I think you're kind of short on attacks in lower levels. At higher levels, you might find your ability to defeat enemies a little on the slow side with only Swipe, Focus, Eviscerate and Shockwave as reliable attacks. Taking Strike or Slash (or both, if you want) can probably fill it out a little better.
Also, I think you should take either Combat Jumping or Maneuvers, but not both. With your build, even suppressed Hide should put you at the defense soft cap for S/L/E/Fire/Cold, and neither power really offers enough to significantly improve the defense of the other types (okay, maybe Negative).
Your build also costs a lot of endurance even before turning on Assault, so I'd say you could probably drop it if you keep Maneuvers.
Energy Protection seems like a wasted choice if you're only going to use it for a Steadfast Unique. I'd recommend moving a slot to Tough and putting the Steadfast piece there, and take something else at 30. Maybe Hurdle, since it looks like you've decided to either go Travel power-less, or you're going to rely on Ninja Run.
So is soft capping smash/lethal fire/cold etc. like soft capping melee/range/aoe?
@Turbo_Starr
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Pretty much, in my (somewhat limited) experience it's somewhat less reliable than softcapping melee/range/AoE as some debuffs have position tags but no damage tags (seeing as they do no damage) but in most situations they are equivalent.
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Originally Posted by Turbo_Starr
So is soft capping smash/lethal fire/cold etc. like soft capping melee/range/aoe?
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Thanks, because I am rethinking of making my BS/Elec stalker to BS/EA or BS/SR. What do you think?
@Turbo_Starr
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As was said, soft capping Melee/Ranged/AoE will reliably cover more attacks in the game. Many debuffs don't have a damage component to defend against. So it's hard to say one is like the other.|
Originally Posted by Turbo_Starr
So is soft capping smash/lethal fire/cold etc. like soft capping melee/range/aoe?
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If you want the kind of reliability that soft capped Melee/Ranged/AoE can offer, then I suggest trying /Nin or /SR instead. /SR will be a cheaper build, will be pretty much immune to defense debuffs, and will reach soft capping more easily, but if you can soft cap a /Nin build, you've got a heal, psi resistance, and some other tricks, but much lower defense debuff resistance. Either one is a good choice, though.
Okay ill be honest. I have never been able to play a stalker past 14. Is the /SR just as easy to softcap as the brute/scrapper version? or is there a catch?
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It's slightly easier, actually. Hide provides a small measure of defense on top of your other toggles/autos. The trade off is that you have no AoE defense until you get evasion (which has both the toggle and auto values rolled into one power) and you only get 66% of the scaling resists that scrappers/brutes do.
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Stalker Guru's and experts, what do you think of the below build?
I just started this character, so I have ALOT of time to adjust the build, and save up the inf. however I believe it should be a fairly inexpensive build, just need the IOs to be available.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
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Kinetic Claw: Level 50 Mutation Stalker
Primary Power Set: Claws
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Villain Profile:
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Level 1: Swipe
(A) Smashing Haymaker - Accuracy/Damage: Level 30
(3) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Endurance: Level 30
(5) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
(11) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
Level 1: Hide
(A) Defense Buff IO: Level 30
(40) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%: Level 30
Level 2: Kinetic Shield
(A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance: Level 30
(3) Serendipity - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
(13) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(17) Serendipity - Defense: Level 30
(43) Serendipity - Endurance: Level 30
Level 4: Power Shield
(A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance: Level 30
(5) Serendipity - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
(15) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(17) Serendipity - Defense: Level 30
(43) Serendipity - Endurance: Level 30
Level 6: Assassin's Claw
(A) Smashing Haymaker - Accuracy/Damage: Level 30
(7) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Endurance: Level 30
(7) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
(9) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(15) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 30
Level 8: Build Up
(A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff: Level 20
(9) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 20
(36) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 30
(37) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge: Level 30
Level 10: Entropy Shield
(A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 30
(11) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 30
Level 12: Placate
(A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 30
(13) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 30
Level 14: Swift
(A) Run Speed IO: Level 30
Level 16: Health
(A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration: Level 30
Level 18: Focus
(A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 30
(19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 30
(19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
(21) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 30
(23) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 30
Level 20: Stamina
(A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 30
(21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 30
(23) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
(36) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
(37) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 30
(37) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 30
Level 22: Combat Jumping
(A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance: Level 30
(45) Serendipity - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
(46) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(46) Serendipity - Defense: Level 30
(46) Serendipity - Endurance: Level 30
Level 24: Boxing
(A) Razzle Dazzle - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
(25) Razzle Dazzle - Endurance/Stun: Level 30
(25) Razzle Dazzle - Accuracy/Endurance: Level 30
(31) Razzle Dazzle - Stun/Range: Level 30
(43) Razzle Dazzle - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge: Level 30
(50) Razzle Dazzle - Chance of Immobilize: Level 30
Level 26: Eviscerate
(A) Smashing Haymaker - Accuracy/Damage: Level 30
(27) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Endurance: Level 30
(27) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
(31) Smashing Haymaker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(34) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 30
Level 28: Energy Drain
(A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance: Level 30
(29) Doctored Wounds - Recharge: Level 30
(29) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge: Level 30
(31) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(36) Doctored Wounds - Heal: Level 30
Level 30: Energy Protection
(A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30
Level 32: Shockwave
(A) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Knockback: Level 30
(33) Kinetic Crash - Accuracy/Knockback: Level 30
(33) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Knockback: Level 30
(33) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Endurance: Level 30
(34) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Endurance/Knockback: Level 30
(34) Kinetic Crash - Accuracy/Damage/Knockback: Level 30
Level 35: Tough
(A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 30
(40) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(40) Reactive Armor - Resistance: Level 30
Level 38: Weave
(A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance: Level 30
(39) Serendipity - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
(39) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(39) Serendipity - Defense: Level 30
Level 41: Maneuvers
(A) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance: Level 30
(42) Serendipity - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
(42) Serendipity - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(42) Serendipity - Defense: Level 30
(45) Serendipity - Endurance: Level 30
Level 44: Assault
(A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 30
(45) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 30
Level 47: Tactics
(A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 30
(48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 30
(48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 30
(48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 30
(50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 30
(50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up: Level 30
Level 49: Conserve Power
(A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 30
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Level 1: Brawl
(A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
(A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
(A) Empty
Level 1: Assassination
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