Need Incarnate ability recommendations

Got a axe tanker that likes hurting villians but doesn't appreciate the favor returned.

Any suggestions for which abilities I should slot?

Please include how far too (i.e. rare, very rare, et al).


Thanks.

Judgement is the big AoE attack; Vorpal seems thematic for an axe tanker. Depending on what armor you've chosen, any of them might do theme-wise. Void is a PBAoE, so it works well with melee heroes, and debuffs foes, so that might do. Ion is very popular, as is Pyronic.
see: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Judgement_Slot_Abilities

Interface adds an effect to all your damage attacks; Reactive is popular, as it adds more damage. If you really want to add to your survivability, then Diamagnetic or Paralytic might be what you're looking for, but tanks are already highly survivable.
see: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Interface_Slot_Abilities

Lore summons a pet (or two) that last for 3 or 5 minutes, and do damage and/or buff you. Which one you want is generally an aesthetic decision, but Cimerorans and Warworks seem to do more damage.
see: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Lore_Slot_Abilities

Destiny is a big league-wide PBAoE buff. It can add defense, regen, recovery, max hp, max endurance, healing, etc. What you want depends nearly entirely on what you feel you lack, or what you want to support the team with. Clarion, for example, is very useful on the Underground Trial.
see: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Destiny_Slot_Abilities

The Lore and Destiny slots grant a level shift in incarnate content once you get "rare" versions, so I'd focus on upgrading those after you get the alpha slot to "rare".

From then on, it's more a matter of personal choice - getting a slot to rare provides a much larger bonus than going from rare to very rare, so I wouldn't concentrate on getting things to very rare until after you've got them all at rare.

Lore and Destiny are also probably the ones to focus on first for very rare, or perhaps alpha, again - it really depends a lot on what it is you want to do. If the rare alpha slot is supporting your build fine, then look elsewhere.

The incarnate system lets you either push the already-strong aspects of your character a bit farther, or really shore up weak spots. It's hard to give a specific recommendation without knowing what you want accomplished. It's kind of like asking "what's the best build in CoH" It depends on what you want to do.

Synch really covered pretty much everything.

Reactive is far and away the best Interface choice regardless of what spec you're running. Go the Radial route focusing on the DoT.

I always choose Cimerorans for Lore as they do the most dps.

For reference, these are the dps values of the core side of the tree at T4.

Also for tiers, progression should look something like

get alpha, lore, and destiny to T3 for level shifts asap and Judgment/Interface to T1

Alpha is nice to have at T4 for anything except cardiac/vigor, to bypass more ED. Cardiac/vigor don't really need to be T4'd because you usually wouldn't be ramming the ED cap for end reduction.

Judgment, Interface, and Lore are usually good enough at T3. (make sure to get the t3 75% dot chance for reactive interface)

Destiny is really nice to have at T4 for the increased duration, stronger buff, and wider radius.

Those numbers are the DPS of the pets based on a tank taunting a RWZ pylon (doing no damage) while the pets attack, and how long it took the pets to defeat the pylon (or run out of endurance). So any buffs to pets are included if the pets cast any on themselves/each other.

Those numbers completely disregard what kind of DPS you, yourself, can add to the fight, either directly by attacking or by buffs. They are as close to raw numbers as you'll get.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

Those numbers are also wrong according to Arbiter Hawk's spreadsheet data.

Arbiter Hawk has raw data, which doesn't always match reality. Those numbers were actual tests done with the actual pets in the actual zone doing actual damage. :/

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

I'm not sure how many 'actuals' are required for a person to believe a set of numbers tested in a very specific scenario with a specific build that could have affected a specific time period vs the dev's intended design, but I bet it is high.

This has been very helpful.
Thanks you all!!!

Yeah I went with Spectral on one character since I use Oppressive Gloom and dislike wandering mobs - same goes for fiery aura scrappers using Burn - immob them in that patch. The DoT of Spectral is the same as Reactive but doesn't get the yummy resistance debuff. Spectral is also thematic for dark armor anyway.

Yes, but how often is a trial on that much of a knife-edge? Not usually, if ever, in my experience. If most folks are incarnated out, then victory is pretty likely, regardless of the percentage of folks with Reactive.

Lore- Cimerorans-

Would you recommend Core or Radial?

Thanks.