Their both good combos, but they do different things.
Fire/Shield does *tons* of damage, especially when IO'ed out. Conversely, it is frail, and you will need to invest in IO sets in order to bring up its damage mitigation to a decent level.
Claws/WP is much tougher then Fire/Shield, and requires very little in the way of IO's to be effective. It deals good damage, but not as much as Fire/Shield. However, Claws/WP is significantly tougher then Fire/Shield.
I disagree that the claws/wp is "tougher" than the fire/sd. A fire/sd will run circles around the claws/wp if he is built right. Capped defense, +dmg aura, and Fiery melee being such a potent set that is not resisted by many enemy groups, I think the f/sd would be better in most situations.
ITF gives both SD and WP problems. Defense debuffs are rampant, but sd has more debuff resistance built in than WP does.
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Originally Posted by magikwand
I disagree that the claws/wp is "tougher" than the fire/sd. A fire/sd will run circles around the claws/wp if he is built right. Capped defense, +dmg aura, and Fiery melee being such a potent set that is not resisted by many enemy groups, I think the f/sd would be better in most situations.
ITF gives both SD and WP problems. Defense debuffs are rampant, but sd has more debuff resistance built in than WP does. |
If you factor in all the IO;s that makes Shield Tough, Willpower becomes Invincible.
Seriously. A heavily IO'ed out WP brute will pretty much just NOT die.
I'm wondering which toon I should make and focus on IOing out next. Out of your guys' opinions, which would be more fun, and what would I get more mileage out of in general brute terms? I'd like to at least tank Rommie on the ITF and solo pretty damn well on some ridiculous settings. I do plan on IOing out these guys, although I usually don't touch purples.
Any advice?