You'd be better off either softcapping vs Ranged (which can be tricky since alot of powers will need to be six slotted for Ranged set bonuses) or S/L (which can also be tricky but probably doable though you're gonna need to put slots in Brawl and you'll have to make choice to go villainside to get scorpion shield OR go Cold Mastery for Frozen Armor.)
This is blueprint of what you'll need roughly to get there. I chose the route of going evil for Scorpion Shield but I left all the other powers blank so you could fit them in as you see fit. Combat jumping or Stealth and you should be close to 45%
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@Deadboy
Awesome! Thank you kindly. I will take a look at it tonight when I get home from work. I am certainly not opposed to switching side to pick up the patron power pool.
My AR/fire blaster is a "blast" (ahem) to play, however, the close range nature of the attacks in my secondary obviously require that I step fairly often into harm's way. Unfortunately, I am at work and can not post my current build to be critiqued, but I was wondering if softcapping my melee defense is possible. If someone could post a build or offer any pointers, that would be most helpful. Cost is not an issue as I have a pretty healthy stockpile at the moment.
To give you an idea of how I play the toon, he is my main solo toon, so teaming is rare and usually with close friends only. My attack chain goes something like rain of arrows--->exposive arrow---> run in and bust out burn or fire sword circle FTW.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.