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theoretical scrapper mstf

Aliana Blue

By Aliana Blue,
Posted on: 2009-10-07 05:28 in Scrappers

 

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Well, if confront doesnt stack, or they have a high minmum range then yes, my theory would not work...I will have to look into this

 

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The multiquoting is to split things up in my mind and reply with what I am willing to give away. Bare in mind that I don't have any self unanswered questions on this topic.

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Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
There is a minimum range below which you cannot debuff.

Even though I think it is unlikely to be true, I have heard, that -range from multiple Confronts do not stack.
There is a minimum range, correct. One person with confront can actually do.

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Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
Rushing GW with 8 def capped scrappers has a serious drawback, IMO. Every time she casts the hold, she gets eight ~9% (is that right for a +4 AV?) chances to land it. Over the course of the fight, it seems pretty much guaranteed she will land it under those circumstances.
There is no need to rush really and in the time it takes to defeat her she is not going to Soul Storm that often.

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Naturally, the scrappers in melee with GW should shut off taunt auras.
Very good on the turning off of auras as this is one of the things I do actually insist on. Few people after finding out about the threat mechanic formula actually use it to create survivability. I've used threat mechanics to provide the bulk of survivability.

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The real trick is for the range/taunt scrapper to be able to deal enough damage to overcome the range threat modifier and higher damage the melee scrappers will get. I believe the long duration of Confront (and thus its high threat multiplier) combined with a decent ranger-scrapper build should be able to manage this, but I am not sure how much the range modifier would reduce this by if we are keeping out of range of her hold.
Attention can be kept from having a high level of threat via Confront only and other people lowering theirs. It's not always necessarily just a matter of turning taunt auras off.

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If you rotate shield/wp scrappers to tank LR, you can try to make sure the one tanking LR always has OOtS or SoW active, which can allow a better inspire payload. You could also pull the Hover/taunt trick, while having a Shield or WP scrapper stay in melee with LR. This might prevent the summons, while keeping LR unable to attack.
I tank LR, well actually I tank all the AVs with no switching. I put it to you that all types of Scrappers (therefore also Tankers) have the ability to be made able to do so. It don't matter what Tanker I am playing, that's for sure.

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The tower attackers should have an ample supply of red inspires, which they use. I'd strongly recommend being overly cautious and pulling out after each tower goes down in order to refresh inspire trays. This allows you to just go crazy and use tons of inspires without fear of running out, since you know in 2 or 3 minutes you will be getting more.
When I tanked LR there has been an order of towers in which has been found to be straight forward and more stress free. You just take them all out in turn, none of the pulling out business, just carry on, but having said that, as it would be your first shot you might want to be cautious, but we wanted to do the lot before the flier came back and so we did, no one planted last time during that process.

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Orange inspires do not suck here. OK, they still suck, but they are what you got, and if you are defense capped already, oranges, reds, and greens will go a long way.
I farm the best insps from the Shards as a precaution for the tender moments. For my SR I turn 3 large lucks into large sturdies and store them in the base for when I have to do it.

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