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DA? End light? How! 
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which is about half you damage mitigation. DAs res isnt that good yknow, its only nice vs neg nrg and psi, and we all know how common those are in CoH.
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
With tough the res is enough for a brute, who uses Dark regen A LOT, trust me
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
I like life siphon and believe it or not i think it works well with regen, but only if you include it in you regular attack chain. How long regen lasts in battle can be dependent on how long you can leave it before using your heals, they are clickys and once used they are down, I run into a mob take alittle damage, not worth using a heal yet but life siphon gets your hp back to max so def no need for a heal, then you take alittle more and by that point life siphon is ready to go again, this way reserving the regen heals for when you take serious damage.
Touch of fear is an amaizing power for PvP but i don't use it much in PvE
I can't comment on BS cos i never played it and never will, it just looks dead boring and slow and I don't reakon I could live 50 lvls before thinking 'why?'
I got to about 25 on BS before thinking Why? I left the character alone for several weeks and now am back playing her. BS is all about damage so its different to all the others IMO. I have played DM to fifty and it is a very controllerish set, but fun, BS for me gives me a whole different perspective, I can do things with BS that DM can't do.
Siphon life I didn't take the first time, when I leveled past it because Regen was better in those days (I3), I specced into it with the I6 respec because I thought I would need it. And as previously mentioned I hardly ever use it, given anoth respec I would drop it (bear in mind I only have regen healing powers no Health or aid self) I can think of many other more useful powers to take.
Touch of Fear I also missed the first time round, now I wouldn't be without it for the world, immensly useful in PvE and PvP not only does it fear the target (bosses take several applications) it also debuffs the accuracy meaning even if they aren't trembling in fear they may still be unable to hit you. Its also fun to ToF AVs into fear Infernal is a walk over when he's cowering 
take broadsword kiss it love it this power is awsome even though i am a ktan/sr
There's only 4 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Only 4 powers, but they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 4.
So you're saying Touch of Fear is worthless?
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There's only 6 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Dark consumption, if you're anything other than regen
ToF
6 powers, and they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 6.
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There's only 6 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Dark consumption, if you're anything other than regen, or a stamina less regen
ToF
6 powers, and they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 6.
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There's only 6 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Dark consumption, if you're anything other than regen, for a stamina less regen
ToF
6 powers, and they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill in in safety with those 6.
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"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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There's only 6 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Dark consumption, if you're anything other than regen, for a stamina less regen
ToF
6 powers, and they're amazing powers. j00 will r0x0rz teh b0x0rz!
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just a small edit. ^^
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
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There's only 6 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Dark consumption, if you're anything other than regen, for a stamina less regen
ToF
6 powers, and they're amazing powers. j00 will r0x0rz teh b0x0rz!!!1111oneoneeleven
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There's only 4 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Only 4 powers, but they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 4.
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Touch of Fear? Dark Consumption? Siphon Life for SR?
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There's only 4 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Only 4 powers, but they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 4.
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Touch of Fear? Dark Consumption? Siphon Life for SR?
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Personally, I've just never thought DC & SL are worth the return.
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There's only 4 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Only 4 powers, but they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 4.
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Touch of Fear? Dark Consumption? Siphon Life for SR?
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Personally, I've just never thought DC & SL are worth the return.
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SL is awesome for SR as its the only set without a heal.
DC is awesome for anything but regen WITH stamina.
So i reckon you're a DM/Regen with stamina?
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
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There's only 4 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Only 4 powers, but they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 4.
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Touch of Fear? Dark Consumption? Siphon Life for SR?
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Personally, I've just never thought DC & SL are worth the return.
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SL is awesome for SR as its the only set without a heal.
DC is awesome for anything but regen WITH stamina.
So i reckon you're a DM/Regen with stamina?
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Nah, I'm a DM/Invun, but since I6, I've had so many free slots, it was either slot toggles with END reductions or slot brawl. So I'm pretty END problem free.
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There's only 4 worthwile powers in DM.
Smite
Shadow Maul
Soul Drain
Midnight Grasp
Only 4 powers, but they're amazing powers. There's little you can't kill with those 4.
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Touch of Fear? Dark Consumption? Siphon Life for SR?
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Personally, I've just never thought DC & SL are worth the return.
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SL is awesome for SR as its the only set without a heal.
DC is awesome for anything but regen WITH stamina.
So i reckon you're a DM/Regen with stamina?
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I wasn't getting a return from SL on my SR, so I wont get that again till level 49
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
I can't speak for other scrapper primaries, but what the above posts actually prove with their disagreements/debate is that the DM pool offers a variety playstyle options.
For example, I use all of the DM powers, depending on my mood and the foe. If I'm in an RP mood, I'll try and deliver the coup de grace with Siphon Life. Other times, I'll use it as part of my attack chain. Touch of Fear is the basis of my playstyle, but I don't always need it and it is certainly possible to dispense with it altogether.
Probably the best thing to do is to roll two scrappers, DM & BS, see which takes hold first, then run with it.
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dark melee/regen scrapper
ALPHA CORTEX, mind/empath controller, lvl 50
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I soloed most of the Praetorian Elite Bosses at equal level and +2 and +3, so, yeah, "strong enough".
I'm pretty sure all the scrapper sets can cope with LTs and Bosses but some would take longer than others.
DREAMSHADOW
dark melee/regen scrapper
ALPHA CORTEX, mind/empath controller, lvl 50
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DA? End light? How!
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