It depends on what you mean by "most effective". It's probably the most recommended soloist on the Scrapper forum - it's easy to build, easy to play, easy to level, plus gives up nothing on top end power for that simplicity. But it's fairly middle of the road for damage output. The most effective soloer, at least in terms of speed of leveling, is probably combining a much more AoE-centric set with a damage boost and enough survivability to not waste a lot of time on the hospital. So Electric/Shield for instance, though there would be a lot of other examples.
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I've found in the past that Katana's Flashing Steel is a hell of an AoE attack, and combined with Hasten and Lotus Drops I just don't feel my AoE lacking. My only real concern is the lethal damage dragging down my damage output accross the board.|
Originally Posted by Werner
It depends on what you mean by "most effective". It's probably the most recommended soloist on the Scrapper forum - it's easy to build, easy to play, easy to level, plus gives up nothing on top end power for that simplicity. But it's fairly middle of the road for damage output. The most effective soloer, at least in terms of speed of leveling, is probably combining a much more AoE-centric set with a damage boost and enough survivability to not waste a lot of time on the hospital. So Electric/Shield for instance, though there would be a lot of other examples.
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I'm currently planning on taking Soul Mastery solely for Shadow Meld to absorb my alpha's. Is there something else I should be considering in your opinion?
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Unless you intend to fight nothing but robots, it won't slow you down to any great degree. My two level 50 scrappers are Claws/Regen and Broadsword/Dark Armor, if lethal damage was a problem I probably would have deleted and rerolled them by now. I've never felt like I wasn't dealing enough damage just because it was lethal damage.
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Originally Posted by Wiggz
My only real concern is the lethal damage dragging down my damage output accross the board.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
I've played around with a lot of scrappers with one level 50 (DB/Will) and another dozen or so in their 30's. I tend to suffer a lot from altitis and level 50's are more of the end of the journey for me than the beginning as they seem to be for many others - as such, when I evaluate toons I tend to do it from an 'out of the box' standpoint, not based purely on Epic AT potential or what they might be like once I've dropped a billion or so influence on them.
I've got my Kat/WP only up to 19 or so right now, so I haven't graduated to SO's/generic IO's yet, but I have to say 'wow'. I created the character as a soloing toon and was curious how fast I could level her playing through normal content. I'm running missions at even level/x6 right now and will be elevating it to even level/x8 at 22 or so... overall I'm just very impressed. Is it safe to say that - out of the box - Kat/WP may well be the most effective solo'er?