The three tohit debuff in RTTC are a waste. Really. If you do a respec, take them out unless you want to use those slots for IO set bonuses. There are several healing sets that give +max health, and you could get 3 miracle and 3 numina in there to justify the slots. Three of the taunt set "triumphant insult" will give 1.88% smashing/lethal defense, which would work well if you get several other s/l defense bonuses.
The endredux in mind over body are a waste. One is ok... unless you have a very specific build that needs five or six slots for a resistance IO set bonus (hahah). 4 of one resist set can get 56% res and 70ish% end redux enhancement. I've 5-slotted some resist toggles with reactive armor, but I can't think of any others that are remotely worthwhile for survivability, unless you really need Aegis' defense bonuses.
There isn't much that can be gained from indomitable will to add to survivability; in my experience willpower doesn't get much out of that psionic defense. 4 of serendipity or luck of the gambler will give some health and regen, though, for a small overall boost while keeping the defense enhancement.
There are some 5 or 6 set bonuses in defense sets that can add some global defense if put into indomitable will and hightened senses, but, again, they're not going to make much of a difference unless you're do the same in several powers. It would probably be better to stick to 4 of serendipity or luck of the gambler.
If you're thinking claws isn't capable of "high damage", I'm inclined to think you've made some slotting errors there. Getting basics, like (5) crushing impact in your melee attacks and (6) thunderstrike in focus certainly help both damage and survivability. Other than that, get tough and weave and start looking at picking up several global defense and/or max health bonuses from sets. How far you can go with sets depends greatly on how much inf you've got, so you might want to throw in that bit of information before people start posting builds billion+ builds.
Thanks Dersk.
I've added the rest of his current build in the first post. Be merciless!
It's when I respec, not if.
I've currently got about 400mill (edit: just sold a purple was a lot less) and 532 reward merits to play with at present; can convert to Villain Merits, I can tip/get more -- lack of funds is an incentive to get more not an excuse not to! Probably keeping the spend around 1000 million is reasonable? (unsure)
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I'm assuming by this you mean by choosing the recipes so my Healing in RttC doesn't exceed the Enhancement Diversification 90% limit?| The three tohit debuff in RTTC are a waste. Really. If you do a respec, take them out unless you want to use those slots for IO set bonuses. There are several healing sets that give +max health, and you could get 3 miracle and 3 numina in there to justify the slots. Three of the taunt set "triumphant insult" will give 1.88% smashing/lethal defense, which would work well if you get several other s/l defense bonuses. |
All your other points seem clear enough!
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� Taosin [Sydney, Australia]
Servers: Virtue, Justice, Exalted
I have a claws/WP brute capped to S/L defense that's pretty pricey. Kinetic Combats are not for the weak of pocket, but if you want it I'd be glad to post it for you.
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ED isn't the problem here. It's just that you should find a good reason for 6 slots in rise to the challenge or get rid of the 3 slots dedicated to tohit debuff. By looking at your claws portion, you need those slots elsewhere.|
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I'm assuming by this you mean by choosing the recipes so my Healing in RttC doesn't exceed the Enhancement Diversification 90% limit?
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Current Claws
Strike: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc Slash: 3 x Dmg, I x Acc, 1 x DefDeBuff Spin: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc, 1 x Taunt, 1 x EndRed Shockwave: 3 x Dmg 1 x Acc 1 x EndRed 1 x KB Flight Air Superiority: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc Fly: 2 x Flight |
For improvements to performance, strip all defensive toggles down to 4 slots. That 2nd flight enhancement would be much more effective as an acc, recharge, or endredux enhancement in one of your attacks. Put the new slots into claws until every attack you use has 6 slots. All of them. Every. Single. One. At 50 if you can't 6-slot all your attacks then you need to use fewer attacks or scrape enhancements from something else.
A special note for the taunt and defense debuff enhancements: Don't. You're better served for those purposes by enhancing for recharge and/or accuracy. I'd love for slotting secondary effects like that to be worthwhile, but in reality they only serve to provide alternative IO slotting means, such as Achilles' heel resistance debuff or a damage proc from a taunt set.
