Sonic is the most obvious choice, but anything will do really.
Infact, you want to go alittle further:
Kin/Sonic/Dark
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/Sonic for sure is great
/rad or /dark have decent AOE to bring
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I actually just started a Kin/Son a few days ago. Kin/ with anything will play like an offender. I considered /Ice because of Ice Storm's AoE - it would for sure bump up solo AoE damage by a ton, but then I remembered that spamming Howl will do a lot more AoE damage for the team through the -res.
Kin/Electric has some cool synergies.
1) You can effectively end drain with Short Circuit and Transference. Both of these will sap a boss in two shots and keep him that way until he falls.
2) Electric has no cones. Your AoEs both work at melee range, where you're getting your own heals, Fulcrums and end boosts.
3) Tesla Cage stops your healing anchor running off. This last one isn't unique to Elec, but it helps.
Kin/Sonic is excellent. More than any guide or build, though, the #1 thing you need is to learn how to joust. (If you don't know already.)
Kin/Elec doesn't need jousting, and is well suited to hovertankfending, thanks to Short Circuit's large radius. Tesla Cage, in addition to being a solid all-around hard mez, is a nasty recovery debuff for 10 seconds, same as Short Circuit's recovery debuff, ensuring an endurance drained boss stays really really drained, even if the hold doesn't stick.
kin/ice for AoE
kin/sonic for AV soloing
you could also just go cold.
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If you want Insane, go for Electrical Blasts.|
Originally Posted by Silas_Gray
Making an Offender. Already decided on Kin/ Now I need a secondary stat.
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I have played with a Dark/Elec Defender (Currently re-rolled into a Corruptor) and it dropped a entire mobs Endurance in 2 Shots.Nothing was capable of harming me.Even on a +2/8 man mission setting Solo.
Hasten and your self speed boosting power can allow for rather fast end droppage without sacrificing -recovery on your blasts.
I cant really see how itll be capable of Solo play until you get the Psi Epic, but on a team it wouldnt only Heal, SB, and FS.It would take the fight out of the mod in 2 hits....Litterally, and due to FS you wont slow down on damage either.
Just my opinion, but theres always more then 1 of those.Just about any Secondary will work with Kin/ on a Defender, provided you figure out how.
Iv got a Grav/Kin Controller.It does very well Solo and in team play.Theres almost nothing it cant handle.(So Far)
I stand firm and set up a vote for Electrical Blasts.
Kin/Archery is actually a damage machine once it gets rolling.
I would advise against Kin/blast set/Dark, as the big reason to go Dark APP is for Soul Drain. You should already be capping damage with Fulcrum Shift, so you won't really benefit from it. Also, Transference will be better for you than Dark Consumption. Though, if you were to get it anyway, Soul Transfer and Oppressive Gloom are always nice.
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Well your very right on this asspect, but if your a Kin/ Defender, odds are youll be in Melee range for atleast your heal.|
Originally Posted by TwilightPhoenix
I would advise against Kin/blast set/Dark, as the big reason to go Dark APP is for Soul Drain. You should already be capping damage with Fulcrum Shift, so you won't really benefit from it. Also, Transference will be better for you than Dark Consumption. Though, if you were to get it anyway, Soul Transfer and Oppressive Gloom are always nice.
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So if you did go with Kin/Dark, you could easly take the Electric Epic for Thunder Strike....Atleast I would anyhow.
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I'm shocked to disagree with Candlestick but here I am. I have 3 Kin Defenders at 50, /ice, /dark, and /archery. The archer is my least favorite of them all. I don't know if it just feels slow or generally weak, but it seems like it never does any real damage (even with full fulcrum) unless it's firing Rain of Arrows, and even then it doesn't ever seem able to drop a mob. I'll admit I've been used to playing my /ice, and damage capped ice storm and/or blizzard is just amazing and I've just been comparing archery to that powerhouse, but it appears to me that archery is simple weak on defenders. |
Originally Posted by Candlestick
Kin/Archery is actually a damage machine once it gets rolling.
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I've played an archery/mental blaster and it outdamages my kin/archery (pre 50 even) with just build up and aim, even without using rain it seems.
Never tried a /sonic before, and in hindsight I'm not really sure why. I suppose I don't like having to run in and out of mobs, especially since I leveled the /dark. I'm almost done with a kin/rad def, and he has just been tons of fun, I imagine he plays a bit like electric, except without the fun secondaries that elec has.
And so I offer no votes or guides, only my perspective.
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