GM's ? Not likely. AV's? well you got the secondaries down, now pick your primary.
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Yes, yes i know buffs/debuffs go a long way in this game, i've played that game, now i want to kill stuff w/ brute force.
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Buffs?
The only buffs we get are build-up and some of us take some leadership.
But to answer your question. I'm a big fan of DM, after the buff it got a few issues back, its one of the better sets out there, good DPS, Soul Drain is an awesome build up, and poorly resisted damage type send this set into Godhood! Tack on the self-heal that doubles for a massive ST attack, and an PBAoE End recharger, this is one set that fill holes in just about any secondary.
1/2 my 50's are DM... check the sig
That being said all the scrapper primaries are top notch, if you wanna solo AVs the only one that looks like a poor choice would be spines... but I'll let the respective experts tell you about those sets.
50's: Heroes: Ozmeth DB/WP; Black Decker DM/Regen; Shado-Strike DM/SR Scrapper (13 AV soloed); Desert-Shock Claws/Elec Scrapper; Shado-Shriek Dark/Son Def
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If you're looking to solo a plethora of AVs, you will probably want to go with Fire/* or DM/*, since their damage types are resisted by very few AVs.
All of the other primaries can get it done just fine, but you are going to find that with lethal damage primaries, there are a quite a few AVs out there that will take a lot longer or just be plain unkillable because they resist your damage type.
If you are fine with this, by all means, choose any primary. Once you know what exactly you want we can help you further.
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I couldn't find the thread, but there was a guy w/ a db/inv. build that solo'd a couple of gm's 
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Buffs?
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I was referring to those people that have the mind-set that only defender/controller/corruptor/mastermind's can solo gm's and certain av's, sorry i should have clarified what i was referring to.
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I couldn't find the thread, but there was a guy w/ a db/inv. build that solo'd a couple of gm's
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Oh wow, I'd love to see a video of that.
Anyways, the current FOTM AV soloer is DM/SD.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....22&fpart=12
The guys name is Nihilii, he solo'd Adamastor, didn't want u guys to think i was lying
That's the Monster/AV class version of Adamastor, not the GM version. My BS/SD scrapper has soloed that one, too, but it's not a GM.
Nope, that's the GM version. I used temp powers and T3 insps.
Oh, ok. My apologies, I didn't bother reading the link carefully.
No worries, I get that a lot. Probably should have picked the Kraken, as it is easier and there's no confusion regarding his status. 
Dark Melee/Shield Defense is, I believe, your current single target DPS leader if you spend enough influence on it. It's a very good AV killing option, kind of the flavor of the month AV killer. There are certainly other options, but if I were starting a new scrapper from scratch with the specific goal of soloing AVs as FAST as possible, I'd go Dark Melee/Shield Defense.
As far as GMs go, they regenerate the equivalent of 360 DPS. Dark Melee/Shield Defense can approach and has in one documented case just exceeded 300 DPS. So if you're going to use temps and inspirations, again, that's probably your best combination for the job.
I don't have a build on me, but I'm sure there are some floating around.
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"Four hours in, and I was no longer making mistakes, no longer detoggling. I was a machine." - Werner
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I'd say getting to high DPS as a DM is much harder while GM soloing because the mobs around are often much lower than you and can't survive Soul Drain. At most, they're 50, unless you specifically make an AE mission and fight the only 2 or 3 GMs you can get there.
As you're also going to use insps and/or temps buffing your damage, it's better to have a primary with high base damage. The reason DM/Shield is so great is because it operates at ~400ish % damage while other scrappers have to live with a 270%, maybe 300%ish average at best. Once you push that number to 500% with insps/temps, I'd rather go with Katana/anything, Fire/Shield or BS/Shield.
Frankly, soloing GMs as a scrapper is pretty boring, IMHO. They've got two or three attacks, none of them hitting hard, they take a long time to kill, and require insps/temps (although a Fire/Shield with saturated AaO might be able to do the Kraken without, seeing as it's only around level 10). Even worse, there's just not that many different GMs in the game. I don't think it's worth building a whole character for it (granted, any scrapper able to take on GMs should be able to take on AVs as well).
Bah, good points all around, and all of which completely slipped my mind.
Your suggestions look good to me. I'm thinking Katana/Super Reflexes at this point. I don't think Broad Sword would pump out as much DPS, even with Shield Defense. Fire/Shield might be good, but I still haven't taken a close look at maximum Fire DPS.
"That's because Werner can't do maths." - BunnyAnomaly
"Four hours in, and I was no longer making mistakes, no longer detoggling. I was a machine." - Werner
Videos of Other Stupid Scrapper Tricks
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Bah, good points all around, and all of which completely slipped my mind.
Your suggestions look good to me. I'm thinking Katana/Super Reflexes at this point. I don't think Broad Sword would pump out as much DPS, even with Shield Defense. Fire/Shield might be good, but I still haven't taken a close look at maximum Fire DPS.
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I sliced through many of AV's without a gapless attack because I have hit over 40% damage buff so if you can come up with a soft cap build with aidself and assault along with the IO's damage buff and AAO aura you can buff up the damage with enough recharge you may have an easier time I will see if I can modify my current build using PVP IO's in the build and swapping stuff around and let you run you attack chain calculator on it
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Langar Thurs-Katana/SR 50; Hejtmane-DM/DA 50
Rogue Spear-Spines/DA 50; Hypnosis-Ill/Rad 50
Sir Thomas Theroux-DM/SR 50; Melted Copper-Fire/Shield 50
Byzantine Warrior-DB/ELA 50;Blade Tempo-50 DB/EA
Ok, i just got through purpling out my f/k (it was the first toon i ever purpled out).
Now i'm looking for a build that does devestating damage.
Let's say that influence and endurance aren't an issue.
I'm trying to decide whether i want dps (something fast like db), or dpa (something hard hitting like bs).
After that i've got to get a strong secondary, i've heard that wp, invul, regen, sr, and shield are the best for survivability.
I want an EXTREME build, i'm talking about solo'ing av's, gm's, etc.
Yes, yes i know buffs/debuffs go a long way in this game, i've played that game, now i want to kill stuff w/ brute force.