Quills before stamina is not too good. Also, you need spine burst ASAP, should've taken it at L2 really, barb swipe is a horrible power and should never be taken...
I wouldn't go as far as calling it horrible, in the early lvls, wich is where i am right now it does fit in my attack chain. Very fast recharge, always up when i need it. It is better than using brawl.
Like i said, i plan on respecing out of it when i get more attacks available as i level. Though.. i just love the animation and might keep this instead of lunge.
I reached 18 and picked spine burst. I can imagine the herding high lvl spines crapers can do with this and quills running.
How wide are the cone of ripper and throw spine?
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How wide are the cone of ripper and throw spine?
[/ QUOTE ]Both are very wide, 70-120 degrees or so.
Ripper is a 90° 5ft deep cone attack.
Throw Spines is a 90° 30ft deep cone attack.
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I like barb swipe, it still fits in my attack chain (lvl 46) and om account of quills, they're awesome but extremely end heavy. Get some stamina first or work that toggle. Spines FTW 
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Quills before stamina is not too good. Also, you need spine burst ASAP, should've taken it at L2 really, barb swipe is a horrible power and should never be taken...
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Yup deffinetly agree with maximillion from what ive found out so far with my spines SR spine burst is dead handy and should deffinetly be gotten straight away same goes for barb swipe.... not worth it. As for quills wait till you get stamina youll need it to keep up with the end drain from all your toggles and quills
i had quills without stamina untill level 30 worked fine for me. just 3 slot qr with 3 end mod.
My spines/regen scrapper is now 17, so far its fun. I don't find that i kill things faster than my ol' brute but i'm looking forward ripper and aoe mayhem in later levels. Current build below:
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name:
Level: 18
Archetype: Scrapper
Primary: Spines
Secondary: Regeneration
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01) --> Lunge==> Acc(1)Dmg(3)Dmg(3)
01) --> Fast Healing==> Heal(1)
02) --> Barb Swipe==> Acc(2)Dmg(5)Dmg(5)
04) --> Reconstruction==> Rechg(4)Rechg(7)Rechg(7)Heal(9)Heal(9)
06) --> Quick Recovery==> EndMod(6)EndMod(11)EndMod(11)
08) --> Impale==> Acc(8)Dmg(13)Dmg(13)
10) --> Dull Pain==> Rechg(10)Rechg(15)Rechg(15)Heal(17)Heal(17)
12) --> Combat Jumping==> Jump(12)
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump(14)
16) --> Integration==> EndRdx(16)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Critical Hit==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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Would spines burst be a wiser choice instead of quills at 18? I'm afraid i will have endurance problem with integration and quills running at the same time. I plan on respecing post 24, ditching barb swip or lunge and fit the fitness pool in there with stamina before 26. But i believe quills would be a better choice if i'm looking at the DPS. Thanks in advance for any suggestion.