My Mind/Energy is going for 25% ranged defense, 25-26% +damage, and ~82% recharge.
I've been quite pleased with the results so far with the changes on Test.
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Anyone else been playing with this?
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I've been playing this way for a long time when I pair up with my /cold friend.
Perma dom+high def is extremely powerful and desirable.
Perma dom is of course still the most desirable state, but once achieved def is a great secondary IO buff to aim for.
My plan/psy has about 33% ranged defense, 20 some% melee defense, on top of permadom and permahasten. It makes a huge difference in survivability.
Wow, how'd you manage it with perma hasten? I got to 100% on a mind/psy with that much defense, but I had to use some purples
Active (Freedom): Setna (Ice/Psi Dom), Arram (WP/KM Tank), Tesmiel (Elec/SS Tank), Astredax (Robot/Dark Mastermind), Operative Vidali (melee fortunata)
Retired (Virtue): Gaav (Inv/EM Tank), Baqra (Fire/SS Tank)
my fire/fire has 49% s/l defence, 26% ranged and permadomed.
My Plant thorn perma has 80% ish rech, 30% ranged/aoe, going for just perma dom is sooo 1 year ago.
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my fire/fire has 49% s/l defence, 26% ranged and permadomed.
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BS shield I'm guessing?
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BS shield I'm guessing?
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I can't really think of any other way to get capped S/L, at least with permadom as well.
My current fire/fire is not "finished" due to lack of tiem but his build is not too expensive and the final def will be:
I have not pursued perma dom and don't think I'll bother.
45.7% Smash
45.7% Lethal
19.5% Fire
19.5% Cold
42.4% Energy
29.1% Negative
12.9% Psi
23.5% Melee
23.8% Ranged
23.2% AoE
Plus:
19.9% smash/lethal resistance
14.9% Toxic resistance
My live build has only meet the smash/lethal traits, and given almost all attacks in this game containing one or the other, I find my build to be extremely sturdy (until i get touched by a single -def and it cascades to negatives in a heart bit)
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my fire/fire has 49% s/l defence, 26% ranged and permadomed.
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BS shield I'm guessing?
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yeah, i find the def sheild much better than the res ones as doms HPs are too low to get as much use from them as I would like. I dont take ranged aoes as they are hugely puny and fire/fire performs best in melee. Oh and I love pff 
Hey all, recently I've been playing around with different builds in Mids to try and find cool ways to combine set IOs. I've been focusing on dominators because they're my favorite AT. The main thing I've been doing is trying to combine high ranged defense without sacrificing perma dom.
I created a build with Mind/Energy that could cap ranged def. and had about 85% recharge. It's very expensive, but also very cool. Even though most stuff isn't attacking you w/ perma dom it's still useful for ambushes and AVs.
It seems like hitting about 30% is the best idea since you don't have to sacrifice as many cool powers, but can still use a purple to softcap when necessary. Anyone else been playing with this?
Active (Freedom): Setna (Ice/Psi Dom), Arram (WP/KM Tank), Tesmiel (Elec/SS Tank), Astredax (Robot/Dark Mastermind), Operative Vidali (melee fortunata)
Retired (Virtue): Gaav (Inv/EM Tank), Baqra (Fire/SS Tank)