Not my cup of tea, I think you've sacrificed too much damage chasing defense. I like my damage dealing powers to deal damage (in this case, most notably the cones, but the hold, the ST immob, and the heal also deal pretty fair dmg). However, not everyone's priorities are the same... I think you'd be better served by an accuracy IO in penumbral grasp, accuracy is a bit low in Smite and MG, as well. You slotted your hold with a to-hit debuff set- if it's held, that's pretty good -to-hit, no? If the only power you're taking from Soul is the armor, perhaps Scorpion Armor from Mace would be a better choice? This change would put you over the s/l cap (giving you more flexibility/opportunities in your build) and boost energy defense as well. I've found a softcapped build to be sturdier overall than one with a combination of resists and mediocre defense, but it's a bit 'touchier': when you do get dropped, it happens more quickly (less time to react) and damage mitigation is a bit more sensitive to mez since since more of your defense is toggle rather than set-bonus based. Toggles drop when you're mezzed, set bonuses don't.
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You have Soul Drain and Dark Consumption. Presumably if you are using Blackstar it is after you've used Soul Drain and so either everything is going to die or be hit with a -35% To Hit for 20 seconds. Pop a Catch A Breath and use Soul Drain on survivors (if there are any) and you're back in business. |
Originally Posted by SilentSpy
I skipped Blackstar and Touch of Fear. I didn't want the end crash with Blackstar since my character is going to be up close and dirty and relying on toggles, so the crash could be the death of me. Touch of Fear I simply decided against. I also did not pick up Hasten, because I didn't view it as necessary for the powersets.
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Better still, you can toss down Dark Pit before you use Blackstar and now nothing is even trying to hit you.
Your choice of course to skip the powers if they don't fit your playstyle but I can tell you I don't have problems using Dreadful Wail due to the crash on my Sonic/Dark.
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I whipped out another build in Mids, I'd love to get some feedback on it. This one is for a Dark/Dark/Soul Blaster.
I went for defense and HP cap mainly - and I went for all types of defense. This character is definitely a Blapper with a close-range focus.
The numbers are 35.1% S/L defense, 26.7% nrg/neg defense, 23.9% fire/cold defense, 26.7% melee, 22% ranged, 23.9% AoE.
Yes, these numbers are not softcapped. However, I did slot for -ToHit in two powers, and because of Dark's inherent -ToHit capability, I didn't think I needed softcapped defenses to survive. I have resistances at 45.2% for S/L and 24.1% for negative and am at the HP cap, so hopefully that helps me a bit!
With powers like Dark Consumption and Life Drain with a chance for endurance proc (albeit only a 20% chance), I hopefully won't have an end issue - although the consumption is at 1.45/s with a recovery of 3.54/s. I could go Ageless for Destiny if this is an issue.
I went for Intuition Radial Paragon for Alpha. This is for the -ToHit boosts that it gives, also the Damage. The Range and Hold boosts can be handy as well!
I also went Diagmatic for Interface for even more -ToHit!
I skipped Blackstar and Touch of Fear. I didn't want the end crash with Blackstar since my character is going to be up close and dirty and relying on toggles, so the crash could be the death of me. Touch of Fear I simply decided against. I also did not pick up Hasten, because I didn't view it as necessary for the powersets.
Anyways, I'd love some feedback!
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