MA/inv/weapon, any advice?
For advice I would replace the Pounding Slugfests with Mako's Bite Acc/Rech/End and Acc/Dam/Rech End. I know that drops the Regen a bit, but it also makes up for all of Kinetic Combat's failings.
Beyond that I cannot offer any real advice save to consider Cardiac to drive end use down a bit and lift up your resistances a bit along with your Weapon's attacks range. But hey, up to you in the end.
Having just returned from a meditation retreat, having a love of scrappers, and never done MA or /weapon before, I've decided to make a martial artist monk. I considered /wp rather than /inv, but I prefer the better debuff resistance that /inv provides. Meant to be an all-rounder with tough end-game capability.
Softcap def to s/l with 1 in range, softcap to e/n with 4 in range. 62.5% global recharge and Spiritual Core Paragon gets almost-perma-hasten, and the SK - CS - SK - CAK attack chain (i think). Dull Pain heals for 1122 every 99 seconds.
I worked up a MA/inv/blaze as well, and it's slightly prettier in some ways, but with MA already providing good ST control, char is less useful. Caltrops has always been a favorite tactical power of mine, and might be really nice to have on a melee for certain parts of the Incarnate Trials, and random stuff like keeping engineers off of the towers in the STF.
Any feedback is welcome - thanks in advance.
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Level 50 Technology Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Martial Arts
Secondary Power Set: Invulnerability
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Weapon Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Storm Kick
- (A) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
- (3) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (3) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge
- (5) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance
- (13) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
Level 1: Resist Physical Damage- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 2: Cobra Strike- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (7) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage
- (13) Pounding Slugfest - Damage/Endurance
Level 4: Temp Invulnerability- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (11) Reactive Armor - Endurance
Level 6: Boxing- (A) Accuracy IO
Level 8: Dull Pain- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (15) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (15) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (17) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (17) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
Level 10: Focus Chi- (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 12: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
- (23) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 14: Super Speed- (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)
Level 16: Unyielding- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (29) Reactive Armor - Endurance
Level 18: Crippling Axe Kick- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (19) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Pounding Slugfest - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage
Level 20: Tough- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (23) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (25) Reactive Armor - Endurance
Level 22: Weave- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 24: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (43) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
Level 26: Dragon's Tail- (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
- (39) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Recharge
Level 28: Invincibility- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (34) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 30: Resist Energies- (A) Resist Damage IO
Level 32: Eagles Claw- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (40) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage
- (43) Pounding Slugfest - Damage/Endurance
Level 35: Tough Hide- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 38: Resist Elements- (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
Level 41: Caltrops- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 44: Shuriken- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (46) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 47: Exploding Shuriken- (A) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
- (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
- (50) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown
Level 49: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 50: Spiritual Radial BoostLevel 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
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Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Accuracy IO
Level 1: Critical HitLevel 1: Sprint
- (A) Unbounded Leap - +Stealth
Level 2: Rest- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja RunLevel 2: Swift
- (A) Run Speed IO
Level 2: Health- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (34) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (34) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (36) Miracle - Heal
- (43) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Jumping IO
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