Lopsided defense on "soft-capped" Inv Tankers?

I have a level 50 Inv/SS Tanker I've carefully kitted out with IOs, focusing mostly on soft-capped defenses. Because the def debuff resistance isn't very robust, I wanted to be a little over the soft-cap.

After massive fiddling around, I settled on around 50% defense with one foe in Invincibility range for smashing and lethal damage, and the same for energy and negative damage, but fire and cold is much lower (I don't recall exactly, but probably around 40% with one foe in Invincibility).

I do take fire damage more often because of this setup. I can't see how I could get more fire/cold defense without major changes (I haven't posted a build because I don't have Mid's and I'm not really asking for specific IO choices, this is more a general philosophical question), but I could lower my S/L and E/N defenses a bit to invest in at least 3.13% more F/C.

But the 50% number seems about right for holding defense debuffs at bay -- on the Roman walls, facing the aggro cap of debuffing Romans, every once in a while my S/L will dip below the soft cap for a few seconds, then a debuff wears off and I'm good again, so that 5% margin seems good to have.

So I have opted to stay with padding S/L and E/N above the soft cap and letting F/C run a moderate amount under it. My F/C does eventually reach the soft cap in crowds (not sure exactly how many are required).

Do others feel this is a sound approach? Would you rather have all three at the soft cap with one foe in range? Or would you rather have the more common damage resistances running a bit "too high" to hold up better under the sort of debuffs one might typically encounter?

After having carefully ensured that my SR Scrapper hit the soft cap to all 3 positions, I feel a little exposed (or maybe it's just obsession with round numbers) with "lopsided" defense values on my Tanker, but in practice it seems plenty strong.

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Really you're into overkill territory here already with your S/L so you're good. Fire/Cold is the rarest type of damage in the game, even rarer than Psi... I wouldn't be at all concerned with lower F/C def.

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strangely, fire/cold is the defense you have to worry least about.

and out of a whole group of cimerians, only the engineer (about 1 per group) will do fire damage?

until they put in fire breathing dragons, I'll go energy before fire defense.

My problem is the opposite of yours. Its too easy to get fire/cold defense, the energy defense is pathetically small.

Besides, outside of ITF, the majority of energy/fire attacks have a smash or lethal component to it. You will defend your highest defense against each component (fire/lethal, you will use lethal).

Dont gimp yourself trying to cap everything (it is possible), but you will probably loose your extra 5% defense for SL.

btw, before we had defense debuff, the cimerorians could take down my tank every once in a while. after it (and we have GREAT debuff resistance), it hasnt happened.

I'm curious how much fire damage your getting on an ITF, that dull pain cant instafix? I'd brather have energy/dark defense there anyways.

For myself, I only count '1' in invincibility for determining soft cap defense (I assume its an AV of some kind).

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50 Tanks: Invul/ss, Fire/ice/fire, Ice/em, Stone/fire
WP/Stone, dark/dark, shld/mace

50 Other: WS, SS/dark/sc brute, BS/Regen/WM scrpr, fire/fire/force blaster, rad/kin corr, mind/rad ctrl, ill/storm cntrl

Oh, I'm not running into a lot of fire, and certainly not on ITFs. It's really only demons in COT missions and the occasional flamethrowing Nemesis or Nazi trooper that do detectable fire damage, and cold I've only noticed from a few Crey Cryo tanks. My question was just about build philosophy.

I managed to get E/N so high by using the Reactive Armors that give both S/L and E/N and by slipping in two pairs of Basilisk's Gaze set pieces at 2.5% E/N each...and Thunderstrike in Hurl, among other things.

This might be dependent on my secondary being Super Strength, since I get a hold and a ranged attack and a bunch of single-target melee attacks for Kinetic Combat; maybe it's harder for other secondaries.

Yes, in general, the 50% def debuff resistance is great -- it's probably my prior experience being Super Reflexes that accounts for any implication I might have made I wasn't impressed by Invuln's resistance.

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Call_Me_Awesome's Guide

With NOTHING other than the set IOs mentioned in the guide slotted, your numbers will look something like this.

With defensive toggles off and no enemies:
S/L: 28.63
E/NE: 15.81
F/C: 8.00
Psi: 3.00
Melee: 13.31
Ranged: 9.25
AOE: 3.00

With defensive toggles on and no enemies:
S/L: 36.12
E/NE: 23.31
F/C: 15.50
Psi: 10.50
Melee: 20.81
Ranged: 16.75
AOE: 10.50

Actually slotting straight L50 common IOs for defense will bump you up into nigh-unto-untouchable land.

