Also, not that it matters for the build, here's a bit of backstory for Incarnate (posted in the Kheldian story thread as well):
Lucas Colston was, and in some ways still is, an average fourteen year old boy living in a city full a super heroes. He avidly collected the latest newspaper clippings of good triumphing over evil in all its forms. His comic book collection of real and make believe heroes rivaled the best his classmates had collected. In short, he was a hero worshipper who had no illusions of grandeur for himself.
Lucas knew that he would never amount to hero material, and he was content with that. He was bright, but not brilliant. He was athletic, but not exceptionally so. And while he could track down who ate the last of the cookies his mother had baked before, he was no great detective. Besides which, the city had enough heroes to save itself a hundred times over.
Every night after PCN had finished its recap on the heroic exploits of day, Lucas would lock himself away in his room. Sitting at his desk, he'd retrieve the hidden police radio that his uncle had given him in secret several years prior. Volume turned down low, he would listen for hours as police called in the help of heroes across the city. Bombings were averted. Hostages rescued. Villains brought to justice.
Much to his dismay, the broadcast that went out one evening involved a building just two blocks away from his home in Steel Canyon. Hellions had set fire to an apartment complex, and so close to home. He knew he shouldn't go. It was something he had promised his uncle upon receiving the gift in the first place, that he would never use the radio to see a crime in progress. But this was his chance to see his heroes in person! See Positron deploy some gadget to snuff out all of the fires at once. See Synapse run fast enough to extinguish the flames. The possibilities lured him quietly out his window, and towards the inferno.
The flames were intense. The PFD were on-scene, but it was clear that they were no match for the roaring flames. Worse, the shadowy forms of Hellion arsonists would occasionally duck out from behind the building to rebuild a blaze that the PFD had extinguished. It was intense, and Lucas soaked it all in while waiting for his expected heroes to appear.
He waited. And waited. The flames grew more intense, and the cries for help from within the building grew more urgent.
"No one is responding on the radio!" the Fire Chief said.
Lucas' head whirled towards the Chief in shock. No heroes? None? No one coming to rescue those within the building?
"Are you sure?" one of the firefighters yelled back over the raging crackle of the fire.
"I'm sure! Skyway and Atlas reserve firefighters are on the way, but that's it." The Chief eyed the blaze again. "They won't make it, this building is going to come down any minute. Start pulling your people back."
"NO!" Lucas shouted, stepping out from car he was hiding behind. "There are people still in there!"
"Son, anyone still in there is behind our reach." the Chief said sadly. "Without the heroes, we can't get to them."
Lucas then did what any fourteen year old would do: he acted without thinking the situation through. Pulling up his collar around his face, he charged blindly into the burning building, homing in on the noise of crying from the upper levels. He wasn't trying to be a hero, that was the furthest thought in his mind. Indeed, his brain caught up with his body moments later and he stood paralyzed in the stairwell.
"What am I doing?!" he asked himself aloud. His body turned back to the entrance on his own accord, driven by an all-consuming fear. He took two steps before a cry for help pierced his consciousness.
"Help us! HELP US!" came the voice just one level above where he stood.
He had a choice. His adolescent brain had forced him into the building. Fear had turned him away. He was tired of his choices being taken from him. He knew he could leave the building and no one would think any less of him. None of the firefighters had rushed in. Or he could do what was right. What was called for in situations like these.
He headed towards that cry for help.
Minutes later he and two women, a mother and her four year old daughter, emerged from the building covered in soot. Lucas struggled to breathe from the smoke he'd inhaled, and struggled all the more when the mother threw her arms around his neck in a fierce embrace.
"Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you." the woman mumbled into his shoulder over and over again.
News cameras had arrived on the scene while he had been inside, their lights blinding him. Reporters droned on about the situation, but it was readily apparent that they wanted statements from Lucas.
For the second time in the night, he froze. He wasn't supposed to be out this late, nor by himself. He wasn't supposed to have the police radio that let him head here in the first place. He had broken more of his mother's rules in one night than he had in the previous six months. Instead of answering any questions, he ran.
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High above, another watched his flight from the scene. It hovered, unnoticed by the crowd milling below. It had watched the entire incident, for much the same reasons that Lucas had. Radiant Cascade was newly arrived on Earth, and had been directed by Sunstorm to seek our a willing, and worthy, host. A hero just cutting his teeth in the fight against evil would allow himself, as well as his host, to carve a new destiny for themselves.
