Dark Melee/Fire Armor


Bill Z Bubba

 

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Heyas again. After rewriting this guy for names/costumes 4 times and getting him to all of 4th level 3 times I have settled on a look/name and am at the glorious level of 12. Yeah.

He is somewhat fragile, luckily I have been blasting for most of the last week, so am used to playing durty.

Dark Melee I am very familiar with, having experimented with it many times on many builds, as well as using it on my current main. (DM/Invul) Fiery Aura, not so much. It is mostly a damage dealing set yes? No defenses, and Resist primarily for Fire, and nothing to write home about there?

So, any help with the Synergy between the sets is what I am looking for. I am using "Touch of Fear" for the first time, just started, and I am hoping it will buy me time in Boss fights. Anybody know if that works on Bosses? The power is Mag 3, their prot is Mag 3, which wins the tie? (Also planning on going Hero at 20, Prae startup, and then going Vigilante, getting that Vigilante fear power to stack...if I stay with ToF anyways) Touch of Fear I have always avoided, since it wasn't pure damage. But I am really wanting some mitigation, a few seconds brings my heals back up, and living is always nice. Anyways, if you have experience with these two together please help.

Also, any "must have" Procs that can make this guy run smoother. (Like the theft of Essence Proc in Dark Armor's Dark Regeneration, true game changer) i am seriously considering KB Prot, but the cost for an altitis guy like me is high. I keep promising myself no more than 20 mil left in alt toons, but I feel like i am going to 50 this guy. Anyways, if you know a truly great Proc i can justify the cost as an "experiment" and have fun for weeks. thanks.


 

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Ignore mitigation. Be the bomb. Get a single -KB IO in there somewhere. Mag 3 only works on LTs and lower, I believe.

Soul Drain, Fiery Embrace, Burn, Shadow Maul, RotP


Be well, people of CoH.

 

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I love the idea of RotP included as part of an AOE attack chain. XD


 

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People chuckle, but it's true. lol


 

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Wow Bill. Using squishiness as part of my attack strategy! that is thinking outside the box. Okay, I've never been scared of debt.

still looking for procs for pimpin'


 

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There's a decent line from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" that I think applies here. The male lead character was writing some meloncholy vampire themed rock-oprea for a while and it just wasnt clicking so he kind of just forgets about it for a while. At the movies conclusion we see him performing the rock opera only it's been switched to a comedy. The male lead says, "It really opened things up". So, I think Bill has it spot on here. Play the bomb.


When there is no room left in Hell, the Dead shall walk the earth.

 

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One application of touch of fear doesn't fear a boss, but the massive hit debuff still works, and the duration is long enough and recharge short enough that you can stack it on bosses easily enough.