Spines/Dark Build Thread

I like the build and slotting you just posted. However I recall someone saying earlier in the thread that taking Hasten might not be that great cause of the endy crash. I'm considering not going with it and possibly replacing it with another attack or assult.

Also, not sure I'd want another toggle in Maneuvers, but I'll look at the numbers and see if it'll make enough of a difference that i'd use it. Alternately, if I was going to do another toggle, I might choose cloak of fear.

I think I will replace Hover with combat jumping.. i think it makes more sense.

Endurance should really not be a problem anymore... Cardiac alpha solves all!!!!

Here's what I am going for on my DB/DA. 11 toggles total and endurance should be OK.

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Haha.. Yes, I unlocked my alpha slot the other day.. Gotta work on my shards and I'll be good.

Being stuck at work on the weekend.... I took a shot at this classic lawnmower.

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That build is pretty good, I'm just not crazy about the slotting in Build Up or Ripper.

@Santorican,

I'm thinking of respecing into something very close to your most recent post. However I think I'm not gonna go with maneuvers and pick up Cloak of Fear.
Any slot advice on that? unless you haven't really used the power much, i'm sure I can figure it out.

Also put on a +4 knockback protection in hover (which I'll switch to combat jumping.)

Getting rid of focused accuracy helped my endy a lot it seems. Need to work on the slotting described a few posts back (still have a ton of standard io's in there).
Accidentally only put 5 slots in build up instead of 6...

Going over this thread a bit, I noticed a few ppl tried to cap S/L or Melee def. I'm of the opinion that if you can't cover all 3 positions, you're better off w/S/L. Since I19, I've gotten greedy and am trying to also cover E/N. I can softcap S/L easily enough, but trying to do S/L/E/N w/scrapper #s, I fall a bit short on the S/L and can only get up to 40-ish for E/N. Not crazy about the recharge #s on Hasten & BU, nor end redux in the two damage auras. Might be better not muling out Brawl and settling for a 40-ish S/L def, at least til Cardiac boost is available. I'm still mulling my final build over, as my Spines/Dark is only 35 or so.

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Metalmorph: Level 50 Technology Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Spines
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Lunge -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36)
Level 1: Dark Embrace -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam(13), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(15), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 2: Spine Burst -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(33), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(40), C'ngBlow-Acc/Rchg(42)
Level 4: Death Shroud -- Erad-%Dam(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Erad-Dmg(9), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(37), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(42)
Level 6: Build Up -- Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(A), Rec'dRet-ToHit(11)
Level 8: Impale -- Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(36)
Level 10: Obsidian Shield -- RctvArm-EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(39), RctvArm-ResDam(39), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 12: Murky Cloud -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam(13), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(15), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 16: Dark Regeneration -- Theft-+End%(A), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(19), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(21), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 18: Quills -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-%Dam(21), Erad-Dmg(23), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(37), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(43)
Level 20: Boxing -- KntkC'bat-Knock%(A), KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(48)
Level 22: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(23), S'fstPrt-ResKB(25)
Level 24: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(25), LkGmblr-Def(27)
Level 26: Ripper -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(29), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(29), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(46), C'ngBlow-Acc/Rchg(46)
Level 28: Cloak of Darkness -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(31), LkGmblr-Def(31)
Level 30: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Throw Spines -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(33), Posi-Dmg/Rng(34), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), Posi-Dam%(34)
Level 35: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(36), LkGmblr-Def(37)
Level 38: Tactics -- Rec'dRet-ToHit(A), Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(39)
Level 41: Focused Accuracy -- Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(A), Rec'dRet-ToHit(42)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(45)
Level 47: Cloak of Fear -- SipInsght-ToHitDeb(A), SipInsght-%ToHit(48), SipInsght-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(48), SipInsght-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(50), SipInsght-Acc/ToHitDeb(50)
Level 49: Soul Transfer -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- KntkC'bat-Knock%(A), KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(17), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(43), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(43)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(33)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(5), EndMod-I(5)

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David your endurance usage brings me pain lol. I'm going to figure a way to go through and lower it, more than likely you'll take a few decimal percentages of defense but I think the trade off will be more beneficial.

