Rad / Rad Defender build ... please critique


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Hi all!
I am not a hardcore gamer, so please don't be harsh if I screwed up this build. Anyway I am planning to use the free respec with Ish 9 to rebuild my fave toon an 18th lvl Rad / Rad Defender.

My main problem with my current build is I took super speed and nothing in Fitness so I am constantly running low on the blue stuff.

I tested this build and it seems to work out well, but I didn't take X-Ray Beam this time around and not sure if I gimped myself. I wanted the feedback of my esteemed colleagues here before I go into production with this.

Here is the build I plan to go with below. Let me know what you think!

I built this up to 20 to show I will take Stamina ASAP.

PS. I know a lot of you will say to skip the flying, but I just dig it too much to not do it. I mean what comics have you read where the guy with eye-beams has to take the bus? OK, OK, ... X-Men not withstanding ... they have that jet and stuff!

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Name: Donny Rocket latest
Level: 20
Archetype: Defender
Primary: Radiation Emission
Secondary: Radiation Blast
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01) --> Radiant Aura
* Healing(1)
* Healing(3)
* Healing(5)
* Healing(9)
* Healing(11)

01) --> Neutrino Bolt
* Accuracy(1)
* Accuracy(3)
* Damage(5)
* Damage(7)
* Damage(11)
* Defense DeBuff(13)

02) --> Radiation Infection
* Defense DeBuff(2)
* To Hit DeBuff(7)
* To Hit DeBuff(17)

04) --> Accelerate Metabolism
* Endurance Modification(4)
* End Reduction(9)

06) --> Enervating Field
* End Reduction(6)

08) --> Hurdle
* Jump(8)

10) --> Mutation
* End Reduction(10)

12) --> Lingering Radiation
* Accuracy(12)
* Slow(13)

14) --> Health
* Healing(14)
* Healing(15)
* Healing(15)
* Healing(17)

16) --> Air Superiority
* Accuracy(16)

18) --> Fly
* Flight Speed(18)
* Flight Speed(19)
* Flight Speed(19)

20) --> Stamina
* Endurance Modification(20)


 

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OK there's no need for more than 3 heals in a power due to the scaling from ED. AM could do with 3 recharge, 3 end mod.

I'd take recharges over slows in LR any day. at level 50 I dont have any slows in mine.

The def debuff in Neutrino is probably beetter served as another in RI, ultimately you want RI 6 slotted, 3 tohits, 3 def debuffs

Peronally I'd put iradiate in instead of Mutation and take Mutation later, but thats down to you and makes little difference


"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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Awesome - thanks for the tips and coming from an Lvl 50 of the rad/rad brotherhood I'll take them to heart.

PS. Schrodinger's Cat ... AWESOME!!! So, you were the one that had that name when I first made this toon huh?
You read Robert Anton Wilson's book?


 

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Cant say I have, just know the original work, and it gets mentioned in both Douglas Adams and Robert Rankin books.

If you have any questions fell free to ask. I would post my build but it has Hami Os and Invention Os in it now, is very much a 50 build (cause of the set bonuses etc)


"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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Hey just FYI ... tried the irradiate and didn't dig it. I never intend for anyone to get that close to me - and if they do, I'd rather have some non-squishy teammates to count on and be able to rez them later as thanks for covering my butt!


 

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oh hey Cynic ... what server are you on? I'm on Defiant


 

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Healing Aura: 3Heals, 1Rech (and 1EndRed if you got spare slots)

Rad Infection - 1EndRed 3TohitDebuffs

Enervating Field - 2-3 EndRed

Ling. Radiation - 2Acc 2-3Rech

The attacks, I wouldn't slot it for DefDebuff. Pick Irradiate and Neutron Bomb and you'll have a nice AoE Debuff to spam. Neutrino bolt is fine with 1acc.

And yes, Cynic plays on Defiant


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Oh yes, defiant, except for my Blaster (who I may wish to roleplay with some day so I made on union)

I like my def debuffs in RI as well as the tohits, but that's mostly for high level AVs that I cant risk using Iradiate on


"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!"