Titan Weapons/Dark Armor Build Critique


DoctorWhat

 

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Hi there!

With Mids updated to include Titan Weapons, I thought I'd try for a Titan Weapons/Dark Armor build. I managed to come up with this one that caps all the positional defenses with one use of Defensive Sweep, but I have some concerns about it:

* End usage. Even with Superior Conditioning and Physical Perfection I am somewhat worried as I had to use a few Eradications, which have poor End Mod slotting.
* Crushing Blow. I wasn't able to fit it into the build, and I'm concerned about my single attack chain given I couldn't take Gloom or another single target attack.
* Underslotting on some of the attacks; Follow Through is a little bit weakly slotted, I feel, and the End usage due to Eradication above; I'm not sure if the Recharge is adequate on the attacks either.

This is generally a straight-port of my Katana/Dark Scrapper who had the same general goals: cap defenses and be generally extremely survivable.

Feedback would be appreciated.

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Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Titan Weapons
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Defensive Sweep

  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (11) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (13) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  • (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
  • (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 1: Dark Embrace
  • (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
  • (3) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge
  • (3) Aegis - Endurance/Recharge
  • (9) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (11) Aegis - Resistance
Level 2: Titan Sweep
  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (17) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (17) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
  • (19) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (19) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (21) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
Level 4: Death Shroud
  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (5) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (5) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
  • (7) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (7) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (9) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
Level 6: Murky Cloud
  • (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
Level 8: Build Momentum
  • (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
  • (36) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  • (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
  • (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
  • (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
  • (50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
Level 10: Follow Through
  • (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  • (31) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  • (34) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
  • (36) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 12: Obsidian Shield
  • (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 14: Combat Jumping
  • (A) Defense Buff IO
Level 16: Super Jump
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (27) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 18: Rend Armor
  • (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  • (21) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
  • (23) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  • (23) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (25) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (25) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 20: Dark Regeneration
  • (A) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance
  • (40) Theft of Essence - Healing/Recharge
  • (40) Theft of Essence - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (42) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
Level 22: Boxing
  • (A) Empty
Level 24: Cloak of Darkness
  • (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
  • (27) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
  • (29) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
  • (29) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (31) Red Fortune - Defense
  • (31) Red Fortune - Endurance
Level 26: Whirling Smash
  • (A) Obliteration - Damage
  • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (37) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (40) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 28: Tough
  • (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
  • (42) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge
  • (42) Aegis - Endurance/Recharge
  • (43) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (43) Aegis - Resistance
Level 30: Weave
  • (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
  • (36) Red Fortune - Endurance
  • (43) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
  • (45) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
  • (45) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (45) Red Fortune - Defense
Level 32: Arc of Destruction
  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (33) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
  • (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (34) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (34) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
Level 35: Maneuvers
  • (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
  • (48) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
  • (48) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
  • (48) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (50) Red Fortune - Defense
  • (50) Red Fortune - Endurance
Level 38: Hover
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (39) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
  • (39) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 41: Taunt
  • (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
Level 44: Soul Transfer
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 47: Superior Conditioning
  • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 49: Physical Perfection
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
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Level 2: Swift
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Health
  • (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 2: Hurdle
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 1: Momentum



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I 3 slot your built in shield with lotg that i boosted. It gets max def anyway that way. Id then use 2 of the slots in your follow through, which does not have 6 for makos bite 3.75% ranged defense. 6 slotting man and weave with red fortune is pretty nifty and I will pick this up myself. However, I slotted death shroud with just 4 erads, 3 of which I boosted. Consider picking up spring attack instead of hover (which is just slotted with a defense and no speed anyway), and moving 1 slot to spring attack and the extra slot from cloak into it, for a 3 slot erad ranged def bonus. It gives you a nice pbaoe starter, that you can follow up with whirl and then whatever you want.


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One thing I can advise is using Enhancement Boosters in lower level IOs/Toggles that't aren't ED capped for End Red. This assuming you can get/afford them. Otherwise look into the Cardiac or Vigor Alphas.