Fire/Kin Build

I wanted a fire/kin that was pretty well rounded, I like to farm but also do task forces and other adventures. I am pretty new to builds in this game so I thought I would ask for some feedback here, so any suggestions are appreciated! (I know Rise of the Phoenix is frowned upon but I like it and had to fit it somehow)

Not sure how to export anything but the link :\

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I was a bit bewildered at your recovery rate until I realized you had the click accolades turned on. Probably not a good idea, with them being so rarely available.

Anyway, after turning that off, you've still got a lot of recovery bonuses. Not a bad thing, especially since a lot of them are coming from purple sets with their highly desirable recharge bonus. Still, Transference lets you get away with a lot less, so I'd suggest switching out of a couple of them. Like slotting more resist in Fire Shield. Fire Imps can get enhancement values about the same as what you've got with 4 Expedient Reinforcement, saving you a slot while keeping the same recharge bonus.

If you want defense, you might want to find a Steadfast Protection Res/Def. It gives a lot of benefit for one slot.

And speaking of Steadfast Protection, there really isn't much that'll get through only one of the Knockback Protection IOs, so it may not be worth it.

I'm not sure it's worth using Performance Shifter in Stamina over generic IOs. I find Siphon Speed let's me get around missions plenty fast enough. (Enough to make every other character I play feel slow, anyway.) But you may feel otherwise.

Otherwise, it looks like a very nice build. Also incredibly expensive, but you probably already know that...

-Morgan.

I'm not sure why you put 4 slots in boxing. You have negligible amounts of smash/lethal defense. 12% is almost meaningless. I'd take those slots and put them into siphon speed, another end redx in hot feet, etc.

Slotting for regen is sort of useless too, especially since you can heal. Recovery is what you need to go for so the regen tissue proc is not needed.

I also very much dislike that you count on set bonuses alone for accuracy for things like tranfusion. I personally think that you can't slot this enough because if you miss, you'll probably die. On farms, you don't have worry about the patsies you fight debuffing you or running into +4s of tough enemies (Arachnos, Vanguard, Malta). But that slotting isn't a good multi-purpose way to slot that power.

End consumption, sans accolades, and toggling on stuff like hot feet and combat jumping boosts it to 1.49 end/sec. That's not terrible but you'll be spending a lot of time recovery back end via transference rather than focusing on controls / killing stuff.

Honestly, I think it's a subpar build considering what you're spending. I'd expect far better end management and you've wasted a number of slots that go for meaningless bonuses (i.e., if you're going for smash/lethal defense, build for smash/lethal defense, don't go halfway).

I thought you were agreeing with me? I think one is enough too. Still, I've heard there's a few things that can still knock you down with one, so some people like having two. Whatever it is doesn't seem to show up very often though...

Accuracy, I forgot about that. I've personally got Transfusion slotted about like that + 1 common Accuracy IO. And Tactics. Without Tactics, you might want more. I've also got an accuracy in Siphon Speed, since it's really a pain when that misses.

-Morgan.

Wow, did I totally misread that. Yeah you're right we agree.

Thanks for the awesome responses, I've been able to identify some of what I did wrong. Would anyone be willing to suggest a build? I'm not sure if there is a cookie cutter build I could copy from, my only big thing is that I want to keep Rise of the Phoenix.

Well, I'm no expert (just opinionated), but you're probably better off making the changes you feel help, then posting a revised version of the build for comments. Even for something with as much of a "flavor of the month" past as fire/kin, there's so many possible combinations of build goals, playstyle, available inf/resources, and what you think is worth the effort that just copying from an existing build isn't likely to give you something that makes you happy.

(You're doing much better in this process than I, too... I posted my build a while back, and no one responded at all. ;.; )

-Morgan.