Elec / Elec?
I had endurance issues starting out but I didn't have both tier 1 and tier 2 to kick off. I had the aura and energizer had to go unhastened abit for mine was a Valkyrie that needs to fly. I think most peoples endurance issues were probably less than mine. All fades away later if you make it so.
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My Elec/Elec is up to 37 now I think. (I got distracted by my Traps/AR Defender)
Once you get power sink and lightning field, it becomes glorious. Between unlimited end, and being able to sap spawns in regular PvE, there isn't much that gives her trouble.
On the other hand, I did an ITF run, and granted, she wasn't level 50 and had no IOs, but all the Negative Energy damage in the final Rommie fight wiped her out quickly and repeatedly. Like ridiculously quickly and ridiculously often.
I'm anxious to get her to 50 and get her template IO'd out, and see how she does on it then.
But again, for regular PvE leveling, elec/elec is wonderfully fun and really effective.
As for early leveling, I didn't find elec/elec to be any harder on endurance usage than other low level tanks I've played. Elec/Elec tank running the Synapse TF is a wonderful thing with all the energy damage that you easily shrug off.
1.5 more levels on the Traps Defender, and I'll be back in Elec/Elec land again. Can't wait!
edit: You can slot the sleep IO 'Chance to Heal' proc into some of your melee attacks. I have two of them on her now and they rock!
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Hey all Tankers! Just got back from a six month hiatus to discover that two of the things on my Xmas list have already come out: changing powerset colours, and Elec/Elec for tankers.
Now I have a handle on the powerset colouring I think, but Mids isn't I16 compiant yet, so I haven't been able to study it too closely yet. Heck even the wiki isn't caught up yet... so some anecdotal ideas and suggestions would be very much appreciated.
From what I see, Electic Armor seems to not have any huge holes in it, and the combination should make for some decent mitigation via endurance drain. How is it on Endurance usage? Even at only level 7, I have noticed that the possible drain and shunt from the two basic attacks seem to have an effect on my END bar... not noticing huge deficiencies there, even when I chose to run all three shields I have access to.
Any thoughts at all?
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