Vorpal is a Judgement power, not an Alpha.
I don't think any of the new Alphas are especially good for an elec/shield. I'd go Musculature (moar dmgz) or Spiritual (moar telenuking), or possibly Cardiac if you have endurance problems and don't want Body Mastery.
Are you softcapped?
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Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure why I said Vorpal - lol. It must have been too much egg nog or something. My build is attached. Thanks.
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Probably Agility - you could use lots more defense unless my Mid's is acting up, or Nerve. I would look at Agility.
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For some reason all the auto and toggle powers are turned off in the build you posted, but turning them back on shows you're softcapped to melee, and a little below the softcap for ranged/aoe.
With little or no endurance reduction in your toggles, and several Oblit sets, I'd expect endurance problems, so I say go Cardiac. Also, if you can free one slot somewhere to put another defense enhancement in Deflection, you could trade the Touch of Death for a Mako's Bite and cap your ranged defense as well.
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Oh, that explains it - yeah I agree, but maybe Vigor would work too, since Vigor has the same end costs as Cardiac Radial but also boosts healing and acc.
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For some reason all the auto and toggle powers are turned off in the build you posted, but turning them back on shows you're softcapped to melee, and a little below the softcap for ranged/aoe.
With little or no endurance reduction in your toggles, and several Oblit sets, I'd expect endurance problems, so I say go Cardiac. Also, if you can free one slot somewhere to put another defense enhancement in Deflection, you could trade the Touch of Death for a Mako's Bite and cap your ranged defense as well. |
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Yes, Vigor would also work nicely, especially if you plan to get Rebirth (which is my preferred Destiny power on a /shield).
Thanks for the input folks. So you would switch out Touch of Death for Makos - that sounds like a solid idea - any other suggestions? As for endurance, believe it or not, I haven't had much issue with it running solo at +0/x8. I was actually surprised about this (maybe it's the 4 slot stamina with the proc?). For Destiny I was actually thinking Rebirth Radial but I figure I would check as I went through the trials to see how my endurance was. Vigor may be decent with the Rebirth Radial as there's decent symmetry there. I do appeciate people taking the time. Thanks.
I like the idea of Agility.
End Mod to give your Electric Melee attacks a bit more sapping potential.
Not to mention a bit more END Recovery, from both buffing up Stamina and I believe also sapping end from your enemies with a few of the ELM attacks that allow you to sap energy back to yourself.
More Defense! Always a plus! Softcapped already? Get a bit more defense for the iTrials and likely for the Dark Astoria Solo Incarnate Content.
Lastly, MORE RECHARGE! \o/ Lightning Rod and Shield Charge both with more up time!
Just seems like the right pairing for ELM/SHIELD.
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Well, if you are going that route, I would suggest taking Preemptive Radial Interface to add to your endurance sapping/recovery stopping - the DoT does the same damage as Reactive does anyway.
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Well, if you are going that route, I would suggest taking Preemptive Radial Interface to add to your endurance sapping/recovery stopping - the DoT does the same damage as Reactive does anyway.
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But I'd likely go Preemptive due to lots of people using Reactice, increase the sapping potential, and likely to work with the concept better (of course there's exceptions to this).
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Hi Folks,
I was wondering what are some solid choices for the Alpha slot for an EL/Shield scrapper. With the addition of all the new Alphas, I was wondering what a couple of the better ones are now. Any help is appreciated. I was possibly thinking Vorpal. Thanks.