Help with Tank build please


Hyperstrike

 

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Hello City of Heroes forums right now i would like to play granite tank but i am up for suggestions for a tank build. I am shooting for a PvE build besides farming and PvP. I am only 13 so please leave the harsh comments behind but let the good comments sink in.


 

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Originally Posted by MistaBigShot View Post
Hello City of Heroes forums right now i would like to play granite tank but i am up for suggestions for a tank build. I am shooting for a PvE build besides farming and PvP. I am only 13 so please leave the harsh comments behind but let the good comments sink in.
Welcome to the forums!

I'm afraid that you haven't told us much about your stone tank so that we might better help you.

First, I direct you to this page within the forums.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=112232
Here is some of the basic information anyone who's going to help would need to know:

Are you VIP, Premium or Free to play? Your player status would have a lot to do with the advice you would get. If you're free to play, you wouldn't have access to IO sets and would be using TOs, DOs and SOs.
All those abbreviations -- Invention origin, Training Origin, Dual Origin, Single Origin.

Another thing that's helpful for us to know is what your secondary power set is. The powerset doesn't really impact how you would handle the primary set, but, some folks would use IO set bonus within one secondary power set, but not be able to use the same set in a different secondary. Confusing? maybe. But, just realize that we need to know if you're Stone/Fire, Stone/Stone, etc.

The last bit, if you are by chance using your dad's or big brother's old account, and you have zillions of influence to use and you are VIP, what is your budget for the care and feeding of your tank? Some builds require resources that are more rare; others can be built pretty cheaply.

All that being said, follow the link provided in this thread, look through the pages, and maybe something will stick out. Enjoy!


"Most people that have no idea what they are doing have no idea that they don't know what they are doing." - John Cleese

@Ukase

 

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Thank you for both of your nice helpful reply's. What i was looking for was a Stone tank i don't care what the primary power was. I am just looking for a good build that can tank but not extreme tanking where i only have to taunt and click another power every once in a while. If i have to even switch the whole build to like a scrapper what ever the forums thinks is best to do a nice and good tank. I looked at that (Stone/Fire tank) Ukaserex. Also i have looked in the Tanker forum but when a take a look at the build or comments i never know if it is what i want. If you still don't understand what i am saying then just tell me what i need to add or you can add something yourself. Thanks for replying guys.


 

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I gotcha now. At first, I thought you wanted help with a stone tank that you've already built.


I'm going to recommend invuln/fire. Although stone tanking is considered the top of the heap when it comes to tanking, I don't think you'll enjoy playing it, particularly when those benefits come with granite, an armor you can't enjoy until level 32. Additionally, Rooted takes some getting used to.

I am not the only authority, though. In fact, I'm hardly an authority. What you really should do is create several different powersets and see which one is best for you.

I do know that I've been very happy with the ease that my invuln has hit the resistance cap and at the defense invincibility provides. Now, If I could just find a way to fit Burn into the Stone powerset. :P

Seriously, though, I recommend you roll out an invulnerable Tank. Even at low levels, with Temp Invulnerablity unslotted, I felt pretty super at levels 6-12.

As for the secondary, maybe fire. It has a couple AoE attacks - Combustion, Fire Sword Circle, which can speed up damage a bit. (as opposed to stone that just has Tremor - which isn't bad, but the animation while cool looking and sounding, it takes more time than I'd like. But, I don't like the Combustion animation either. So don't listen to me!)

These are all choices you have to make. There might be one player that has more knowledge of the numbers than another or another that might have more practical experience playing a given powerset in certain conditions but in the end - you see the game and you play the game from your perspective. You might live the damage of fire, but really love the Siesmic Smash and find stone even more fun than fire. There are still tank powersets I've not tried yet, so by no means are you to take my word for it. Try them out yourself.

But for survivability and mobility, I'd go with Invuln. A lot of people love stone tanking. I am not one of those.


"Most people that have no idea what they are doing have no idea that they don't know what they are doing." - John Cleese

@Ukase

 

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One other thing.

Are you looking for a leveling build or a final build?

Leveling builds tend to be less optimized because it's getting constructed as one goes along. So all the slots aren't necessarily there. But it DOES get used.

Final builds are usually done close to, or at L50 via respec, once most or all slots are available. These tend to be more specialized builds, but they're not something you necessarily want to level up while piecing together.



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