Please help: Kat/Ela

Hi, I tried this game late last year before the fitness change, and really liked the game, but did not have time to play much so let my subscription lapse. I have been playing again for a few weeks now.

I am level 22 with my Kat/Ela build, but I am finding it really hard to figure out how I should be building it. What sets will I want to be working toward? I don't know how you all post those builds, but right now I have:

Gambler's Cut - 3 bonesnap, 3 exploited Vuln
Flashing Steel - 3 pieces of eradication
Divine Avalanche - 5 pieces of Serendipity
Lotus Drops - 4 pieces of multi-strike
Build Up - just a recharge right now

Charged Armor - 3 pieces of reactive armor
Lightning field - 4 pieces of cleaving blow
static shield - just 1 enhanced dmg resist
conductive shield - just 1 enhanced dmg resist
grounded - just 1 enhanced dmg resist
Energize - 2 x reduced recharge.


I am assuming all of my katana attacks will eventually need 6 slots? What about all of the defense items from ela?

Any builds to work toward would be much appreciated.

anyone have any advice?

http://www.cohplanner.com/ One is PC only, the other is online, but only updated to I16 (missing a few Enhancements and Powersets). I prefer Mid's, as does most everyone else on the boards.

Rough rules for basic play:
1 Accuracy SO in anything that has to hit to work.
3 Damage SO's in any power that hurts mobs.
3 Recharge SO's in any long recharging clicks.
3 Heal SO's in any healing power.
1 Endurance Reduction in any power that costs Endurance.
3 Defense/Resistance SO's in any Defense/Resistance power.

When using IO's (especially sets), go for slotting that gives you roughly the same or better percentage of enhancement as that.

4 reactive armors in all resist toggles. steadfast +3% def in grounded. id recommend taking tough and weave. tough will get 4 reactive armors also.

smash/lethal is able to be softcapped on elec armor. but if you decide you want to keep a bit more recharge, then just keep it in range of a single divine avalanche

While you can get softcapped S/L on a Elec Armor, this isn't something I would aim for on a Kat/ scrapper. Melee/Lethal softcap with 1 DA is a good goal.


I have this dream build for Kat/Elec. Not that useful for you ken but maybe you'll get some ideas from it.

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Auroxis - Do I need a PC to see that? It won't work with a Mac, right?

It largely depends on what you need out of it. If you don't need the kinetic combat set, and you don't need the 5% recharge from Crushing Impact as much as the defense you get from the power, I'd suggest something like this:

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.92
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 48 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor

Level 8: Divine Avalanche -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Lyso(9), LkGmblr-Rchg+(9), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(11), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(11)

Adding another Lyso would bump the defense up by 1.7 more, which might be necessary depending on your build.
The 5 slot baseline is a good place to start, however.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen

thanks for all of the additional thoughts. I appreciate them.