Personally, I find it more useful to slot it for +hp to begin with. I think that 3 miracles would probably be a better choice, more health and end rcvry are always nice. Unless you really want the extra defense bonuses from Aegis, the little boost to your non-s/l resistances is pretty worthless with soft capped defense (imo).
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Thanks for the input. I was also leaning this way and it helps to be reassured!
I threw a full numina set in true grit for the hit points and defense bonus, win both ways
I did 3 resist IOs and 3 Healing IOs. I 5 slotted health with 2 miracles (includign the unique), the +regen unique from regenerative tissue, and two numinas.
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I had planned to do that, but I also wanted more end recovery.
Slotting correctly True Grit with 6x IOs from healing sets boosts the regen alot ! And that can allow you to skip Aid Self if you can raise your regen to something like 35-40 hp/sec.
Try this on your Mids :
True Grit : Regen Tissue unique, Heal IO, Heal IO, Numina Heal, Numina Heal/End, Numina Heal/Rech
Health : Numina unique, Numina Heal, Numina Heal/Recharge, Miracle unique, Miracle Heal, Miracle Heal/Rech
Check the Regen in hp/sec before and after and you'll see a big improvement !
PS : it's just an idea to show how the regen can be improved alot on such a toon. But it may not be that easy for you to find those 12 slots, still having to soft cap to everything...
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Slotting correctly True Grit with 6x IOs from healing sets boosts the regen alot ! And that can allow you to skip Aid Self if you can raise your regen to something like 35-40 hp/sec.
Try this on your Mids :
True Grit : Regen Tissue unique, Heal IO, Heal IO, Numina Heal, Numina Heal/End, Numina Heal/Rech
Health : Numina unique, Numina Heal, Numina Heal/Recharge, Miracle unique, Miracle Heal, Miracle Heal/Rech
Check the Regen in hp/sec before and after and you'll see a big improvement !
PS : it's just an idea to show how the regen can be improved alot on such a toon. But it may not be that easy for you to find those 12 slots, still having to soft cap to everything...
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Yeah it is definitely hard to make room. I turned Ball Lightning into 1 slot and Weave into 3 just to see the difference in regen. It took me from 243% to 354%. Not bad at all. Also increases my max hp a little more. Now I have to decide if losing some global rech and all the damage from Ball Lightning is worth it.
I do have a question that I have been wondering about. Is there any benefit to having more positional defense after 45%? I've been hearing yes and no on that. I know it helps for defense debuff but is that all?
It's only useful if you fight enemies who debuff your defense, or have ToHit bonuses.
Examples : Cimerorans in the first case, Nemesis with vengeance in the second one.
And against the defense debuff cascade from Cimerorans Traitors, you actually need at least 10% or 15% more than the cap to really see a difference, so that would probably require alot of build sacrifices for a very situtationnal advantage.
Personnally I would stick with the 45% cap.
I've been planning out my Elec/Shield Brute and I've come up with a build that soft caps defense, has decent recharge and is good on end use/recov. My question is with True Grit. Should I use 3 Miracles for higher hp and better end recovery or 3 Aegis for some better fire, cold, energy, neg and toxic resistance? Aegis would also even out my defenses as well by adding more to AoE.
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Name: Level 50 Mutation Brute
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Havoc Punch -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(3), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Mako-Dam%(15)
Level 1: Deflection -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(13), LkGmblr-Rchg+(13), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(15)
Level 2: Battle Agility -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(17), LkGmblr-Rchg+(17), GftotA-Def/EndRdx(31), GftotA-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 4: True Grit -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Heal(11), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(11), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(21), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(25), Mrcl-Heal(37)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(7), RechRdx-I(7)
Level 8: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(9), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(9), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(19), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(19), GSFC-Build%(21)
Level 10: Active Defense -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(40), Zephyr-ResKB(46)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(31), Zephyr-ResKB(46)
Level 16: Against All Odds -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 18: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 20: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 22: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(23), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(23), P'Shift-End%(25)
Level 24: Phalanx Fighting -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(31)
Level 26: Thunder Strike -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(27), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(37), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), Sciroc-Dam%(40)
Level 28: Chain Induction -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(29), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(29), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 30: Kick -- FrcFbk-Rechg%(A)
Level 32: Lightning Rod -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Oblit-%Dam(34)
Level 35: Shield Charge -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(36), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Oblit-%Dam(43)
Level 38: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(39), RctvArm-ResDam(39), RctvArm-EndRdx(40)
Level 41: Electrifying Fences -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg(A), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(42), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(42), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(42), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(43), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(43)
Level 44: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), LkGmblr-Def(45), LkGmblr-Rchg+(46)
Level 47: Ball Lightning -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 49: Super Speed -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(50), Zephyr-ResKB(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Fury
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[u]Set Bonus Totals:[u]<ul type="square">[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Fire)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Cold)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Energy)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Negative)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)[*]11.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)[*]17.1% Defense(Smashing)[*]17.1% Defense(Lethal)[*]10.5% Defense(Fire)[*]10.5% Defense(Cold)[*]12.1% Defense(Energy)[*]12.1% Defense(Negative)[*]6.13% Defense(Psionic)[*]19.9% Defense(Melee)[*]19.3% Defense(Ranged)[*]18% Defense(AoE)[*]45% Enhancement(Accuracy)[*]50% Enhancement(RechargeTime)[*]3% Enhancement(Immobilize)[*]10% FlySpeed[*]208 HP (13.9%) HitPoints[*]10% JumpHeight[*]10% JumpSpeed[*]Knockback (Mag -12)[*]Knockup (Mag -12)[*]MezResist(Held) 3.3%[*]MezResist(Immobilize) 7.15%[*]MezResist(Stun) 4.4%[*]12% (0.2 End/sec) Recovery[*]52% (3.25 HP/sec) Regeneration[*]1.58% Resistance(Fire)[*]1.58% Resistance(Cold)[*]5% Resistance(Negative)[*]10% RunSpeed[/list]