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Softcapping to all 3 ... a bit challenging. And possibly not necessary?|
Originally Posted by Starforce
Hello, all. Looking for you guys to drop some knowledge on me, please.
I am currently playing a Fire/Rad that I am interested in softcapping (to all 3). Here's the kicker - I am NOT interested in taking Scorpin's pool to accomplish this; I want to take Force from the Defender Pool. I also need to take flight as a (groan) theme travel power. I have just over 20 billion to spend on the build, and its for my namesake character, so money is not a concern. So, given all my obnoxious criterium, can this be accomplished? (I would play with Mids, but it hasn't been working for me lately - so I need advice) Thanks in advance, -Star |
Think of it like this: Taking Hover, Maneuvers and Weave will net you base 9% def to all at Corruptor values. 14% slotted. Add a +3% IO and a +3% PvP IO and you're at 20% to all positions. That's a good start.
If you're looking to do one thing (like S/L defense), you'd follow a conventional path of kinetic combats in Boxing/Brawl, etc ... could probably softcap. Doing all would be tough.
My recommendation would be to target +32.5% to all melee / ranged / AoE, with a purple inspiration to add the 12.5% to get you to 45%. You could get that relatively easily, and still have a layer of mitigation with rad infection.
- Melee: Obliteration in Inferno, TofDeath in Total Focus & Boxing gets you close.
- Ranged: Thunderstrikes in Flares/Fblast/Blaze gets you close.
- AoE: 3-slot Aegis in Tough & Temp Invulnerability gets you close.
Those are some options to consider.
Good luck, Star!
Toss in combat jumping you can run it with hover.
Also, @ the OP, don't complain about fly, you can stick a full set of zephyr in there and get some more defense out of it. While it isn't as good as it used to be, it is still the best AoE and Ranged defense you can get for 2 slots not counting Basilisk.
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I really don't think it's possible to be softcapped to all 3 positions. However, if you don't want to slot for S/L defense, then I suggest just going for softcapped ranged defense, that's what I did with my Fire/Rad/Mu. In this case fly/hover is a good option since you can stay at range to most enemies easily with it.
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Hello, all. Looking for you guys to drop some knowledge on me, please.
I am currently playing a Fire/Rad that I am interested in softcapping (to all 3).
Here's the kicker - I am NOT interested in taking Scorpin's pool to accomplish this; I want to take Force from the Defender Pool. I also need to take flight as a (groan) theme travel power.
I have just over 20 billion to spend on the build, and its for my namesake character, so money is not a concern.
So, given all my obnoxious criterium, can this be accomplished?
(I would play with Mids, but it hasn't been working for me lately - so I need advice)
Thanks in advance,
-Star