Do you mean from a potential to get their defense up high enough to not be squished if near the tank? Should have little/no problem of that. I mean, you should with Tough and Sonic Dispersion be able to get capped (if not near) Smash/Lethal resist at 75%. Defense wise, 20% to most/all should be really easy. Or at least that's been my result when doing builds. I enjoy getting my Blaster/Controller builds to 20-25% defense and my defender builds up to 25-35% defense. We won't even start talking about my fortunata build that I've made.
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
Exactly, I like to dance close to the fire! And all my attacking powers except for one are short ranged. I would like to be able to take a few hits. I really don't like jumping in and out. So, I went with sets in Tough and Sonic Dispersion (Impervium Armor), should I go a different route?
Well, you can always 6 slot it one of the following ways: 4 slot reactive armor for defense, 3 slot Aegis for AoE defense, decent actual level of IO, and Status/Psi resist, Steadfast for defense and 2 slot it for either more resist or KB protection (and some recovery set bonus), or a bit of impervium armor for recovery and more psi resist. It's kinda up to you how you wanna manage that. You can also place the Impervium armor in your ST shields/Tough for the Psi proc as well. I mean, resist wise that is your hole.
I really like Reactive if you're missing ranged/melee/typed defense and aegis if you're looking for AoE defense. The rest is just a slippery slope. I could probably work you up a build if you'd like.
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
I would like to see a good build, StormyDarkness. I could not find anything remotely close to on the forum. I've been winging it. I'm not taking Atomic Blast because it changes the play style.
Well, this is what I poked around with and acquired.
Specs:
[+] 30% Melee, 35% Ranged and AoE defense
[+] 35% Energy/Neg defense
[+] Capped (75%) Smashing/Lethal resistance (Technically 85%), save endurance without Tough at 66.8% Resist
[+] 50% Negative Resist, 47% Toxic Resist
[+] 23% Energy Resist, 25.2% Fire/Cold Resist
[+] 188% Recovery
[+] 270% Regen
[+] 40% Recharge
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Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Sonic Resonance
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Sonic Siphon -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), EndRdx-I(37)
Level 1: Neutrino Bolt -- Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(36), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Achilles-ResDeb%(37), LdyGrey-%Dam(37)
Level 2: Sonic Barrier -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(3), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(3), RctvArm-ResDam(7)
Level 4: Sonic Haven -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(5), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(5), RctvArm-ResDam(7)
Level 6: Irradiate -- Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(9), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(9), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Sciroc-Dam%(11), Achilles-ResDeb%(13)
Level 8: Disruption Field -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(34)
Level 10: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 12: Sonic Dispersion -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(13), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(17), Aegis-ResDam(23), Aegis-Psi/Status(34)
Level 14: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(15), Mrcl-Rcvry+(15), Mrcl-Heal(17)
Level 16: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResKB(19), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(19), ImpArm-ResPsi(50)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Aim -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(23), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(27), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(27), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(29), GSFC-Build%(29)
Level 24: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(25), LkGmblr-Rchg+(25)
Level 26: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(31), Zephyr-Travel(33), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(33), Zephyr-ResKB(33)
Level 28: Cosmic Burst -- Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(34), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 30: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(31), LkGmblr-Rchg+(31)
Level 32: Liquefy -- Cloud-Acc/Rchg(A), Cloud-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Cloud-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Cloud-Acc/ToHitDeb(46), Achilles-ResDeb%(46)
Level 35: Neutron Bomb -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(40), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), Posi-Dam%(43), Achilles-ResDeb%(43)
Level 38: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(39)
Level 41: Dark Consumption -- Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(42)
Level 44: Dark Embrace -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(45), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RctvArm-ResDam(45)
Level 47: Soul Drain -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(48), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(48), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), Oblit-%Dam(50)
Level 49: Soul Transfer -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
Level 4: Ninja Run
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
You could go with Psi epic to plug the hole in your psi resistance..... unless you are set with dark for concept reasons.
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I wanted to try a rare build, Sonic/Rad/Dark Defender. It's never been FOTM and probably never will be. I just wanted hear from a vet or someone who have used/seen it. I am wondering if the build has potential to stand next to a tank to buff/debuff and fight. I'm lvl 38 ATM:
Sonic Barrier Neutrino Bolt Hurdle
Sonic Siphon Irradiate Health Combat Jumping
Sonic Dispersion Aim Stamina Assault
Disruption Field Cosmic Burst
Liquefy Neutron Bomb Boxing Tough Weave Tactics Maneuvers