Why no MA/FA builds? Im having a blast with my new fiery ninja!
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Angelxman81,
Posted on: 2011-03-11 17:54 in Scrappers
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I'm glad you're having fun! i love FA on my Fire scrap... so i definately understand why you're enjoying it. however, to answer your questions... |
Originally Posted by Angelxman81
Im curious because, I dont see people playing this combo and I dont see any build either.
Im having a lot of fun with my new MA/FA scrapper. Lvl 37 after a week. I plant to use blaze mastery and Pyronic judgment when I20 is released. Thematic reasons. Anyone got a build for this combo? Is so fun, I think she could be my new main! |
i suspect it's probably because FA is a little too squishy to be a "standard" armor; the only builds that seem to use it a lot are "Farming" builds who take advantage of all the extra damage it does. Since MA is mostly single target huge KB damage... and all the KB knocks your foe out of range of the Damage auras and out of your end recovery aura... there just isn't a great deal of synergy there.
Generally most like to mix FA with Fire or Spines or for farming purposes... beyond that it's just no popular.
That said as long as you're having fun with the combo then it seems like it's working just fine for you.
Yes, I always play very offensive. Always scrappers, brutes, or blasters.
Im not a support guy.
Thats why I love fire armor (or shield defense).
Theres more to do with your secondary, like self-heal, refill endurance, PBAoE fire damage, or having an awesome self rezz with damage and KB.
Its really, really fun. And a very active secondary.
I had a MA/WP and was really boring. WP works well, but all you have to do is activate toogles.
Also, I dont have a problem with KB. Only Crane kick has a big KB effect.
And I use it as "mob-finish" attack.
I guess Ill have to take a look at Fire aura builds alone.
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MA has one attack with KB and with the recent clobberizing of Cobra Strike it can be left out of high-end damage chains. The other 'KB' attack is Dragon's Tail which is knockdown, which keeps enemies close by and makes a great opening attack for splitting up a mob's alpha strike.|
Originally Posted by Sprite Fire
Since MA is mostly single target huge KB damage... and all the KB knocks your foe out of range of the Damage auras and out of your end recovery aura... there just isn't a great deal of synergy there.
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I played mine before the buffs to MA and Fire and inherent Fitness, but it was a lot of fun. I built primarily for recharge bonuses to cycle Healing Flames and Consume faster, as well as keep the better MA attacks coming up more often. I haven't played the character in a while, since I don't bother playing characters after they hit 50, but he routinely outlived the willpower scrapper he teamed with.
If I were to do a new build for him, I would aim for perma-Hasten levels of recharge and as much defense as I could squeeze in after that. Another school of thought would be to aim for higher defenses, and then squeeze in a bit of recharge.
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@Starflier
In PvP, a MA/FA/Pyre can do very well. Shoot for +Recharge.
Your character does not have capped defense. Depending on your AT the cap is between 175% - 225%. Your defense is not teal in the combat window, it can go higher. STOP SAYING IT IS CAPPED! The correct term is Soft Cap.
I enjoy playing in Mids. I specialize in Melee Characters, other AT's usually bore me.
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Holy crap, there's an end recovery aura?
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Originally Posted by Sprite Fire
and out of your end recovery aura...
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well i mean out of range for [Consume]
Well, a while ago, we talked about what the worst Scrapper combo would be. We decided it would be Martial Arts/Fire. So I started one on principle. Then they totally buffed both Martial Arts and Fiery Aura. I haven't played mine much since. Now he's actually pretty good. 
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Im curious because, I dont see people playing this combo and I dont see any build either.
Im having a lot of fun with my new MA/FA scrapper. Lvl 37 after a week.
I plan to use blaze mastery and Pyronic judgment when I20 is released.
Thematic reasons.
Anyone got a build for this combo? Is so fun, I think she could be my new main!