New Scrapper here--am I on the right track so far.
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Posted on: 2006-04-18 09:57 in Player Guides
I haven't played many scrappers, but one piece of universal advice would be to take your travel power at level 14, rather than 16 where it's showing now. You'll be MUCH happier that you did. Good luck and have fun!
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Below is my current build for 21st Century Paladin a BS/SR scrapper
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It seems to me that a paladin build (i.e. someone wearing heavy armor) should be based on damage resistance, rather than defense. Of course, that's a concept issue and not a build issue.
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I realize it will all be a matter of opinion, and I wonder if I am on the right track while having only two attacks until lvl 18. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Broadsword has relatively long animation times and recharge times for the attacks. I think you really want to get your attacks as fast as you can (if I recall, I had my third attack at 4th level).
Also, broadsword and super reflexes both use a lot of END. It will be torture waiting for Stamina and you're giving yourself two extra levels worth of suffering by not getting it at 20.
FYI, I have a broadsword/regen scrapper. You get Quick Recovery (from the regen set) earlier than Stamina and it gives more boost to your END.
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I agree with the above posters, I recommend you take your attacks earlier and take more of them. Also, you're probably going to want to get Stamina right at 20. Unless you're getting it for the +Perception and want to PvP right away, you can put off Focused Senses much later than you have it here. Also, you can put off Practiced Brawler a bit, the status protect it provides doesn't become critical until the mid-20s or so.
Slotting-wise, you don't need near that many slots on Practiced Brawler. Before you get SOs and Stamina, the end cost is a bit high, so I can see one EndRedux and 1-2 Recharge. You really don't need the third, and after you have Stamina you might just scale it back to 2 recharge with no EndRedux. That's the slotting my BS/SR has.
I strongly recommend you get your travel power right at 14 and that you work in some more attacks. Practiced Brawler and Focused Senses can both be pushed to the late 20s, allowing you to get Stamina at 20 and take some more attacks in the early 20s.
I also recommend you take Parry, the defense buff it supplies you with is excellent and once you get a good attack chain going you can usually keep a double-Parry buff on yourself. It'll work wonders for your survivability.
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Hi all you scrappers out there.
This is my first time building a scrapper, my main toon is a Tanker. As you can see in my sig I have a bit of altitis, but mostly play my Tank, Mastermind, Defender, and now Scrapper.
Below is my current build for 21st Century Paladin a BS/SR scrapper currently lvl 8:
Exported from version 1.5C of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh
Archetype: Scrapper
Primary Powers - Ranged : Broad Sword
Secondary Powers - Support : Super Reflexes
01 : Focused Fighting endred(01) defbuf(3) defbuf(7)
01 : Hack acc(01) dam(3)
02 : Slice recred(02) dam(5) dam(5)
04 : Agile defbuf(04)
06 : Focused Senses endred(06) defbuf(7)
08 : Hurdle jmp(08)
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01 : Brawl Empty(01)
01 : Sprint Empty(01)
02 : Rest Empty(02)
This is what I'm thinking going forward to lvl 24, will I derail?:
Exported from version 1.5C of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh
Archetype: Scrapper
Primary Powers - Ranged : Broad Sword
Secondary Powers - Support : Super Reflexes
01 : Focused Fighting endred(01) defbuf(3) defbuf(7) defbuf(13)
01 : Hack acc(01) dam(3) dam(11) dam(17)
02 : Slice recred(02) acc(5) dam(5) dam(9) dam(19)
04 : Agile defbuf(04)
06 : Focused Senses endred(06) defbuf(7) defbuf(9) defbuf(19)
08 : Hurdle jmp(08)
10 : Build Up recred(10) recred(11) recred(13)
12 : Combat Jumping jmp(12)
14 : Practiced Brawler endred(14) recred(15) recred(15) recred(17)
16 : Super Jump jmp(16)
18 : Whirling Sword acc(18) dam(21) recred(21)
20 : Health hel(20)
22 : Stamina endmod(22) endmod(23) endmod(23)
24 : Dodge defbuf(24)
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01 : Brawl Empty(01)
01 : Sprint Empty(01)
02 : Rest Empty(02)
I realize it will all be a matter of opinion, and I wonder if I am on the right track while having only two attacks until lvl 18. any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have already faceplanted twice, both on the same mission. Defeat Death's Head and crew. [better known as Mr. Bones when you get to him.]
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