Traps provides the best Defence to yourself, plus a -To Hit in Seeker Drones. Force Fields comes a close second, and both provide status protection.
Add in:
Tough and Weave
Manouvers
Combat Jumping
Hover
If you're happy to use them as your four power pool choices.
I'd say Charged Armour is the best shield power, providing resistance to Energy as well as smashing and lethal.
And top it all off with Dark Blast if you want surviviability - your two cones will add a considerable -To hit to all enemies, as will your single target blasts.
Well first things first, defender resistance caps out at 75%.
Now, knowing that taking tough and temp invulnerability from power mastery will get you to 70% s/l resistance.
As for that, if you go Time/anything and take combat jumping, maneuvers, and power boost from power mastery you can hit an easy 40.9% defense to all.
The real problem here is that everything in time is an end hog and all these expensive click powers and toggle powers will leave your end drained. Also, the slot investment is a bit heavy and the defense isnt technically perma-able without hasten.
This is all on SO numbers btw.
Dreaded Wail hits things freakin' hard.. i like to hit things freakin' hard... so.. id go Wail... SAVE THE WAILS!!!! - Solar_Lunata
I was wondering which powersets and pools to pick to get soft cap defence 45% and resistance to s/l to 90%? Ill be using mostly so's, so its likely I can't reach either but which combo will get me close. I haven't played defender in years and just came back to the game for i21. Im open for suggestions. Incarnates are out as is so's. I just want to be tough while im out there buffing, debuffing, and killing
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