( My kin/sonic is amazing at soloing, but that is neither here nor there)

Nice to know trick arrows and forcefield are gonna be worked on. Hopefully sonic is under evaluation as well. Literally just got my trick arrow/dual pistols defender to 50. The number increase could be awesome for trials!

Was an awesome movie! Loved it! I would probably have to put water shield into the mix. (Shield/ice) Mainly to show up how much more awesome she is than old cap. With two holds, ice patch, and cryonic judgment she would show them what this little water planet is made of. Also help with that sausage fest.

I got my ice/kin tank to lvl 50!!! Water cycle is her name Love her! Great arrgo and -dmg. Took darkest night to add to minus damage and she feels really solid.

I understand the feeling. I get that with my empath as well...I even get it on my bubblers. It doesn't bother me much because my main defender focuses on laying down -resistance, so she has always been more offensive/powerful than my other defenders. I noticed the feeling, but try not to let it get me down. I take the real pleasure in doing things by myself like holding down doors single handed. *looks at incarnate pets*

One thing about us defenders...we are known for being versatile. Each archetype is different from the other. We all don't function the same way. I say we focus on adapting to the situation like we always do.

I deleted my cold defender because I wasn't feeling strong enough with her, but cold/fire sounds fun I love interesting combos

Omg TA burnout team sounds wonderful!

Does sonic liquefy stack on itself? if so that could be quite handy as well

Oh how it'd be nice to see some more bubblers.
Defenders (with lack of empath and time) are dying.
I see less and less every time I get on. I know I won't stop playing them though

Yeah I found that out when teaming with a friend. I had a trick arrow.dual pistols and he had a kinetics/rad and we tore through everything left and right man it was crazy. oil slick lit up and hail of bullets AND falcum shift is a site to be seen. especially when there are two defenders left standing after it.

No such thing as to many tankers. I actuslly have a tank (one of many) that is built specifically for being a second tank. She still has tough/weave and all her powers slotted,taunt, etc., but she has all the medicine pool as well as ice patch and two holds. This allows me to play the support/control role as well as be a wonderful main//secondary tank. If there is another tank I usually private message them and tell them I will follow them unless they need help deciding where to go. This also helps out a lot whenever ambush arise, which seem to happen more frequently than before. Don't be offended. Some people just want things to run smoothly, or he was just trying to get the master badge on apex and wanted to make sure there was support/debuffs.

I was planning on soloing quite a bit. Corrupters lack is there defense and yeah I thought the combined debuffs would help a lot, but if there cones need to be put back some then I could get something else for sure. Rad does have some synergies with poison. I 'll keep that in mind.

I really loved poison on my mm and wanted to pair it something with a tad but more of survivability. I usually play defenders ands am thinking of crossing over to a corrupter. I haven't seen anyone with this build, but I find it would be easy to play...at least in theory. Any comments on this build would be greatly appreciated. I haven't made it yet, but I have a story prepared if I do.

I was kinda surprised we didn't get it. There are defender that just debuff. It would be great to have.

I hate that people still think like that. My main and first toon I had was/is a sonic/sonic defender and I cant tell you how hard of a road that was. Always trying to get a team and once I did I wold be given the same attitude you were, except I sometimes got kicked off the team. Notably for empaths,kins, and rads. Some people just don't understand what sonic defenders do. They don't understand we can help in the lower levels with those dreaded circle of thorns. They don't understand we can make the scrappers and tanks freakishly happy because they feel like little demi gods. That we can make the squishies not die in two or three hits. It's sad to see that people still think like that. I still play my sonic defender and luckily haven't had to deal with people like that in a while. Don't take it personally. They just need to learn. The ignorance they have is not your problem. :P

The endurance cost, even with inherit stamina now and alpha slot and minimal slotting (i'm poor) I find myself having the lowest endurance of everyone on my team. granted I'm running 7 toggles and attacking like a mad woman constantly, but still. I have dropped more than once. Pretty much any other build wouldn't fall like that.Then again 7 toggles and attacking like crazy probably doesn't help...but you get the idea

I think these guys are great! I went with two other pets before this choice just for some extra kinds of damage. ( seers and carnival) I went ahead and tried these guys and loved it. The big cim was getting massive amount of damage from my constant -resistance from my sonic/sonic. I suggest if you have a defender that has -resisitance that you get these guys. They are melee which leaves you in the back most of the time as well as keeping your personal damage output high in teams or solo. (i.e.you killed kraken)

It's really great to see those kind of numbers pop up from a defender.

Post your experiences here with beam rifle and builds you've paired it with.
What powers you've liked/disliked.

I haven't gotten beam rifle yet personally, but am thinking of making a sonic/beam rifle defender.

So far lvl 15 with a sr/km set. Didn't want to take dm or ma because I knew there would be lots of clones. Was gonna take ice for ice patch but km sounds really good. Sr will help me build up the -damage on my enemies and the -damage will help whenever I get hit. With + recharge from sr it will help me stack faster as well. Got a unique story and a cute outfit from being able to buy some pieces i've wanted for a while, so I just might keep her.