Suggestion for Assault/Defense AT

I really want an Assault/Defense AT, so I decided to make a suggestion as to what one might look like.

AT name: Skirmisher

Primary: Assault

Secondary: Defense

Base health mod: 1.5 (1606.3)

Max health mod: 1.5 (2409.5)

Melee damage mod: 1.05

Ranged damage mod: 1.05

Melee Damage resist: .85

Range Damage resist: .65

Melee Defense buff: .85

Ranged defense buff: .65

Maxhp Buff: .100

Heal self: 160.635

Resist cap: 85%

Defense cap: 200.38

Regen cap: 2500

Recovery cap: 8.34

Damage cap: 500%

Inherent: Talented- Bonus to base damage and survivability and resist cap. Along the same vein as the Veat regen/recovery inherent. Already baked into base damage/defense/resist scale, and resist cap.

The basic Idea behind the skirmisher is a set that is good at most things but not the best at anything. It’s inherent is a bonus to its Base damage and survivability scales as well as the resist caps, however, they do not reach levels achievable by the specialized ATs. The Skirmisher will always be more survivable than a scrapper, but the scrapper will out damage the skirmisher. A tanker will always be better at survivability and aggro management though not damage. While a brute will find its base lower than the skirmisher, but will have the potential to exceed the skirmisher in both damage and survivability. Taunt effects would be removed from all powers that have them, and the Skirmisher would have no native way to manage aggro without dipping into the presence pool.

This AT would be available as either a hero, villain, or praetorian.

Epics would have a little of everything, some control, melee, range, utility, AoE. It wouldn't be intended to fill holes as much as other APPs are.

An example for Power mastery might look like:

T1: Boost range

T2: Laser Beam Eyes

T3: Energy Transfer

T4: Repulsion Bomb

T5: Surveillance

While Pyre mastery could look more like:

T1:Melt armor

T2:Char

T3:Bonfire

T4:Greater Fire Sword

T5: Rain of Fire


I have some concerns about Assault/Defense, but it's a combo i've always wanted and would like to consider possible.

Anyway, I'd like to know what people think.

Count me in as another who's wanted this combination. Ranged characters with defense are a little iffy, though. I know, assault sets aren't entirely ranged but you can build them that way. So there's going to be concerns over tankmage characters there, especially once you add IOs but the game isn't balanced around IOs, right? That and we already have the spiders, two of their power sets are almost entirely ranged and they have significant defenses.

I think that it would be more interesting if it had weaker defenses, and was forced to kite as part of defense. Make it an AT that isn't really meant to be in melee, but rather near melee.

The inherent for an AT like that could be 'Rootless': no primary or secondary powers root you.

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