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I know it's a bit off topic but with that many alts if you're doing tip missions and have done one alignment just run all melee through who will die part 1 twice, buy a lotg +rech on each sell for about 100 million a piece and you have some working money.

Bots - Some resists, sizeable defense and decent heals through protector bots, fairly good aoe potential post 32. All ranged, -regen built into attacks. Feel a bit week damage wise pre 32


Demons - Good resists through lts, some healing, all ranged, variety of damage and some control. Mostly ranged....though with pet ai ranged is only kinda an advantage.

Thugs - Great aoe potential and damage potential, mostly ranged, sizable defense through lts.


Basically it comes down to what stacks well. I'm sure any of your pairings would work fine so take with grain

Traps/dark - Are classic bots/thugs pairing, the -to hit or ff gen stacked with the defense of the set gives you very sturdy pets

Thermal/pain - enhances the already good resist of demons up higher. That isn't to say you can't mix and match with layered defense only that you'll get more impressive numbers if you stick.

Demons/dark or traps would work just fine too, as both are great sets, I' probably vote dark of the two...either way all are fine, have fun.

Sorta depends on how you intend to farm.

I would think it's a simple matter of pairing a heavy aoe primary with a damage contributing secondary

that means fire or elec armor, fire is better with

super strength kind of one trick pony but as far as I know ss/fire brute still is top ticket farmer, tw, maybe claws, maybe fire if you go tank.

Edit: I'll toss in maybe elec/shield scrapper, as I believe shield has a taunt aura, I can't stand elec melee so can't comment

Let's see probably these are all classic pairings, fotm, whatever you wish to call them.

Corrupter:

Fire/dark - is classic solo friendly and good damage. I never got into mine but I've heard great things if you stick with....reading comprehension is fun... make that the next best aoe... archery/ar/rad/dp etc

A trapster - Corrupter, a primary with some decent aoe, see above or..

Bot/traps mastermind - To me this was a bit dull to level but ended up feeling quite powerful. Aoeing mobs get annoying

Mind/Fire dominator- Again, you'll easily find lots of good info on this and probably the most ranged friendly.

Plant/storm controller - Just hit 42 on mine, lots of fun, very powerful. Nemesis and arachnos lts are annoying.

Could just be what he's up against as well or his difficulty settings. Running at 0/8 (generally what I run at by my 30s) or so he's going to find a few things that just aren't much fun.

Let's see my 30's see

Longbow - Wardens Egh, its like playing roulette to see what my lucky prize is, plus a lot of def debuff and some recharge debuff, think theres a res debuff in there as well

Arachnos - Quite a bit of exotic damage and a mu pack drains fairly well.

Freaks - I just returned to the game about 6 months ago, I didn't remember super stunners

Hmm hero side the new talos arcs ppd have tons of debuffs. 4 stacked flash grenades, etc

Praetoria I seem to recall having a lot of psi damage toward the end.

For every tank there is a kryptonite, it might just be learning to deal with, turning down difficulty or getting backup.

Late 30's into the 40's I seem to remember most of my tips being koa, malta or carnies. I felt like the dev's were sitting in an armchair twirling thin mustaches.

Either way, point may be that the problem isn't entirely just in his build.

Not meaning to sound like a jerk here but why are you inviting her to the game to play by herself?

One of the reasons I like getting my wife to play an mmo is so we can have fun working through it together. Its a moderately good way to spend time together, you can teach her as you go, roleplay, have some fun, etc, it's a cheap date.

Ah well that aside. In terms of at and powersets, it her char not yours, sit down with her and ask her what she'd be interested in trying and what each type does. Know the pros and cons of each set. If you make the decision for her she'll have zero investment. Encourage her to think up the superhero she'd like to be, a cool costume and a nice story about where she/he it came from.

Sorry, all that said and done. Perhaps suggest a controller or dominator as well not necessarily because they fit your description but because a cc class is something that wow killed out of a lot of games. So is a buff and debuff class I suppose.

Either way, hope you two have fun.

I'm trying to figure out why you said you need dark as invul for the end hole. Do you mean that inv needs end recovery tool? It's never struck me as end heavy set. It's certainly not dark.

If by that you mean you hate end drain then electric and dark both have some drain protect.

I think its fairly obvious but willpower is probably the easiest mixed set to softcap, the other resist sets I would settle for 32.5 and just eat a purple.

Of course if you are soloing all these missions on one player I don't really see why that would be important.

I think no matter what you're going to find a villain group or type that is annoying for you. I think it's just a matter of deciding what you want to be a pain and what not.

Anyway in terms of build up i think fire wins that category but you won't softcap. But my moderately io'ed fire/fire tank feels very powerful at 0x8. Or just roll a granite brute, haha.

It's my understanding that km is better on a scrapper than a brute...but then as far as I know so is shield.

I'd pick stone cause it feels more brutey to me and provides better survivability.

Unless:

I really wanted a smooth leveling curve to start turning my difficulty up early. In which case you can start aoeing earlier on km.

Have fun

I think your concept leaves enough play that you could justify most anything. Sorry if this is toe stepping but just a few examples.

Invul: Both defense and resistance could be seen as time manipulation or agility. Think of it this way. Defense is obvious your character possesses either precognitive or time slow/acceleration abilities enough that they can dodge quite a few attacks. But even your mighty guy/gal can’t fully dodge all attacks. Like a skilled fighter he/she can make sure the blows that slip through land in non-vital spots or merely glance their flesh, hence resistance. Perhaps as your character is surrounded they become more focused, or the time streams of all those people closer together makes it easier to affect the attacks of those around. When she takes a hit she can focus back to the time where she was at her peak and regenerate her wounds and be sturdier, ala defender’s time. Finally if she’s willing to take a great risk she can desync herself from the current time stream for a short time and be nigh untouchable, unfortunately when she exhausts herself her body resyncs and some of the damage returns.

I’m sure you can fill in the powers.

Elec: Again here think of resistance as glancing blows. Think of the electric armors as active manipulation of the time field around your character. You can’t force blows to miss but you can slow them enough and with your agility can force them to not cause any real damage.Lightning field is a degenerative aging effect or forcing the characters to their weakened state. Recharge buff is obvious. Self heal, see invul but you focus on refreshing your strength rather than reaching its peak. Tier 9 is similar with the added bonus that you definitely appear de-synced.

Whatever you decide I think you can find a way to pick an idea you like and a set you like and make them fit comfortably without having to play something you’re not looking forward to.

Congrats you've inspired my first post.

I have a claws/ea villain side in the early 40's. Very fun to level and has been doing 8 players since around 22, longbow is a bit annoying but is doable so far, bout it. She has a miracle/numina recovery and steadfast, and finally frankenslotted at 35, so nothing amazingly expensive.

Generally speaking I time energy drain/energize with shockwave/focus so it doesn't feel that noticeable to me, then again I also have aid self so perhaps I'm just tolerant.

Whichever you go for it's a great combo and works well, have fun.