nightbringer_EU

Anyone willing to trade defiant influence for union infamy. Im thinking about starting villains on union, and some infamy would really help me.

My exhange rate is 5 to 1. Thats right. 5 million influence for 1 million infamy.

If anyone who wants to trade send a tell to @Nightbringer, or PM me on the boards.


I willing to trade 20 million influence.

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You mean for the +perception right NB?

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aye.

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you mean a low damage, low range, high end cost cone. Knock back is [censored] when everyone has acrobatics or protection from knock back.

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The damage it gives is totally worth it. Thought you'd know since your Stormie...

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with my 30% res to nrg. It was the other attacks...

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Have to agree with X. His pentad team are a nightmare to fight against. Gatling (their blaster) I think i seen twice in the 10min match we had out doors. PvPers have said to me theres to many -fly powers to make fly viable in pentad matchs. My team had had 5 -fly powers between us but if you cant find your target they arnt much use. "Ninja Empath"

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Why dont you guys have an emp to spam CM?

Maybe it will be capped at 49 just to annoy badgehunters Mu Hahahah

I dont think we know if it works. TK + 1 hold will hold any boss, meaning there is some stacking effect. I think it will effectively add another hold, but Im not sure.

I say go ahead, use your TK.
Worst case it doesnt work and nothing lost.
Best case; its a permanant stacked hold which is more than any other power can deliever.

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Best at both PvE and PvP to be honest.

No use slotting SS more either because 1 slotted SS + 1 slotted Sprint as far as I know is movement speed cap, and I have 3 slots in Sprint.

If anything, I think I'd drop TP Foe for Combat Jumping, I'd prefer Combat jumping anyway to be honest, I feel it's less 'cheap'. I'd give it two jump enhancers but no more, no chance I'd drop Energy Torrent though, it's too useful, my Ranged attack chain is very important to me.

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go on drop energy torrent, i wouldnt complain at u losing a ranged knockback attack

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you mean a low damage, low range, high end cost cone. Knock back is [censored] when everyone has acrobatics or protection from knock back.

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Ok do have to agree on that. When i drop down to a 5% hp and i launch my Total focus (hellooooo dmg), halfway midsky flying down i get hit to a faceplant, the power wont execute anymore.And so far i know, blizzard wont get boosted by defiance.


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Useing TF which has a 3/4 sec act. time while at 5% health is just asking to be face planted. Better to fire of BIB(the slow would help) or bone smasher. both would even be quicker than TF.


I like defiance just the way it is. Blasters are damage dealers. It lets you deal extra damage. Sounds about right to me

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Best solution is to use your knock back (power thrust), or your hold. It gives you time to launch big hitters like total focus and bonesmasher.

I have a spines/regen at lvl43 now Fun to play, and by far the best PvE scrapper IMO.

Your build is actually pretty close to the build Im thinking about but...
I would drop energy Torrent which would make room for combat jump, and give the slots for that and hurdle. 2-3 in Cj - 3 in hurdle.

Get SJ instead of TP-foe. Put a run more and a end red in SS.

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when/if they finally give us another respec X3 will be taking all the kinetics powers apart from fulcrum as it serves little purpose in pvp. Altho i'll only take 3/4 fire powers so I will have a few going spare

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Fulcrum shift can be awesome in PvP. It can very, very good. So dont.

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For all around goodness I'd probably go with Ill/Kin.

1v1 wise that is.

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Fun build but hardly the best for 1 on 1.

I think my ice / kin will be a powerhouse for 1 on 1s against anything but rad, storm and SR.

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hhmmmm....a good build for teams but 1v1 wheres your damage coming from?

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Epics

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Yup...will be able to do over 700 points of damage with a single blast providing you have containment (which is fairly easy with /kin)

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Aye, makes you wanna slot transfusion/transference with range...

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(would recommend Primal if you want to PvP)

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From what I can see, if you want to PvP with a troller the only way to go is Psi, Indom Will can save you lots of times and save you loads of BF slots in the insp tray on wich you can put something else.

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Simply disagree. Mind lacks in the damage department due to very long animations. I tend to think this is the worst epic for PvP (after earth, but noone even considders that one). Primal/fire are by far the best PvP choices.

Your mez protection should be covered by kins/emps/sonics. Not a power with a silly recharge.

Psy damage isnt that frequent in PvP. Only defenders and a few trollers have it, so the shield is no worse or better than any of the other. Fire shield is by far the best.

What is your problem Maximus_Prime? Have you ever been to a Hamidon raid? Do you know how much lag every player is getting?
You do know that lag is the primary reason to us failling every time?

Everyone makes sacrifises at a Hamidon raid, if you dont we fail. Yeah sure, we could have everyone doing what ever they would like, but then you will have 100+ heroes wasting 2 hrs.

I seriously dont understand you man.

PS. Kinetics should speedboost everyone in sight. This will keep them more than busy.

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PS: This don't mean I see that Imaginary&NB are right about flaws in the build - they are still teh sux.

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Biggest mistake I found this time, is the lack of jump powers. Combat Jump/hurlde would make a huge difference.

