Dark/Battle Axe Tank.. WTH did I do??


ClawsandEffect

 

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Well I have this dark/armor battle axe tank, got him to level 50 and said to myself, why did I do that?

Would anyone happen to have a build around for a da/ba tank??

He is a good tank. The end bar..... is low. The damage, is VERY decent.


 

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Originally Posted by NICKisdaBeast View Post
Well I have this dark/armor battle axe tank, got him to level 50 and said to myself, why did I do that?
You Tankist!

Just Kidding.

Its not a bad mix.Im debating on which DA Tanker im going to make.I have Dual Blades, Mace, and Energy Melee to choose from.


 

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Originally Posted by NICKisdaBeast View Post
Well I have this dark/armor battle axe tank, got him to level 50 and said to myself, why did I do that?

Would anyone happen to have a build around for a da/ba tank??

He is a good tank. The end bar..... is low. The damage, is VERY decent.
I'll see what I can get going for you when I get home from work today. I'm fond of Dark Armor and have done some crazy stuff with one (my Broadsword/Dark Armor scrapper is softcapped to all 3 positions on top of his resistance and massive heal)

Positional softcap isn't going to happen on a tank because there is no equivelant to Parry/Divine Avalanche to softcap melee. But.....I am pretty sure I can softcap at least 2/3rds of your typed defenses and get pretty close on the last 2. And that is without sacrificing resistance, though your recharge might suffer. But if my scrapper is any indication, once you get some good defense numbers on top of everything else DA has, you shouldn't need much recharge to function well.

If all works out well your endurance problems should mostly go away too.


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Originally Posted by NICKisdaBeast View Post
Well I have this dark/armor battle axe tank, got him to level 50 and said to myself, why did I do that?

Would anyone happen to have a build around for a da/ba tank??

He is a good tank. The end bar..... is low. The damage, is VERY decent.
I suppose the critical question here would be, are you going to be running Cloak of Fear or Oppressive Gloom? I don't see much point or synergy for either of those if your attack set is Battle Axe. I'd just stick with Death Shroud and be done with it.



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I suppose the critical question here would be, are you going to be running Cloak of Fear or Oppressive Gloom? I don't see much point or synergy for either of those if your attack set is Battle Axe.
Either or both are still good for mitigation, because DA is pretty weak without some help.

OP, are you looking for an IO build? What part of your build do you like? What else other than endurance do you want to fix?


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Well one big addition is the addition of physical perfection. If you've got decent enough end reduction slotted and slot that power for end mod you shouldn't have too many problems.

I wouldn't suggest dropping oppressive gloom, but would drop cloak of fear if you have it. Hard to say what to change cause you didn't post your build...

But OG 5 slot it, get some simple good bonuses through stupefy and get good slotting on it. It may not synergize, but it still takes out minnions when close, which still helps a lot for things like malta sappers etc, plus its a VERY cheap end cost for an additional taunt aura.


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