Cascade was surprised when no hero showed up to fight the blaze, and was further shocked when the young boy had charged into the building without other assistance. That the boy had been successful only fueled the intrigue. Thus when he ran, Cascade followed.
He watched as the boy snuck quietly back into his room, and observed the small form rocking gently on the bed.
"Why didn't anyone show up? Why? " Tears rolled down Colston's cheeks, forming small rivers of soot. Angry red burns covered his arms and neck.
"You did." Cascade's voice seemingly came from everywhere, and nowhere, within the room.
The boy shot upright from his bed, grimacing as the action tugged at his burns. "Who is there?" he asked defiantly.
Cascade phased into view, a wisp of light that illuminated the bedroom. "I am called Radiant Cascade. Your people call my kind Kheldians. Peacebringers."
The tension drained out of the boy's face slightly. He'd heard of Peacebringers. The police radio had talked about their own Kheldians, the Awakened Division. They were the last line of defense for the blue shield. "What do you want?" he asked.
Again the voice came from everywhere and nowhere. "To bond with a hero. To become more than the sum of our individual parts."
"Then why are you here?"
"I've found my hero."
The boy's jaw hung slack as he considered the statement. Moments passed before he replied. "I'm no hero. You're looking for someone like Back Alley Brawler or Manticore. Positron or Synapse. Swan or..."
"I've found my hero." the voice interrupted, this time with an edge to it. "None of those threw themselves into the flames today to save those that needed saving. You have no powers to call your own, no training, but you did what grown men with both were unwilling to do. I choose you."
"I just did what had to be done."
"Boy, I have lived for thousands of years amongst many people. In all that time, there has never been a better definition of heroic action than what you just said. You are a worthy partner. Let us help each other."
The boy looked to the wall where his Statesman poster was hung. It was signed by the hero himself, shortly after Colston's father had died. "Strength and courage, Lucas" it said in broad, sweeping strokes. It was a living testament despite Stateman's passing. "Ok. What do I…" His breath cut off in a gasp as Radiant Cascade entered his body, the two becoming one. The burns disappeared in an instant, replaced with smooth unbroken skin. And in his mind…
Memories from dozens of lifetimes, hundreds, cascaded through his consciousness. He witnessed the death, birth, and life of stars. The exploration of comets and asteroids. His arrival on Earth. His rescue of the trapped women, seen from high above. All of these memories and more flashed by before settling to a deep, abiding peace of mind.
*Are you there?* he thought to himself.
*I will always be here.* Cascade's voice echoed inside their mind.
*What do we do now?*
*What you did tonight. What is right.*
Several months have passed since Colston and Cascade bonded into the Peacebringer known as Incarnate. He currently serves as a member of the Shining Stars, alongside Twinshot, Grym, Dillo, Flambeaux, and Proton. He finds great enjoyment in his new metamorphic abilities. To the outward world as Incarnate, he looks to be an athletic man in his mid 20's. Only when he returns home to visit his mother does he revert back to the boyish figure who recently turned 15.
As a hero, Incarnate displays all of the youthful exuberance that comes with Colston's young age. His Kheldian counterpart is often exasperated, in a fatherly way, with the adolescent urges to leap without looking. Cascade seeks to temper that recklessness, without squashing the enthusiasm behind it.
High above, another watched his flight from the scene. It hovered, unnoticed by the crowd milling below. It had watched the entire incident, for much the same reasons that Lucas had. Radiant Cascade was newly arrived on Earth, and had been directed by Sunstorm to seek our a willing, and worthy, host. A hero just cutting his teeth in the fight against evil would allow himself, as well as his host, to carve a new destiny for themselves.
Cascade was surprised when no hero showed up to fight the blaze, and was further shocked when the young boy had charged into the building without other assistance. That the boy had been successful only fueled the intrigue. Thus when he ran, Cascade followed.
He watched as the boy snuck quietly back into his room, and observed the small form rocking gently on the bed.
"Why didn't anyone show up? Why? " Tears rolled down Colston's cheeks, forming small rivers of soot. Angry red burns covered his arms and neck.
"You did." Cascade's voice seemingly came from everywhere, and nowhere, within the room.