Be careful though. End management (especially if you didn't go hog wild with expensive IOs like PerfShifter+End and the like) can be an issue. But, so long as you're not trying to mash buttons too fast, it's not an insurmountable issue.

Also, your DPS is going to take a dive. You'll still be able to kill stuff, eventually, but you're not going to do it as fast. Careful slotting can help aleviate this.

Currently my build needs to be reworked to squeeze in Hasten to perma rage and DP.

Note: Most of the set IOs in my build, to get the numbers above, are L33 (so I can exemp down to L30 and I lose nearly nothing in the way of defenses). A couple of them are slightly higher, as I'd lose the set bonuses when I lost the power.

If you don't care and go for max-level set IOs (where I went for 33's), your resistance and recovery numbers will be slightly better

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This raises an interesting question for Invul, which I'd been mulling over for a bit. After abandoning my Invul tanker a long, long time ago, I feel the itch to reroll one and am wondering what defenses to focus on.

What def caps do you aim for? S/L/E/N? No positionals? Since most Psi is ranged (and some AoEs), I figured some ranged def would be good too, but it's hard to mix that in when focusing on S/L def. Then again, if you can hit the S/L resist cap, do you really need that big a S/L def number?

For instance, w/o gimping my build, I can get to a bit over E/N def cap, over 40% S/L/F/C and still get to a bit over 40% ranged def, 25% AoE, all along w/capped S/L resists. That's of course w/just 1 in range of Invinc. Is it really worth it to get the last 5% of S/L defense when your resists are that high?

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An Offensive Guide to Ice Melee

Well, the last 5% cuts your incoming (S/L) damage in half (that's a 50% reduction in "ow!"). Of course that's probably not strictly necessary as you point out.

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Does anyone have a uber Inv/WM build I can look at...been wracking my brains...and I seem to be going a tad bit insane.

Its for a buddy...but thanks in advace. PM me in game if you want to or email or carrier pidgeon whatever

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well my invul sits at 46% s/l and 40% e/n with one for in range of invinc. Combined with my 51 hp /sec regen rate 90% s/l resistance and 35% resistance to other stuff, I don't have problems with anything that is non psi or that has instant hold/stuns ( Reichsman can kill me if he stuns me).

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Well, the last 5% cuts your incoming (S/L) damage in half (that's a 50% reduction in "ow!"). Of course that's probably not strictly necessary as you point out.

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Yeah, I usually subscribe to that line of thought and I first started building my Invul/Fire (planned) in Mids' w/the same mindset I usually have for capping X defense, X being S/L in this case, and it occurred to me how superflous it was. Really, you're talking about cutting down from on average 1% of incoming damage actually taken (40% def + 90% res) to 0.5% damage taken (45 + 90). If you're ever being overwhelmed by that extra 0.5% damage (admittedly a bit higher for bosses, AVs, etc), there's something seriously wrong.

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An Offensive Guide to Ice Melee

I think the problem is when the attacks that do get thru have debuffs attached.

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Does anyone have a uber Inv/WM build I can look at...been wracking my brains...and I seem to be going a tad bit insane.

Its for a buddy...but thanks in advace. PM me in game if you want to or email or carrier pidgeon whatever

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if you want an uber build, you need to define uber.
capped defenses, but no attacks? perma-dull pain? more recover/endurance so you can fight and fight and fight? multi-billion infl build with purples and lotg? Something a bit more sane and under 300M?

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50 Tanks: Invul/ss, Fire/ice/fire, Ice/em, Stone/fire
WP/Stone, dark/dark, shld/mace

50 Other: WS, SS/dark/sc brute, BS/Regen/WM scrpr, fire/fire/force blaster, rad/kin corr, mind/rad ctrl, ill/storm cntrl

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Reichsman can kill me if he stuns me

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Yeah, had this happen to me too on my first run throught he TF when we fought him in Boomtown. But he was doing a HELL of a lot of missing.

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What def caps do you aim for? S/L/E/N? No positionals? Since most Psi is ranged (and some AoEs), I figured some ranged def would be good too, but it's hard to mix that in when focusing on S/L def. Then again, if you can hit the S/L resist cap, do you really need that big a S/L def number?

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It's hard not to get positional defense in the mix as a matter of course with IO set bonuses, and weave, combat jumping, the +3 defense IO all add to positional defense as well.

The s/l defense number is important primarily because most non-s/l attacks have a s/l component, and the game picks your highest defense type to roll against. The s/l defense simply covers more bases.

