AV Scrapper

LastPhantomZoner · 09-24-2010 08:17 PM

What makes a scrapper strong enough to take down av's?
If my health is above 1800 or 1900 with soft-cap defense is that good enough?
Or does my haste also have to be like 90% and accuracy like +50% and damage +20%?

Necrotech_Master · 09-24-2010 08:43 PM

specific stats dont apply too much

the basic rules to solo an AV as a scrapper is:

high enough DPS to actually hurt the AV and
the ability to survive the AVs incoming attacks

Cyber_naut · 09-24-2010 08:58 PM

Depends on the av, but for most cases, most scrapper primaries can be set up to do enough damage to overcome most av's hp and regen. The key is survival, and again, in most cases, you need soft capped defense against what the av is dishing out, and some way to recover health for when attacks slip through, either via high regen or heals.

Werner · 09-24-2010 09:07 PM

1800-1900 with soft-cap defense is good if you also have a heal or significant regeneration. You'll also want a good attack chain. It's kind of a vague question, though. The specifics can vary quite a bit.

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Thinkso · 09-24-2010 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LastPhantomZoner

What makes a scrapper strong enough to take down av's?

A mixture of survivability coupled with sustainable damage. ie if your scrapper can attack without pause for ~10 min or so without tanking endurance most primaries will be in a position to out dps AV regen.

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If my health is above 1800 or 1900 with soft-cap defense is that good enough?

Sometimes. Some AV's are really easy, some aren't. If the rolls work in your favor you may only be hit a couple times the whole fight. Other times it will smoke you repeatedly and you'll be in trouble.

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Or does my haste also have to be like 90% and accuracy like +50% and damage +20%?

Your attack speed just needs to be fast enough to maintain w/e attack chain you want to use. Additional rech will help if you have powers like dullpain. You'll want enough acc to hit consistently at 95%. Most AV's people solo with scrappers are even con as they aren't quite powerful enough to take on +con AV's like some of the debuff sets are. That isn't to say it can't be done, but I doubt any scrapper could take out a +3 AV like some traps, cold, or rad builds can. So the +acc needed to hit even cons isn't much and any AV spec scrapper will have more than enough by virtue of it being such a common set bonus.

As far as damage, I think any primary except spines can be built to out dps AV regen. Elec might struggle too, but leaning on fireblast in the app can help it a bit.