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DualBlades/WP ....best build for under a billion?

ClawsandEffect

By ClawsandEffect,
Posted on: 2009-12-09 11:40 in Scrappers

 

Posted

I've decided to pool most of my funds from a few different toons, and put together a (subjectively) great scrapper that's able to handle almost any situation. I've been partial to this guy for some time now, and I just want to see how tough he really is with the right sets. Below is a build I've been toying with for the potential respec...open to any and all insight. I already have a few of the uniques/LoTG Rech sitting around, so hopefully I can put this together for under 1 billion influence.


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DualBlades.WP.Final: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dual Blades
Secondary Power Set: Willpower
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Power Slice -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(40), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(42), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(42), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(42)
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx:40(A), Mrcl-Heal:40(3), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg:40(3)
Level 2: Ablating Strike -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(7), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(7)
Level 4: Mind Over Body -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx:50(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg:50(9), TtmC'tng-ResDam:50(9), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(11)
Level 6: Typhoon's Edge -- Oblit-Dmg:50(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:50(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:50(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(40), Oblit-%Dam:50(40)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(11), RechRdx-I:50(19)
Level 10: Blinding Feint -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(50), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(50)
Level 12: Fast Healing -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx:40(A), Mrcl-Heal:40(13), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg:40(13)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-Travel:50(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:50(15), Zephyr-ResKB:50(15)
Level 16: Indomitable Will -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(17), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(17), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(19)
Level 18: Rise to the Challenge -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx:40(A), Mrcl-Heal:40(43), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg:40(43)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-EndMod:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(21), P'Shift-End%:50(23)
Level 22: Vengeful Slice -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(23), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(25), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(25), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(27)
Level 24: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Sweeping Strike -- Oblit-Dmg:50(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:50(27), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:50(34), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(37), Oblit-%Dam:50(37)
Level 28: Heightened Senses -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(29), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(29), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(31)
Level 30: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(31), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(31), RctvArm-ResDam:40(43)
Level 32: One Thousand Cuts -- Oblit-Dmg:50(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:50(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:50(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(34), Oblit-%Dam:50(34)
Level 35: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(36), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(36)
Level 38: Strength of Will -- ResDam-I:50(A)
Level 41: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-EndMod:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(45), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(45), P'Shift-End%:50(45), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(46)
Level 47: Energy Torrent -- Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(50)
Level 49: Combat Jumping -- Ksmt-ToHit+:30(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
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Set Bonus Totals:

  • 9% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Fire)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Cold)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Energy)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Negative)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  • 9% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  • 24.9% Defense(Smashing)
  • 24.9% Defense(Lethal)
  • 4.56% Defense(Fire)
  • 4.56% Defense(Cold)
  • 5.81% Defense(Energy)
  • 5.81% Defense(Negative)
  • 3% Defense(Psionic)
  • 22.4% Defense(Melee)
  • 6.75% Defense(Ranged)
  • 6.13% Defense(AoE)
  • 43.8% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  • 45% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  • 10% FlySpeed
  • 271.1 HP (20.2%) HitPoints
  • 10% JumpHeight
  • 10% JumpSpeed
  • Knockback (Mag -4)
  • Knockup (Mag -4)
  • MezResist(Immobilize) 12.1%
  • MezResist(Sleep) 2.2%
  • MezResist(Stun) 6.6%
  • 12.5% (0.21 End/sec) Recovery
  • 30% (1.68 HP/sec) Regeneration
  • 1.58% Resistance(Fire)
  • 1.58% Resistance(Cold)
  • 10% RunSpeed




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A few changes I would make:

Swap the Obliteration sets for 4 Eradication and 2 Scirocco's Dervish. Gives you more endurance, E/NE defense, more HP and more regen from the Scirocco's.

Numina's in your passives instead of Miracle will help too. With all the recovery you have already, the 12% regen will be more useful. And the HP bonus is the same on both sets.

I'd put 3 Aegis and maybe 3 Reactive Armor in Mind Over Body and Tough. If you don't have the extra slots to do that, just the Aegis.

I'd also drop another slot in HPT and put the Steadfast there instead. Or even in Strength of Will.

All I see jumps out at me.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

 

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I disagree on swapping the Oblitaration sets for Eradication + Scirocco. If you do that you'll loose 11.25% defense to Melee and 5.64% to S/L. Not a good idea imho.

You should drop Energy Torrent, though. That power makes no sense for a DB/WP (it just knockbacks targets away from you, lowering the regen from RttC and making your primary AoE attacks less effective plus it doesn't do much damage). And with the 4 extra slots to redistribute you could really achieve something.

Also you might consider to drop the BotZ:KB protection from Super Speed. Your AoE defense is weak anyway. I think you would gain more from adding more defense to S/L and Melee, for example by going for a full set of Titanium Coating in Mind over Body or Tough or by adding 4 Kinetic Combat IOs to Boxing.

 

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Torrent is all knockdown not knockback....so it's a great way to open up a mob to lessen that alpha strike...which helps a LOT with WP from my experience as it gives RTTC time to work. It's not like the torrent from the dark mastery set that has oodles of KB....as long as they are equal level or higher it's just an awesome lasered footsweep. xD

 

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Never tried Energy Torrent on a Scrapper. The description says knockback and seems identical to Energy Blast/Energy Torrent so I assumed it would behave as described.

I would still drop it, even if it does knockdown. You could take Maneuvers instead which would increase your S/L defense to 40% when slotted with 3 LotG. Optimize your slotting and you won't have to worry about alpha strikes ever again (well, almost never).

However, this game is about fun and not max defense. So if you like Torrent, keep it and have fun with it. That's what's important.

 

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Torrent is much better mitigation than Maneuvers against anything that isn't KB resistant (which is pretty much all mobs except EBs, AVs, GMs and a few ones here and there). A fast recharging AoE KD is magnitudes stronger than 3% defense, even if that 3% defense would push you from 42 to 45 with 95% DDR - and that is definitely not the case here anyway.

The downside is, of course, the constraints that come with it. It requires positioning, it's active mitigation as opposed to passive mitigation, and in the end that's time lost not doing as much damage as possible.