Without the Cardiac Incarnate boost, I'm at 1.65% endurance usage and at 3.12% recovery with all my toggles on.
I also don't have all the slots finished yet that you posted Santorican, but feel pretty decent with those numbers. I'm feelin pretty good with those numbers so far and not sure I want to go with Cardiac. I'm thinking of maybe doing Musculature for more damage but not quite sure yet.

I don't have one set of impervium armor and missing the sets in ripper and impale. (I also think I'm missing the Dark Regen build you had up.

thoughts?

But I've been off them for a week, I'm going to my IA(Insperationlics Anonymous) meetings and its been helping!

This is my planned Spines/Dark ....intended to be paired with the Tier 2 Cardiac when I finish. I shot for 33% on the big four. Focused Accuracy is only to be used when absolutely needed (and I'll use CP with it). This way one luck should make me golden for most situations. I also found lots of HP to be more than handy on my Spines/Fire and Spines/Elec.....so I tried to optimize that also (1850hp).

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Spines.Dark: Level 50 Technology Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Spines
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 19.88% Defense(Smashing)
• 19.88% Defense(Lethal)
• 3% Defense(Fire)
• 3% Defense(Cold)
• 19.25% Defense(Energy)
• 19.25% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 11.44% Defense(Melee)
• 11.13% Defense(Ranged)
• 3% Defense(AoE)
• 7.2% Max End
• 36.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 18% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 14% FlySpeed
• 306.21 HP (22.87%) HitPoints
• 14% JumpHeight
• 14% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -4)
• Knockup (Mag -4)
• MezResist(Immobilize) 8.25%
• 20% Perception
• 6.5% (0.109 End/sec) Recovery
• 20% (1.118 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 1.575% Resistance(Fire)
• 1.575% Resistance(Cold)
• 14% RunSpeed
• 2% XPDebtProtection

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So I decided to go crazy and even though I slotted the first cardiac, I went in another direction and put Musculature in it.

Without Cardiac, my end usage is somewhere around a 1.65-1.70/sec
With Cardiac in, my end usage is roughly 1.45/sec

My recovery is sitting pretty around 3.18/sec. (and will get better shortly with some moving around of slots and new IO's..

So what do ya think? does my 1.65 vs 3.18 justify not going with cardiac and opting for more damage? I think it makes sense. But maybe I'm missing something.

Also.. anyone slot LoTG +7.5% in any power and if so what does the difference look like? Thinking of moving some stuff around and putting one in cloak of darkness and one in tough or weave (whichever is the Def one.. i always forget).

Look for Colossal Jake on Freedom and feel free to team up if u wanna see him in action.

This is the build I've been looking to put together.

http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...D5F55FD104E6BA


Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Going for survivability, defence and AoE attacks. Also, kinda on the cheap is nice

While I like the build I don't like the under slotting for Impale and Throw Spines. I also don't like fire ball builds but that is another horse entirely . I'm sure the slotting you have in those two powers are fine, I'd probably try to get more endurance recovery.

I've been playing around with it and I'm not sure if I can find a way to maintain soft capped melee defense while adding more slots to Impale and TS.

Just bookmarked this thread for my mutant shark Spine / DA. I'm trying to resist the allure of Body Mastery and stay with Leviathan until I can build a Cardiac Boost, but right now, it's tough.

Also, I'm trying to softcap Melee defense at least, and seems I can only get get close on the other two positions if I do that. This is the most slot-crunched build I've ever dealt with, I always come up short of what I want / need. Sure seems like trying to cram Leadership / Fighting / Combat Jumping / Flight onto this one guy is giving me nightmares...

Anyways, I have one last vetspec left, and I plan to use this thread to help me make it count. So, thanks for all the delicously helpful builds, guys, I really appreciate it.