Call of the Sandman

Once upon a time... back in Issue 4... I used Phase Shift rather than Aid Self to recover from damage taken. That build relied on regeneration to deal with damage recovery, rather than self-healing or green skittles. Going with Stealth, Grant Invisibility and Phase Shift would be costly in terms of power slots, but also remarkably cheap in terms of added enhancement slots (which could be quite minimal) ... and gives you more slots for LotG recharge enhancements.

It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for ...

Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf My favorite combo is Faceplant/DebtCap with the TeamWipe Ancillary

Originally Posted by Dispari Yeah, I like Blasters too.

If you're not taking Aid Self, then having a lot of regeneration would be nice. Fortunately, that often comes with the +HP bonuses, so it shouldn't be hard to pick up quite a bit. Might consider Physical Perfection for a little bit more if you don't already have it. Nice for the recovery too.

For a no Aid Self build, I'd probably do my set bonus "hierarchy of needs" like this:

1. soft cap defense
2. enough recharge for a decent attack chain
3. hit points
4. regeneration

Ok awsome, thanks Werner. That's what I was thinking, and im glad I got some reassurance on whats important for a great build.

Luck of the Gambler set bonuses are your friend on /sr, +7.5% rech, + hp and + regen, with 3 slots.

And if you decide to use my slotting + 7.5% recharge and def, def, def/end. You also get ~55% def enhancement and 26.5% endurance enhancement. On some low accuracy builds I throw in a def/rech/end for the +9 accuracy to attacks. A pretty decent return for 4 slots. (I like to have a 95% to-hit chance against +4's).