Suggest basic mid-level builds for SD/Axe?


Pep_Rally

 

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My Shield Defense/Battle Axe Tanker is finally 22 and gratefully slipped out of yellowed DOs and into his waiting IO rig.

But I'm inexperienced with both sets.

A leveling build will be important to me, as I won't be coat-tailing or power-leveling. Eventually I wioll get all sets-and-soft-cappy with him, but for now, I'd be fine using plain Ios and maybe a little cheap frankenslotting, so don't worry about the slotting, I can handle the basics.

What I'm really having trouble with is wanting all the powers at the same time -- patience is hard.

I use SuckerPunch's online planner, normally, which does not currently support shields (although I just saw today he's planning an update! Yay!) so I will just give you the basics here:

Lev 22 currently

CJ/Super Jump
Hurdle/Health/Stamina (at 20)

Beheader/Chop*/Gash (I wanted an attack chain of sorts, not sure if I'm keeping Chop in the final build, but I like the animation and I do like having ST attacks)

Delfection/Battle Agility/True Grit (slotted for health only so far)/Active Defense

...and I JUST picked up Against All Odds at 22. Boy was it a hard choice with Build Up, Swoop, and Phalanx Fighting also available.

Ultimately I want Tough and Weave at some point, and I'd like all the area Axe attacks. And Shield Charge is coming up soon!

I can probably skip most or all of an ancillary pool in favor of fitting in Tough/Weave, and I think I could skip One With The Shield.

Any advice on how to cram this together? I'm basically looking for power order and maybe opinions about the powers. It can be torture having so many good options, but it's sweet torture.

I didn't see much about this combo recently, so I hope I'm not repeating a recent thread. Thanks in advance!


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This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but it might help anyways.

I wanted to get as many Axe attacks as I could, well slotted, and still hit the soft cap with my Axe/Shield so this is what I did.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Level 50 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Shield Defense
Secondary Power Set: Battle Axe
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness

Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Deflection ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(7), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(7), S'dpty-Def/EndRdx(17), S'dpty-Def(19), DefBuff-I(34)
Level 1: Beheader Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(3), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Mako-Dam%(17)
Level 2: True Grit ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(19), Heal-I(21), Heal-I(34)
Level 4: Gash T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(5), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(5), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), T'Death-Dam%(15)
Level 6: Active Defense RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11)
Level 8: Battle Agility S'dpty-Def/EndRdx(A), S'dpty-Def(9), S'dpty-Def/Rchg(9), S'dpty-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(36), S'dpty-EndRdx(46)
Level 10: Combat Jumping DefBuff-I(A)
Level 12: Against All Odds EndRdx-I(A)
Level 14: Phalanx Fighting Ksmt-ToHit+(A)
Level 16: Hurdle Jump-I(A)
Level 18: Health Heal-I(A), Heal-I(40)
Level 20: Stamina EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Swoop Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(23), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Mako-Dam%(33)
Level 24: Taunt Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(34), Mocking-Taunt(37), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(46), Mocking-Rchg(46), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(48)
Level 26: Shield Charge Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(27), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(27), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Oblit-%Dam(33)
Level 28: Whirling Axe Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(29), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(29), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Oblit-%Dam(37)
Level 30: Build Up AdjTgt-Rchg(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(36), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(45)
Level 32: One with the Shield ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(45)
Level 35: Cleave Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(39), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(39), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39)
Level 38: Pendulum Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(40), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(40), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(42), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(42), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 41: Chop Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(43), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(43), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Mako-Dam%(48)
Level 44: Grant Cover S'dpty-Def/EndRdx(A), S'dpty-Def/Rchg(48), S'dpty-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(50), S'dpty-EndRdx(50), S'dpty-Def(50)
Level 47: Super Jump EndRdx-I(A)
Level 49: Swift Run-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint EndRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet





It's a nice solid build which I found fun. It has some kinda expensive sets like Obliteration, Mako's Bite, Touch of Death, and Scirroco's, but not insanely expensive.

If you are patient, and shrewd, you can save some money. I put in some low bids when I hit lvl 20, and had gotten most of them by the time I hit lvl 32, when I respec'd into this build.

Obliterations were the hardest to get, and it took a few levels after that to finally get a couple of those.

Good Luck

-Pep