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Ah, I see.
My stone tank has never been knocked back or down while in granite. I suppose things could be different in PVP land however.
Perhaps a few kb-protection IOs to help plug the gap?

Granite comes with knockback protection as is.. not sure why you would need Acrobatics on top as well?
I see no reason why Acro would detoggle it however.

Thanks, that was just what I was after

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You'll get more survivability out of Aid Other than you will from Maneuvers or Grant Invisibility.

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Grant Invis especially, while it does have its uses the duration is so short you will be forever rebuffing your minions.
And you will get enough of that with the bubbles.

Gah.. Yes Mother Mayhem is the only AV I would be very reluctant to tank.
But even then with Dull Pain and some decent support an Inv tanker could 'tank' her well enough.

Does anyone know how much health a Tanker has at 50?
Be handy to have a chart of all ATs if anyone knows of one...?

Hey BB,
Never done this one, so I would be keen if you need another tank.

Dr. Liah Philips Inv/SS

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Other taunt threads

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Ah, but I said topic, not thread

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Is a topic a topic if it doesn't have a long row about tanks and taunt in it?

I have an Inv/SS tank who would be keen to take part.
If she wouldn't overtank the team?

Hi Aero,
I need nearly all of those plus all the other RV AVs.
So would be willing to help out any time.

Perhaps a grand-badging day could be organised?

Add Dr. Liah Philips to the list. Inv/SS tank.
My first 50 and it only took a year

Hmm, I was at that trial and I picked the recipe, and I got the badge? Strange?

But I could do with the respec so i'll be there with my tank again if you want.

Hi BB,
I would be interested in doing this one with my Mind/Kin troller. Who I believe has the contact as well if needed.
And Friday sounds good.

My thoughts on this :

Battle Drones==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Dmg(3) Dmg(7) Dmg(7) Dmg(9)

At high levels the Drones are your level -2 so they do need a bit of extra accuracy.
3xAcc and 3xDmg are good here.

Protector Bots==> Acc(12) Acc(13) Dmg(13) Dmg(15) Dmg(15) Dmg(17)

The Prot-Bots force fields they give out do give a good amount of defence (7.5%) so some defbufs are very useful here.
I currently have mine slotted 2xAcc, 2xDmg and 2xDefBuf.
After the last upgrade they do start to use a lot of endurance so a EndRed would be handy.

I prefer Aid Other to Repair (although I do have both), it will also enable you to get Aid Self. Very handy at times.

Dispersion Bubble sucks End like you would not believe.
3xEndReds are needed.

The invisibility powers are of only minor use, you would be better off with the leadership pool IMO.

With ED you only get a very small benefit from slotting more than 3 SOs of a certain type in a power.
It isn't worth it.

Not forgetting tough hide which adds an extra 8% def on that.

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what do you all think is the best PvE tank? i am going to role a scrapper or a tank and i dont know which one, i need to know what would be best for PvE and most fun could you guys help please

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Depends what you mean by 'best'.
IMO Fire is the most fun, Stone is the toughest but very slow.
Ice is probably the best team tank now.

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Well, if a fire tank went for all his armours and only one or two attacks from his primary, I think it's safe to assume he's a tanker.

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I think it's safe to say that all tanks are tankers on account of the fact that they are tanks.

Looks good,
Personally I would be tempted to slot the Prot-Bots for Def.
And an End possibly.
No real need for repair not with Twilight Grasp slotted up.

I can be there with my lvl 43 Inv/SS Tank.

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Tough does make a difference with granite. Even if granite is 3 slotted with res. Get tough. Its worth it.

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For a Tank?
What difference exactly?
Stone skin + Granite will cap smashing and lethal resistance by themselves. Running tough at the same time would be a waste of end.

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Too bad you're missing the 2 best powers from your secondary

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Like I say I'm still fairly new to CoX but as I recall from other games, slowing and debuffing your foe does not kill them.

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Tar Pit also reduces the damage resistance of enemies it effects this greatly increases the damage your troops will do. Far more than assault would.

Darkest Night makes it hard for enemies to hit you and reduces the damage they do if they do, as thugs are fairly squishy this can make all the difference.

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I would like some advice on slotting Assault and Tactics if anyone would be so kind.

Thanks

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Assault only needs to be slotted for Endurance, 2 would be ideal.
Tactics would be best slotted 2xEnd,2xAcc pos 3xAcc later on.
Tactics is certainly the better power here as the damage boost from Assault is fairly low, it also gives a perception boost which is handy for spotting stealthed enemies.
Although the accuracy boost is still not that stunning. it gives about 12% when slotted up compared to 33% for a single Accuracy SO slotted in the summon power.

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This thread is very useful and interesting, however there is one thing on which I'm particularly dubious, and that is: should I place Heal enhancements on my protector bots, or shouldn't I? Are heal enhanc. any useful, or should I go with something different?

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I wouldn't personally, slot up Aid Other or Repair instead. The Prot-Bot heal is on a fairly long timer and you have no control on which bot they use it.
DefBuf would be handier IMO.

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I am particularly interested in the pets summon powers slotting, so any opinion on the matter would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot

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I would slot bots as follows:
Tier 1: 3xAcc and 3xDmg.
Prot-Bots: 2xAdd, 2xDmg and 2xDef.
At 32 I would replace a Dmg with an EndRedx as they do use a lot of end at that point.
The force bubbles they use do give a good defense bonus and are worth slotting. It's 7.5% def unslotted IIRC.
Assault bot: 2xAcc and 3xDmg.

I can be there with my lvl 42 inv/ss tank;

My thoughts:
No Tough Hide? I would put that one in as soon as possible. Replace Resist Elements with it. Or even dump Punch.

I imagine this is a PVE build? In which case you can take out the second accuracies in the attacks, with the boost from Invincibility and Rage; 1 in each attack is all you will need.

An extra DefBuff in Invincibility might be good.

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On a related topic... Are two defense enhancements really useful in Protector bots? I was thinking that the defense from the forcefields they provide could be not worth slotting... maybe two heals.

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Each bubble gives %7.5 defense, so when you get 2 protectors they double up on the tier 1 and 3 pets giving them %15 defense to all (%18 when 3slotted for def).
Most definitely worth it.