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I'm at work and can't access any of my builds, but here is some feedback going from memory:

I think people may be looking at damage contribution from too small a lense. I won't pretend to not have my own predjudices nor will I pretend to have all the answers. From where I sit, it really depends.

Consider that in order for Corruptors (and all buffer/debuffers) to deal optimal damage requires them to burn activation time on setup. Heat Loss, for example, isn't free. It costs 2.376 seconds to cast, time a Blaster (or Scrapper, etc) could be using to deal damage. The more active a set has to be to maintain its buffs/debuffs, the more of their damage output is lost.

On the other hand, dps ATs (like Blasters) bring an absolute amount of damage. Buff/debuff Ats, on the other hand, scale. A Blaster may out damage a Corruptor on a two man team, but the bigger the team gets, the bigger the damage contribution the Corruptor provides. This is because they're boosting the performance of everyone on the team. A 30% resistance debuff can increase the teams damage by 30%, not just the Corruptor's.

To be fair, there are times when the entire team doesn't focus on a single target and instead spreads out its damage out. (Either by trying to speed a TF, or by trying to kill split up adds, or whatever else.) In these situations, a Blaster would bring more damage.

Also, Corruptors deal more damage the harder the target is. The longer the target lives, the longer they're in "Scourge range." Minions and Lieutentants (on teams) could die before a Corruptor gets off a single Scourge. However, on a slug-fest like Reichsman, Corruptors could be Scourging him for minutes.


My personal opinion is that buffers/debuffers bring more to a team than a dps AT - not just in terms of damage, but in terms of survivability. For trash or AoE fodder, Blasters are better, but as content gets harder (longer lasting AVs, +4 adds, etc) the buffs/debuffs just do more good. Do I think Blasters are worthless? No. Is bringing a Blaster crippling to a team? No way. Would I team with them? Absolutely.


Note: As always, not all sets are equal. A Cold brings far more firepower than a FF, for example.

All you need to do is type in the level using your keyboard. I don't believe there is any special setup / keybind required to do that.

That did the trick! Pretty impressive you were able to get that much regen, defense, and maxhp in the same build. Having said that, however, I still have two strong concerns:

1) You only have ~30% s/l defense. A very large number of defense debuffs out there are typed as s/l (guns, swords, claws). This means that enemies with these debuffs will be able to crash your exotic defense by targetting your weaker s/l. I'd much rather sacrifice ~200 hp to bring the s/l def up to snuff.

2) Your offense is pretty weak. Since threat generation is a function of damage output, the less damage you deal, the less threat you generate. (This is pretty important when dealing with Scrappers / Brutes with taunt effects.) Second, your tohit chances against higher levels (ie: +4) is pretty low as well (~60% - ~80%). This may not be an issue when soloing, but on teams and TFs it could become quite problematic. With so few attacks with minimal recharge slotting, you'll likely resort to AoEs against single targets and will be particularly vulnerable to rech debuffs.

It's an impressive build for what the goals were, but I still think other goals yeild higher returns.

Possible, but it's not worth all the tradeoffs you make to do it. You're much better off with less hp and more +defense. You can still get a good chunk of hp (my build has 3167 maxhp) without making the sacrifices in the above builds.

1) Earth's Embrace, in addition to the heal and +maxhp buff, also provides you with 20% toxic res. If you slot EE with resistance, you increase this toxic res.

2) It's not recommended that you slot EE for resistance.