The boy shot upright from his bed, grimacing as the action tugged at his burns. "Who is there?" he asked defiantly.
Cascade phased into view, a wisp of light that illuminated the bedroom. "I am called Radiant Cascade. Your people call my kind Kheldians. Peacebringers."
The tension drained out of the boy's face slightly. He'd heard of Peacebringers. The police radio had talked about their own Kheldians, the Awakened Division. They were the last line of defense for the blue shield. "What do you want?" he asked.
Again the voice came from everywhere and nowhere. "To bond with a hero. To become more than the sum of our individual parts."
"Then why are you here?"
"I've found my hero."
The boy's jaw hung slack as he considered the statement. Moments passed before he replied. "I'm no hero. You're looking for someone like Back Alley Brawler or Manticore. Positron or Synapse. Swan or..."
"I've found my hero." the voice interrupted, this time with an edge to it. "None of those threw themselves into the flames today to save those that needed saving. You have no powers to call your own, no training, but you did what grown men with both were unwilling to do. I choose you."
"I just did what had to be done."
"Boy, I have lived for thousands of years amongst many people. In all that time, there has never been a better definition of heroic action than what you just said. You are a worthy partner. Let us help each other."
The boy looked to the wall where his Statesman poster was hung. It was signed by the hero himself, shortly after Colston's father had died. "Strength and courage, Lucas" it said in broad, sweeping strokes. It was a living testament despite Stateman's passing. "Ok. What do I…" His breath cut off in a gasp as Radiant Cascade entered his body, the two becoming one. The burns disappeared in an instant, replaced with smooth unbroken skin. And in his mind…
Memories from dozens of lifetimes, hundreds, cascaded through his consciousness. He witnessed the death, birth, and life of stars. The exploration of comets and asteroids. His arrival on Earth. His rescue of the trapped women, seen from high above. All of these memories and more flashed by before settling to a deep, abiding peace of mind.
*Are you there?* he thought to himself.
*I will always be here.* Cascade's voice echoed inside their mind.
*What do we do now?*
*What you did tonight. What is right.*
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Several months have passed since Colston and Cascade bonded into the Peacebringer known as Incarnate. He currently serves as a member of the Shining Stars, alongside Twinshot, Grym, Dillo, Flambeaux, and Proton. He finds great enjoyment in his new metamorphic abilities. To the outward world as Incarnate, he looks to be an athletic man in his mid 20's. Only when he returns home to visit his mother does he revert back to the boyish figure who recently turned 15.
As a hero, Incarnate displays all of the youthful exuberance that comes with Colston's young age. His Kheldian counterpart is often exasperated, in a fatherly way, with the adolescent urges to leap without looking. Cascade seeks to temper that recklessness, without squashing the enthusiasm behind it.
No helpful hints?
I have virtually no endurance issues whatsoever with my PB, but while we have similar goals, we built our PBs differently (Thunder Light - HERE).
One of the easiest changes you can make is to add a second slot to Stamina and add a Performance Shifter: Endurance Modification or any other endurance modification enhancement there. It will not be a game changer, but it can help a little.
I personally slotted Cardiac Core Paragon on my PB, and that's probably why I have no endurance issues. Thing is, this would probably affect the damage output of your PB in a larger scale.
I'm in the process of crafting Agility Core Paragon to try that out.
You could try compromising by switching to Musculature Radial Paragon, it will reduce your damage bonus from 45% to 33%, but it will boost your Endurance Modification to 33% (so it will help Stamina). Don't know how significant this could be.
I am by no means an expert, I just came back to the game a few months ago and fell in love with my PB all over again, I got a lot of help on the thread I posted my build and I'm happy with it. I just say this in case my advice turns out to be irrelevant 
I'm currently at work, but those are the few, basic things I could see.
Hope this helps...
@Alpha XBS ~ Victory
Thunder Light - Peacebringer * Displaced Calibre - Dual Pistols/Time Corruptor * Defendatron WS - Warshade
Madame Distress - Ill/Rad Controller * Madame Infernus - Fire/Thermal Corruptor
Incarnate (ok, ok, lncarnate with a lowercase L), my +3 Peacebringer, has spoiled me over the course of the last year or so in CoH. He's the single most survivable character I've ever created, still standing long after the rest of his team has hit the dirt in the worst scenarios. Not only that, his damage is pretty damn good (for a Kheldian), and that's the way I like it.
