Some comments from a trapper:
Acid mortar will take the achilles heel -res proc.
I'd personally want a lot more recharge in acid mortar, it's one of the core trapper powers and I like to have 2 down at once.
Poison gas trap accepts the lockdown %chance to hold proc, which is spectacular.
Are you planning to use time bomb or is it just a set mule?
You're probably going for a set bonus in caltrops but the ragnorok KD proc works very well there, also a good spot for damage procs.
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Yea I kinda ran out of slots when it came to Acid Mortar, I went out to Softcap to all positions. Then I went for recharge, pretty set on the slotting for Poison Trap, but I am aiming for recharge Alpha so that will effect both Acid Mort, and if I remove 1 recharge IO from PT for the lockdown proc the alpha may compensate.|
Originally Posted by anonymoose
Some comments from a trapper:
Acid mortar will take the achilles heel -res proc. I'd personally want a lot more recharge in acid mortar, it's one of the core trapper powers and I like to have 2 down at once. Poison gas trap accepts the lockdown %chance to hold proc, which is spectacular. Are you planning to use time bomb or is it just a set mule? You're probably going for a set bonus in caltrops but the ragnorok KD proc works very well there, also a good spot for damage procs. |
I am hoping to use Time Bomb too, plan will be to toe bomb, Setting PT first,Timebomb, Acid Mort then Trip mine and hopefully get my timing to a point that Trip and Time Bombs hit at the same time... I love the time bomb animation, the blast is huge... and no-one uses it so i wanna perfect it
I guess I could steal 1 of the recharge IO'd from Hasten and place it into Catrops for the KD proc... or to put the Achillies into Acid.
Oh and another question, when in power customization how do you change the colour of the Gas from Poison trap, everything I change it to if not the original is kinda white... original is obvious dark and quite strong a colour but changing it doesn't seem to show up the new colour at all.. oO
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Just something to chew on ...
Each Seeker Drones can be slotted up to ~ a 10% ToHit debuff -- and Siphon Insight includes some tasty set bonuses. SD also have a potent -damage debuff which is rather effective against AVs. You can leverage the ToHit debuff to cover any gaps in your defense and also use them to eat aplhas. They're also fun to use in order to pull second (or third) spawns into your "traps zone"; the mobs that charge at you after after the Drones explode come pre-debuffed.
FWIW, I'd simply remove Time Bomb from your build, take the ST immob (it's also effective against AVs for its -recharge component), and use the slots elsewhere in your build. Time Bomb sounds great, but, in reality, few people have ever consistently found good use for it.
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Well if you manage to make timebomb useful be sure to brag about it on the forums, that would be unprecedented.
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Originally Posted by Donna_
I am hoping to use Time Bomb too, plan will be to toe bomb, Setting PT first,Timebomb, Acid Mort then Trip mine and hopefully get my timing to a point that Trip and Time Bombs hit at the same time... I love the time bomb animation, the blast is huge... and no-one uses it so i wanna perfect it
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Your defense capped which is really nice.
I will tell you this from my personal experience with my Sonic Traps Corruptor which is also defense capped. I have Time Bomb and when it goes off its pretty darn nice. I can place it down more then persay a blaster with devices because the defense cap just about lets me drop the bomb at will. The issue is the length of the placement. If I have too many mobs on me it can really be difficult to place the time bomb because something usually squeaks in and interrupts placement. If that was the only issue it would be great, but the endurance loss is a pain. If you fail several times your just wasting time and endurance.
I would consider switching Time bomb with Neutron bomb which is another AOE attack which of course is more reliable.
The Kaboom from Time bomb is great but if I had some other AOE attack to replace it with I probably would. But as Sonic Traps Corruptor there was not much from me to go with and I am not going with Dreadful Wail because it will drop my toggles. It is just a risk I am not willing to take
1. Why Soft Cap is Important : http://dechskaison.blogspot.com/2011...important.html
2. Limits: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Limits
3. Attack Mechanics: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Attack_Mechanics
4. Rule of Five: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Rule_o...e_Law_of_Fives
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Originally Posted by plainguy
Your defense capped which is really nice.
I will tell you this from my personal experience with my Sonic Traps Corruptor which is also defense capped. I have Time Bomb and when it goes off its pretty darn nice. I can place it down more then persay a blaster with devices because the defense cap just about lets me drop the bomb at will. The issue is the length of the placement. If I have too many mobs on me it can really be difficult to place the time bomb because something usually squeaks in and interrupts placement. If that was the only issue it would be great, but the endurance loss is a pain. If you fail several times your just wasting time and endurance. I would consider switching Time bomb with Neutron bomb which is another AOE attack which of course is more reliable. The Kaboom from Time bomb is great but if I had some other AOE attack to replace it with I probably would. But as Sonic Traps Corruptor there was not much from me to go with and I am not going with Dreadful Wail because it will drop my toggles. It is just a risk I am not willing to take |
I have Neutron bomb already, i did change around the slotting a little. I dropped the PbAoe Stun from epic and put a -tohitt set into Seeker drones instead,7.5% rch instead of 10% but saved about 500 mil and took the Pbaoe +end instead with a single Acc, no need for any more it's a route to the res and other dark powers.
Added the +2 Mag Lockdown to my poison trap, so with that and 4 damage procs it's probably the best power I have, also switched a few single slots about to get 4 in Acid Mortar for the Acc/Rech IO's and an Achillies.
looking pretty good so far
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Level 50 Technology Defender
Primary Power Set: Traps
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Web Grenade
- (A) Accuracy IO
Level 1: Neutrino Bolt- (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
Level 2: Caltrops- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (3) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (46) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
Level 4: Triage Beacon- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal
- (5) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
- (5) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
Level 6: Boxing- (A) Accuracy IO
Level 8: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (9) Defense Buff IO
Level 10: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (11) Recharge Reduction IO
- (11) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 12: Irradiate- (A) Armageddon - Damage
- (13) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
- (13) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (15) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge
- (15) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
Level 14: Acid Mortar- (A) Accuracy IO
Level 16: Force Field Generator- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (17) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (17) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
- (33) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Red Fortune - Defense
Level 18: Poison Trap- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO
- (19) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
- (21) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
- (21) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (27) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 20: Super Speed- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 22: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (23) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (23) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Red Fortune - Defense
- (27) Red Fortune - Endurance
Level 24: Tactics- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (29) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (29) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (31) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (31) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (31) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 26: Seeker Drones- (A) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff
Level 28: Trip Mine- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (40) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 30: Tough- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (36) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Reactive Armor - Endurance
Level 32: Weave- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (34) Red Fortune - Defense
- (34) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
Level 35: Time Bomb- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 38: Neutron Bomb- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (40) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (46) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
Level 41: Oppressive Gloom- (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun
- (42) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge
- (42) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
- (42) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (43) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
Level 44: Dark Embrace- (A) Reactive Armor - Endurance
- (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (45) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
Level 47: Soul Drain- (A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 49: Soul Transfer- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
------------Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Accuracy IO
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 2: Rest- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 1: VigilanceLevel 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift
- (A) Run Speed IO
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Jumping IO
Level 2: Health- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (50) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 2: StaminaThoughts please :P
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