Melee Power with -Res
Any Tankers Tier 1 attack.
Otherwise not that I know of.
Question: Are their any powers for melee ATs that debuff enemy resistance outside of the Ancillary/Patron powers?
As near as I can tell there are not but I thought I would ask those who know the game better then I. |
Shatter Armor, from the Mace pool, on Veats
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Well thanks. I forgot about Bruising, for some reason I thought it was a defense debuff not a resistance debuff.
Thanks again! Looks like my scrappers and brusiers will just have to do without.
But I think Bruising effect can't stack from different Tankers? True?
Shatter Armor is a very decent attack but it's from Mace Mastery for SoA. Fits Bane perfectly except you have to take either awful Mace Beam or utility power like Web Envelop.
Shatter Armor also can't critical from Hidden.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
The only known attack powers with Resistance debuffs as a secondary effect are Sonic Assault, and the whip from Demon Summoning.
Since there has not been a melee counterpart to Sonic, and Demon Summoning has come out, it's possible melee is due for a -Res set. Sonic came about long after the release of the game, though, and -Res is in and of itself a rare effect that the devs seem to try and want to keep rare. It cannot even be slotted for Enhancements. I'm guessing that an effect that just makes you do more and more damage is such a valuable one that it will always be hard to come by.
I would also like to see Radiation as a melee power, as it has -Def. Not quite as good as -Res, but at least it is an offensive benefit. Then again, most bladed weapons (Broadsword, Claws) have a -Def power in there somewhere. There just isn't yet a set that does all -Def.
I also believe Kinetic Melee is the first set to do -Dam.
The only known attack powers with Resistance debuffs as a secondary effect are Sonic Assault, and the whip from Demon Summoning.
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Also of note for the OP, if you have any attack that accepts defense debuff sets, you can slot the Achilles Heel Proc, which gives a chance for -Resistance.
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Dual Pistols Piercing Rounds has a resistance debuff in the standard rounds.
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I do believe -Res is pretty rare even as a unique effect of a power, though. Piercing Rounds is a good example, but I can't think of any others offhand.
Dual Pistols Piercing Rounds has a resistance debuff in the standard rounds.
Also of note for the OP, if you have any attack that accepts defense debuff sets, you can slot the Achilles Heel Proc, which gives a chance for -Resistance. |
*note: the Achilles Heel proc will not stack from the same entity (player or pet). It will, however, extend the duration. It should work from multiple entities still (unless it has been changed at some point), which was basically the only thing that makes the Mercs MM set worthwhile.
Question: Are their any powers for melee ATs that debuff enemy resistance outside of the Ancillary/Patron powers?
As near as I can tell there are not but I thought I would ask those who know the game better then I.