Hmm... I've quickly looked through the powers of EA, and I don't think they're as good as SR for example. The best thing of EA is possibly the Entropy Shield, which protects against repel.
Also, the shields give defense against specific damage types... which means psionics will go right through it, and the max defense on energy attacks is around 40% (I slotted everything with 3 defense SOs in Character Builder). EDIT: I have NOT counted in Overload considering it's recharge time. Personally, I'd like to be able to PvP the whole time, not wait for a power to recharge. And even then, psionics get you.
Than again, I have NOT played such a stalker, so I could very well be wrong.
You'll find that there are a very small amount of powers that actually give defense to Psi, EA is certainly not alone in not having any.
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Yes, but other stalkers have positional defense, and that DOES work against everything (including psionics), right? 
Nope. No stalkers have psi defence.
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So how does positional defense work? I though it only checks the position, not the damage type.
They do not have typed defence against psionics, but they do have positional defence, which AFAIK works against psi.
Entropy is a must have, in fact its the only thing I have from the EA pool on my pvp stalker 
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I don't think it is very wise to pick a secondary set if your only getting one power from it. Anyway, I'm building this stalker for pvp only. So far I know I will pick Kinectic, Power and Entropy shields. Also picking Repulse, Enrgy Drain and Overload. Not so sure about Conserve Power. I wonder if with Conserve+Energy Drain we can do well without stamina. For pool powers, I'll get Stealth and SJ.
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Unless you have some specific personal reasons (themed AT for example) for picking EA, I'd suggest you scrap your stalker and re-make it using a different set, if you really want to PvP.
Ninjitsu and Super Reflexes offer almost the same ammount of defense to ALL attacks as the EA set offers to only energy (not to mention, SR has some of the highest defenses of all time ). And those sets too have mez protection, and some nifty gimmicks. Regen doesn't offer nearly as much defense, but you REALLY get to have more HP, and you regain it very quickly.
Of course, in the end the choice is yours. 
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I don't think it is very wise to pick a secondary set if your only getting one power from it. Anyway, I'm building this stalker for pvp only. So far I know I will pick Kinectic, Power and Entropy shields. Also picking Repulse, Enrgy Drain and Overload. Not so sure about Conserve Power. I wonder if with Conserve+Energy Drain we can do well without stamina. For pool powers, I'll get Stealth and SJ.
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My dedicated Spines/EA PVP stalker and anyone I ahve played with/against in Sirens Call on Defiant would disagree with you Its a somewhat unusual build sacrificing end draining toggles to run 2 travel powers consistantly (Fly and Superspeed, I can get the flyers wonderfully and if I am -fly I can run like the wind) I have racked up well over 1000 PVP points on this build and though its not easy to PVE with it it does exactly what I wanted it to
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Unless you have some specific personal reasons (themed AT for example) for picking EA, I'd suggest you scrap your stalker and re-make it using a different set, if you really want to PvP.
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Only reason I took EA was for the anti-tp foe and controller effect capabilities of Entropy sheild, it works very well. If you are going to PVP as a Stalker I highly recommend Entropy, if you are going to be more akin to a scrapper then another secondary will be needed.
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If you plan to pvp with your stalker then i would heed stalk-obots advice if i were you. He's probably the most effective regular stalker in Sirens on Defiant
I've a l28 */EA stalker. I've currently got Kinetic, Power and Entropy shields from EA, with Kinetic and Power shields 3 slotted with defence SOs.
I do alright in PVP and find PVE generally easy.
In PVE I choose the right toggles for the mob and find that I can scrap through about six or so even level minions when soloing. Any more than this and I start to have endurance issues. However there have been a few evenings when I've played for a substantial amount of time without any toggles. I've not noticed too much difference between having toggles on and toggles off, however I don't usually manage to aggro more than one spawn at a time, and therefore don't expect to have noticed too much of a difference.
In PVP I normally run with all toggles on, so can't comment on the difference. However I don't find EA sub-par for PVP. My defences do get tested in PVP though as although I use AS wherever possible, I don't run away as soon as I realise it's not a one shot kill, preferring to try to scrap it out until I realise that either I'm not going to take them down by scrapping or that there are enough heroes attacking me that I can't survive the encounter.
There've been plenty of times when I've been able to survive the attentions of a couple of heroes whilst I take two or three attacks after the assassin strike to make the kill.
More importantly on recent nights the defences have allowed me to concentrate on the player controlled targets as the critters at Siren's Hotspots havn't been hitting me often enough to interrupt my hide or follow up attacks.
My point? That there isn't a 'must have' secondary set for stalker PVP, just a need to find a style that works for the power set.
P.S. One reason I run all toggles is that when I get detoggled there's less chance of one of my key toggles being knocked off.
Fair enough.
I still find it strange to take a set for one power only. But each to his own I guess...
PS. Go get em Stalk-obot! 
Shame I won't ever see you doing your job... I'm on Union. 
I would also say that end drain is well worth getting as it not only very effectively replenishes your end but it can be used as an attack and a slow power.
I have caused other players to detoggle by draining their end in PvP and in PvE if they have no end they can't attack you
Add this to the toggle dropping of the EA power set and you can be very effective in PvP as Stalk-obot can confirm of Public Enemy No9.
Also if you can find yourself a friendly Ice corrupter ang get shielded you can almost Tank
You have to look into what type of way you are comfortable to play your stalker as well before you pick the power sets. Stalk has a great build and highly effective in PvP but the build is only as good as the player behind it and Stalk is a great player with a great build suited perfectly to his style of play. Doesnt mean though that copying his build will automatically mean that it will be a good build for you or you would be very successful in using it. My build isnt as suited overrall to pvp as Stalks is but it suits my style of play despite a few limitations and my rep isnt bad at all. If I was to mimic Stalks build not sure it would suit my style of play in the same way my one does at the mo so bear in mind the ideal build is one that will be effective but most importantly suit your style of play. No point in crimping half your defence powers or picking a defensivly weaker set if you are going to be fighting out in the open a lot. Nor going the other way when you want a quick in and out with as type of stalker.
One thing I would say though is whatever you do get stealth, and if you dont definitely pick a primary with a range in it such as Spikes or Claws.
EM is an awesome power and Gimpman and Public Enemy No.9 (as well as others) use it very well and I am quite envious of it at times (as we all are over other peoples powers ) Sadly PBAOEs take too much away from a pure melee build for me personally but it is awesome.
My build is not for everyone its a huge compromise in terms of defense (no scrapping for me ) but i literally dont have a spare power at lvl30, if i can actually manage to pull Stalk out of Sirens and lvl him I may be able to start on the rest of my secondary.
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I'll try pick you up this time round then botty
I'm rolling a few stalkers atm to check wich one is more promising for pvp. Ninja/SR is ok but EM/EA seems to kick-455.
Is there any must-have or must-dismiss powers on EA? If u can post a build will also be gr8. Thanks
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