Claws/Regen Stalker

So i recently made a Claws/Regen stalker, and i want to know how strong it is throughout all the levels. Is it one of those "meh" powersets or is it one that's good, but no one uses it?

I would also like to know an answer to this question..trying to make a solo char for when the man is at work! let inquiring minds know!

Why is my stalker so squishy then? He can barely fight bosses at level 6. Let alone 3 minions.

You're too low level to really have a feel for the set, but something to keep in mind is that regeneration is totally different form of survivability than defense or resistance. Regeneration works on what has been referred to as the immortality line.

If the damage coming in is less than your regen value, nothing can kill you ever. If it is higher than that, you die almost instantly. At very low levels, because you have so few hit points, you also have a very low immortality line.

An example from blueside is the crey comp mission where you have to destroy 30 crates in a warehouse guarded by a ton of crey tanks. My regen was sitting at the aggro cap against minions with a sprinkling of lieutenants and I walked away from the computer for several minutes to make a cup of tea. Came back and was still doing fine. Later in the same mission, two boss-level powertanks dropped me in three attacks.

Just be certain you focus on dropping your incoming damage as fast as possible. Whether that means killing the weakest enemies, or taking insps and droppng the boss, whatever. Use line of sight to cut down attacks etc. Unlike defense or resistance characters, they will not miss and they will hit for full damage. So preventing attacks is key to surviving. I took Air superiority early and in claws you'll find the knockdown power very helpful too.

Thanks for the info. I havent played a stalker in about 2 years when i had spines, so what's a good secondary for a Claws Stalker that wants to stay after the initial AS?

Regen can do it, it just needs time to mature, like all other Stalker sets. Once you get to the teen's/20's when you've gotten more of your heals, effective enhancements, and Placate... Your survivability will shoot up.

Remember, though, because Regen mainly has reactive mitigation (Recon + DP for self-healing) and you'll take full damage from all attacks that hit you (~50%), you'll perform best against smaller groups. However, as your level and skill rises, and you gain more powers, you'll find you can take on harder and or more mobs with greater ease than in the single digits.

Mitigation powers you have to look forward from level 6:
Dull Pain (10) Self-heal and an HP buff. Delicious.
Placate (12) Tells one mob to "look over there," it'll lose aggro on you, and you get a temp hidden. You can then hit some other mob for the crit, not just the placated one.
Integration (16) Mez Protection and regeneration buff. No more KB/D, Immobs, Holds, Stuns, Sleeps.
Focus (18) Ranged Attack that deals KD to the mob. If they are on their butts, they ain't hitting you.
Instant Healing (28) LARGE regeneration buff. Helps you to heal damage about as fast as it comes in. Can be eaten through, but if you combine it with the HP buff of Dull Pain, it's really tasty.
Shockwave (32) Cone AoE, dealing KB to mobs hit. While the KB may scatter mobs, with practice you can bounce them against a wall/into a corner. Worst case, it's a nice panic button, again, because mobs on their butts don't attack you. Also, if you use it from Hidden/Placate, 50% chance for a Crit on anyone hit. Makes for tasty damage.
Moment of Glory (38) 15 Second Defensive Build Up. Nearly capped resistances to all but Psionic, and WELL over soft-cap for defense vs all but Psionic. Also known as the MC Hammer - "Can't Touch This" Also, a recovery buff, useful if getting drained.

So, plenty to look forward too, just a little squishy at level 6. Good luck!

/regen is weaker on stalkers because of the lower hit points. But it is still capable of fighting it out. As Errant mentioned, you need to level a bit more before you start to feel it.

Also, regen is the most "active" out of all secondary powersets. You live or die based on knowing how to time your click powers. It is skill intensive and very attention hungry, but also a very solid set. Many scrappers use it for soloing AVs.

One of the nice things about it is that it performs identically against any enemy. Hydras with toxic damage? Carnie Psychic attacks with, even the hamidon with his ignore defense, ignore resist untyped special damage. Regen doesn't give a darn. It's all the same.

Some important guidelines when you do get higher level and start using IOs:
NEVER deliberately build for +regen set bonuses. This is the most common mistake with /regen and it makes people very frustrated and confused. +regen is only slightly more useful than debt resistance as a set bonus for a /regen.

Instead, Go recharge and defense. You'll be sitting on 120+hp/sec just from your core powers with dull pain and instant healing going at the same time. Adding an extra 1-3hp/sec from set bonuses doesn't add anything significant to that. But adding even 15-20% defense makes an enormous difference.

Scrappers need to build for +HP, but on stalkers with the lower HP cap, you just need your accolades and enough recharge to make dull pain permanent and you're golden.

Tough and Weave are very helpful.

Haste is almost but not quite mandatory. It gets your clickies up sooner and you want to have dull pain up as close to permanently as you can.

Quick Recovery gives far more endurance than stamina, and fast healing gives far more regeneration than health. Slot accordingly. I made the mistake of 4 slots in health, and 2 in fast healing. When I later traded them around, it added 7 hp/sec to my build with no other changes affecting hp or regen. I didn't even change which IOs were slotted, just moved them (4 numina's inlcuding unique, and 2 miracles including unique).

Been away from the game for two years but, why would i want to knock them into a corner/wall? And What would be the best Secondary if i like to stay and fight? I heard regen was great so that's why i chose it lol.

Well, using Shockwave indiscriminately can lead to mobs scattering over the map, or even into additional spawns. If you knock them back into a wall or corner, they don't fly away as much, are grouped better for other team members, and they still have to go through the issue of picking themselves back up afore trying to hurt you again.

Also, all Stalker secondaries can stay and scrap it out, just most of them can't at level 6... you need more powers/slots/enhancing first. Regen isn't weak, just since it only offers active/reactive mitigation, it seems weaker at low levels. Defense and Resist sets have at least SOME sort of passive/toggled mitigation that low.

Thanks for the Replies. Which travel power would help me most? Would Combat Jumping be any good to fill in the +def hole of /regen?