KM/FA and the 3 ATs
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Posted on: 2010-12-24 12:52 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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Well, you seem to have the Tanker off the list (I could be wrong).|
Originally Posted by StormDevil
Hey all. I've got a hankering for a KM/FA character, and I'd like to hear some arguments as to the pros and cons of running that combo on Tankers, Scrappers, and Brutes. As best I can ascertain, general consensus is:
Tanker Pro: Most survivability; Tanker Con: less damage (...duh) Scrapper Pro: More benefit from Concentrated Strike Scrapper Con: least survivability Brute Pro: More benefit from Fiery Embrace; Brute Con: less benefit from Concentrated Strike Obviously, that's just a quick and dirty rundown. I tend to favor AoEs over STs, so I'm leaning Brute, but if I'm overlooking anything, I'm all ears. Thanks! |
Brute does have the advantage of 90% Fire Resist, and Fire Armor has the advantage of more benefit from Fiery Embrace, and if I recall right, I think they get a stronger Blazing Aura, due to Fury and BA not critting on secondaries damage aura.
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It should also be considered that a scrapper's lower survivability still enables some down right psychotic things. You may or may not remember the old scrapper forum bragging threads.
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Oh, I remember lots of scrapper accomplishments; I just don't remember very many of them including Fire Armor.
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Originally Posted by Madam_Enigma
It should also be considered that a scrapper's lower survivability still enables some down right psychotic things. You may or may not remember the old scrapper forum bragging threads.
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I think the threads stopped before scrappers got fire armor.
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I've been leveling a DM/Fire Scrapper recently (just got to 50 not long ago). The new damage from Burn is a massive help for leveling and killing. Soul Drain likely gives more to go off than Power Siphon, but you also get a legitimate AoE. Between your two damage buffs and Burst/Burn, you should be able to drop spawns of enemies fairly quickly.
I would probably recommend Scrapper, due to the higher base damage and the fact you can get the crit bonus from Concentrated Strike. If you add some defense to the build or take something like Shadow Meld you should be able to handle lots of crazy stuff.
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
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Hey all. I've got a hankering for a KM/FA character, and I'd like to hear some arguments as to the pros and cons of running that combo on Tankers, Scrappers, and Brutes. As best I can ascertain, general consensus is:
Tanker Pro: Most survivability; Tanker Con: less damage (...duh)
Scrapper Pro: More benefit from Concentrated Strike Scrapper Con: least survivability
Brute Pro: More benefit from Fiery Embrace; Brute Con: less benefit from Concentrated Strike
Obviously, that's just a quick and dirty rundown. I tend to favor AoEs over STs, so I'm leaning Brute, but if I'm overlooking anything, I'm all ears.
Thanks!