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Prey is right on the money but don't fret! You can still do quite a bit with a scrapper, even a lethal one.
and melee is fuuuunn! 
If you really want to get the most mileage out of a scrapper against AVs then you probably want an exotic damage type like Dark or Fire. 
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DM/SD, here I come...
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Correction: *Fire/Rad
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How so? This is how I see it.
ill/Rad can have perma PA, which IMO the best tanker in the game, and they do good damage for you. Then you got Phantasm who sets back by you taking no damage and doing good damage. So with PA taking all your damage you just need to set back and Cast them when need and use your 2 attacks Spectral Wounds, and Blind and really never are in danger.
When I look at Fire/Rad I see Imp that will die fast so your going to need to be in Melee to heal them so they don't die. That also puts you in danger of dying too, something a ill/Rad doesn't have to do. Now Fire as Ring of Fire, and Char which could do the more damage I really don't know. Then you also got hot feet which will add a lot of damage but again you need to be in Melee to get it to work. So is ring of fire, char and you Imp better then PA something that can't die. I really would like to know why Fire/Rad is so much better.
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"- Chesty Puller US Marine Corps
Fire/Rad isn't so much better, it's a little better.
Ill/Rad used to be king back then when people didn't know how to softcap defenses, so they needed tanking indestructable pets to hold the aggro. Now that people have learned all these cool tricks you can do with IOs, that benefit provided by illusion is no longer needed, so the extra damage that Fire/Rad does is indeed welcome
Not to mention Fire/Rad has a much easier against multiple AVs, keeping them nice and immobilized (something illusion can't do) while dealing a crapload of AoE damage thanks to containment.
GMs can be problematic as they like to spam Foot Stomp and send your imps flying, eventually killing them. To avoid this you just have to fight the GM for a few minutes (3-5) to build up "hate" before summoning the imps, so the aggro stays on you (and of course keep hovering/bunnyhopping out of melee).
An illusion controller can't kill a DE GM without temps :-/
Thought I would drop in this thread to say that I soloed my first AV tonight.
Me 1, Antimatter 0
I'm only level 44 so I had to pop some greens (I'm taking aid self late), but aside from that, no temps and no insps.
I know he's not the hardest AV in the universe (aside from the occasional cascade fail of defense) but what a sense of accomplishment. Yay me!
Antimatter is one very tough customer (unless you're SR with capped DDR), almost as bad as Positron.
Good job!
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Thought I would drop in this thread to say that I soloed my first AV tonight.
Me 1, Antimatter 0
I'm only level 44 so I had to pop some greens (I'm taking aid self late), but aside from that, no temps and no insps.
I know he's not the hardest AV in the universe (aside from the occasional cascade fail of defense) but what a sense of accomplishment. Yay me!
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I'm having a good time soloing AVs as well. I'm currently on Neuron, who is a bit tough because of all of his endurance drain, and I'm really trying to do it without having to use insps.
Anyway, grats!
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Prey is right on the money but don't fret! You can still do quite a bit with a scrapper, even a lethal one.
and melee is fuuuunn!
If you really want to get the most mileage out of a scrapper against AVs then you probably want an exotic damage type like Dark or Fire.
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I have a Dark/Willpower Scrapper that I have been soloing AV's with but I haven't tried Nightstar or Siege yet...using Dark Melee, do you think I'd have a shot at defeating them? I've mainly taken out the "easy" AV's so far (Marauder, Bobcat, Malaise, Countess Crey, Mother Mayhem, Chimera). Having taken out those AV's and using Dark Melee, what sort of chance do you think I'd have against Nightstar and Siege?
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Prey is right on the money but don't fret! You can still do quite a bit with a scrapper, even a lethal one.
and melee is fuuuunn!
If you really want to get the most mileage out of a scrapper against AVs then you probably want an exotic damage type like Dark or Fire.
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I have a Dark/Willpower Scrapper that I have been soloing AV's with but I haven't tried Nightstar or Siege yet...using Dark Melee, do you think I'd have a shot at defeating them? I've mainly taken out the "easy" AV's so far (Marauder, Bobcat, Malaise, Countess Crey, Mother Mayhem, Chimera). Having taken out those AV's and using Dark Melee, what sort of chance do you think I'd have against Nightstar and Siege?
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They can both be done with DM. I've done both with my DM/SD (video in sig). They do take more time. Nightstar in particular felt like a pain to me but you shouldn't have any real trouble. Just needs a bit more patience due the there resists.
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Correction: *Fire/Rad