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Chaos_String

By Chaos_String,
Posted on: 2009-08-07 06:55 in Scrappers

 

Posted

I've searched the forums as best I could and combed through the guides and posts for everything I could find for my level 41 Broadsword / Shield Defense scrapper. Now I'm looking for some input on how this build might work out for me. First, about me:

-I'll likely solo the rest of the way to 50, stay out of AE, enjoy the story arcs and keep away from large groups that makes my old computer cry.

-I've got some serious budget issues. Definitely no purples, and even as much as I'd like to kit myself out with full Touch of Deaths, Detonations, Universal Travels and LoTG's, I'm basically gonna be restricted to Mako's, Multi-Strikes, Shield Breakers and Serendipities.

-I did get luck and snap myself a Performance Shifter +Endurance and the Steadfast +defense uniques. Go me!

At any rate, I've tried to get my soft-capped positional defenses by 41 and came pretty close even on my budget. This is my first toon to the 40's so I have little experience of what to expect from here out. Any idea's or suggestions are welcome, I hope this will shore up my toon making him as durable as possible and hopefully having what it takes to dish out some pain and maybe stand up to an AV or two. Thanks for your help.

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Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Broad Sword
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Hack

  • (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  • (3) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
  • (3) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  • (5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (7) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 1: Deflection
  • (A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance
  • (7) Serendipity - Defense
  • (9) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Slice
  • (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
  • (13) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
  • (13) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (15) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  • (15) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (17) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
Level 4: Battle Agility
  • (A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance
  • (17) Serendipity - Defense
  • (19) Serendipity - Endurance
  • (19) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
Level 6: Build Up
  • (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
  • (21) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  • (21) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
  • (23) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
  • (23) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
  • (25) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 8: Parry
  • (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
  • (25) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
  • (27) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
  • (27) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (29) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (29) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
Level 10: Active Defense
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (31) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 12: Combat Jumping
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (31) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
  • (31) Defense Buff IO
  • (33) Defense Buff IO
Level 14: Super Jump
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (33) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
Level 16: Against All Odds
  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 18: Swift
  • (A) Run Speed IO
Level 20: Health
  • (A) Healing IO
  • (33) Healing IO
Level 22: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  • (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (34) Endurance Modification IO
Level 24: Whirling Sword
  • (A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage
  • (34) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance
  • (36) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge
  • (36) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (36) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (37) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 26: Disembowel
  • (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  • (37) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
  • (37) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  • (39) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (39) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (39) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 28: Phalanx Fighting
  • (A) Defense Buff IO
  • (50) Defense Buff IO
Level 30: Kick
  • (A) Empty
Level 32: Head Splitter
  • (A) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (40) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
  • (40) Multi Strike - Damage/Recharge
  • (40) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (42) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (42) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 35: Shield Charge
  • (A) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (42) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
  • (43) Multi Strike - Damage/Recharge
  • (43) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (43) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (45) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 38: Tough
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (45) Reactive Armor - Endurance
  • (46) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
Level 41: Weave
  • (A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance
  • (46) Serendipity - Defense
  • (46) Serendipity - Endurance
  • (48) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
Level 44: True Grit
  • (A) Healing IO
  • (48) Healing IO
  • (50) Resist Damage IO
  • (50) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 47: One with the Shield
  • (A) Resist Damage IO
  • (48) Resist Damage IO
Level 49: Conserve Power
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
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Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Critical Hit
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Set Bonus Totals:
  • 11% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Fire)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Cold)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Energy)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Negative)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  • 11% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  • 10.8% Defense(Smashing)
  • 10.8% Defense(Lethal)
  • 8.94% Defense(Fire)
  • 8.94% Defense(Cold)
  • 13.6% Defense(Energy)
  • 13.6% Defense(Negative)
  • 6.13% Defense(Psionic)
  • 16.8% Defense(Melee)
  • 20.5% Defense(Ranged)
  • 14.9% Defense(AoE)
  • 26% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  • 10% FlySpeed
  • 115.5 HP (8.62%) HitPoints
  • 10% JumpHeight
  • 10% JumpSpeed
  • MezResist(Confused) 2.5%
  • MezResist(Held) 11.9%
  • MezResist(Immobilize) 14.1%
  • MezResist(Sleep) 5.8%
  • MezResist(Stun) 5.8%
  • MezResist(Terrorized) 2.5%
  • 5% (0.08 End/sec) Recovery
  • 22% (1.23 HP/sec) Regeneration
  • 1.89% Resistance(Fire)
  • 1.89% Resistance(Cold)
  • 3.13% Resistance(Negative)
  • 10% RunSpeed

 

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Just a couple quick notes about Phalanx Fighting:

Firstly, if you're solo, you only get the base defense of 3.75% which is NOT enhanceable, so a second slot in the power is wasted. Second, Mids' defaults to the defense value with one target in range, so your actual defense numbers while solo will be 45.6%, 49.3%, and 43.7%.

Therefore, move the second slot from Phalanx Fighting to Battle Agility, and slot the Serendipity: Defense/Recharge, which will put your AoE defense at 45.9%.

If you want, you can fix Mids' to show you the value of Phalanx Fighting with 0 allies in range. Do this by going to Options > Advanced > Database Editor > Main Database Editor > Scrapper Defense > Shield Defense > Phalanx Fighting, and set Power Scaling from 0 to 3 instead of 1 to 3.

Aside from that, my only criticism is that Slice is a pretty good damage cone, and probably ought to be slotted as such; I'd stick Multi-Strikes in there instead of Shield Breakers. This would reduce your Melee defense to 44.3%, but you could either put yourself way over the softcap by throwing in a Parry now and again, or switch the Reactive Armor trike in Deflection to a Serendipity: Def/Rech which would put your Melee defense at 45.2%.

Those things aside, this is a really nice budget build. Kudos.

 

Posted

Thanks for the help Chaos String, I've followed your suggestions and rounded out my scrapper quite well. The change to slice was noticeable, I actually fire that off quite often when running into large groups. It definitely didn't need the Shield Breaker set that would not enhance damage. Makes me sad though, that Shield Breaker set is awful nice and super cheap.

One thing though, when I modified Mids to show zero allies on Phallanx Fighting it then set my defense value to 0 with no allies around. I should still get the 3.75% base defense correct?

 

Posted

That zero defense value is for the added defense from allies. If you toggle the power off and on whiel viewing the totals, then you should see the difference of 3.75%

 

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Budget BS/SD:

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