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For instance, w/o gimping my build, I can get to a bit over E/N def cap, over 40% S/L/F/C and still get to a bit over 40% ranged def, 25% AoE, all along w/capped S/L resists. That's of course w/just 1 in range of Invinc. Is it really worth it to get the last 5% of S/L defense when your resists are that high?

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I've found that 40% typed defense across-the-board vs a single foe is more than sufficient for just about any challenge, and I have decent positional defense for psi and toxic.

I suppose some one will make a slotting breakthrough one day and display their 70% defense tank that can floor even Lord Recluse's tower-buffed to-hit, and the nerf gods will be heard from in short order.

Learn when to quit when you're ahead, folks. It doesn't have to be about whose johnson is longer every single time.

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Goldbrick 50 inv/ss tank
Other 50s: Power Beam, Rocky Mantle, STORMIE Agent, Matchless, Major Will, Knightmayor, Femstone, Space Maureen, Crimebuster Ako, Dr. Twilight, Doc Champion, American Gold Eagle

Again, look at C_M_A's guide. Fire up Mids and simply adapt the basic build for WM.

Again, NOT going to be cheap. But for something in the 300M range, you're good. If you want to add a few billion in purples on top of that...

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Does anyone have a uber Inv/WM build I can look at...been wracking my brains...and I seem to be going a tad bit insane.

Its for a buddy...but thanks in advace. PM me in game if you want to or email or carrier pidgeon whatever

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This is my planned inv/axe you can adapt this to mace, softcapped to s/l and 44.9% e/n but no perma-dull pain:

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Does anyone have a uber Inv/WM build I can look at...been wracking my brains...and I seem to be going a tad bit insane.

Its for a buddy...but thanks in advace. PM me in game if you want to or email or carrier pidgeon whatever

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i've never had a 50 invul but this looks pretty good to me..

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Level 50 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: War Mace
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Resist Physical Damage -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(3), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(3), RctvArm-ResDam(23)
Level 1: Bash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(40), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(40), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 2: Temp Invulnerability -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(34), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(34), RctvArm-ResDam(37)
Level 4: Pulverize -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), HO:Nucle(13)
Level 6: Jawbreaker -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), HO:Nucle(11)
Level 8: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(9), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal(15), Dct'dW-Rchg(15)
Level 10: Resist Elements -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(17), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(17), RctvArm-ResDam(19)
Level 12: Unyielding -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam(19), RctvArm-EndRdx(21), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(21), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(34)
Level 14: Resist Energies -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(39), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(39), RctvArm-ResDam(39)
Level 16: Build Up -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(37), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(43), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(43), AdjTgt-Rchg(43)
Level 18: Invincibility -- Rec'dRet-Pcptn(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(33), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(42), HO:Cyto(42), HO:Cyto(42)
Level 20: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Combat Jumping -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), LkGmblr-Def(23), LkGmblr-Rchg+(46)
Level 24: Health -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(25), Numna-Heal(25), RgnTis-Regen+(27)
Level 26: Tough Hide -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(27)
Level 28: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(29), P'Shift-End%(29), EndMod-I(46)
Level 30: Clobber -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(31), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(31), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(33)
Level 32: Super Jump -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Shatter -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(36), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), HO:Nucle(37)
Level 38: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 41: Ring of Fire -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(50), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 44: Melt Armor -- AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(A), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg(45), Acc-I(45), EndRdx-I(45)
Level 47: Fire Ball -- Ragnrk-Dmg(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 49: Unstoppable -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet

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It's hard not to get positional defense in the mix as a matter of course with IO set bonuses, and weave, combat jumping, the +3 defense IO all add to positional defense as well.

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Sure, but you're not going to incidentally get up to 42.8% ranged def (which is where I am right now in my build) w/o actively trying, and sacrificing a few places.

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The s/l defense number is important primarily because most non-s/l attacks have a s/l component

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Yeah, I know that mechanic, but then if you have capped S/L resists along w/ capped E/N def, nearly capped F/C def, what are you really worried about? Psi (&amp; Toxic, I guess), and I think most psi damage is pure psi.

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I've found that 40% typed defense across-the-board vs a single foe is more than sufficient for just about any challenge, and I have decent positional defense for psi and toxic.

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Which is the big debate. How much positional do you consider "decent"? Are you willing to go for 35% typed for an extra 5% ranged? How about an extra 10%? How about if you can have 40%+ of a lot of both?

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Personally, I have almost more fun planning these builds than actually playing them. If you're happy with your "decent" stats (which are prolly a bit better than just decent, right?), good for you, but I'd rather go to 11. Every single time.

