Dark Armor Taunt and Stealth Questions

One thing I didn't see mentioned: The stun/fear wears off long before the taunt duration expires. You shouldn't care if mobs wander. They are still taunted and will come right back.

Yes, OG and CoF have their own taunt auras (at least for tanks). They don't amplify each other, but even running just OG will taunt enemies.

More than that they've taken damage from Death Shroud (even a pulse or two before they wander away in the case of OG, which I hate - I use cloak of fear). With Brute's threat modifier that should be enough to get them coming back for more after the stun or fear duration's up.

If they're not, you know... dead. Which they will be on a team.

Loving all the info., thanks for that build Emberly good insights. Dechs and Nalrok both of your guides were very helpful, exactly the stuff i needed to hear when i made this post.

One thing that confuses me on some of these posts...why play /DA if you aren't using the powers that make it unique? CoF, OG, CoD, Soul Transfer...those are the "gimmicks" that made me interested in the powerset. Without the bag of tricks wouldn't it just be better to play plain old /Invul or even /elec?

Ive never run a Dark / Dark Brute past about 10 or 12, but I've got a lvl 50 dark / dark / energy scrapper and a level 41 dark / dark tank...and a level 50 Dark / Dark / Dark defender for that matter...so I'm pretty familiar with the set.

Dark Dark is really a very powerful combo. You just have to stay on your toes and use your clickies intelligently. The set rewards active management.

If you are more of a click and forget player you will faceplant a lot, because Dark / Dark life and end are yo-yo's. If you miss Dark REgen or Dark Consumption at a key moment, you will have problems. On the otherhand, you can go from nearly knocked out and reeling from lack of END to totally topped off in seconds. My darks usually start off ugly with a Dark buidup (can't recall the power name off hand but its a click siphon that debuffs and damages) and Shadow Maul + Sands of Mu combo, Siphon Life and / or Midnight Grasp as the come up, and a Smite or Boxing to fill any gaps in the chain...my life and END falls quickly, I pop Dark REgen and Dark COnsumption, finish the spawn fully refreshed and dive into the next one.

I use Hover to plug the KB gap, but an IO works also...or Acrobatics even I suppose. THat's the main annoyance w/ Dark / Dark is not having any kb protection. If you can't use your critical clickies because you are getting flipped on your rear end its a problem.

As to the Taunt, it works fine with the combat stealth. Anything you taunt will see you and come to you, other mobs will tend not to notice you. With just a little bit of finesse you can be pretty precise with how many you grab, particularly solo where you are on your own time and everything is under control. My dark tank works like a taunt and burn tanker; I taunt big mobs on to me and let Death Shroud melt them away.


Anyway, Dark Dark is a different feel than other sets. It can be a lot of fun if you like a more adrenaline fueled experience.

Long-time SS/DA brute player here, leveled mine to 50 pre-IOs. Stealth is a non-issue; jump in with Death Shroud running and FootStomp. They'll pay attention. The mez auras are great situational tools that you don't want to use most of the time. My most recent build doesn't have either. There's a few DA posts with my name on them floating around if you're looking for IO build ideas.

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Originally Posted by je_saist If you want a tanky brute, you'll need to pick a different armor set.

Considering that I've tanked Recluse on an STF for a few min when our silly Shield tank got killed an had to run back... I have to disagree.