Shield Charge is tons of fun. And there are lots of cool-looking shields to add to your costumes. I say try that if you've already made a /Regen.
SD is the best choice, but that doesn't mean the other two are bad. It's not really possible to provide a build without you specifying your budget and playstyle.
I'm having the same problem deciding between MA/Regen and MA/SD. I have a name and costume picked out for the toon and I've remade him 5 or 6 times now because I can't make up my mind and I don't want both.
I have a lvl 50 MA/WP so I'm familiar w/ the end problems that MA can have. So, I thought Regen would be great but, it's so freaking clicky...although, I do have a lvl 41 Kat/Regen and he's awesome so I know that I can live with it.
SD sounds like fun and I hear great things about Shield Charge but I'm concerned about end consumption...even with I16's Phsyical Perfection.
I mainly team with some soloing here and there. I don't have a ton of inf but my market fu has improved very much as of late. Most of my toons are sitting around 20 - 50 million which is huge for me! ...getting better...
Somebody sway us!!!!!! lol
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Somebody sway us!!!!!! lol
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Shields gets a great damage buff when surrounded, but MA is mostly single-target.
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I play MA/Regen (50), MA/WP (37), MA/Fire (38), and an MA/Shield (15).
They all kickass. The WP is the most stable, the regen can go on forever, and oh how I love the damage fire brings. The MA/Shield has mostly been abandoned, but seeing my Shield tanker ripping through stuff, I can only imagine MA/Shields would be a lotta fun as well.
Favourite moment recently: jump into spawn of +1 minions. Hit Fiery Embrace. Hit Build Up. Hit Consume. Watch all the minions die. Bah ha ha ha. Losers. Blazing Aura will add a ton of damage over the life of your scrapper.
You could also try MA/Dark which I hear is a lot of fun with stacking stuns.
I love MA. Pair it with anything and I'll love it. Can't make a bad MA scrapper IMO.
Then again, you can't make a bad scrapper period, so it makes for an abundance of choice.
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/Fire and /Shields both will up the damage on a MA scrapper compared to a /Regen, and both sets will add a little more AoE potential as well.
The big difference that you probably see straight up is that /Fire and /SD need more END management than /Regen. Expect to get Stamina on those sets.
The other big difference is that /Regen will probably have better survivability when just considering SO slotting. Even at lower levels, /Regen will probably last longer in a tough fight than the other two, even if it does less damage potential.
However, /SD is a late blooming set, and if you can get it fairly IOed out, and get it as close to the soft-cap as possible, maybe even hitting it, then /SD's survivability matches or possibly exceeds that of /Regen.
Again, it all depends on your playing style and what you want most out of your build, and what you can put into it. On the cheap, go for /regen for survivability, /fire for better damage potential. On more expensive and expansive builds, consider /SD to get a bit of both directions without giving too much up.
Thanks for all your help guys. I think I'm going to make a MA/Fire but also continue playing the MA/Regen as well, and that way I can see which I like better. I want a good balance of damage potential and survivability. I really like all the Fire powersets, since I have a level 50 Fire/Kin and a 30 Fire/Fire tanker (who I might start using again).
Anyone have a build for a MA/Fire scrapper? I will probably team most of the time, but I will do a good amount of soloing. I need a relatively cheap build. My playing style: I like to kill as quickly as possible, while still maintaining good health and endurance. I like going straight in to groups and attacking from there.
Virtue
Heroes
50- Fire Kinnnnn (Fire/Kin Controller)
50- Shielded Deity (Elec/Shield Scrapper)
50- Doomaster (Invuln/Fire Tanker)
Villains
50- Farm (SS/SD Brute)
If dragons tail works anything like footstomp (and it does in this regard) then slap down burn and hit DT. Everything dies before it can get up and away.
I already have made a MA/Regen, but I'm not sure if it would be better to make a /Fire or /Shield instead. I know of MA's AoE issue, so I was thinking /Fire or /Shield could be a good secondary. I have a build for /Regen, but if you recommend Fire or Shield Defense instead, it would be great if you could also provide a build! Thanks.
Virtue
Heroes
50- Fire Kinnnnn (Fire/Kin Controller)
50- Shielded Deity (Elec/Shield Scrapper)
50- Doomaster (Invuln/Fire Tanker)
Villains
50- Farm (SS/SD Brute)