Air superiority is poor compared to claws attacks... the knockup from airsup is useful but a fully slotted claw brute will keep a single target tumbling throughout the majority of a fight simply due to liberal use of focus. Airsup will cause you to use more endurance for less damage and slow you down overall. Stripping it of enhancements will also give you more enhancements for your other attacks.
For IO set starters I think you should go ahead and put 4 serendipity in each defense toggle that you think needs defense. 5 (skip the acc/dam) crushing impact in strike and slash with the 6th slot used to fill whichever hole you find the biggest issue, which will probably be recharge. 6 Multi strike works for a cheap start in spin.
A build that focuses more on max health, recharge, and/or defense will be more effective (see LygerZero's comment) but will likely take a lot longer to properly build and will cost a lot more. The above set recommendations are easy to get, cheap to buy, and noticeably superior to basic enhancements. Replacing those with more expensive enhancements is a pittance on the scale of fitting several sets with Kinetic Combat, so you're not committing to anything less efficient by doing this.
I strongly suggest Tough. If you want to capitalize upon defense than weave will be a priority as well. Assault does absolutely crap on a brute and is a prime candidate for replacement by the fighting pool. I'd drop either fast healing or a claws attack (slash, eviscerate, or shockwave) giving room for tough. It's difficult for me to describe the lifestyle change of adding tough on top of a set that already has some smashing and lethal resistance. With strength of will you'll be able to cap s/l res. Please try it out on a 2nd build or on the test server. It requires no IOs to work. If you aren't amazed at the difference when fighting rikti, crey, cimerorans, council, or most any group feel free to skip this advice.
I'm trying not to ramble, but I want to explain my suggested changes rather than post a build and say "do that".
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Yes, please it! Appreciated.|
Originally Posted by LygerZero
I have a claws/WP brute capped to S/L defense that's pretty pricey. Kinetic Combats are not for the weak of pocket, but if you want it I'd be glad to post it for you.
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You've put three endurance redux in a single resist toggle
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Put the new slots into claws until every attack you use has 6 slots. All of them.
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I'm trying not to ramble, but I want to explain my suggested changes rather than post a build and say "do that".
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Currently digesting all this (it takes a while for things to sink in with me) and I'll also look over LygerZero's build.
� Taosin [Sydney, Australia]
Servers: Virtue, Justice, Exalted
This is an endurance management one, with PP and SC helping out your end. Granted, claws has a lot of give on the Endurance area, but even still you'll start to slowly go down with a fast enough recharging attack chain.
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Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Claws
Secondary Power Set: Willpower
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Strike -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(13), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), HO:Nucle(34)
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg(25), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(39), GA-3defTpProc(40), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(40)
Level 2: Slash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), HO:Nucle(31)
Level 4: Mind Over Body -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam(5), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(5), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(9)
Level 6: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 8: Follow Up -- KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(36), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(37), HO:Nucle(37)
Level 10: Fast Healing -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(11), Numna-Heal/Rchg(11), Mrcl-Rcvry+(27), RgnTis-Regen+(50)
Level 12: Indomitable Will -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Rise to the Challenge -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(17), HO:Golgi(17)
Level 18: Focus -- Mocking-Taunt/Rng(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(19), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(19), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(21), HO:Nucle(23), Dmg-I(27)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(23)
Level 22: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 24: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 26: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(40)
Level 28: Heightened Senses -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(29), HO:Cyto(29)
Level 30: Taunt -- Zinger-Taunt(A), Zinger-Taunt/Rchg(31), Zinger-Acc/Rchg(31), Zinger-Dam%(34), Zinger-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(36), Zinger-Taunt/Rng(46)
Level 32: Swipe -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), HO:Nucle(37)
Level 35: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(36), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(43), RctvArm-ResDam(46)
Level 38: Spin -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Oblit-%Dam(46)
Level 41: Superior Conditioning -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(42), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(42), P'Shift-End%(42)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(45), Mrcl-Heal(45), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(45)
Level 47: Strength of Will -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(48), RctvArm-ResDam(48), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(50), HO:Enzym(50)
Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Heal/Rchg(A), Numna-Heal(25), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(34)
Level 2: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(15), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(15)
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This is my second active build (Yes, I have and use BOTH builds, pretty pennies each)
Has gloom for more DPS/DPA and Dark Oblit for more aggro management. Depending on the team makeup and SF we're on, I'll switch to this one for some more damage/aggro control if I don't need the End management really.