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An Offensive Guide to Ice Melee

Your slotting looks good, but IMO the power order leaves a lot to be desired. (Stamina at 28?!?) And even more significantly, delaying Clobber until 30 and skipping WM and CC is a really bad idea.

My Invul/Mace is a little idiosyncratic, but if I was to build a plain vanilla invul/mace with capped defense, I'd do something like the build below--it has 48% S/L and 45% E/NE defense. (I've included some expensive uniques, but for most you can easily substitute something less expensive without seriously hurting your effectiveness. I do strongly recommend the SP +def and Kismet +Acc if you can afford them, though.)

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Level 50 Technology Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: War Mace
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temp Invulnerability -- RctvArm-ResDam:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(3), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(3), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(43), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(46)
Level 1: Bash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(15), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(45), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:40(46)
Level 2: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx:50(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg:50(7), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:50(13), Dct'dW-Heal:50(15), Dct'dW-Rchg:50(25)
Level 4: Jawbreaker -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(7), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:40(45)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(25)
Level 8: Unyielding -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(9), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(9), RctvArm-ResDam:40(13)
Level 10: Taunt -- Mocking-Taunt:50(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg:50(11), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng:50(11), Mocking-Taunt/Rng:50(40), Mocking-Rchg:50(43)
Level 12: Hurdle -- Jump-I:50(A)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-Travel:50(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:40(19)
Level 16: Health -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx:40(A), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg:40(17), Mrcl-Heal:40(17), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(19)
Level 18: Invincibility -- GftotA-Def/EndRdx:40(A), GftotA-Def/Rchg:40(31), GftotA-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:40(33), GftotA-Def:40(37)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(21), P'Shift-End%:50(43)
Level 22: Clobber -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(23), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(23), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(31), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:40(34)
Level 24: Build Up -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(31)
Level 26: Tough Hide -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(27), LkGmblr-Def:50(27), Ksmt-ToHit+:30(33)
Level 28: Whirling Mace -- Erad-Dmg:30(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg:30(29), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:30(29), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx:50(34), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(34)
Level 30: Boxing -- Acc-I:50(A)
Level 32: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(33), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(37), RctvArm-ResDam:40(40)
Level 35: Shatter -- Erad-Dmg:30(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg:30(36), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:30(36), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(36), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx:50(37)
Level 38: Crowd Control -- Erad-Dmg:30(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg:30(39), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:30(39), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(39), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx:50(40)
Level 41: Weave -- GftotA-Def/EndRdx:40(A), GftotA-Def/Rchg:40(42), GftotA-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:40(42), GftotA-Def:40(42)
Level 44: Resist Physical Damage -- RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(46), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(48), RctvArm-ResDam:40(48)
Level 47: Resist Energies -- RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(48), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(50), RctvArm-ResDam:40(50)
Level 49: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- ULeap-Stlth:50(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
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I think most psi damage is pure psi.

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Some psi doesn't have a positional flag for defense, which as far as I've seen is limited to mind control and illusion control powers. Psi blast powers, like those rularuu wisps use, have positional flags.

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the +3 defense IO all add to positional defense as well.


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Hi new to looking at tanking stuff. What's the +3 defense IO you're talking about?

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the +3 defense IO all add to positional defense as well.


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Hi new to looking at tanking stuff. What's the +3 defense IO you're talking about?

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There are two, the Steadfast Protection Resistance/+Def, and the Gladiator's Armor TP Protection/+Def. Both go into Damage Resistance powers, and are global uniques.

A word of warning, though, the Gladiator's Armor IO is a PVP IO, and last I looked, EXTREMELY expensive. (We're talking 100 million + expensive) I do highly recommend the SP IO, and get it for all my tanks.

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A word of warning, though, the Gladiator's Armor IO is a PVP IO, and last I looked, EXTREMELY expensive. (We're talking 100 million + expensive) I do highly recommend the SP IO, and get it for all my tanks.

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No, we're talking 500 million+ expensive, I just bought one and some were sold for as high as 700 mil

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Okay thank you both. Just found the steadfast one in further reading. Man trollas are so much simpler

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A word of warning, though, the Gladiator's Armor IO is a PVP IO, and last I looked, EXTREMELY expensive. (We're talking 100 million + expensive) I do highly recommend the SP IO, and get it for all my tanks.

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No, we're talking 500 million+ expensive, I just bought one and some were sold for as high as 700 mil

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LOL, once it gets that high, it's all the same to me--"more than I'll ever pay for an IO!"

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