Electric armor seems like a better rounded powerset than invulnerablity. You could explain the look of power surge in that he has not turned into electricity but is simply obscured by it. I would go with EA/SS.
Heroes : Angrem (50 Stone tank), Exo Inferis (50 Fire blaster), Exo Proteus (50 ill/emp), IceVengance (50 cold defender)
Villains : AtomBomb (50 Rad/Kin corruptor), Aleks (50 SS/Inv brute), StoneLethal (50 EM/Stone brute), Davroz (50 Bots/Dark mastermind)
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Except that Invulnerability is a resistance set with a bit of defence, while Electric Armour is a resistance set with a bit of utility. The defence makes a significant difference with regards to shrugging off damage. |
Originally Posted by Fedor
Electric armor seems like a better rounded powerset than invulnerablity.
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The Invulnerability version will probably feel "tougher".
Depending on the type of cyborg he is, he might still have a human brain. If you're going for a Grimm-like character in theme as well as attitude, then it might be good to give him a healthy touch of humanity with a nice pink fleshy brain. It'd be a neat point to roleplay since he'd likely be conflicted with just how human he is (another theme the Thing dealt with a lot) as well as his humanity serving as a major weakness (psionics if you go with invul).
Of course, as someone who has a ton of android characters, I run into the psionic weakness constantly. It's not much of a stretch that psionics could interfere with a robotic brain, given that telekinetics could very easily throw a monkey wrench into something mechanical.
So, without giving anything away about the 'hero' theme (at least until I actually make the guy), I've been thinking of making a tanker. The best comparison I can make is he's sort of like a robotic Ben Grimm, shooting off electrical sparks and zapping things while beating the crud out of thugs. Because I like to mix things up, I've boiled the choice down to Electric Armor/Super Strength or Invulnerability/Electric Melee, and I can't decide which one I like more!
The former has very nice, flashy powers and I really like the very conventional 'bruiser' attacks, but the "Power Surge" at the end of the electric armor power set gives me pause - considering that transmuting metal into pure electric energy seems a bit weird, from an RP perspective. (Really the only objection I have, as I'm a pretty aesthetically-minded guy!) Not to mention, I'm getting a bit tired of Knockdown, as I've got a Blaster with the assault rifle powerset who pretty much does that to thugs all day.
The latter's pretty good as well, with the Electric Melee being much more dynamic and flashy than the more straight-forward Strength one, but the Invulnerability's lack of protection against psionic attacks kind of makes me wonder if it would fit a cyborg type of hero. I mean, unless psionics can somehow scramble electric nodes in his special robot brain...
On top of that, I don't really know how they might work together in terms of powers (or what might be buffed or nerfed), so any advice or pointers I could get from using either powerset would be appreciated. Thanks!
@ Rainspirit