/Stone is a great secondary for Elec. The KB abilities allow for a lot of mitigation on top of your resists. Add in HP bonuses if you IO and moderate defense for an extremely durable tank.
At least, that's what I did with Elec/
Elec/DM would also be a great combo. Two exotic damage types and Siphon Life should really compliment the heal.
Now you got me thinking of it.... THANKS!
Oh, and Elec tanks aren't that rare from what I've seen. It's a good solid set. 
@Rylas
Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
i made a elec/stone and omg it was sooo much fun. hes at 50 now!
I love my Elec/Fire. Fast recharging PBAoE's with no endurance issues.
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Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
Making an Electric/Kinetic myself and he is very fun!
Kinetic Thunder
Only 24 so far but he has potential.
I love my Ele/SS/Fire tank!
My elec/dark tank is very low level at the moment, but I have a theory that I'll have to test when he hits 50...
Capped resists to Smash/Lethal/Energy + 2 self heals + complete immunity to endurance drain? I think it might be able to tank Super Recluse without outside buffing. And while completely ignoring defense.
Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
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Just wondering if you're doing this without too much IO investment for S/L res. I'd be interested in seeing the build if so.
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Originally Posted by Smersh
Capped resists to Smash/Lethal/Energy
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@Rylas
Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
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Never said there wasn't an IO investment.|
Originally Posted by Rylas
Just wondering if you're doing this without too much IO investment for S/L res. I'd be interested in seeing the build if so.
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Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade! With a rare cardiac boost and a base empowerment buff you should be able to reach the hardcap without IO's.
Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
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Base empowerment buffs are unavailable during master runs.
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Originally Posted by Auroxis
With a rare cardiac boost and a base empowerment buff you should be able to reach the hardcap without IO's.
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Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade!
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Tanking Recluse w/out outside help has been done before with much less effort than actually building a toon for it or using a tank. By a MA/SR stalker no less.
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Originally Posted by Smersh
My elec/dark tank is very low level at the moment, but I have a theory that I'll have to test when he hits 50...
Capped resists to Smash/Lethal/Energy + 2 self heals + complete immunity to endurance drain? I think it might be able to tank Super Recluse without outside buffing. And while completely ignoring defense. |
I've recently become a big fan of /Stone while running my Inv/Stone. The two AoE knockdowns cut incoming damage a ton. Not so great mitigation against an AV, but against regular mobs you pretty much neuter them.
DB would likely put out some fantastic damage, and it has a fair amount of KD later in the build. DB/Elec for scrappers certainly pumps out the damage, and I'd imagine it would for tankers as well.
Those would be my two picks of those you listed. Love both of them, and yet they are so completely different in feel.
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@Starflier
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My goal was to be able to do it indefinitely. Overkill? Certainly.|
Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
Tanking Recluse w/out outside help has been done before with much less effort than actually building a toon for it or using a tank. By a MA/SR stalker no less.
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A quick perusal did not show me the thread with the MA/SR tanking Recluse. Could you provide a link?
Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade!
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Question, how do you plan to shore up your defense for tanking recluse? 10% requires you to use a lot of purple inspirations to floor Recluse's chances to hit(you need 75% ).|
Originally Posted by Smersh
Base empowerment buffs are unavailable during master runs.
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Sure you could base your entire build on resistance and get 90%, or you could just build your defenses up instead and carry one orange insp instead of two purples.
Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
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I was planning on dumping and ignoring defense entirely, choosing instead to rely upon 90% resistances and an 18% heal that's up every five seconds. That plus energize should, I think, outpace Recluse's damage.|
Originally Posted by Auroxis
Question, how do you plan to shore up your defense for tanking recluse? 10% requires you to use a lot of purple inspirations to floor Recluse's chances to hit(you need 75% ).
Sure you could base your entire build on resistance and get 90%, or you could just build your defenses up instead and carry one orange insp instead of two purples. |
I need to rework that build, actually... what's there is a thought experiment on capping smash/lethal resists. There's plenty of room to tweak that build for a bit more recharge.
Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade!
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I doubt that's possible, but let us know how it goes.