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Lol, its just i want a Ma/REGEN pvp build, but something thats different

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01) --> Storm Kick==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Dmg(3) Dmg(5) Dmg(5) Rechg(25)
01) --> Fast Healing==> Empty(1)
02) --> Reconstruction==> Rechg(2) Rechg(7) Rechg(7) Heal(9) Heal(9) Heal(11)
04) --> Quick Recovery==> EndMod(4) EndMod(11) EndMod(13)
06) --> Focus Chi==> Rechg(6) Rechg(13) Rechg(15) TH_Buf(15) TH_Buf(17) TH_Buf(17)
08) --> Crane Kick==> Acc(8) Acc(19) Dmg(19) Dmg(21) Dmg(21) Rechg(33)
10) --> Dull Pain==> Rechg(10) Rechg(33) Rechg(34) Heal(34) Heal(34) Heal(36)
12) --> Swift==> Run(12)
14) --> Hurdle==> Jump(14) Jump(36) Jump(36)
16) --> Integration==> Heal(16) Heal(37) Heal(37) EndRdx(37)
18) --> Hasten==> Rechg(18) Rechg(39) Rechg(39)
20) --> Resilience==> DmgRes(20)
22) --> Stamina==> EndMod(22) EndMod(23) EndMod(23)
24) --> Super Speed==> Run(24) EndRdx(25)
26) --> Whirlwind==> EndRdx(26) EndRdx(27) EndRdx(27)
28) --> Instant Healing==> Heal(28) Heal(29) Heal(29) Rechg(31) Rechg(31) Rechg(33)
30) --> Combat Jumping==> Jump(30) Jump(31)
32) --> Eagle's Claw==> Acc(32) Acc(39) Dmg(40) Dmg(40) Dmg(40) Rechg(42)
41) --> Focused Accuracy==> TH_Buf(41) TH_Buf(42) TH_Buf(42) EndRdx(43) EndRdx(43)


These are the powers to get. Rest is optional, and down to playstyle. Actually there is a lot of reasoning in choosing weapons mastery for webgranades (-jmp).

My own choice of darkness mastery is pure concept, but it actually has a lot of things going for it in 1on1's. I can force trollers to bring all bf's against me. Few other scrapper build can do this.

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What level is this btw? I'm at 41, would be awesome to get the badge while you're fighting...er...faceplant for you.

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45+... read the guides please.

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You skip a lot of AoE's which are good in PvE, but either takes too much endurance, have too long an animation time or does bad single target damage.

Trollers who are pure PvP skip AoE holds.

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Remembered another one, blasters Nova attacks. Absoltuely useless in PvP but a god send in PvE

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Nope. Novas rock in 8 vs. 8 fights.

You skip a lot of AoE's which are good in PvE, but either takes too much endurance, have too long an animation time or does bad single target damage.

Trollers who are pure PvP skip AoE holds.

Assasin strikes
Assassin strikes are easy to negate in teams. There are lots of counters.

Bubblers, clearmind/clarity, stacked tactics (1 is enough in Warburg), Stormies, Ice slick, Chilling embrace, Artic Air and lots more.

Some stalkers (Martial Arts, Ninja blade are the worst) are very dependent upon AS to do damage. Min/max'ers tend to choose spines or nrg to negate this. Still none of these can 1 hit kill you, and since only 50% of the attack is unresisted, you can use sonics to make sure, you arent even 2 hit killed. This means the only type of damage thats really mean is the spikeing kind. Multible assists from different AT's on the same target.

Buffing as protection
Villans have a [censored] load of shields to stop these spikes.
Ice shield, Glacial shield, sonic barrier, sonic haven, fire shield, plasma shield, increased density, deflection shield, Insulation shield.

With stacked shields villains are very hard to kill, and if they have healers (therm. Rad.), it gets even worse.

Every time I hear some that says, I cant buff you all cause of ..., I get sick. Of cause you can, you just need to play faster, and slot shields with range enhancements!

note on stalkers and defending
Most stalkers dont know how non squishy they are. They should learn to protect the corrs better. You always see stalkers running away, and never sticking to protect your core of corruptors. Thats a big mistake IMO.

Movement
Movement is very, very important. Its very, very hard for melee type classes to do damage, if people are always moving. All PvP toons should have slotted combat jump (2-3 jumps) and slotted hurdle (3 jumps) - unsuppressed movement. And add in superspeed too, it really helps. If the devs arent changing whirlwind, get that too.
Moving arround untill your team can assist, is a good idea. This goes for attacking, and defending.

Know what powers do!
If you see a dark defender, know that tarpatch will stop you from jumping, and slow your superspeed. When you attack a group with this power either kill the dark first, or take the fight away from the tarpatch.
Know how often powers stun, and how much damage they do. It helps surving.
There are lots of tricks if you know when and how to fight. So study powersets.


If you follow these rules, you shouldnt get 1 hit killed every time, you enter a zone.

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MA Doesn't have any draw anim at all yet has an accuracy bonus.

IMO All attacks that have a draw weapon anim should have an accuracy bonus, even if the overall set doesn't have one.

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I have heard the devs put the acc buff in MA cause felt MA was underpowered at the time (issue 1,2 or 3). There had been lots of whining about MA earlier on.
Dont know if this is true.

Spines doesnt have a draw animations after quills...

Stop fighting in Sirens. 1 hit killing isnt as common in Warburg.

Mezzes? Bring emps/sonics/kins... or simply bf's.

There are all sorts of counters, but they all require a team. Yes a team which is also why I love this game. Noone is powerfull on their own, but teams can own all.

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Yeah, you saw straight through our tactics. With Infi in the middle of us beating me in the face we fell apart.

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Yeup...

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I read that the hami-tank was a real tanker though? We have been using regen scrappers.. Dunno why its needed though..I think two empaths could keep a normal tank alive in there. And it might be safer having a real tank doing taunting for precisely this reason.


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Nightbringer will be using his Invul/EM tank Novocaine and not his MA/Regen scrap

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Yes of cause. We cant have scraps doing the tanking. They cant take the beating. Said in another way. They dont have 3000+ hp when entering the goo.

Edit: With my 2 powerboosted regen Aura's, I will even have more regen than any regen scrapper.

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hmm, a thing like this could actually make me wanna play CoV again...

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Yeah. We should even considder making them on Union as it seems more active than defiant.