That, and DN on all 8 AV's on the final pull of the Master of Recluse (which I sport proudly) is a rather nice. The lil bit of -damage it does to all the AV's if they land a hit is enough to give me some breathing room.
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Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Claws
Secondary Power Set: Willpower
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Strike -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(13), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), HO:Nucle(34)
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Mrcl-Heal(A), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(25), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(25), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(39), GA-3defTpProc(40)
Level 2: Slash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), HO:Nucle(31)
Level 4: Mind Over Body -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam(5), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(5), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(9)
Level 6: Swipe -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), HO:Nucle(37)
Level 8: Follow Up -- KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(36), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(37), HO:Nucle(37)
Level 10: Fast Healing -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(11), Numna-Heal/Rchg(11), Mrcl-Rcvry+(27)
Level 12: Indomitable Will -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Rise to the Challenge -- Mrcl-Heal(A), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(17), HO:Golgi(17)
Level 18: Focus -- Mocking-Taunt/Rng(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(19), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(19), Mocking-Taunt(21), HO:Nucle(23), Dmg-I(27)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(21), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(23)
Level 22: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 24: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 26: Spin -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(40), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Oblit-%Dam(46)
Level 28: Heightened Senses -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(29), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(29)
Level 30: Taunt -- Zinger-Taunt(A), Zinger-Taunt/Rchg(31), Zinger-Acc/Rchg(31), Zinger-Dam%(34), Zinger-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(36), Zinger-Taunt/Rng(46)
Level 32: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam(34), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(43), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 35: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(36), LkGmblr-Def(46)
Level 38: Strength of Will -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(39), RctvArm-ResDam(40), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 41: Gloom -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(42), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(42), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45)
Level 44: Darkest Night -- DampS-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(A)
Level 47: Dark Obliteration -- Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Knock%(50)
Level 49: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(45)
Level 2: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(15), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(15)
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Taosin, have you looked over the builds? Are they a help to you at all?
WP is not squishy at all and Claws offers quite a bit of control with it's range and KD/KB. Keep tinkering and researching and you'll eventually be very happy.
Couple pointers.....
WP is all about the Max HP and regeneration rate. Don't worry about putting to-hit debuffs in RttC, you want it slotted for maximum health.
Tough and Weave are a must with WP.
If you can't afford a really expensive build, put a full set of Mako in your attacks. The bonuses go well with WP.
Spin is your friend. Get it slotted for maximum damage and recharge and mow down mobs.
Use offense for defense. When you attack a mob use Focus to keep the toughest guy on his butt and Shockwave to keep the rest of the mob on the ground. Energy Torrent is basically a second Shockwave and really allows you two keep entire mobs knocked down while you destroy them with Spin.
Not only does shockwave work well with Claws, but the entire Energy Mastery Pool is a good fit for WP. You can take the "auto" powers that cost no endurance but increase your regen and recovery.
Good luck and stick with it. Claws/WP can be a truly dominant Brute.
Got to agree there. Tough and weave make WP much less squishy. Steadfast +3% def works wonders as well.
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Not entirely true any more. Thanks to Alignment Merits, I'd say that Kinetic Combats are for the rich, or the patient.|
Originally Posted by LygerZero
Kinetic Combats are not for the weak of pocket
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Put the new slots into claws until every attack you use has 6 slots. All of them. Every. Single. One. At 50 if you can't 6-slot all your attacks then you need to use fewer attacks or scrape enhancements from something else.