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Originally Posted by Smersh
I was planning on dumping and ignoring defense entirely, choosing instead to rely upon 90% resistances and an 18% heal that's up every five seconds. That plus energize should, I think, outpace Recluse's damage.
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Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
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It's a long-term project... the character is still in single-digit levels.
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Originally Posted by Auroxis
I doubt that's possible, but let us know how it goes.
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Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade!
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There is no thread, hes a just a friend that was on my team at the time he did it. It's been done by others too, I was just using the MA/SR as an example as that was what I was most impressed by in tanking recluse without any or minimal support. He definitely wouldn't be able to do it indefinitely, but on fast teams its not necessary |
Originally Posted by Smersh
My goal was to be able to do it indefinitely. Overkill? Certainly.
A quick perusal did not show me the thread with the MA/SR tanking Recluse. Could you provide a link? |
Also as for tanking recluse, defense is still important, he stacks mezzes pretty fast if you arent dodging any.
I think I will go with /Dark for the self-healing. None of the other secondaries offer anything substantial for tanking AVs. Tanking standard groups is trivial with defense buffs and the good resistances Electric Armor provides.
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Kinetic Melee offers -DMG debuffs for AV's, if that's what you're after. Elec Armor already has a good self heal.|
Originally Posted by Syntax42
I think I will go with /Dark for the self-healing. None of the other secondaries offer anything substantial for tanking AVs. Tanking standard groups is trivial with defense buffs and the good resistances Electric Armor provides.
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It has pretty good synergy with Elec Armor overall, with the +recharge and damage aura working well with Power Siphon and Burst(which works well with Elec Armor due to the AoE mitigation).
Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
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If you're talking siphon life you'll be hard pressed to get that to land so long as the orange tower is up.
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Originally Posted by Smersh
I was planning on dumping and ignoring defense entirely, choosing instead to rely upon 90% resistances and an 18% heal that's up every five seconds. That plus energize should, I think, outpace Recluse's damage.
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blah, ive got a elec/DB and i really enjoy it. the mitigation is good with sweep combo, but the build is verytight on slots and you need to sacrafice to get softcapped defenses. If i were to go back and rebuild i would make a elec/kin or elec melee. Kinetic melee for the power siphon stack +massive dmg potential or elec melee for the AoE's and -end to foe
I dont really know what to say
Electric Armour and the Soft cap
Electric Armour and the 1st 20 levels
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You heal off a pylon.
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Originally Posted by Briarpatch
If you're talking siphon life you'll be hard pressed to get that to land so long as the orange tower is up.
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Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade!
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That would work, but remember you'll be switching targets constantly... taunt LR, heal from a pylon, taunt LR etc.|
Originally Posted by Smersh
You heal off a pylon.
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Your danger time is while both the Red and Blue towers are up... if LR lands two heavy attacks in a row he can faceplant a Granite tanker, and absent a fair amount of defense his odds of getting those two attacks in right after another go way up. I've had him drop my Stone/Fire tanker through Granite & Rooted (capped S/L and ~80% E/N resist) in less than 5 seconds with a couple of lucky hits. He has two attacks that with the red tower buffing him will deal >40% of your HP total even with 90% resistance. Let him land those in a 1-2 punch and it doesn't take much of a "3" to drop you before you have time to react.
Even on my Granite tank I still pop purples to get over 75% defense when going in; once the Red & Blue are down I cease worrying about inspirations. Granted he's only dropped my Granite tank three times out of more than 50 runs, but if he gets lucky you're toast and it can happen WAY too fast to react.
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I want to make an Electric Armor Tanker because I see so few of them in the game. Stone, Invulnerability, and Willpower are mostly what I see. I just can't figure out which secondary would be best to go with Electric Armor for tanking on teams.
Here are my thoughts on the advantages of each set in a team tanking situation:
Stone Melee - Two AoE knockdowns and a mag 4 hold.
Super Strength - Nice damage buff and one AoE knockdown.
Dual Blades - Smaller damage buff than SS and smaller radius AoE knockdown.
Dark Melee - More self-healing.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I would be willing to consider a set not listed here if you can make it sound better than these.