I think I'm going to just try out the idea and see how it goes.
Just to clarify, a "Huntsman" is a bane who uses the Assault Rifle rather than the mace, as per the NPC that shows up from Arachnos sometimes.
I like to call what you're thinking of a blaster crab, but there's not really any convention. Here's the build for mine. I did almost every single arc on her through Ouroboros and had a ton of fun doing it.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.803
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Arachnupir: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Crab Spider Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Crab Spider Training
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Presence
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Single Shot -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(17), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 1: Crab Spider Armor Upgrade -- ResDam(A), S'fstPrt-ResKB(7)
Level 2: Burst -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(3), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37)
Level 4: Combat Training: Defensive -- DefBuff(A)
Level 6: Swift -- Run(A)
Level 8: Heavy Burst -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(9), Posi-Dmg/Rng(15), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(29), Achilles-ResDeb%(40)
Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers -- DefBuff(A), DefBuff(11), EndRdx(11)
Level 12: Provoke -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(13), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(13), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(31)
Level 14: Health -- Heal(A), Heal(15), Mrcl-Rcvry+(43)
Level 16: Wolf Spider Armor -- S'fstPrt-ResKB(A)
Level 18: Frag Grenade -- KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(A), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(19), KinCrsh-Acc/Dmg/KB(19), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB(27), FrcFbk-Rechg%(43)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod(A), EndMod(21), EndMod(21), P'Shift-End%(31)
Level 22: Venom Grenade -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(23), Posi-Dmg/Rng(27), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 24: Fortification -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(25), Aegis-ResDam(25)
Level 26: Mental Training -- Run(A)
Level 28: Serum -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(29)
Level 30: Wide Area Web Grenade -- TotHntr-EndRdx/Immob(A), TotHntr-Acc/Rchg(31), TotHntr-Acc/EndRdx(37), TotHntr-Acc/Immob/Rchg(40), TotHntr-Immob/Acc(43), TotHntr-Dam%(45)
Level 32: Omega Maneuver -- Dmg(A), Dmg(33), RechRdx(33), RechRdx(33)
Level 35: Summon Spiderlings -- C'Arms-Dmg/EndRdx(A), C'Arms-Acc/Rchg(36), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg(36), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), C'Arms-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(45), C'Arms-+Def(Pets)(46)
Level 38: Call Reinforcements -- ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(39), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(39), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(40), ExRmnt-+Res(Pets)(45)
Level 41: Web Envelope -- TotHntr-Acc/Rchg(A), TotHntr-EndRdx/Immob(42), TotHntr-Acc/EndRdx(42), TotHntr-Immob/Acc(42), TotHntr-Acc/Immob/Rchg(46), TotHntr-Dam%(46)
Level 44: Shatter Armor -- Dmg-I(A)
Level 47: Summon Blaster -- KinCrsh-Rchg/KB(A), KinCrsh-Rechg/EndRdx(48), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(48), KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(48), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB(50), KinCrsh-Acc/Dmg/KB(50)
Level 49: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Conditioning
Level 0: Ninja Run
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@Gilia1
I play heroes on Champion.
I play villains on Virtue.
I'd hate to say it Gilia but that build does not look very effective to me. This is an approximate copy of my guy currently.
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I believe the term I've heard is "Guncrab".
My second build for my Crab is this. (And right now it's the strongest of her two builds, because she doesn't have Fortification to a point where it's strong enough yet, or even Serum at all. I tried to run a team with her last night, and she was getting creamed from all the large spawns we were going up against 
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Why would you hate to say it? It's really easy to disregard such statements when there's no explanation. The build you posted has lower defenses and resistance but significantly higher recharge. Since the build I posted can continuously chain AoE immo & the highest DPA AoE attacks, it seems to be your definition of "not very effective" vs "very effective" is whether the bets are perma, regardless of personal survivability.|
Originally Posted by Smoothjedi
I'd hate to say it Gilia but that build does not look very effective to me. This is an approximate copy of my guy currently.
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I immo the whole group, taunt them, they can't hurt me, they aren't hurting my teammates. It's incredibly clean. From the looks of it, your strat is to mix pets into chaos and hope they stay packed nicely enough that your cones are still effective.
Yeah, I can see it in some situations, but if you really think it's that black and white you're dreaming. Unless you're being ironic and intentionally posting a more expensive build that's not much more effective...
@Gilia1
I play heroes on Champion.
I play villains on Virtue.
Here's a partial build for a "Huntsman" Crab, so named because all three grenade powers were taken from the Arachnos Soldier primary; an opening salvo will often involve these three attacks, one after another. It's presented as a mostly IO-only build, as I haven't started thinking much about IO sets for this yet; I also skipped a main travel power in favor of just using Ninja Run. Comments?
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.707
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Huntsman Crab: Level 24 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Crab Spider Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Crab Spider Training
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Channelgun -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(3), EndRdx-I(3), DefDeb-I(11), DefDeb-I(15)
Level 1: Crab Spider Armor Upgrade -- ResDam-I(A)
Level 2: Combat Training: Defensive -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(7), DefBuff-I(7)
Level 4: Longfang -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(5), EndRdx-I(5), DefDeb-I(11), DefDeb-I(15)
Level 6: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 8: Wide Area Web Grenade -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(9), Immob-I(9), Immob-I(17), Immob-I(19)
Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 12: Venom Grenade -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(13), Dmg-I(13), Dmg-I(17), Dmg-I(19)
Level 14: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 16: Tactical Training: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 18: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21), P'Shift-End%(21)
Level 22: Frag Grenade -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(23), EndRdx-I(23)
Level 24: Fortification -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 26: [Empty]
Level 28: [Empty]
Level 30: [Empty]
Level 32: [Empty]
Level 35: [Empty]
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Conditioning
Level 1: Ninja Run
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