I'd go Willpower for your secondary. It tends to make for the hardiest Stalkers. It's pretty easy to slot, really, and there are LOADS of players who can help you with it, since its such a popular set. And yes, it's also popular in PvP.
Energy Aura just isn't a good powerset for Stalkers. While its defense isn't much worse than Ninjutsu's, Ninjutsu gets a heal and powers that keep enemies from attacking, while your powers focus on regaining endurance with Conserve Power and Energy Drain (which you can do pretty easily in-between fights while in hide without risking enemy wrath. And yes I know that energy drain has a heal, but it is only 3% per effected enemy, which is less than almost any other click heal in the game even if you can effect 30 enemies at once, making it a joke) and knocking enemies right out of the range of your own powers with Repel.
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Originally Posted by JWatt
I wouldn't pick Energy Aura because of the amount of Aggro its powers get.
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Did you read my post? Repel and Energy Drain are powers that cause a lot of enemies to look at you and say, "Hey! That guy's attacking us, and we should probably do something about that." Also, it goes on to say that the powers in question, Energy Drain and Repel, aren't even very good at what they're intended to do. Energy Drain is just an extra recovery power, which is useless because of Conserve Power already being there, that also happens to have a heal component that is so weak it might not even be there at all. Repel sends enemies sailing right out of your attack range, where you can't hit them anymore and they can open fire on you in maybe 3 seconds while you're still chasing down the other 3 enemies you bounced all over the room.|
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But fine. I'll edit the sentence to say, "Energy Aura just isn't a good powerset for Stalkers."
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Repel while very pretty to look at, is very skippable. Surround yourself with some mobs to make Edrain good. Also it is a good endurance tool for long fights. |
Originally Posted by JWatt
Did you read my post? Repel and Energy Drain are powers that cause a lot of enemies to look at you and say, "Hey! That guy's attacking us, and we should probably do something about that." Also, it goes on to say that the powers in question, Energy Drain and Repel, aren't even very good at what they're intended to do. Energy Drain is just an extra recovery power, which is useless because of Conserve Power already being there, that also happens to have a heal component that is so weak it might not even be there at all. Repel sends enemies sailing right out of your attack range, where you can't hit them anymore and they can open fire on you in maybe 3 seconds while you're still chasing down the other 3 enemies you bounced all over the room.
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Energy Aura is fine. In fact the only stalker i have seen do the RWZ challenge was a MA/EA.
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No, Energy Aura has better defense than Ninjutsu, not worse. While psi damage is the sets weakness, it's the best possible hole for the AT to cover up. Simply defeat the psi user first and there usually isn't more than 2.| While its defense isn't much worse than Ninjutsu's, Ninjutsu gets a heal and powers that keep enemies from attacking |
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Yeah, it's an issue to get 10 enemies for that heal but it also recharges in a minute (30sec when slotted) AND will pretty much fill your endurance too with just 3 foes in range (2 if you slot for it). Oh, and it can sap enemy endurance to nothing in 2 applications. More of a side effect tho but should still be considered.
Basically, it's not *THAT* bad. It's not wet-your-pants amazing (although, to me, it is) but it's definitely no joke.
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/Nin,/WP, or /SR are good secondaries. Hell I'd venture to say go /regen before /EA.
The heal is garbage and the endurance powers you don't actually need on a stalker.
Electric armor isn't too bad now that it has a heal. Its heal also boosts your hp regeneration and grants an end discount for 30 seconds (nice for end heavy sets like broadsword). Elec armor has a good number of resists across the board too, to include protection vs recharge and recovery debuffs. The recovery resist is over 90% which is nice, it allows you to pretty much shrug off malta sappers and carnie bosses Mask of Vitiation.
Great to see someone making a MA stalker, they are a rare breed =)
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True. But considering the primary mitigation you'll use is resists, it's really not that great on a low HP AT. IMO, Elec armor doesn't hold a candle to Regen which can just keep its HP topped off most of the time.|
Originally Posted by Person34
Electric armor isn't too bad now that it has a heal. Its heal also boosts your hp regeneration and grants an end discount for 30 seconds (nice for end heavy sets like broadsword). Elec armor has a good number of resists across the board too, to include protection vs recharge and recovery debuffs. The recovery resist is over 90% which is nice, it allows you to pretty much shrug off malta sappers and carnie bosses Mask of Vitiation.
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Oh, and Elec armor's tier 9? 75% resist cap? HP/END crash? Yeah, not bad but far from good too. Go regen.
Ive been really wanting to roll a MA stalk but im unsure of a secondary. Im looking at either energy aura or willpower because I havent really tried either two sets. I know energy aura is often looked down on but with capped def i figure it wont be too bad. Willpower on the other hand, i have no idea how to slott or what to io for, so any insight will help greatly!
P.S. i plan on a little pvp here and there!
Thanks!