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Is it true??
And which primary is best for pvping anyway?
(yeah... i wanna go kill heroes with my stalker!!)
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Definitely not Tanks. Maybe SR Scrappers. Blasters, Non Sonic Defenders and Controllers, yes.
Took my MA/Ninjitsu stalker into bloody bay yesterday (was 16 at the time) and I definitely couldn't 1-hit anyone. Maybe if you're a high-level stalker exemped down for the zone with SOs in your AS and pop a few rages it could be done but cryptic are already looking at a pvp change to stalkers to stop this happening. Current thinking is that if your attack would have 1-hit killed them then they'll be left with around 5% health to give them a fighting chance.
in the PVP zone in beta stalkers were 1 shotting MMs and other ATs and there was a big out cry,so there will be changes to stop this happening was the last i heard,also they were staking hide with steath with mutiple grant ivisibilty so could never be seen.
Just discovered the MA's AS only does smashing damage - the extra isn't "special" like I thought it was supposed to be. May be the reason I could only scratch the tanks in bloody bay yesterday 
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I could one shot Corrupters, Dominators, Master Minds and other Stalkers in beta with Assasin Strike (Energy melee) when I used build up only, I think, that may have been with 2 damage slots.
Two shotted Brutes.
so I can imagine you could one shot Controllers, Defenders and maybe Blasters. Two Shot Scrappers. Ignore Tanks.
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so I can imagine you could one shot Controllers, Defenders and maybe Blasters. Two Shot Scrappers. Ignore Tanks.
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No, team up with three other Stalkers and hit the Tank with a multi-shot AS!
I was looking through the specs for the various ATs last night, just out of interest. Villains seem to come in two varieties regarding HP. Brutes have High, everyone else has Low.
I figure you can assume that Build-Up will see you 1-shotting any hero type classed as Low hit points. IIRC, Scrappers have Medium and Tanks have High.
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Hey, cool... what bugs me are the heroes who want to go kill heroes. 
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Hmm, in my experience last night (watching stalkers) you can't really one-shot anyone. What you can do, however, is wait until they're distracted / damaged and then you can knock anything up to about 75% of their health in one shot (or 30-40% of a tank) and leave them cursing you and crying for nerfs 
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I'd point out that there won't be many fully developed Stalkers out there yet.
In beta, Low HP toons were getting one-shotted by Stalkers. You hit Build-up, and maybe a damage insp or so, and you use AS. Good Stalkers can AS people who pause briefly while in SS.
Thing is, the Stalker is now visible, so he either needs friends, or had to be attacking a lone target, because a Stalker with more than a couple of targets after Hide is gone is a Stalker waiting to taste dirt.
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Question - how does Placate work on players? I never got a chance to test that in beta.
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Question - how does Placate work on players? I never got a chance to test that in beta.
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I got Placated during the US Beta (was playing a Tank in one of the PvP Zone tests). You are literally unable to target the Stalker (even if you can see them!)
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You are literally unable to target the Stalker (even if you can see them!)
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...sometimes no amount of evil laughter is sufficient...
Build up, placate, assassins strike - that combo rocks when it connects
I havent been able to oneshot anything unless I pop 4 reds. Have AS 5 slotted 2 acc and 3dmg all do's. I couldnt even oneshot a controller But tanks are easy to kill if they stay and fight.
My friend tried to AS me in Sirens call the other day when i went to see him with my defender. She was EX'd from 48 at the time, and he was about lvl 19 i think. he definately didn't 1-shot me, as the 87k debt i got from a mob of warriors who'd picked on the blaster i was with confirmed. This is with no defences at all. Whether it was due to a percentage damage cap or what, i'm not sure, but the chances of a stalker 1-shotting any hero/villain is zero. Shame he turned and ran, really. We were kicking his [censored] til the warriors showed up. And from the looks of the "most wanted" thingey in there, no one else had even gotten close. 
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Matakoshi (kat/regen Scrapper, lvl 50)
I really dont see the prob with being one shooted if they nerf it your gonna get 2 shooted. My Blaster has been one shotted by loads of Scrappers and Tanks and other Blasters in PvP dont see any one calling for a nerf on them now do ya.
Only time I have a problem with being one shotted is when I can't do it back...un nerf my snipe!!!
Only time I have a problem with being one shotted is when I can't do it back...un nerf my snipe!!!
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Leadership just got a whole lot better, one of them (might be tactics) has a res to placate
for the build up and AS, i hear Hurricane is nice
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Leadership just got a whole lot better, one of them (might be tactics) has a res to placate
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Assault gives +Res Taunt and Placate. Tactics gives +Percep
If you want to go Stalker Hunting, the Leadership Pool is solid gold.
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Assault gives +Res Taunt and Placate. Tactics gives +Percep
If you want to go Stalker Hunting, the Leadership Pool is solid gold.
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It gives Resistance, that only means it wont last as long, you can still be Placated and one shotted, but you'll hardley stand still when you notice the big red "Placated" warning at the top of the screen anyway are you? The Stalker will happily run away.
I had my Assasin Strike 3 slotted for Damage SOs in Beta and I was certainly one shotting anything not a Brute, that's with Build up, without it just takes two, for a Brute - Build up, Assasin Strike, Placate, Bone Smasher.
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Just discovered the MA's AS only does smashing damage - the extra isn't "special" like I thought it was supposed to be. May be the reason I could only scratch the tanks in bloody bay yesterday .
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nooo, critical part cant be resisted (like all criticals), if it is than its a bug.
As for 1 shot.. yeah a tanker maybe 3 shot but still good
Yeah, I think the special is unresistable in PvP but not in PvE which confused me a little. Only noticed when my AS was doing very poor damage against CoT spectral knights, etc as they are smashing resistant.
Having done a bit more PvP it seems it isn't resistable, although it's a bit hard to check the combat log when you're running for your life and waiting for hide to kick back in. And having it fully slotted with SOs is probably helping a bit too .
yep yep only in pvp is unresistable. in pve... meeeh stupid freaks or CoTs... Im MA so its smashing... 
Is it true??
And which primary is best for pvping anyway?
(yeah... i wanna go kill heroes with my stalker!!)