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Good duo for two returning players?

Call Me Awesome

By Call Me Awesome,
Posted on: 2010-04-01 14:14 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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If he does a /dark Scrapper I would suggest you do the same, or a dark/ tanker. Having two players with Cloak of Fear or Oppressive Gloom means you can fear/disorient entire mobs... bosses included.

I have played a number of duos (that's about all I do anymore), and some have been more fun than others. Honestly the most fun was either a WP/Dual Blades Tanker and Fire/Ice Blaster or two Archery/Energy blasters.

I have played a Controller in a duo and it wasn't that much fun for me until we added a lot of teammates. That's probably more my preferred play style than anything.


Most people probably wouldn't agree with this, but two /devices blasters can be a ton of fun. It's not that fast, and don't expect to be the crux of any task forces, but sneaking around planting huge piles of mines and time bombing every other mob is a hoot.

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What about the red side? I see lots of posts about a brute duo, but that doesn't sound too interesting. Is there another villain duo?

 

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Originally Posted by Mugh_The_Mighty View Post
What about the red side? I see lots of posts about a brute duo, but that doesn't sound too interesting. Is there another villain duo?
Only villain duo I've played was a Fire/Dark corruptor with a Ninja/Dark MM. Alternating Tar Patches for the Ninjas to herd to, at which point my corruptor would burn them down and we would move on.

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Originally Posted by PhroX View Post
Another scrapper. There is nothing that cannot be solved by the application of more scrappers
I couldn't agree more. That is generally what my buddy and I do, and it is always a blast.

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Originally Posted by Fulmens View Post

MOST combinations will work well with a Scrapper. For newer players I'd stay away from teaming a Scrappers with a Storm defender/controller or a Blaster .They can work, I've done them, but it's not as simple a playstyle. The reasoning, if you care: Storms build a lot of chaos, including lots of knockback in arbitrary directions and disoriented enemies staggering off randomly. The playing "Fetch!" can get old. Blasters have the problem that they do more damage- sometimes LOTS more damage- than Scrappers, so they can outaggro a scrapper handily. They have very little mitigation of their own, so you often end up with badguys peeling off the Scrapper and going after your delicate bits. Your other choice is to throttle back the damage, in which case... if you're not doing more damage than a Scrapper, why play a Blaster?
I have to disagree about avoiding the blaster. A competent blaster can handle whatever aggro they pull off the scrapper. But if that is a concern, have the scrapper pick an AoE primary(elec or spines are good options) and pair it with Invul or Shields for those wonderful taunt auras they have.

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Originally Posted by Ethric View Post
Dual Scrappers is fun. Competition on who gets the most kills is a minigame on its own, but when a greater threat arises you can combine your powers for great justice.
Again, I couldn't agree more. The only thing I would be careful about is say one picking something like DM/invul(single target specialist) and the other picking fire/shield(AoE monster).

I have the fire/shield and my buddy has the other one. He'll be surrounded by a mob, taking them out one by one and I'll see him and wipe them all out with a shield charge and fire sword circle combo just so I can laugh at him.

 

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I read that part, It's just my opinion that peeling aggro isn't a problem. Therefore, I don't think that is a good reason.

 

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I agree, controller or defender with a scrapper makes a nice duo. Why not both? Dark defender! I'm partial to dark/sonic, and dark/ice looks pretty good too.

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Originally Posted by PhroX View Post
Another scrapper. There is nothing that cannot be solved by the application of more scrappers
I just spit orange juice on my screen, too funny.

To answer the OP, I'd go with a Sonic/Sonic Defender or hmmm...I was originally going to suggest an Empathy Defender but the other person might not like buffing. How about a Blaster sidekick? You could have your friend on a Scrapper in Melee and with yourself pinging off stuff from range. Oh, the fun to be had in killstealing them!

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If the OP decides to pair a defender or controller with the scrapper then I would pick a set that complements the scrapper.

For example if the scrapper is something/fire then I would pick a defense based set like Cold or Forcefields and if the scrapper is /SR then I would pick something like sonic.

I don't think that is really super important, but IMO, I feel that is the best way to go about it.

That being said, if the OP wants to make a rad defender then either way is just as good since that is more about debuffing than buffing(though rad has some awesome buffs).

 

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Originally Posted by Mugh_The_Mighty View Post
What about the red side? I see lots of posts about a brute duo, but that doesn't sound too interesting. Is there another villain duo?
I have done a dark/dark Corruptor with a Night Widow, but in retrospect I should have done it with a Soldier. Stacking VEAT Manuevers (significantly better than the leadership pool version) with the -tohit on dark/dark made our teams incredibly resilient.

I wouldn't do two Brutes, honestly, just because I don't like competing for Fury. Something that compliments the Brute's sets though? That'd be awesome. Sonic with a heavy PBAoE Brute would be pretty sweet, or Kinetics with something not so end friendly, etc. There's probably better / more specific synergies than that...

Honestly if the original instinct was to a scrapper, I'd say two Stalkers. If one of you has a level 50, a Stalker with a Bane or Night Widow (or even a stealthy Fort) would be fun too.

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