Claw/WP or Claws/Energy Aura

Hi Scrapper community

I always wanted an /Energy Aura scrapper but I am unsure what primary to pair it with, I tried Street Justice but since I level my scrappers mostly soloing (no PLing) I had not that much of fun, since I had end issues and couldn't bear with it until lvl 38. So I rerolled my Street Justice to Stj/WP and I am happy.

Still I want an Energy Aura Scrapper, would Claws be a good primary or will I have redraw issues with Energize and Energy Drain? If so, what would be a good primary then?

Thanks

I've been playing a Katana/EA Scrapper and a Claws/EA Brute. I don't have Energy Drain yet, but I find that hitting Energize can be so worth it that I don't mind the redraw. Also, it's not something that has to be hit particularly often and that not-particularly-often can be between spawns.

Another thing worth considering is that if you use the Vanguard weapons you can see the redraw not as putting your weapons away for no good reason, but rather as diverting the power to healing or draining. I don't have the Vanguard weapons on these guys yet, but honestly, even imagining that really does make the redraw far less obtrusive to me.

Why the two sets in particular? I don't care for Divine Avalanche's animation, so I wanted a character where I didn't feel like I *have* to take it, so for me that meant /EA or /SR, and I already have an /SR. I made the Claws/EA because the combo would look AMAZING and adding Knockdown to /EA's relatively well-layered mitigation should be amazing.

Might I suggest pairing Kinetic Melee with Energy Aura for your scrapper. I have one at 47 and it has been a blast. The synergy between the two is nice and makes for a good setup for a theme based toon as well.

Thanks for the suggestion guys, I already have a Kinetic Melee, so I did not roll another one unless I got all the primaries covered

Still undecided between claws/wp or claws/ea.... the idea is to to make spin even recharges faster. Unsure about survivability though, as I tend to level up my chars on SOs and worry about IOs later when they are 50. WP seems to work fine, not sure about EA, never played it, so I thought maybe DM/EA would be pretty sturdy.

I vote claws/energy.

Congrats you've inspired my first post.

I have a claws/ea villain side in the early 40's. Very fun to level and has been doing 8 players since around 22, longbow is a bit annoying but is doable so far, bout it. She has a miracle/numina recovery and steadfast, and finally frankenslotted at 35, so nothing amazingly expensive.

Generally speaking I time energy drain/energize with shockwave/focus so it doesn't feel that noticeable to me, then again I also have aid self so perhaps I'm just tolerant.

Whichever you go for it's a great combo and works well, have fun.

One of the things I like about EA is how Entropic Aura takes care of my AoEs' Recharge for me. I build for the single-target chain that I want and just make sure my AoEs have the Accuracy, Damage, and Endurance they need since Entropic Aura will make those powers recharge more quickly the more I need them.

I'd go claws/ea between the 2 options you listed. I like both WP and EA, but for claws I think I'd do EA.

And, like others have said, Energize is really all the end mitigation you need.. Once you get it, you should easily see your end issues go away. You'll want to be using it often for the +regen anyhow, so the +end discount is pure bonus..

Once you get the drain, yes, Energize will be a lot less important as an end mitigation tool, and will be only a heal and +regen effectively, but until then....

Ok, thanks for the help, Altitis strikes again and I rolled: Claw/WP Scrapper, DM/EA Scrapper, Claw/Elec Brute and Elec/Elec Brute, though Elec/ is better on a scrapper I heard?

Roll a Elec/Nin stalker, Claws/Elec or Claws/WP brute and Kin/EA or Kin/shield scrapper.

I got one and I think /Elec melee works better for stalkers. I mean, its awesome.