A Granite Tanker should be set up for surviving anything. It already includes the most resistance offered to any armor set, so the easiest way to increase survivability is to soft-cap your defenses and get as much psionic defense as you can in Granite. Movement speed bonuses help you stay where you should be in fights, so those are important too. As far as the Alpha slot goes, I can't offer advice. It all depends on what you feel you need the most when you play it. A lot of that will depend on your build. The Alpha boost is easy enough to change, so don't feel like you have to commit to one and only one.
Here is my basic Granite Tanker build template. It is far from complete, but it includes everything a Granite Tanker needs and can be adapted to any secondary set.
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Thanks for the reply mate,
Regarding the alpha slot, i have noticed that stone melee is pretty end heavy and my biggest worry is running out of end and losing granite form in a hard situation, the accuracy radial boost looks good too for providing a 20% bonus to defence.
With the damage reduction granite brings the damage alpha could be nice but then again, am i expected to do much damage being a punchbag?
Should i aim for a perma, earth's embrace?
Also thanks for the build, i had guessed as much about capping defence, i will tweak it around a bit and see what numbers i can produce, if it is anything decent i will repost the build to share for others.
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I built my Stone/Stone with the End/Resist Boost...I was reeling during a fight for a lack of endurance (Stone Melee, as you have pointed out, is EXTREMELY end heavy)...the resist boost just capped it off.|
Originally Posted by Bin Man
Thanks for the reply mate,
Regarding the alpha slot, i have noticed that stone melee is pretty end heavy and my biggest worry is running out of end and losing granite form in a hard situation, the accuracy radial boost looks good too for providing a 20% bonus to defence. With the damage reduction granite brings the damage alpha could be nice but then again, am i expected to do much damage being a punchbag? Should i aim for a perma, earth's embrace? Also thanks for the build, i had guessed as much about capping defence, i will tweak it around a bit and see what numbers i can produce, if it is anything decent i will repost the build to share for others. |
As far as EE (Earth's Embrace) getting perma'd, good luck. I am sure it's possible, and I am sure some have done it, it is hard to do in granite. I have it perma outside of granite, but granites -rech hits hard. In my opinion, I would aim for the movement bonus's. With the toon I play, I play the +movement build to the exclusion of the high rech build (which cost, with todays market prices, multiple billions of inf to slot, where the +movement cost ALOT less)
Maybe it's just me, I built toward a capped resist with high, although not capped, def build. Its pretty tough and can handle most situations. Stone melee's knockback/down allows for enough mitigation to not have a capped def build, imo.
BTW this is all just my opinion and your results may vary, play what you want, how you want, its your 15 bux a month
Recharge, Recovery, Run Speed should be your goals. You shouldn't need too much extra damage resistance to hit 90% in most areas, and it's not difficult to soft cap yourself, especially if you pick up Maneuvers. I facepalm when I see stone tanks pick up Tough and Weave, as Tough is completely pointless in Granite, and you have to pick up one of the throwaway boxing/kick powers. You're much better off picking up Maneuvers to hit the soft cap and your team will enjoy its benefits as well. Once you're resist and def capped, just focus on the recharge, recovery, and run speed and you'll be golden. Regen helps too, but you'll get enough of it just slotting LotG and Numina's.
Hi guys
Recently i have regained interest in my stone.stone tanker. I have never slotted a tank and am unsure what exactly i should be aiming for.
What set bonuses do i benefit from most? What alpha slot should i get?
P.S. i am a granite tank.