Kat/WP Build - Seeking Your Guidance =)


Kinetoa

 

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Hello.

I put together a Katana/WP build that I think is workable, or close. This is the first scrapper IO'd build I have ever tried to get together, so it may be a hair off or even way off. From just looking at the totals it appears to be "cap-ish"? (/em shoulder shrugging)

I tried to avoid purples, I only have the Rag KB one in there just because. I think I got most of the key uniques in here, but may have missed something in the fracas.

A good deal of the choices were based off of various kat or wp (but not necessarily kat/wp) builds I have seen around the forums, so if you recognize a snippet of your build here or there, it probably came from something you posted!

Please let me know if you have any tweaks or suggestions or I have screwed something up royally.

Thanks for any and all advice!

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You aren't capped. You have Vengeance turned on. But, you're good as far as totals go. If you can smack DA once and hit cap, that's your goal.

I, and most people, slot CI w the Heel proc in GC. This assumes you'll spam it alot, but I tend to hit the T8 and T9 more with DA. I'm defense-paranoid that way. I've also never really thought that the proc was that important. Considering some of the other goals you seem to have in slotting, just doing the first three of Mako would work, then Franken and proc.

I slot 3 Aegis in HPT for the E/N. I wouldn't build for a 6% heal enhancement as RttC is severly overpowered [and really should be nerfed. shh.]

MoB, again, I slot 3 Aegis and get my Steadfast +3 out of the way early.

I tend to slot the Rectified Reticule in one of my build ups.

Noticed you didn't put the Kismet +6 acc in anywhere. Since you put four slots of LotG into Weave to get the 9%, I kinda don't get this. I consider that key on all my toons.

Triple slotting Hasten gets you eight seconds. Your choice really.

You're really into defense, but you didn't put any -ToHit into RttC. RttC is gold, man. One slot gets you 1% defense-equivalent to all. I also slot a taunt, the more baddies in your orbit the better. It's not like they'll hit your or anything.

I'm assuming the triple in QR is a mistake.

As for slotting Boxing, you are a Katana, and the same goes for BS, I'd put the slots elsewhere. You're going to be topped on Melee/Lethal ASAP.

Woot, Aegis in Tough. I'd do the CI in Soaring also.

Heightened Senses isn't a mule. Throwing two more commons in there gets you about 4.5 more def to ENFC. That is really worth it. And I say 4.3 rather than just four because all your LotG +7.5s will be level 25. The reason you do this is if you are ever playing below 47, you can kiss that 37.5% rech goodbye.

For Lotus and Dragonfly, I know Oblits are nice, but I like to slot a mix of Cleaving Blow [1,3,and 4] and Erad [1,2,and 4]. This gets you 90%ish on Rech, Dam, and Acc, plus 4.5% E/N. So that's 9% just there.

I wouldn't put GSFC in Tactics. Again, it's because of the AT. Two ToHits would work. Don't feel you need to put endurance reduction in everything. You've got QR and Stamina and two PS procs. I really dislike GSFC in general. Don't know why I'm bitter against it, I just am.

Mu epic is cool, though the performance shifter proc doesn't make sense there. It'll only have it's chance when fired. And you're Recovery is already at 217%. Posi minus the triple is my thought. Maybe throw a range in there if I've got slots lying around.

Putting one heal common in Health will get you 16% more regen. That's a pretty good deal for one slot.

SS rather than SJ would allow you to slot Celerity Stealth and ghost through missions. Pick up a Raptor pack for vertical movement, or that's what I do. That said, Ninja Run rocks too. I fly because I like to chat or rearrange insps, etc, while commuting.

But, there's no bad kat/Wp builds as kat/wp is godlike regardless. These are just my thoughts.

Edited to remove my old school, and horrible, Kat/WP as-built which is embarrassingly built.


 

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Thanks for taking the time to respond.

I feel like such a moron for having vengeance toggled. /facepalm I thought capping was a bit too easy, and was like, shouldn't I need to have to hit DA? So, thanks for that first and foremost.

The reason you see mistakes is pure ignorance. I am going to try to absorb the advice, an repost tightened up build later today when I have a chance.


 

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Oh, buddy, don't worry. I posted my kat/wp build and then took a look at it in mids. It's horrible. Hell, I double slotted fly in fly. I am very fond of my DA slotting though. I didn't mention how to slot that as there are entire threads on that.

Level 8: Divine Avalanche Mako-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Mako-Dmg/Rchg:50(21), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(23), RedFtn-Def/Rchg:50(23), DefBuff-I:50(25), Dmg-I:50(25)


 

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Crap... see below... I accidentally posted the wrong data chunk =(


 

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Get that unique out of vengeance and put it in an auto. Also, that proc in ball lightning is going to do nothing, and might actually give endurance to it's target.

Otherwise, what I said earlier is how I do it...or would if I did it right. Mine's a mess.


 

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Argh! I posted the wrong data chunk. There was literally no change in that chunk. =(

If you would be so kind, this is the right data chunk incorporating a good deal of the feedback.

Sorry for the wild goose chase... please check it out. I checked the import and this is the right one.

Same issue still applies, getting close, much better attacks.

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Recharge on the build up is a little slow. You could steal a slot from Mu Bolts for it. Thunderstrike works well with just four, and the bonus for five is kinda lame.

Ha, my hokey slotting on DA. Neat to see that. I'll see if I can find the entire thread about how others slot theirs as my way is very unpopular, but I don't see any other reason to do it different.

Very nice. Better than mine, that's for sure. Though I'd swap out some of the defense slots for the LotG +7.55 rech, but that's cause I keep some stored. Though, arguably, Kat doesn't really need it so much.

Let me see if I can find that individual thread on DA I started long ago.

Here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=215288 Of note is that I was slotting it differently, focusing on recharge more then, which I realize is a silly thing to go for in a /wp now.


 

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Thanks for responding again! I will take this latest round of advice and fiddle.


 

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I'm respeccing mine into Weapons Mastery for the caltrops as Reactive Interface is insane with caltrops. Here's my plan.

I'm thinking of ditching the health uniques becaue she's got 700%ish recharge. I mean, what's the point. And there's no way on earth I can use 3.2ish end/second. So, there's that.

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Reactive is getting "fixed".