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Sorta new to tankers and while working up a build on mids I'm at a loss as to slotting, power selection and IO placement.I'm an old hand at FM although it's been restricted to brutes and scrappers so i'm not entirely sure about combustions utility.I can see that it would be helpful for agro control (keeping it on me) but the dmg seems somewhat anemic.
Also, is it better to slot for typed or positional def? I'm assuming typed as it seems a better way to go.What kind of defense numbers can i expect when properly outfitted. This includes tough/weave inclusion of course.
Thanks for any help.
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Inv/Fire can be a potent combo. Invuln is all about typed defenses, so that's what you want to get... and it's relatively easy to reach the soft cap of 45% for defense. Check out my guide (in my sig) for suggestions on how to go about that.
On the /fire side of things I have to say a big YES to Combustion... the combo of Combustion/Fire Sword Circle is devastating. My Stone/Fire tanker is quite capable of dropping an entire group of minions in Granite with that 1-2 punch. In my opinion Combustion is superior to Cremate; it's a 15' AOE doing ~110 points of damage when fully enhanced at level 50. In contrast FSC does ~130 points at 50 fully enhanced to a 10' AOE.
I don't think you'll be disappointed in your Inv/Fire tanker once you've gotten close to the soft cap; the only drawback is a lack of mitigation in your secondary... that drawback will mostly vanish later on once your defenses mature.
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Sorta new to tankers and while working up a build on mids I'm at a loss as to slotting, power selection and IO placement.I'm an old hand at FM although it's been restricted to brutes and scrappers so i'm not entirely sure about combustions utility.I can see that it would be helpful for agro control (keeping it on me) but the dmg seems somewhat anemic.
Also, is it better to slot for typed or positional def? I'm assuming typed as it seems a better way to go.What kind of defense numbers can i expect when properly outfitted. This includes tough/weave inclusion of course.
Thanks for any help.