Tyndall_Ingram

How about kicking tail with a TA/Archery Defender? I think mine should have a blue gauntlet instead of a shield... most of her career has been solo -- admittedly, at Heroic level -- but she's great fun to play in either solo or team situations. (And no, she doesn't have Aim OR anything from the Fitness pool.)

I'm having just as much fun with my new Ice/Fire Dom, and have already found that the conventional wisdom regarding Ice's immobs (namely, that they are useless because they still allow ranged attacks) doesn't apply to my very offense-oriented playing style. My TA/A is jealous of my Dom because TA/A's Ice Arrow doesn't cause damage like Block of Ice does... :P

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Luminara, great guide! Thank you so much. I have a build question. Does hasten help at all in a TA/A build?

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It is indeed one of the better TA & A guides around, and so amusingly worded in places.

I'd like to relate my experience with Hasten, though I'm certainly not nearly as experienced as most of the other folks 'round here.

I have Hasten on my TA/A, love it, and use it often. While I can usually chain-hold anything up to a yellow con with Ice Arrow, having Hasten up lets me get a larger overlap of having two enemies iced down when needed. I can pump out more damage arrows between debuffs, and keep the shorter-recharge debuffs up almost continuously while Hasten's in effect. Being able to do those two things has saved me from trips to the Hospital quite a few times when I've found myself in over my head. Add to that the ability to Aid Other or Aid Self more often, and it's even more of a lifesaver.

The downside, of course, is that firing arrows madly about like this can chew up Endurance in a hurry, even with the relatively low cost of many TA/A powers. Usually, though, I only run out of Endurance when soloing, and even then, not often. Nothing a few blues can't help.

(In case you're wondering, I don't have Superspeed. I respec'd out of it and got Combat Jumping/Super Jump instead, after getting tired of faceplanting into unscaleable walls at 80 MPH and having to detour -- or wait on Jump Pack to recharge -- most everywhere I went. :P )

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Tyndall - TA/A Defender - Protector