I have a WP/FM tank which I really do enjoy. He can do main tank duties as necessary and has a decent amount of dps; he's good with soloing as well. For the dark melee set, I might suggest slotting a to hit debuff IO in each of your melee slots which can use it; this should assist in damage mitigation, imo of course. The other reason I suggest this is your biggest downside will be the lack of a self-heal; which is why the to hit debuffs will be useful. I know the attack with the self heal is not really worth it but this is just my personal experience with it. I am currently debating taking tough and weave to help add a bit of added def/res to my build, as well as, taking hasten to boost my attack rate up. I wish I could pull up the dark melee powerset right now but currently I'm at work, heh..shhhh. Hope this helped some.
Well, i got a WP/EM Tanker and did only take ET and TF, BU and bit of epic pool. Also everything out of the WP set including the rezz.
I just got a few sets increasing HP and reg, he is doing fine also on MoSTF (was 1st WP on Zukunft to do that)
I also took tough and weave but did not softcap any defense and he is working fine.
This is the build I am using currently. A WP/DM is not going to need the Miracle proc if built right, and the Numina proc would probably benefit another character more. (My Inv/DM has both.)
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Melaena: Level 50 Mutation Tanker
Primary Power Set: Willpower
Secondary Power Set: Dark Melee
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Earth Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Heal-I:50(A), Heal-I:50(5), Heal-I:50(11), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(36), Aegis-ResDam:50(37), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx:50(37)
Level 1: Shadow Punch -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(37), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(43)
Level 2: Fast Healing -- Heal-I:50(A), Heal-I:50(5), Heal-I:50(11)
Level 4: Shadow Maul -- M'Strk-Acc/Dmg:50(A), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(7), M'Strk-Dmg/Rchg:50(7), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx:50(15), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(40), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(43)
Level 6: Indomitable Will -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(46), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(46), LkGmblr-Def:50(46)
Level 8: Rise to the Challenge -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx:50(A), Dct'dW-Heal:50(9), H'zdH-Heal/EndRdx:40(9), DarkWD-Slow%:50(34), Taunt-I:50(36), Taunt-I:50(36)
Level 10: Swift -- Run-I:50(A)
Level 12: Quick Recovery -- EndMod-I:50(A), EndMod-I:50(13), EndMod-I:50(13)
Level 14: Air Superiority -- Mako-Acc/Dmg:40(A), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:40(15), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(48)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I:50(A), Heal-I:50(17), Heal-I:50(17)
Level 18: Siphon Life -- Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Heal/HP/Regen:50(A), Nictus-Heal/HP/Regen/Rchg:50(19), Nictus-Acc/Heal:50(19), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:50(27), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(48), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(48)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I:50(A), EndMod-I:50(21), EndMod-I:50(21)
Level 22: Mind Over Body -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(23), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(23), RctvArm-ResDam:40(27), RctvArm-EndRdx:40(34)
Level 24: Heightened Senses -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(25), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(25), LkGmblr-Def:50(34)
Level 26: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel:50(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:50(50)
Level 28: Soul Drain -- M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg:50(29), M'Strk-Dmg/Rchg:50(29), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx:50(31), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(33), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(50)
Level 30: Touch of Fear -- SipInsght-ToHitDeb:50(A), SipInsght-Acc/ToHitDeb:50(31), SipInsght-Acc/Rchg:50(31), SipInsght-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg:50(33), SipInsght-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:50(33)
Level 32: Boxing -- Acc-I:50(A)
Level 35: Strength of Will -- ResDam-I:50(A)
Level 38: Midnight Grasp -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx:50(39), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg:50(39), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob:50(39), Dmg-I:50(40), Dmg-I:50(40)
Level 41: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(42), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(42), RctvArm-ResDam:40(42), RctvArm-EndRdx:40(43)
Level 44: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(45), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(45), LkGmblr-Def:50(45)
Level 47: Salt Crystals -- CSndmn-Acc/Rchg:50(A), CSndmn-Acc/Sleep/Rchg:50(50)
Level 49: Quick Sand -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
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My WP skipped fitness and went with CP/physical perfection, this allowed me to get energy torrent with a force feedback proc in it to add some decent AoE and recharge and another damage type.
There are many ways to do this, I softcapped my def to F/C/E/N and got my S/L up to 30 ish. I have 3030 hits or so.
I also found it was cheaper and better on the mitigation front to use the kinetic combat proc in place of either the D/E or triple.
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I am currently sitting on slightly less than 700 million influence, a Miracle, Numina & Regenerative tissue proc and a level 37 WP/DM tank that I hope to make my "main" tank. I'm not looking to build a "farming" tank per se. I'm looking for a tank that can run primary tanking duties for any content currently in the game including Statesman, Kahn and Shadow Shard TF's. However, I'm having a lot of trouble finding the proper slotting and power selection. The only things I know right now are...
1) I really want to take all 9 powers in Willpower, but will listen to reason if it just doesn't make sense. Being able to resurrect on missions like Statemsan, Kahn or Imperious has come in handy more times than I can count.
2) I am uninterested in building a farming machine. I want a tank that can deal well with dozens of scenarios; not just a few.
3) I like soloing, but if building an uber tank, means having low damage, I'll accept it.
Any help?