Looking for fun group oriented AT
By
Gehnen,
Posted on: 2010-09-14 13:31 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Oh, you definitely want to make a Contro...Scrapper? Hmm...
Well, that's a good pairing for a Scrapper since your primary reduces ToHit, and that effectively boosts up your Shield Defense. How that makes it specifically group-oriented, I can't really say for sure. Perhaps the ToHit Debuff?* I'd go for something that reduces the enemy's Defense, myself.
A fun group-oriented AT would be a Controller in my book. Practically anything goes, but an Illusion/Force Field is invincible in a team. Your damage will be nearly non-existant (solo is really tough), but I have one and love it.
EDIT: Oh, how could I forget Grant Cover?! I still don't think that turns a Scrapper into a "group-oriented" AT, though.
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If you are looking for more than one scrapper that can team up together, then Shield Defense is great thanks to Grant Cover. When Shield Scrappers have Grant Cover and stay close together, they get significant defense bonus. You will find that once you have 3-4 Shield scrappers (or tanks or brutes) with Grant Cover, you will already be softcapped on Defense pretty early.|
Originally Posted by Lamp Post
Looking to make a Scrapper AT thats useful in group situations so I can play with friends more often. One of my bros said DM/SD is really good, but neither of us have played it so its just based on what he has seen. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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My buddies and I decided to do a team of Shield scrappers. Two of us were Broadsword/Shield, and two were Dark Melee/Shield. As previously mentioned, DM/Shield adds some ToHit Debuff to boost your defenses. It also has a heal power to make up for the fact that Shield does not have a self-heal. The main weakness is a lack of AoE.
The Broadsword is also a great primary for Shield. It fits theme-wise, and has three AoE powers (a PB AoE, a very wide cone, and a very narrow cone). Most important, it has Perry which handles your melee Defense. Because you have Perry, it is fairly easy to use IO sets to soft-cap the defense on a BS/Shield because you only need to focus on Ranged and AoE Defense. A single Perry puts me over the soft-cap for Melee defense. My BS/Shield is as tough or tougher than many tanks, and I have tanked with him many times.
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Looking to make a Scrapper AT thats useful in group situations so I can play with friends more often. One of my bros said DM/SD is really good, but neither of us have played it so its just based on what he has seen. Does anyone have any suggestions?