MA: What Powers to Skip?

Hey Scrappers

It's been a long time since I last felt the rush of Scrapperlock and I gotta say I miss it. So I'm looking into an MA/Regen Scrapper. But I'm wondering about Crane Kick and Eagle's Claw. I've heard they can actually be a detriment to overall DPS. Between trying to give Regen a decent amount of Resistance and Defense and taking travel powers for concept (Shapeshifter with animal forms) the build's lookin' tight. I'd like to remove powers where I can.

So, is it worth the time to take Crane Kick and Eagle's Claw or should I skip 'em?

Cobra's Strike and Crane Kick are functionally identical for D/E/R, one delivers KB, the other Stun.

Eagle's Claw, while having less than optimal DPA, has STYLE and grants a Crit bonus to your next (queued) MA attack. I love EC followed by Dragon's Tail on my MA/Inv, but a Self-Empathy may not want to be as surrounded. It is also delicious when EC is followed by Crippling Axe Kick or CS(K).

If only room for one, I'd hold onto EC over CK, even on a Self-Empath... I don't wanna chase my toys more than I need to. You could easily drop both though, and not suffer heavily. Finally, if ya just need a throwaway 49 power... Grab CK and Drop a level 50 Acc IO or an Acc/KB. Hilarity results.

I skipped Thunder Kick, Crane Kick, and Warrior's Challenge. CK can be swapped with Cobra Strike, but it's a matter of do you want to chase enemies or stun them. Pick which works best for you.

With high recharge (you're /regen, you better build for high recharge), my attack chain on single targets is EC -> CAK -> CS. In big messes, it's EC -> DT -> CAK -> CS. SK is just there if I get slowed or bored and want to off a straggler without overkilling too much.

I would skip Thunder Kick (Does around half the DPS Storm Kick does) and Crane Kick (The knockback effect can be bothersome). If you do want Crane Kick for concept and looks, just slot it with 2 acc/dam HamiOs and a dam/end IO... Or all KB IOs. Pretty funny seeing Hellions flying across Atlas from time to time.

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Originally Posted by Moonlighter That said, EC -> CAK -> CS -> SK has relatively low recharge requirements and is only 5 DPS behind the top chain.

Is that DPS including EC's increased chance to land a critical? If not, EC-CAK-CS-SK could be better than the SK-CAK-SK-CS attack chain.

I saw your Rikti Pylon thread post awhile ago and 68 seconds is amazing even if Lore pets were used. I could not crack 100 seconds using SK-CAK-SK-CS and T4 Warworks Core. The attack chain could have been a contributing factor along with Cimeroran Lore pets.

Thanks for the responses everyone. Figured I'd go ahead and post my build. I've never IO'd either set before so I could really use some advice on the specifics, particularly in regards to Defense. It seems like the amount I can manage is trivial and I wouldn't mind dropping Weave to get Stealth in a lot earlier.

As always, I appreciate your feedback.

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Druid: Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Martial Arts
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Blaze Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Storm Kick -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(3), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(17)
Level 1: Fast Healing -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(37), Heal-I(40)
Level 2: Reconstruction -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(3), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(5), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Dct'dW-Rchg(9)
Level 4: Cobra Strike -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(5), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(7), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13)
Level 6: Focus Chi -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37), RechRdx-I(42), Rec'dRet-Pcptn(42)
Level 8: Crane Kick -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(9), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(13), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(17)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(19), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(23), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(27), Dct'dW-Heal(29)
Level 12: Quick Recovery -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(37), EndMod-I(40)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Integration -- Heal-I(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(46)
Level 18: Crippling Axe Kick -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(19), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(21), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), F'dSmite-Acc/Dmg(25)
Level 20: Resilience -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(21), ResDam-I(31), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(39)
Level 22: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Tough -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(25), ResDam-I(31)
Level 26: Dragon's Tail -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(27), Dmg-I(29), Dmg-I(31), EndRdx-I(34)
Level 28: Instant Healing -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 30: Weave -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(33), DefBuff-I(34), LkGmblr-Rchg+(43)
Level 32: Eagles Claw -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), F'dSmite-Acc/Dmg(36)
Level 35: Revive -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 38: Moment of Glory -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39), RechRdx-I(39)
Level 41: Char -- G'Wdw-Acc/Rchg(A), G'Wdw-Acc/Hold/Rchg(43), G'Wdw-EndRdx/Hold(43), G'Wdw-Hold/Rng(45)
Level 44: Fire Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(45), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Fire Ball -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng(48), Posi-Dam%(50)
Level 49: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(40), Heal-I(42)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(50), EndMod-I(50)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Sprint -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run

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Drop Stealth, grab Maneuvers, 1% more Defense, minimally higher End Cost.

Pull a slot from FH and Health, 3 Slot Integration with Healing, preferably using Numina's.

Pull the Numi Unique and slot from Int and drop into FH.

Consider sets for your Defense, EndMod, Resist, and Healing powers.

Winter's Gift 20% Slow Resist in Flight, the flight enhancement does nothing, you're capped the moment you turn on the power.

There's my quicky thoughts. Also, consider exporting Data Chunk as well as link, some (me) prefer to copy/pasta instead of downloading.

I did not realize that Cobra Strike was raised from minimal damage to HIGH. Jeebus. I had it just for the stun and was happy with it. Right now I've got 2 Heal enh's on IH, even with the tiny return, largely because I had nowhere else I felt I needed 2 more slots. I figure why not squeeze out those extra 7.5 HP per second.

The idea of doing yet more damage is appealing and all, but but I really do not want to respec again. Wish they made a cheaper/quicker way to do a partial respec just for your slot allocation without changing powers.