Despite Incarnate going through dozens of build changes, and me settling on one that works "perfectly" in game, I'm wise enough to know that I don't have all the answers when it comes to perfect builds. Indeed, there are significant limitations with my current build. Specifically, it is an endurance hog and my recovery powers are underslotted...if I don't manage my blue bar carefully I can bottom out easily. Essence Boost also isn't nearly as slotted as I wish it would be, despite being permanent with my Ageless Destiny.
The build idea is simple: Human form is geared for heavy single target damage and AV soloing. Nova is geared for mass AoE damage (I routinely solo doors letting no survivors past in BAF utilizing Nova + Lore). Dwarf is mostly a slot mule getting me those needed S/L defense bonuses, a third heal, mez protection, and an on-demand taunt...but actually has "decent" damage of its own for a White Dwarf.
To do so, I've layered three different levels of protection while maintaining respectable damage levels. With all of the toggles on (I don't usually need all of the toggles on), I'm sitting comfortably at 45.9% S/L and 40.2% melee to handle other damage types. If attacks get past those defenses, I've got permanently capped resistances (85%) to all but psi. When damage ticks through that, I have two relatively short cooldown heals that restore half my health each time. If I need a third, it does 88% of my health post form change (the instant form changes on the Beta server will make this a reliable third heal, rather than an emergency button).
With all of that being said, I'm open to suggestions on how to improve my build further. I already have every single enhancement placed in the build, including the Gladiator's Armor in Shining Shield. I do not yet own any purples. I want to stick with my guiding rules of "insane survivability and as much damage as I can cram into the build." Thanks in advance.
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Incarnate: Level 50 Natural Peacebringer
Primary Power Set: Luminous Blast
Secondary Power Set: Luminous Aura
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Gleaming Bolt
- (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
- (3) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
- (5) Decimation - Chance of Build Up
- (5) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (7) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
Level 1: Incandescence- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 2: Gleaming Blast- (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
- (7) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
- (9) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
- (9) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (11) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (11) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
Level 4: Shining Shield- (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
Level 6: Bright Nova- (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 8: Radiant Strike- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (13) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (13) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (15) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (17) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
Level 10: Essence Boost- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
Level 12: Inner Light- (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
- (17) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
Level 14: Stealth- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 16: Grant Invisibility- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 18: Incandescent Strike- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (21) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
- (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
Level 20: White Dwarf- (A) Resist Damage IO
Level 22: Reform Essence- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (23) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (23) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (25) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Doctored Wounds - Heal
Level 24: Conserve Energy- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 26: Glowing Touch- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
Level 28: Solar Flare- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (29) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (31) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (33) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 30: Quantum Acceleration- (A) Flight Speed IO
Level 32: Dawn Strike- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (33) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 35: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 38: Tactics- (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
- (48) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
Level 41: Light Form- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
- (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
Level 44: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (45) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 47: Vengeance- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 49: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 50: Musculature Core ParagonLevel 50: Ion Core Final Judgement
Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface
Level 50: Longbow Core Superior Ally
Level 50: Ageless Radial Epiphany
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Level 2: Swift
- (A) Flight Speed IO
Level 2: Health- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Jumping IO
Level 2: Stamina- (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
Level 1: Cosmic BalanceLevel 1: Energy Flight
- (A) Freebird - +Stealth
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja RunLevel 10: Combat Flight
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
------------Level 6: Bright Nova Blast
- (A) Devastation - Chance of Hold
Level 6: Bright Nova Bolt- (A) Superior Kheldian's Grace - Recharge/Form Empowerment
Level 6: Bright Nova Detonation- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (37) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (37) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (37) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
Level 6: Bright Nova Scatter- (A) Superior Kheldian's Grace - Accuracy/Damage
- (19) Superior Kheldian's Grace - Damage/Recharge
- (19) Superior Kheldian's Grace - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (21) Superior Kheldian's Grace - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (36) Superior Kheldian's Grace - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 20: White Dwarf Antagonize- (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
- (39) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge
- (39) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range
- (39) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge
Level 20: White Dwarf Flare- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (45) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (46) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 20: White Dwarf Smite- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 20: White Dwarf Step- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 20: White Dwarf Strike- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 20: White Dwarf Sublimation