Dueling on tanks is lol. If either person has half a brain, they can't possibly die.
So yes, you can be a good tauntbot for teams, and you can also do well in zones. Leave the fight club stuff for the bad players.
you might win a few duels if you set it to 1 death and 1/2 hour matches... besides poison MMs will kill you. You'd make a good zone build and team build if you can taunt and get fossilize off on the called target
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I think you can have a solid tanker built as a tauntbot, and which should hold his/her own in duels. Don't think there are a whole bunch of squishies who would want to play for the win vs elec/SS/earth. You can have some great resists numbers and when you get your HPs into the 2500 range, or really close, they can be a bit hard to take down. You can make an elec/ss tank reach around 80% resists vs everything except toxic and negative energy, which you could get around a decent 60%ish BEFORE DR. Of course, keep in mind, your opponent's dmg is also hit by DR, unless you take into consideration procs, but that still makes you a bit tough to take down. I don't even think a Psi/EM blaster would want to pay a kiting match vs elec/ss/earth. Taunt hurts their range and you can kite them too. If they get close, they risk a few things, a)getting zapped b)getting KO blow'd , or, if you take it, c) getting hit with flurry for some nasty damage even with no proc's. If you take quicksand, if you fit it in your build, that also buys you some time to get at them until they run off the patch.|
Originally Posted by Firaga_Machina
I have an Elec/SS at 50 already and I know I want his second build to be a pvp build. My question is would it be worth making a build focused on dueling? Or would I be beating my head against a wall. Would he be better off being built as a taunt bot for teams? Thanks in advance.
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Don't worry about MM's, unless you fight them in a cage match or perhaps the office map. The problem for MM's is they can't force wins many times. If they get too aggressive and careless, they can wind up outside of BG mode and find themselves in a bit of trouble.
I would say, try it. It's a matter of just playing something you like and trying PvP out. As time goes on, you might end up playing something else and your likes/dislikes will vary.
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Make all IO's available in Paragon Market! NCSoft, the chinese are making BIG money selling influence and other stuff in the game. Best way to stop them = make the paragon market a place to buy all IO's and perhaps other things as well.
An Elec/SS/Earth can be beastly. Your attacks will mostly be ranged (Hurl/Fossilize/Stone Prison.) Proc them up & throw KO Blow into the mix and you have an awesome offensive character.
I'd go Speed/Leaping/Fitness/Concealment for powerpools.
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I am almost done with mine. But I am thinking of taking tough instead of phase. With tough, I can get some great resist numbers, and in my build, still get 34 second recharge on energize (before DR). Dont get me wrong, I see the benefits of phase also, but wonder of the loss of the resists, which according to the numbers I posted above. seem to be handy too.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
An Elec/SS/Earth can be beastly. Your attacks will mostly be ranged (Hurl/Fossilize/Stone Prison.) Proc them up & throw KO Blow into the mix and you have an awesome offensive character.
I'd go Speed/Leaping/Fitness/Concealment for powerpools. |
Repeat Offenders forever !
Make all IO's available in Paragon Market! NCSoft, the chinese are making BIG money selling influence and other stuff in the game. Best way to stop them = make the paragon market a place to buy all IO's and perhaps other things as well.
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Tough is bad. Phase is the only way to reliably evade in zones due to travel suppression.|
Originally Posted by Commando
I am almost done with mine. But I am thinking of taking tough instead of phase. With tough, I can get some great resist numbers, and in my build, still get 34 second recharge on energize (before DR). Dont get me wrong, I see the benefits of phase also, but wonder of the loss of the resists, which according to the numbers I posted above. seem to be handy too.
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Tough won't save you from an 8 man gank squad.
Tough won't save you from toggle debuffs.
Tough won't let you kill the stalker with a sliver of life left who has phased.
Energize + Phase is a lethal combo.
is something like this viable? Power Surge or not to Power Surge? or Power Sink or not to Power Sink? Should I drop one of those in favor of hurdle or SJ?
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with a tank, I win all my duels in sudden death.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
Tough is bad. Phase is the only way to reliably evade in zones due to travel suppression.
Tough won't save you from an 8 man gank squad. Tough won't save you from toggle debuffs. Tough won't let you kill the stalker with a sliver of life left who has phased. Energize + Phase is a lethal combo. |
what would you give up for taunt - power sink? power surge?
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Originally Posted by Golden_Pie
what would you give up for taunt - power sink? power surge?
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either both anything. a tank without taunt is just sad in pvp.
Duel me.
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I have an Elec/SS at 50 already and I know I want his second build to be a pvp build. My question is would it be worth making a build focused on dueling? Or would I be beating my head against a wall. Would he be better off being built as a taunt bot for teams? Thanks in advance.