Making a new defender...


Agent_717

 

Posted

Hey all,

I decided to roll a new kinetics defender, however I'm not sure which secondary I want to put with it. I'm leaning towards either /ice or /psy since I don't have much experience with either...although, even that's not set in stone at the moment.

So, any suggestions would be great.

Thanks,

Agent


 

Posted

Hello Agent_717,

I cannot tell you much about the combinations you mentioned (Kin/Ice , Kin/Psy).
Also, you did not mention whether you had a concept build to go along with the powers, or just a desire to play Kinetics.

For the Later, I can offer a couple of important considerations for Kinetics.

First, its a very Melee-Range set. In particular, Transfusion has a fairly small radius around the target mob, so you need to build your Hero with this in mind. Since Kinetics does not have straight-out defenses like other primaries, you will play Kinetics in a way that is different than a standard Defender. You should look into IO sets that can help you with +AoE and +Melee defense.

Second, and this kinda goes along with the first, Accuracy is everything with Kinetics.
Slot it early and heavily. You will find that the worst Villains to face are ones that use -toHit powers on you (like CoT). As far as secondaries with Kinetics, my choices would be Dark, Psy or Energy. But I think controll is very potent with a defender like Kinetics or Empathy, who have less personal defense than, say, Dark/*, Rad/* or Storm/*

Good Luck


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