FF/Rad in desperate need of a respec

7 year VIP vet here, with minimum playtime over the past year or so. Current build was before Fitness became inherent.

Main goal is to cap personal defenses, while maximizing damage capability.

Alpha slot unlocked, no other Incarnate slots available.

Cost is almost no issue (no PVP IOs though)

Flight & Leadership are must-haves for power pools.

Any advice is appreciated.

I just did a build for a FF/archery. See ennui's post, substitute AoE attacks and single target attacks into the build as needed )

With Hover on softcapped to all positionals. Attacks are slotted as attacks / no purple or pvp IOs used.

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I missed this post by a month, but I'm in almost the same boat exactly so I'm posting here (sorry).

Considering a respec into a defensive build for incarnate trials on my FF/Rad. Previously had lots of accuracy and +recharge. I'm taking a slightly different approach, though. In the current game I believe heroes can, via the alignment system, become villains, run a patron arcs and get access to a patron power pool, then become a hero again. This allows a defender to get Scorpion Shield, which will put S/L and E defense over or near the pre-incarnate softcap without any IOs at all. Then use IO bonuses to patch up N defenses, and if you're a completist, F/I as well (as I have done here). Note that with Nerve or Agility incarnate your defensive abilities jump up another 20-33% depending on the ability you've got slotted.

I'm using different pools than you as well, so I'm posting this just to show what kind of numbers you could get.

And can anyone comment about the viability about a hero getting Scorpion's PPP via the method described above? Would like to know for sure before I go through the trouble of become a villain!

Here is what I've been toying with:

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