A Little Empathy For An Empath?


Adeon Hawkwood

 

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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
I disagree slightly with this. I tend to feel that AB is best used on the person who will get the most out of the Recharge bonus. AoE heavy Blasters (AR and Archery especially), Traps and Empathy Defenders, most Controllers. These guys all have very powerful abilities which are balanced by long recharges, extra recharge means they can have them up more often which makes everything easier.

That being said all I really ask for an Empath is that they use AB on SOMEONE (preferably me).
Depends on the make-up of the team, I guess. I play mostly on PUGs and seems like there's always a kin on the team so everyone has SB most of the time anyway which reduces the benefit of giving AB to someone for recharge. Always seem to have at least one teammate with a build that results in a lot of end drain and with people running all over like they are on crack at the higher levels, can't hit everyone with the RAs, so I may keep it a teammate like that....who usually is a blaster or controller anyway.

I misspoke above. I meant perma AB on one teammate. But with SB (and like I said, almost always seem to have a kin on the higher level PUGs), you can get recharge on AB way down combined with Hasten and IO set bonuses...somewhere around 60 seconds recharge....so I will often rotate AB between 2 teammates which isn't perma, but they each get AB for 3/4 of the time on the mission, which isn't bad at all.


 

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Damn, lots of responses. well i've played around with it and this is what i've come up with.
But there's something in the back of my head that REALLY wants to take absorb pain...and blackstar to combo with dark consumption. I dunno, Let me know what you folks think.

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Akki the Dragon: Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Empathy
Secondary Power Set: Dark Blast
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Healing Aura

  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (3) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  • (3) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
  • (5) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (5) Doctored Wounds - Heal
Level 1: Dark Blast
  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  • (11) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
  • (11) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (13) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (50) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Heal Other
  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  • (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (9) Doctored Wounds - Heal
  • (9) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
  • (48) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
Level 4: Gloom
  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (13) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (15) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (15) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (17) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  • (29) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
Level 6: Swift
  • (A) Flight Speed IO
Level 8: Clear Mind
  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 10: Hover
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (45) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
  • (45) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
  • (45) Flight Speed IO
Level 12: Fortitude
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  • (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
  • (19) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (19) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge
  • (21) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  • (50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
Level 14: Fly
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (33) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
  • (40) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 16: Tenebrous Tentacles
  • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (21) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (23) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  • (23) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  • (43) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
Level 18: Recovery Aura
  • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  • (25) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (25) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
  • (27) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
  • (27) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
Level 20: Health
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  • (29) Miracle - Heal
  • (50) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 22: Night Fall
  • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (31) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (31) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  • (31) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  • (33) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
Level 24: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (33) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 26: Regeneration Aura
  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  • (34) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (34) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (34) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
  • (36) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
Level 28: Assault
  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 30: Tactics
  • (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
  • (36) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  • (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
  • (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
  • (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
  • (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 32: Adrenalin Boost
  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (39) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
  • (39) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
  • (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
Level 35: Hasten
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (36) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (42) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 38: Resurrect
  • (A) Range IO
Level 41: Maneuvers
  • (A) Red Fortune - Endurance
  • (42) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
  • (42) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
  • (43) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
  • (43) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (48) Red Fortune - Defense
Level 44: Dark Consumption
  • (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (46) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  • (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (48) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 47: Soul Transfer
  • (A) Disorient Duration IO
Level 49: Vengeance
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
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Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Accuracy IO
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Celerity - +Stealth
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Vigilance


 

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Small things I instantly saw.

If you're happy with rez's recharge rate (which you could put a recharge IO in), I'd suggest placing endurance redux instead of a range. 26 endurance is harsh.

I don't personally believe that you need a 4th slot in hover, you might find it best to have the slot placed somewhere else.

6 slotting tactics is usually a waste of slots that you can place in other things to get them moving a bit better.

I'd suggest a numina: Heal as a 4th slot, it adds a lot of heal by itself and offers a 12% regen also on top of it.

If you plan on taking a self rez (which is debatable), I'd suggest putting a recharge in it instead of a stun. Gets it up faster, just in case.

I'd suggest maneuvers over assault, gives you more defense thus more personal survivability. Oh, and if your allies are near they get a defense buff too.

Just a few off the top < 10 minute post tips.


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Ugh. The OP is making my SOUL hurt. Please buddy, go read The Defender's Manifesto and then come back here.


 

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Ugh. The OP is making my SOUL hurt. Please buddy, go read The Defender's Manifesto and then come back here.

Pffft. Since when did you have a soul?


 

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Of course I have a soul. It's a heart that I don't have.


 

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Of course I have a soul. It's a heart that I don't have.
TO THE WIZARD!! He'll give you a nice new heart.


We're off to see the wizard...