I do believe Shark Skin is a resistance based power, not defense. The only defense based shield in the Patron Pools comes from Mace Mastery.
The PPP do present some interesting options. If nothing else I have considered Scorpion Shield just for that fact that it isn't nearly as ugly as Rock Armor.
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Originally Posted by ketch
I do believe Shark Skin is a resistance based power, not defense. The only defense based shield in the Patron Pools comes from Mace Mastery.
The PPP do present some interesting options. If nothing else I have considered Scorpion Shield just for that fact that it isn't nearly as ugly as Rock Armor. |
Oops you're right. ;/
The defense one is Scorpion. And I agree about the look of the armor.
I'm looking at the current epic proliferations for Controllers, and noticing that Fire/Kin/Leviathan looks like a real contender for farm builds. It loses the extra HP and the single-target punch from /Stone but gains a second AoE blast and Hibernate. Here are the powers you would get:
- Water Spout
- Bile Spray
- Hibernate
- Shark Skin (defense based shield)
- Summon Coralax
While Bile Spray is a cone instead of a radial power like Fissure, that second AoE in Water Spout does 271.4 damage at its base. Unlike Tornado, it does Knock Up instead of back. The base Recharge is 180 seconds, so it can be worked down to about 50/50 uptime. The cast time is just 1.15 seconds. Bile Spray is slower than Fissure and a cone; however it has huge range (base 60ft) and deals more damage.
While I'm not dedicated to the idea of farm builds I think this could be an interesting time for us.