Cant make up my mind: Elec/Nin stalker Claws/Elec brute or Elec/Elec scrapper
By
A Man In Black,
Posted on: 2011-06-14 03:59 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
/ElA goes great with Claws, and it's great on brutes. I recommend it, although I can't really figure out how you'd get a ninja out of that. Brutes have issues with stealth effects, because Fury will periodically aggro any nearby enemies if you linger near a spawn.
I don't really know stalkers, though.
Elec/nin stalker. I have a harder time selling myself on a brute ninja(sneaky sneaky SMASH), so I would just pick a good Claws brute. I would take Claws with a damage aura, or Claws/sr. If you want a more ninja themed brute, Claws/sr is really about your only option. /fire will be more offensive and you could PL yourself to 50 if you wanted. /elec gets more end recovery. /dark has some nice extra mitigation and tools.
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Nothing says "ninja" better than a rampaging crackling light source (I've been playing inFamous) slashing things to bits with metal claws |
Originally Posted by A Man In Black
/ElA goes great with Claws, and it's great on brutes. I recommend it, although I can't really figure out how you'd get a ninja out of that.
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Claws/Elec is a hell of a lot of fun, but certainly isn't what I'd call a ninja.
I have a team of elemental ninjas but cant decide with either Wind, Dark and Elec...
I want elec melee, but also elec armor but they dont mix up that well together.
So I have to decide between elec/nin stalker, claws/elec brute, or claws/dark brute for the void ninja if I finally dont reroll a warshade as void ninja.
Im mad, I know...
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I can tell you that Electricity Melee on Stalker is one of the best sets. You actually "gain" something with Assassin Shock. The only power you lose is Thunder Clap which very few people take anyway.|
Originally Posted by Angelxman81
I have a team of elemental ninjas but cant decide with either Wind, Dark and Elec...
I want elec melee, but also elec armor but they dont mix up that well together. So I have to decide between elec/nin stalker, claws/elec brute, or claws/dark brute for the void ninja if I finally dont reroll a warshade as void ninja. Im mad, I know... |
Remember, when you hit with BU + Lightning Rod, you are still in Hidden status. You can quickly follow up with Thunderstrike or a patron AoE. If it's just a single boss that gets knocked down by LR, you even have time for Assassin Strike before he gets up. :P The current best burst AoE damage is BU + LR and Fireball. Fireball from Fire Mastery has 100% critical chance. Not sure why Fire Mastery is the only epic set that can critical while the other 3 can't critical. If you don't want to wait for that long, Ball of Lightning is still a decent patron aoe. 50% critical ain't bad.
I would highly suggest you try Elec Stalker. As for secondary, /Ninjitsu is good and so is Willpower.
With mez aura being "Suppressed" during Hidden, I think even Elec/Dark can be a good combo for Stalker. I barely use Assassin Shock at high level anyway so I don't care if the mez aura interrupts my setup after Placate (Placate does not suppress mez aura). I just want to score a regular Critical hit.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
Ok, my Elec/Ninjitsu stalker has born and she is lvl 12 now lol
Im having a rough time to decide next alt...
I already have lvl 40 elec/elec scrapper but he is missing something...
I want to roll a ninja with electric powers, so both Elec/Nin stalker and Claws/Elec brute make sense.
Also want to lvl to 50 a claws brute and a ninjitsu stalker.
What sets mix well with a Claws brute and Ninjitsu stalker (Kin and Elec?)
Help me decide please.