Does Anyone Have A Dual Blades Tanker Build Guide?

I mean, I already know a lot of what it will probably say, I've been experiencing Dual Blades myself, but I note that there is no listing in the guides section and I feel like there could be something I'm missing.

Be Well!
Fireheart

Try the Scrapper section for a guide or the Brutes, they do dual blades too.

Gauntleting AoEs differ on each power but you can go with the higher the end cost of the power the greater the AoE.

If you wanted to sacrifice attacks for shields then you can come down to Blinding Feint Vital Strikes if its workably the better offense for you.

Hmm, yes, other ATs get Dual Blades and mostly the advice is 'Skip Nimble Slash, avoid the first two Combos, and focus on the Endgame.' This is only possible for them because they have Dual Blades as a Primary, so they don't have to wait as long for the so-called 'good stuff'. A Tanker has to wait half of his career before the aforesaid 'good stuff' starts becoming available and cannot skip Nimble Slash.

My own (somewhat limited) experience is that a Dual Blades Tanker needs to bite the bullet and go ahead and take Everything from his Secondary. I have L30 WP/DB and L28 Fire/DB Tankers and a L14 Inv/DB. What I've been hoping for is a discussion of slotting and priorities between the Tanker's Primary and Dual Blades - ie Growing the Tanker.

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Fireheart

This is a rough, although unslotted, approximation of my Inv/DB who currently sits at 39.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601
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Stormrazer: Level 50 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Dual Blades
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Presence
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temp Invulnerability -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(3), Empty(5)
Level 1: Nimble Slash -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Dull Pain -- Empty(A), Empty(5), Empty(7), Empty(7), Empty(9), Empty(9)
Level 4: Ablating Strike -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(11), Empty(13), Empty(13), Empty(15)
Level 6: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Unyielding -- Empty(A), Empty(15), Empty(17), Empty(17)
Level 10: Combat Jumping -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Provoke -- Empty(A), Empty(50), Empty(50)
Level 14: Health -- Empty(A), Empty(19), Empty(19)
Level 16: Typhoon's Edge -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(21), Empty(23), Empty(23), Empty(25)
Level 18: Invincibility -- Empty(A), Empty(25), Empty(27), Empty(27)
Level 20: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(29), Empty(29)
Level 22: Blinding Feint -- Empty(A), Empty(31), Empty(31), Empty(31), Empty(33), Empty(33)
Level 24: Intimidate -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Tough Hide -- Empty(A), Empty(33), Empty(34)
Level 28: Vengeful Slice -- Empty(A), Empty(34), Empty(34), Empty(36), Empty(36), Empty(36)
Level 30: Invoke Panic -- Empty(A), Empty(46), Empty(48), Empty(48), Empty(48), Empty(50)
Level 32: Resist Physical Damage -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Sweeping Strike -- Empty(A), Empty(37), Empty(37), Empty(37), Empty(39), Empty(39)
Level 38: One Thousand Cuts -- Empty(A), Empty(39), Empty(40), Empty(40), Empty(40), Empty(42)
Level 41: Focused Accuracy -- Empty(A), Empty(42), Empty(42), Empty(43), Empty(43), Empty(43)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- Empty(A), Empty(45), Empty(45), Empty(45), Empty(46), Empty(46)
Level 47: Resist Energies -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Resist Elements -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet


No Power Slice. And Nimble Slash is never touched, so no slots for you. Certainly not a perfect build by any stretch, with no real focus, but it's working quite well so far.

I use two different trays for attacks. Solo is the BF->AV chain, with the big cone attacks afterward when appropriate. Teamed I go BF->AoE till they all die. I originally used more combos, but have lost some interest in them. Sweep would be a nice addition for mitigation, but I can't justify wasting a slot on Power Slice since I'm already wasting a pick on Nimble Slash.

At the higher levels I find I'm better off mostly focusing on the AoE of the set, and using the BF->AV chain for harder targets. I suppose you could go for a more ST focus, or even a split focus kind of like my solo chain, but after you pick up the final attacks it's not really worth it. The set just does AoE so well that fighting anything less than massive spawns feels wasted.

I haven't been playing my DB tanker much, although when I have in the past I've been recording my thoughts on the combo as a whole, and on the levelling experience with it. I had considered a guide, but I'm kinda lazy.

I don't have a guide, but my WP/DB Tanker went ahead and got every attack. It's worth it to me, as you have options for what you are doing and facing, if you're exemped, etc. Empower can be fairly nice while solo (at least until you start getting your AOEs lined up), and Weaken is generally quite nice on teams if you're having a hard time of it (or if you're running solo with a lot of mobs).

Once I got to 35 and 38, I did tend to focus on the AOEs, but it's nice to have those attacks and combos for when you exemp down. If you solo, I would recommend increasing how many heroes you equal. I usually teamed with my WP/DB, so I felt like I was wasting all my AOE potential while solo, heh. The change in difficulty settings really changed that.

Oh, and my WP/DB was able to fit in Tough, Weave, Aid Self, and still picked up a hold from the epic pools, so it is possible to grab all the attacks (and Taunt) and have room in your build.