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Any reason to take Shields for PvP?

black_barrier

By black_barrier,
Posted on: 2010-02-21 12:23 in Everything about PvP

 

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So today I got into an argument with some of my coalition mates over Shield Defense as a powerset in PvP, and I seemed to be the only one who thought that Shields wasn't great for PvP.

I maybe see +Hp being a value of a Shield scrap/tank since they get a bonus much like Willpower. The set has a small amount of resists, but even with the resists that get added in a PvP setting, it doesn't seem like it would amount to much. Defense will just get DR'd, and anyone with any +ToHit or Accuracy will be able to overcome that. AAO will just detoggled, and Shield Charge is a targeted AoE teleport. I mean, if a scrapper got a crit on a Shield Charge, the damage might be decent, but that's not going to make or break a battle.

So basically, is there really ANY reason that one would pick Shields for a PvP setting when you could just roll a regen scrap or fire tank?

I seem to recall a thread about SD/SS Tanks in PvP, but not whether or not they were decent in PvP.

 

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The only decent AT for Shields will be a Tanker, simply because of the higher HP and defense modifiers. Invuln and Fire are still probably a better choice, but Shields can be workable if built right (i.e. lots of +HP and ranged defense).

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look up warhamster's post history; i'm not doing it for you.

but yeah, they can be pretty beastly if built right.

 

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So, I did look at some of the threads about SD/SS Tanks, and it seems that building for a lot of ranged defense seems like a viable approach. So, I'm thinking that a SD/SS/Earth Tank with Hurl and Fossilize can probably do pretty well if built right. Probably a lot of +HP would help, considering that a Shield tank already has True Grit for an increase. I still don't know about a */SD Scrap, because the ones that I've actually come across I can hit pretty consistently. Though a Tank does seem like it could be pretty good in PvP.