Also, sorry for the accidental instantaneous double-post. My connection crapped out, and somehow it posted two of the same thread.
Looks like a solid buld. You can cut back on one knockback reduction if you need the slot. I like taking Hover for the extra defense. If you can't stand flight controls though, you can live without it.
There're several flaws with it...
1) Replace the IO in Stamina with common IOs. Unless you REALLY want that 5% movement boost, this gives better performance.
2) Take out slots from kick and boxing. Remove one of them. Either place 3 slots into fossilize and slot thunderstrike, or tale Hurl , place 2 slots and slot thunderstrike. If you REALLY must have the regeneration, use one of the freed slots into Health and slot Regenerative tissue +regen.
3) Frankenslotting Manuevers will give better bonuses.
4) You're ALMOST perma rage. Fitting in another two recharge bonuses should to the trick. You can fit one into manuevers, and you've a spare slot from above..
5) If you're willing to sacrifice a little resistance (drop a slot from toughness), you can move a slot to grab a little more N/E def to hit softcap.
OK going from the 2 above...
S/L/E/N softcap...
Removed Maneuvers for hasten and added Hover, though not needed for the softcap. Rage is perma.
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You Tankers are so spoiled
Thanks, you guys. I'm really liking that build, Iggy. Using some of Signpost's tips, I managed to get the soft-cap to S/L/E/N and perma-Rage, but your slotting brings the end cost down to 1.49 end/s whereas mine is sitting at 1.81 end/s. I'll be stealing some of those slotting ideas!
Variation on Iggy's build.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.91
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Level 50 Natural Tanker
Primary Power Set: Dark Armor
Secondary Power Set: Super Strength
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Earth Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Dark Embrace
- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (5) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (5) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (19) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection
- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (43) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (21) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (21) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (23) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (11) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (13) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance
- (13) HamiO:Golgi Exposure
- (15) HamiO:Golgi Exposure
- (A) Empty
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (23) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (25) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
- (27) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance
- (27) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
- (19) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
- (29) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (37) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (37) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Endurance
- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (43) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
- (31) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
- (48) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
- (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (34) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
- (34) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Razzle Dazzle - Chance of Immobilize
- (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (46) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (42) Recharge Reduction IO
- (43) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (39) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (40) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance
- (50) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Recharge
- (42) Lethargic Repose - Endurance/Sleep
- (42) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Endurance
- (46) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Sleep
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
- (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (37) Miracle - +Recovery
- (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
- (7) Performance Shifter - EndMod
- (15) Endurance Modification IO
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Throwing darts at the board to see if something sticks.....
Come show your resolve and fight my brute!
Tanks: Gauntlet, the streak breaker and you!
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Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.
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would someone mind posting iggy's build long form so those of us at work can have a peek? >.>
thanks.
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I can't imagine where you could have heard that, because it's common knowledge that Dark Armor Sucks.
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Originally Posted by FreezeWave
From what I had heard, DA becomes amazing once you've slotted some IO's in it.
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Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
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Your video may or may not have had a direct impact on the primary power I picked for my first IO'd tanker build. :P
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I can't imagine where you could have heard that, because it's common knowledge that Dark Armor Sucks.
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What's up everyone. My next goal is to make a really badass tank. My original intent was to make a Invul/SS, but as I was playing online today, the topic of DA tanks came up. From what I had heard, DA becomes amazing once you've slotted some IO's in it. So tonight I tried to properly IO out a tank using some tips I gathered by lurking the forums for the bit. What I've posted is the build I've concocted. I've IO'd one tank before, but not too seriously. It was an Ice/Fire that I used for herding, and this tank is entirely a different thing. If you guys have any tips you could give me, or build advice on anything I've overlooked, I would greatly appreciate it.
Here's the build:
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.90
http://www.cohplanner.com/
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Level 50 Natural Tanker
Primary Power Set: Dark Armor
Secondary Power Set: Super Strength
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Earth Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Dark Embrace -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResKB(3), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(3), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(5), ImpArm-ResDam(5), ImpArm-ResPsi(7)
Level 1: Jab -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 2: Murky Cloud -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(7), RctvArm-ResDam(9), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(9)
Level 4: Haymaker -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 6: Obsidian Shield -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(21), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(21), RctvArm-ResDam(23)
Level 8: Dark Regeneration -- Theft-Acc/EndRdx/Heal(A), Theft-Heal/Rchg(11), Theft-+End%(11), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Heal/HP/Regen(13), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Nictus-Acc/Heal(15)
Level 10: Taunt -- Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(15), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(17), Mocking-Rchg(17)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Zephyr-ResKB(A), DefBuff-I(19), DefBuff-I(34)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 16: Death Shroud -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(23), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Erad-%Dam(25), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Sciroc-Dam%(27)
Level 18: Cloak of Darkness -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(19), LkGmblr-Rchg+(29), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(29)
Level 20: Knockout Blow -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(37), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(37), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 22: Boxing -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(43), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(45)
Level 24: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(31), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(31), RctvArm-ResDam(33)
Level 26: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def(31), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(33), LkGmblr-Rchg+(33)
Level 28: Rage -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(34), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(34), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(36), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(36), GSFC-Build%(36)
Level 30: Oppressive Gloom -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 32: Soul Transfer -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 35: Hand Clap -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(40), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(42), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(43)
Level 38: Foot Stomp -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(39), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(39), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(40)
Level 41: Salt Crystals -- LgcRps-Acc/Rchg(A), LgcRps-EndRdx/Sleep(42), LgcRps-Acc/EndRdx(42)
Level 44: Maneuvers -- EndRdx-I(A), DefBuff-I(48), DefBuff-I(50)
Level 47: Fossilize -- BasGaze-Slow%(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Kick -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(50), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(40)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-End%(37)