Here's my take on it.
1/ Optimally, you want AD 3 slotted with HOs, to ensure it is stacked 2 times and gives as much defense debuff resistance as possible.
2/ I believe the highest DPS chain is GFS - Incinerate - Cremate. I don't believe it's the best chain for a Fire/Shield, as the level of recharge required would involve sacrifices on other set bonuses. GFS - Incinerate - Cremate - Fire Sword does almost as much DPS with much less recharge.
3/ That's the kind of questions you can only answer with a full build, because it's completely build dependant. You need enough recovery to sustain your attack chain long enough to defeat the AV (personally, I like to go for "infinitely" as some AVs take much longer to defeat than others).
4/ Only the base slot, with end reduction.
5/ I'm not big on Hasten myself, granted that's because I like CJ so much and wouldn't plan a shield AV soloer without some form of healing. You could solo some AVs without medicine, but maybe not as many as you would with medicine. Anyhow, I believe it's safe to say your success rate will be lower without it than with it.
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Originally Posted by Nihilii
Here's my take on it.
1/ Optimally, you want AD 3 slotted with HOs, to ensure it is stacked 2 times and gives as much defense debuff resistance as possible. 2/ I believe the highest DPS chain is GFS - Incinerate - Cremate. I don't believe it's the best chain for a Fire/Shield, as the level of recharge required would involve sacrifices on other set bonuses. GFS - Incinerate - Cremate - Fire Sword does almost as much DPS with much less recharge. 3/ That's the kind of questions you can only answer with a full build, because it's completely build dependant. You need enough recovery to sustain your attack chain long enough to defeat the AV (personally, I like to go for "infinitely" as some AVs take much longer to defeat than others). 4/ Only the base slot, with end reduction. 5/ I'm not big on Hasten myself, granted that's because I like CJ so much and wouldn't plan a shield AV soloer without some form of healing. You could solo some AVs without medicine, but maybe not as many as you would with medicine. Anyhow, I believe it's safe to say your success rate will be lower without it than with it. |
I'm starting to think that maybe I will skip out on Hasten and take Combat Jumping instead...
I have the same AT sitting at 44 right now. I don't like it as much as i thought I would. Then again I haven't AV solo-ed with it either. I'm bringing up a DM/SD and he seems more fun to play with. AGAIN, I haven't AV solo-ed with him. I die more with FM/SD and the aid self animation time sucks. I've been interrupted alot. Slotting the IO's for decreased activation time helps, but not by much when you look at the numbers. aid self worked more with an /SR build because the toon could evade the hits instead of just taking the blow.
I'm about to begin the planning stage on a Fire/Shield Scrapper, but before I start moving things around in Mids, I had a few questions that I was hoping someone could answer.
Thanks in advance.
Oh, and as a heads up, I'll have around one billion Influence and 1200-1500 Merits to spend with a Numina's unique and a Miracle unique already sitting around in storage. Okay, here we go.
1.) How many slots is Active Defense going to require? This being a toon that I want to be able to solo AVs with, I plan on sticking as much recharge in as I can fit into the build after soft capping and building up her hit points so I plan on sticking some LoTG uniques in as well as other bonuses. How many slots are normally needed?
2.) Best AV attack chain? I'd optimumly like to have four single target attacks (or less, if possible) for dealing with AV's. What would be the best attack chain?
3.) I was thinking of slotting both Fire Sword Circle and Shield Charge with Obliterations but am worried about the endurance cost since Obliterations offer very little Endurance Reduction. Would that be a problem at all? There are so many things to consider...Defense, Hit Points, Recharge, Regeneration...and of course, Recovery. How much Recovery will I need? My only solid AV soloer so far is a DM/WP so she has no Endurance issues at all.
4.) How many slots is Against all Odds going to require, and what should I slot it with?
5.) This is a question that is perplexing me: I can't decide on which Power Pools I'd like to take. I'm going to want Fitness, for sure. Other than that...I was thinking Fighting for Tough and Weave, Medicine for Aid Self, and Speed for Hasten and my Travel Power. I'd love to take Combat Jumping, for extra mobility and Defense but can't seem to fit it in. How mandatory is the Medicine Pool going to be considering I'd like to be able to solo AVs without inspirations?
6.) Any other advice is also appreciated!
Sorry that my needs might be a bit vague, but like I say, I'm just getting started.
Thanks again!