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Looking for Jack of all trades type toon.

Bionut911

By Bionut911,
Posted on: 2011-11-07 15:55 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Go with a Huntstman.

ST damage, crowd control, pets and defense. The debuffs aren't too shabby either.


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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
You're not going to get all 3 of those things on one character. It's just not going to happen.

2 out of 3 is possible, but not all 3.

MoITF and soloing GMs is possible with an Ill/Rad controller, but you won't be soloing +4/x8 especially fast (you can solo at that difficulty, just not fast)

Some brutes and scrappers can pull off 1 and 3, and can solo AVs, but soloing GMs will be beyond them unless you plan on using Lore pets.

Basically, what you're asking for is a character that fits into 3 different specialized niches, which is next to impossible to pull off, and it's that way by design.
I take it u havent met my brute. He can solo GMs without using lore and takes care of 1 and 3 easily.

But lore is there, not taking it into account is stupid. Unfortunately it means soloing a GM is no longer impressive...at all, since anyone can do it.

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Originally Posted by ultrawatt View Post
I take it u havent met my brute. He can solo GMs without using lore and takes care of 1 and 3 easily.

But lore is there, not taking it into account is stupid. Unfortunately it means soloing a GM is no longer impressive...at all, since anyone can do it.

Didn't realize you took down GM's without lore- Was this on your SS/FA/Soul?

 

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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
You're not going to get all 3 of those things on one character. It's just not going to happen.
Could a DM/Shield Scrapper do it?

1) If they built for high DDR and a few extra defense points, then death isn't too much of a threat. I believe a DM/Invuln put out enough damage to do it, so I'd assume this more offensive combination could also.

2) DM/Shields can solo AVs (Do they put out enough damage without targets for saturation? I don't know.), but I don't know if they can solo GMs the same way. If we are counting incarnates however, I don't see why they couldn't.

3) They would be pretty good at combating +4/x8. They wouldn't have Footstomp, but Perma-Soul Drain and AAO fueled Shield Charge, Spring Attack, and and Epic AoE certainly isn't shabby.


I don't have a DM/Shield myself, but on paper it looks like it could accomplish his goals.

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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy View Post
Didn't realize you took down GM's without lore- Was this on your SS/FA/Soul?
Yup, only if their resistance to smashing or fire is low enough tho. It takes awhile but it is possible.

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Originally Posted by ultrawatt View Post
Yup, only if their resistance to smashing or fire is low enough tho. It takes awhile but it is possible.
That's pretty freakin' impressive.

 

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Originally Posted by Taterrex View Post
How do Ill/Rad controllers do it, their ST dmg is pitiful in comparison to most characters, The magic of debuffs
Um, their ST damage is pretty good with Blind-SW-Blast-SW. The AoE damage is what is lacking, hence why I took /Fire epic.

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Ill/Cold if you want to focus on mainly hard target. Can do +4/8, but I doubt by anyones definition of quickly

SS/Fire Brute if large spawns are more important for you. Hard targets will take a little more time.

Fire/Traps Corr is almost middle of the road between them imo.
Great post. Ill/Cold is similar to Ill/Rad in this aspect. Fire/Traps also similar to Bots/Traps, if you want similar performance but different playstyle. Traps is SO busy that I am glad the Bots are doing the "attacking"!

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Originally Posted by ultrawatt View Post
I take it u havent met my brute. He can solo GMs without using lore and takes care of 1 and 3 easily.

But lore is there, not taking it into account is stupid. Unfortunately it means soloing a GM is no longer impressive...at all, since anyone can do it.
ultrawatt, what build are you using on live? I was poking around the forums and couldn't find anything too recent.

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Originally Posted by Bionut911 View Post
Perma-Eclipse Warshade. They are outstanding solo. Expensive to build, but so worth it. Two of my friends have solo'd AVs with it, they cut through +4/x8 like a knife through butter.
Human only or tri form?

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Originally Posted by Master_Templar View Post
Human only or tri form?

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He was referring to myself and our other friend AIB. I play Human Form, AIB plays Tri Form. You can find in depth discussions about what both can bring to the table all over the Kheld board.