Dark/?/?

Late to the party I know, but contrary to what others have posted here, I found dark/AR wonderful and my favorite defender ever. Dark provides the defense that allows you to safely leverage all of AR's wonderful AoE attacks and AR is one of the best at AoE.

Facing a tough single target foe? Also covered, just lay down petrifying gaze+ignite or once you get your fluffy it will often tentacle things for you to ignite so you don't even have to hold them first. And just like ice storm and blizzard do blaster level damage, so does ignite.

Once again corrupter would probably be even better though because I'm assuming each ignite tic would also have a scourge chance which would truly be nasty, but I'm not a villain side fan and GR wasn't announced back when I made mine .

I have a Dark/DP, still low level.

My plan is to use Chem rounds combined with Darkest Night when I need more survivability, and Fire Rounds when I want more damage.

I can also see using Cryo rounds and hopping back and forth over their heads to make sure my target NEVER leaves my Tar Patch

My wife and I duo a lot, so I'll still be getting a 20% damage buff when teaming with her. On paper it looks pretty good, and if I can stay alive I'll keep it even if the damage ends up being disappointing, because Dual Pistols looks cool.

One gripe: Why the bloody hell does it take all day to use your heal? I've lost track of the number of times I've clicked it with half an HP bar left, only to be dead before the heal is actually applied. Other than that I'm enjoying the character thus far.

I dunno, maybe I just value "fun" more than I value "powerful".

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

In my opinion, this is definitely the way to go with dual pistols on a dark defender and is the reason I suggest pairing pistols with dark miasma to people.