Are these reasonable power choices?


Cathryn_EU

 

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Hiya folks, am trying again to get a Tanker up to half decent levels and am going with a Fire/Energy Melee build.

From reading guides and comment both here and on the US boards it looks like I will need to take the fighting pool to get TOUGH to supplement FIRE SHIELD and PLASMA SHIELD.

I am going for the leaping pool as a travel choice in order to get ACROBATICS for knockback protection and of course, will be taking fitness pool for HELATH and STAMINA.

Now all of those make my build seriously tight but I think I have come up with a build plan that lloks as if it might work. Can the more experienced players out there let me know if there are any major flaws with the following power choices?

Level 1: Blazing Aura
Level 1: Barrage
Level 2: Fire Shield
Level 4: Bone Smasher
Level 6: Healing Flames
Level 8: Consume
Level 10: Taunt
Level 12: Combat Jumping
Level 14: Super Jump
Level 16: Boxing
Level 18: Tough
Level 20: Acrobatics
Level 22: Swift
Level 24: Health
Level 26: Stamina
Level 28: Plasma Shield
Level 30: Burn
Level 32: Whirling Hands
Level 35: Build Up
Level 38: Energy transfer
Level 41: Total Focus
level 44: Fiery Embrace
Level 47: Energy Punch
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix

Anything I should ditch?
Anything major missing?
Anything I should take earlier?
Anything I should take later?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers folks


 

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Heya. Uhm, I don't see any major problems but 1... "Energy Punch" You would probably at that time have enough to make a "complete attack chain", my first choise would be hasten instead

Checked yer build with CoH/CoV Character builder and made pretty quickly a comparison against what I "could have" taken (mind you was pretty quick, so some slottings might have not been so thought out)

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name:
Level: 50
Archetype: Tanker
Primary: Fiery Aura
Secondary: Energy Melee
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01) --> Blazing Aura==> EndRdx(1) EndRdx(3) Acc(3) Dmg(5) Dmg(5) Dmg(7)
01) --> Barrage==> Acc(1) Acc(50)
02) --> Fire Shield==> EndRdx(2) DmgRes(17) Dmg(19) DmgRes(21)
04) --> Bone Smasher==> Acc(4) Acc(25) Dmg(25) Dmg(34) Dmg(40) Rechg(43)
06) --> Healing Flames==> Rechg(6) Rechg(7) Rechg(9) Heal(11) Heal(13) Heal(15)
08) --> Consume==> Rechg(8) Rechg(9) Rechg(11) Acc(13) EndMod(15)
10) --> Taunt==> Taunt(10) Rechg(50) Taunt(50)
12) --> Plasma Shield==> EndRdx(12) DmgRes(17) DmgRes(19) DmgRes(21)
14) --> Combat Jumping==> DefBuf(14)
16) --> Super Jump==> Jump(16)
18) --> Boxing==> Acc(18)
20) --> Swift==> Run(20)
22) --> Acrobatics==> EndRdx(22) EndRdx(23) EndRdx(23)
24) --> Health==> Heal(24) Heal(45) Heal(46)
26) --> Stamina==> EndMod(26) EndMod(27) EndMod(27)
28) --> Tough==> EndRdx(28) EndRdx(29) DmgRes(29) DmgRes(31) DmgRes(37)
30) --> Build Up==> Rechg(30) Rechg(31) Rechg(31) TH_Buf(46) TH_Buf(46) TH_Buf(48)
32) --> Burn==> Rechg(32) Rechg(33) Rechg(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(34) Dmg(34)
35) --> Energy Transfer==> Acc(35) Acc(36) Dmg(36) Dmg(36) Dmg(37) Rechg(37)
38) --> Whirling Hands==> Acc(38) Acc(39) Dmg(39) Dmg(39) Dmg(40) Rechg(40)
41) --> Total Focus==> Acc(41) Acc(42) Dmg(42) Dmg(42) Dmg(43) Rechg(43)
44) --> Hasten==> Rechg(44) Rechg(45) Rechg(45)
47) --> Fiery Embrace==> Rechg(47) Rechg(48) Rechg(48)
49) --> Rise of the Phoenix==> Heal(49)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Gauntlet==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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I would think that's the way I'd choose the powers for a 1-50 build. I tend to respec around lvl 38 just to swap around some powers so it suits 38-50 better, but that usually involves removing early attacks and swapping around. Lookin' at the preview I can see some adjustments I prolly could make to this build, for instance to get acrobatics at lvl 20 instead of 22 so you have the KB protection asap. And don't put too much effort in the slottings since I picked em pretty quickly just to get the powers done.

in short:
I'd ditch Energy Punch.

"major miss":
well hasten is nice, but not a "major miss"

Powers to take earlier:
well, I would take Plasma Shield ASAP, since that's yer Sleep/Hold protect... I'd say Fire tanks have enough trouble with KBs, so take PS asap.

Power to take later:
Well, I'd go for Energy Transfer befor Whirling Hands, ET is just such a good power that you would be slapping yerself for takin' it at 38ish.

Takin' Tough before Stamina is end heavy, even with Consume I think (not played Fire primary enough to be worthy to make any precise comments, but a fair guess I recon)

Well, those were from the top of my head what I could think of and give some pointers, hope ya find something useful.


 

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Im not an expert on fire primary, but a few quick notes on energy melee. I'd advise taking total focus(38) and energy transfer (32) at the levels you unlock the powers, they are the most vital powers of the energy set.

I'd also suggest slotting whirling hands with stun durations, helps with aggro control, and it might be handy when it comes to handling aggro Cathrynhas already said you should take your statis protection power earlier, will make your life-span longer.


 

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ET is 35


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Am sure Lucius made a typo*cough*typo

Mmm checked again on the build you initially posted and toss Stamina before Tough and especially Acrobatics (OR acro at 20 and Stamina 22, by that time you don't have the "end heavy" attack powers so I guess you can live without stamina for 2 lvls after takin' Acrobatics)

Slotting whirling for stun would be smart since Burn makes mobs run away?!? (fire primary n00b) (being stunned they would then stay in close proximity for at least a lil while)


 

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Excellent stuff, thanks for the guidance there folks!


 

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Woops my mistake didn't check that, now im trying to figure out what i took at 32 :/