Titan/Fire... "Sturdy Enough" with optimal offense?
By
Draeth Darkstar,
Posted on: 2012-03-25 23:49 in Brutes
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Absolutely. |
Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
As the subject indicates, I am looking to build a Titan/Fire Brute with enough survivability to feel durable, while maintaining the recharge necessary for the optimal attack chain.
My ideal survivability goal would be soft-capped defense to either S/L or Melee in addition to ED capped resistances + Healing Flames. I am not opposed to going Spiritual or Agility for the Recharge (and +Heal or +Defense) to make that happen if necessary; however Cardiac seems like a better choice if it can be done. Is this kind of build mechanically achievable? |
45% S/L defense on Fiery Aura is (deceptively) extremely survivable. 45% S/L defense + Solid Resistances + Healing Flames + ~2000 HP is really good when it comes to layered mitigation.
Even going 45% S/L Defense you should still be able to get 80% rchg before hasten as well as having rolling Forcefeedback procs to boost your recharge further. For a cheaper build or potentially more offensive build you could go 32.5% S/L defense for an easy softcap with 1 small purple insp, however I would definitely reccomend trying to get a 45% S/L defense build first as it is very noticeably better, rather I would suggest a 32.5% S/L defense build as a fallback if you can't get the offense you desire from a 45% S/L Defense build. Barrier can also be used to assist with softcap.
TW/Fire is going to be very end heavy. You will need either Cardiac/Vigor or Ageless to be sustainable.
On my 45% S/L SS/Fire (which has fairly comparable end usage to TW/Fire, albeit not quite as much) I have both Spiritual and Vigor as well as all 4 destiny powers, all t4. When soloing or on small teams I use Spiritual and Ageless for maximum recharge while using Ageless's recovery to stay sustainable. On large teams/trials I will use either Barrier, Rebirth, or Clarion depending on what the team/task needs most and then use Vigor to keep myself end sustainable. Basically you need 1 or the other or you're blue bar will get devoured.
Exactly how much recharge does it take to maintain the optimal chain for TW? I'm not even sure what, exactly, it is.
@Draeth Darkstar
Virtue [Heroes, Roleplay], Freedom [Villains], Exalted [All Sides, Roleplay]
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I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30)) Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.
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There are a few good mentions of key recharge numbers in the first page of this thread. Which mainly focuses on getting FT recharged as quickly as possible.|
Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
Exactly how much recharge does it take to maintain the optimal chain for TW? I'm not even sure what, exactly, it is.
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I personally haven't run numbers since the set initially came out even for my own TW/Elec. I run something along the lines of RA>FT>AoD>WS/CB>FT, with a different attack chain for when under Build Momentum. I haven't really played my TW/Elec much since after finishing up all his incarnate stuff, so the stuff isn't very fresh in my head and at almost 1:30am I'm not up to working out the maths right now.
As the subject indicates, I am looking to build a Titan/Fire Brute with enough survivability to feel durable, while maintaining the recharge necessary for the optimal attack chain.
My ideal survivability goal would be soft-capped defense to either S/L or Melee in addition to ED capped resistances + Healing Flames.
I am not opposed to going Spiritual or Agility for the Recharge (and +Heal or +Defense) to make that happen if necessary; however Cardiac seems like a better choice if it can be done.
Is this kind of build mechanically achievable?
@Draeth Darkstar
Virtue [Heroes, Roleplay], Freedom [Villains], Exalted [All Sides, Roleplay]