Unless you just really enjoy the randomness that a proc-heavy build offers, there are almost always better things to put in Siphon Life imo. It's a power that begs for high accuracy, damage, recharge, healing, AND endurance slotting, and it's already really hard to get impressive numbers for all five (without resorting to HOs/Purples). The Theft of Essence proc is amazing in something like Dark Regeneration, but only provides a little more endurance than a regular endurance reduction IO if you average it out. Similarly, any IO with a +dam component (even a mako quad) would provide a higher average damage increase than the Zinger proc; Siphon Life is one of DM's big hitters. If you want to keep the Kinetic Combats for the juicy +def, I'd round it out with an Acc/Heal and Heal/Rech from one of the two accurate healing sets (+regen vs. +hp and better enhancement numbers).
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Thanks for the good advice Doc!
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Heya folks, i'm currently considering several slotting options for my Siphon Life.
Now, i'm a Dark Melee/Stone Armor brute - i'm planning on slotting 4 pieces of the Kinetic Combat set (which will boost my Lethal/Smash defense past the def softcap), a Theft of Essence chance for +End and then the final piece is what i'm doubing about...
Do i slot a Theft of Essence Heal (lvl 30) for the extra healing and the +10% Regen set bonus for having two pieces... or do i go for a Perfect Zinger chance for Psi dmg - the latter because Procs are unaffected by the Granite Armor dmg debuff and psi dmg being one of the hardest to resist dmg types in the game.
Any suggestions?
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