SD/MA any good?


Angelxman81

 

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Just deleted my MA/WP scrapper because Im tired of /WP...
So I decided to reroll as a MA/SD.
But how about that as a tanker? Will damage be good enough?
I got 0 experience with tankers.
Thanks!


 

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define: good enough.

What's good enough for me, may not be for someone else... If you're used to scrapper damage it'll feel low. AAO is great, though, so if you're used to tankers it'll feel great.

MA gets +def in Storm Kick, SD/MA can likely softcap on SO's.

edit to add: scrappers get a melee dmg scalar of 1.125, vs .8 for a tank, if that gives you a more qualitative comparison. Figure 95% dmg enhancement, and AAO gives 55% +dmg when saturated. To give a more concrete example, consider an attack of 100 dmg base. The scrapper will do (100x 1.125) x 1.95= 219 dmg. The tank, (100x .8) x 2.5 = 200 dmg. Note, that's with AAO saturated, which it won't always be.


 

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I'm considering rolling a SD/MA tank as well, how does Shield do for tanking higher level content?


 

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Originally Posted by Lightslinger View Post
I'm considering rolling a SD/MA tank as well, how does Shield do for tanking higher level content?
I have a level 50 SD/SS. She handles it pretty good.

My best tip is to slot Deflection for both defense AND resistance as that's the home of a lot of S/L resistance for you.