Beginnings of a elec/Regen build, help me finish!
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DarkMaster,
Posted on: 2009-05-15 07:14 in Stalkers
Been toying around with a /regen. I've concluded that with IOs + shadowmeld, you could get decent defense for 15s. This with MoG gives another 15s. Throw in instant healing and you got a bridge to the next MoG and shadowmeld. So that's 150s of pretty good survivability.
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Been toying around with a /regen. I've concluded that with IOs + shadowmeld, you could get decent defense for 15s. This with MoG gives another 15s. Throw in instant healing and you got a bridge to the next MoG and shadowmeld. So that's 150s of pretty good survivability.
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That has always been known, but the biggest downside to Regen has always been it's lack of consistant Repel Protection (outside of a mere 15 seconds in MoG) and it's lack of in set Perception. Survivability has always been on Regen's side, it's the other stuff that makes it somewhat outclassed by other secondaries for many situations, especially WP.
Yep. I would think a spine/regen would be better in that case since you could just hit from range.
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chucknorriss
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not gonna lie shadow meld and regen have absolutely no synergy. i have SM on my elec/EA, its beast, but SM with no other +def sheilds/buffs isnt gonna stop [censored]. you could prolly pick a diff power and get better set bonuses, or you could just get hibernate and trow sharks 
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not gonna lie shadow meld and regen have absolutely no synergy. i have SM on my elec/EA, its beast, but SM with no other +def sheilds/buffs isnt gonna stop [censored]. you could prolly pick a diff power and get better set bonuses, or you could just get hibernate and trow sharks
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...Shadowmeld, well slotted, gives 31% defense. That's more than enough to protect you. With a good bit of recharge, you can Shadowmeld, MoG, then Shadowmeld for a full 45 seconds of more or less unkillability. That, plus all of your other heals, makes for a very sturdy stalker.
My elec/regen has about 15% def, so I can normally pop Shadowmeld to soft-cap myself before taking the alpha, with enough recharge it's up rather frequently (mine recharges in about 30 seconds) so there is plenty of synergy.
This is for playing PvE, I have little experience with PvP.
So, my weakness in builds is slotting, tbh I haven't quite grasped all the io sets yet, as when I played there weren't any and I've only been back for 2 weeks.
I spent a few hours talking to stalkers on freedom last night and one persons build interested me the most. Myself and thugsrus are building 2 stalkers to pvp in zone, or arena side by side. His will be a spine/wp (he's currently looking for a mids build too, if anyone has one feel free to post it here, or find his thread, tyvm.)
So, on that not, im gonna post the info on what powers I was told to take, and I'm looking for someone to chime in about slotting, and if they think this build will work as well as I was told.
I know stalker forums are alot quiter then brute/scrapper, but i hope some people chime in on this, as I'm really lost when it comes to slotting.
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Elec Melee/ Regen
Powerpools: Speed, conceal, leap, fitness, soul mastery.
Elec melee:
Havoc Punch, Assassins shock, build up, placate, thunder strike, Lightning Rod*.... thats it!
Regen:
Hide, Fast Healing, Reconstruction, Dull Pain, Integration, Instant Healing, Moment Of Glory.
Speed:
Hasten
concealment:
stealth, invisibility, Phase shift
Leaping:
Combat jumping**, Super Jump
Fitness:
Hurdle, health, stamina
Soul Mastery:
Dark Blast, Shadowmeld.
Slotting resists, heals, stealth io, and ALOT of recharge.
* I was actually told not to take Lightning rod, and to take Super speed AND SJ, but that seems a waste to me, with the way lightning rod works, and how it will be situational at best in pvp, I think I'd still rather have it over a second travel power. I could be persuaded otherwise though.
**The things that seem out of place for me, are the defense in CJ and maybe even shadowmeld, as regen has very little to no defense, this seems odd. but he swore by this builds extreme survivability.
what do you think?