HP, regen, melee def, or smash/leth def for a WP tank?

Hi folks. I rolled a WP/ice tank and I'm trying to work out the best way to slot him. Any suggestions? I've never slotted for HP, and am not sure if that's the best way to go. S/L def looks promising as well.

Any input would be appreciated.

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A lot of people get their S/L def up as its the most common dam type, truth is you could softcap to all but psi if you wanted to. Another thing is +HP not only does it serve against some heavy hits or a heavy attack chain but it will also improve regen as well.

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In your title, the only thing you shouldn't slot for is melee defense.

Depending on your secondary, you can potentially soft-cap a WP tank to all types but Psi (and get Psi to a decent level if you slot Indomitable Will for defense)

I've come up with some decent builds that soft-cap all without gimping max HP and regen. Recharge isn't that good on them, but I'm not too worried about recharge on a WP.

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I will echo the sentiments of the above posts.


Skip the melee def as a goal

in this order imho

def > HP > regen

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I don't know about /ice but my WP/Stone is slotted for +HP. I have max HP and a regen rate that is amazing. Takes alot to bring him down in both PvE and PvP.

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I have a few WP characters, and I'd focus on getting S/L/E/N defense to 32.5%+ (softcapped if you can) and then HP and regen, followed lastly by recharge. Depending on your secondary, you can easily softcap the 4 big defenses and get near HP cap as well. That would make you rediculously hard to kill.

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Thanks for the responses. Are any of you guys willing to post a mids build to give me an idea of how to accomplish this?(softcapped defense, almost max or max hp, and high regen)

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I'd pretty much go defences first and recharge secondary. Recharge benefits your attacks which will give a lot of active mitigation anyway. Also you'll get plenty of +HP just through IO sets you'll take naturally (Numinas, Kinetic Combat, etc.).

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