Personally I think dark defenders are pretty decent, with the biggest problem coming from tar patch being locational. Having TK to jam your enemy to a corner and then dropping tar patch sounds good to me. Other option is to drop patch and tp foe your opponent into it.
Tp fope to tar patch won't work me thinks, as it takes some time for debuffs to take effect. After having tried on a broad scrapper the tp foe to caltrops thingie, it rarely worked asthe tped guy had some time to flee of them before the -speed -jump -fly made effect. On tar patch it's likely to be that way too
I agree with DB, tp foe wont work I had it on my dark defender and they just ran of it with superspeed. TK would be good and with the hold it would be fun but the problem is the stacking, so I would suggest fear def.,because most ppl don't have a fear res or anything like that so its pretty good and then you can commense stacking for example of holds. But you can also take the epic of power for powerbuild up. It boost you acc and dam and boost the special effects of your power. combined with aim in theory you can give quite the punch with Total focus. But thats just on paper. The heal well I slotted it with 3 acc and 2 heals, it recharge with hasten isnt that bad and then it would stick, but you can get the normal IO's for it.
And the darkservant as final. Well he doesnt heal on command but he can heal and it might be an good idea to make him your back up heal. But try the Hami acc/mezz ;-)
Ah well that were my thougts ^^
@DarkVezonix
Ok im aware Dark defenders arent exactly the bee's knee's in arena duels, im just trying to work out why so I can see if I can try and overcome it on my dark/sonic.
Im assuming its problems are:-
Tar Patch
being location based it can just be run off (Maybe i could combine this with TK, pin then drop the patch).
The Heal
Needs to hit the target to work, now with IOs will i be able no get round this with +acc sets?( i do have aim mind tho ofc it needs to be up and cant always be relied on)
Dark Servant
Is he worth it? if so how should i slot him. 3 nucleous? or should i be using the tohit debuffs instead.
Hold/fear/stuns
i plan on taking the Petrifying gaze and Dominate for hold stacking, also taking screech for the stun, id like the fear but can only manage 3 of these 4 powers. what 3 would u reccomend?
Lastly Epics.
At the moment im swaying towards PSI so i can get TK (to work with tar pit if it works) dominate for hold stacking, and mind over body to stack with shadowfall, HOWEVER im also tempted by Power mastery 1. to sort any end probs with conserve 2. for PBU debuffs tho this will only affect the tohit debuff if im correct.
Anyway a bit messy but any thoughts? I know it wont pwnz all but I hope that it will suprise a few. I will post a build up later depending on comments.
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