Teenage_Jesus

Thanks!

I think I am definitely going to roll with willpower. I'm just not to keen on EM. It's a sureshot solid PvP set but I'm hoping for something a bit different. It may be a toss-up between Electric or Martial Arts. Ideas?

Recently hit lvl 50 with a Spines/Regen/Soul stalker and am finding it delicious. Got the range, a great secondary, as well as a great +def power in the soul set.

Planning on rolling another but am stumped. I was thinking either Dark Melee or Energy as a primary, and Willpower or Ninjitsu as a secondary.

<ul type="square"> Dark seems sturdy with a heal/attack, mez power, and debuff.

Energy seems to deal dmg well and has mez in nearly all its attacks if i'm not mistaken.

Willpower has utility but from what I've read, is a very easy secondary to overcome.

Ninjitsu seems promising, but with defensive sets lacking now i'm not sure if it's still viable.[/list]

does anyone have any experience with these sets or combinations of them?

Suppose evenly skilled players were pitted against one another playing the following builds, who do you think would win?

Yes. I know set bonuses matter.
Yes. I know i14 altered things.
Yes. I really am asking these things.

Spine/Regen Stalker vs. EM/Nin Stalker

Sonic/Cold Corr vs. Fire/Storm Corr

Illusion/Storm Controller vs. Necro/Storm MM

Fire/SS Tank vs. WP/Dark Tank

Mind/Fire Dom vs. Fire/Dev Blaster

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I got a question does flurry crit from hide? I would guess so but haven't picked it up on my stalker yet to test.

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was wondering the same thing.

blah blah blah i14 defense toons lolz

I'm not looking for stoopz complaints and flaming on the new pvp blah blah blah what I am looking for are ideas on how to make this set work in PvP.

Anyone care to share builds?

What set bonuses to aim for with this new issue?

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without candy coating it:

that build is pretty terrible.

1. you want assault and tactics.
2. your damage bonus is 7%. you want at the very least 30% for a live build. figure out how to get to that.
3. throw spines is garbage.
4. resilience is trash.
5. spirit shark is trash. really not worth the animation time. dark blast + shadow meld are 20 times better for a regen.
6. yeah.. rebuild this thing. it's pretty bad.

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New build below if anyone has the time to critique.

Picked up Assault/Tactics to give me a damage boost and to hit bonus and had to drop fitness. From what I've heard Regens aren't too heavy on end. To counter any endurance issues I picked up set bonuses that boost end recovery whenever possible. I believe this build is at 22.5% end recovery with set bonuses.

Dropped Resilience/Throw Spines/Mako pool and picked up Ripper/Shadow Meld/Dark Blast

Haven't quite figured out how to deal with a damage boost to the build. Still at 7%. Any suggestions?

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without candy coating it:

that build is pretty terrible.

1. you want assault and tactics.
2. your damage bonus is 7%. you want at the very least 30% for a live build. figure out how to get to that.
3. throw spines is garbage.
4. resilience is trash.
5. spirit shark is trash. really not worth the animation time. dark blast + shadow meld are 20 times better for a regen.
6. yeah.. rebuild this thing. it's pretty bad.

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thanks for the input.

if i were to take powers from leadership, that would mean that i'd need to drop another pool. i was considering dropping fitness, but i'm not quite sure how bad stalkers suck end.

also, anyone know how effective soul storm is for stalkers. from what i've read stalkers can crit against held enemy players. is this true?

i know that soul storm has a rather lengthy animation time so i'm wondering if the power is even worth it to begin with.

Thanks for the input.

I think I've opted to go for Regen and have come up with a build.


Feel free to critique
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I have next to no knowledge of stalkers, much less decent power sets for a pvping stalker. I'm pretty set on selecting spines as a primary but am stumped in deciding between willpower or regen.

Can anyone give me info on either set?

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This kinda makes me wanna dust off my energy/electric blaster and give him a whirl. He was my first toon ever and he is slotted really horribly but nothing a respec couldn't fix.

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Frankly, I'd reccomend not to. All this hoopla post i13 has FotM builds that incorporate SStrengF, any Def armor, Cold Dom, Fiery aura, yadayada... in short KB isn't a real big threat. That's jus the way it is.