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@Roderick
Hi LygerZero, Yes I have looked over your builds Fantastic! I'll respec this weekend I hope and start the equipage 
I'll go with the endurance management build I think.
Not sure which build yet either your second active build, along with the Cardiac Alpha Slot abilities which should eliminate the Endurance management issues (and as a bonus increase resistance further); or the first build with the Spiritual Alpha Slot abilities to enhance recharge and Heals.
And Sam_Sneed, Roderick and HelinCarnate I've taken your feedback on board great perspective and will be incorporating that as well, as it'll take me a long time to complete the build.
Cheers!
� Taosin [Sydney, Australia]
Servers: Virtue, Justice, Exalted
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Word. It took a few weeks, but between A-merits, reward merits, and a few lucky breaks on the market, my WP scrapper has a full 5 sets of Kinetic Combat (well, 4 pieces of each, at least) and didn't pay more than 100 mil for the lot, including salvage. Throw in a Steadfast, Weave and Tough, and squishy he is not. His build isn't quite finished yet, but even at level 41 he's already capable of fighting 0/x6 spawns safely with ~30% S/L defense and 46% S/L resist and ~25% defense to everything else.
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Not entirely true any more. Thanks to Alignment Merits, I'd say that Kinetic Combats are for the rich, or the patient.
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De minimis non curat Lex Luthor.
What server are you on, Taosin?
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What server are you on, Taosin?
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Some time also on Justice.
Australian here, so tend to be on at odd times from the US/Canadian point-of-vire
� Taosin [Sydney, Australia]
Servers: Virtue, Justice, Exalted
Ah. well if you ever roll around Pinnacle, look me up. That and Guardian is where I reside
Any advice appreciated! This was my first brute, and in retrospect there may be a reason why there are nil guides available for Claws/Willpower. What I am finding is that he is too squishy. Secondary to this is the damage output is not high, but I put this down to claws and I can see how to address this.
mg/Rech, Obliteration: Acc/Dmg/Rech
So to address his squishiness I need to increase his defenses and resistance. This comes down to how I slot and equip his Willpower. I'm also guessing that I need to maximise his hit points so that RttC works as well as possible.
I know he'll never be as good as brutes with other sets at tanking AVs, but I'm hoping he can be built to stand beside the brutes that do.
Here is his current willpower at level 50: suggestions as to sets and suggestions to enhance his survivability most welcome before I try and muddle through on my own.
Happy to completely respec him, of course.
Edit: Have not considered pool or patron powers either, suggestions there welcome too.
Edit2: I put the rest of the current build in below as per Dersk's suggestion. Note he's not been respecced since before Fitness became Inherent. And I like Flight ;>
Current Willpower:
High Pain Tolerance 3 x Heal 2 x Resist Damage
Mind Over Body: 3 x Resist Damage 3 x End Reduction
Fast Healing: 3 x Heal
Indomitable Will: 3 x Defense Buff; 1 x Red Fortune EndRed
Rise to the Challenge: 3 x Heal; 3 x ToHit Debuff
Quick Recovery: 3 x EndMod
Heightened Senses: 3 x Defense Buff; 2 x EndRed
Resurgence: 1 x EndMod
Strength of Will: 3 x Resist Damage 1 x EndRed
Current Claws
Strike: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc
Slash: 3 x Dmg, I x Acc, 1 x DefDeBuff
Followup: 3 x Dmg, 3 x Acc
Focus: 6 x Devastation (set)
Eviscerate: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc; Obliteration
Spin: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc, 1 x Taunt, 1 x EndRed
Shockwave: 3 x Dmg 1 x Acc 1 x EndRed 1 x KB
Taunt: 1 x Taunt
Fitness:
Swift: 1 x Run
Health: 1 x Fitness
Stamina: 3 x EndMod
Flight
Air Superiority: 3 x Dmg, 1 x Acc
Fly: 2 x Flight
Leadership:
Assault: 1 x EndRed
Leaping:
Combat Jumping: 1 x Defense
� Taosin [Sydney, Australia]
Servers: Virtue, Justice, Exalted