Nowdays if you don't have Ice melee Burn is useless unless for shield generators, cyst crystals and malta turrets because the mobs take 2-3 tic of the damage and then flee away from it shooting you from a distance.
It can get really better when you pick Fire Sword Circle, Incinerate, Acrobatics to avoid knockbacks and maybe Tough and Weave to be tougher to kill 
I don't think that the resistance from healing flames is worth it, I'd rather have the self heal available when i need the HP than 20% res every once in a while.
I hope the build you're following is updated with ED because nowdays 6 slots in a shield(like fire shield)are useless, you need only 3 with Damage Res enhance and maybe 1-2 with endurance reductions.
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I must warn you. Fire may be fun but it isn't very deffensive. consume is a very valuble move so keep it, in fact, all the moves in your primary are valuable.
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Nowdays if you don't have Ice melee Burn is useless unless for shield generators, cyst crystals and malta turrets because the mobs take 2-3 tic of the damage and then flee away from it shooting you from a distance.
It can get really better when you pick Fire Sword Circle, Incinerate, Acrobatics to avoid knockbacks and maybe Tough and Weave to be tougher to kill
I don't think that the resistance from healing flames is worth it, I'd rather have the self heal available when i need the HP than 20% res every once in a while.
I hope the build you're following is updated with ED because nowdays 6 slots in a shield(like fire shield)are useless, you need only 3 with Damage Res enhance and maybe 1-2 with endurance reductions.
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Yeah, if you wanna check it out.. it's the Tanker Guide Thread on the US Forums, page 8.
It is ED Slotted. And with this empath I level with, I don't need healing flames for it's heal, it goes from situational to never-needed with her around.
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I must warn you. Fire may be fun but it isn't very deffensive. consume is a very valuble move so keep it, in fact, all the moves in your primary are valuable.
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Aye, I was warned about it not being as defensive, it being so offensive, I knew there could not be any way it could as defensive as the other tankers, but it's tougher then the average non-tanker eh? 
Ah, ok, seen the build.
If you plan to play always and only with this empath you may follow that build but if you plan to team with other people I would leave Fiery Embrace or Build Up till level 49 picking Taunt instead of one of those 2, with the same slots it'll do fine. with 2 rec redux 1 taunt.
Instead, if you're playing this tank only with him then that build is a good one to follow
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Nowdays if you don't have Ice melee Burn is useless unless for shield generators, cyst crystals and malta turrets because the mobs take 2-3 tic of the damage and then flee away from it shooting you from a distance.
It can get really better when you pick Fire Sword Circle, Incinerate, Acrobatics to avoid knockbacks and maybe Tough and Weave to be tougher to kill
I don't think that the resistance from healing flames is worth it, I'd rather have the self heal available when i need the HP than 20% res every once in a while.
I hope the build you're following is updated with ED because nowdays 6 slots in a shield(like fire shield)are useless, you need only 3 with Damage Res enhance and maybe 1-2 with endurance reductions.
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team with an earth troller and burn is still pretty good
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team with an earth troller and burn is still pretty good
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Earth, Fire, Grav and Ice have AoE immob, not only earth.
But you can't pick a power hoping to find a troller to make any use out of it 
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team with an earth troller and burn is still pretty good
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Earth, Fire, Grav and Ice have AoE immob, not only earth.
But you can't pick a power hoping to find a troller to make any use out of it
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yes but earth has far more holds and is constantly under control of the mobs and its pretty easy to find a controller
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team with an earth troller and burn is still pretty good
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Earth, Fire, Grav and Ice have AoE immob, not only earth.
But you can't pick a power hoping to find a troller to make any use out of it
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yes but earth has far more holds and is constantly under control of the mobs and its pretty easy to find a controller
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I don't want to think about designing my character on the off-chance I'll be with a Controller...
I will mostly be leveling with this empath, she (for the benefit of who said he , heh, only kidding) is officially my duo'ing partner.
Is your emp/ friend /dark, by any chance ?
If she is, she can get a good AoE damage/immob blast at lvl 16, 2 levels before you can pick Burn.
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Is your emp/ friend /dark, by any chance ?
If she is, she can get a good AoE damage/immob blast at lvl 16, 2 levels before you can pick Burn.
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She's a Empath/Psi, and she's planning on being a pure empath, she says she doesn't like the role of damage dealer all that much, and would much rather concentrate on the empath side.
Thats really great that you hav pretty much your own dedicated healer, it will open some doors for you in regards to which powers are necessary (ie healing flames).
I absolutely agree with the love of 'Consume' tho, it is the most handy tool in my kit I remember one team someone saying along the lines of 'right lets wait for the tanker dude to rest and then we'll go again'...'or not, huh, ok' as i go charging in on nearly empty End just to fill it back up in an instant.
Fire Tanks arent the most defensive but if you manage to cram in Combat Jumping, Acrobatics, Tough, Weave then it makes up for that shortfall and either way there are some just damn cool things these sets can do 
I'd love a dedicated empath, work it so only you get all the aggro in teams so your mate barely has to click on anyone else for heals. In most cases you should easily tank whole spawns in 8 man teams of decent level like that.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
Healing flames is your safety net for if something happens to the healer, I've found it'll always keep me standing for just that little bit of extra time so that the empath can get to me. But you do need it slotted for it to be really good.
Comsume is the daddy power.
I still find Burn VERY! useful at level 30 ... Build Up, Firey Embrace Then Fire Sworld Circle Combustion and burn to get the last onces ... Also if you herd them into a room you sould get most of them.
Can this guy get any freaking funner to play?!
He's only level 10, and he already rocks. I LOVE every single skill I have right now. And my favourite skill so far is Consume. Oh, I just love the feeling that I enter a fight with little-to-no end and then just pop Consume and my end bar just fills up to full...
Blazing Aura, is my "end saver", I level mostly with an empath, and she noticed a tactic I use, actually saves me endurance!
It's the tactic of damaging a monster myself untill he has a sliver of life left. Then I attack a different monster, Blazing Aura then finishes him off. She was impressed.
Combustion, which I just picked up... so far, I'm having fun combining it with Blazing Aura.
Fire Shield, I don't need to explain do I? I love it.
Healing Flames. My least used power. But I still wouldn't swap it for anything. Since I level with an empath, I only use this against Vah'z, and then it's on Auto. And while the resistance on it isn't brilliant, it's good enough so that I take a bit less punishment. When it's one mob against me, it doesn't seem that impressive, but when the mobs rack up, it's awesome...
So, just asking... does this guy get any better? I'm following a build, and for some strange reason I don't know, but completely trust for some other strange reason, doesn't have Burn. Hmmm... *shrugs*...