Heh. I agree that Staff is addictive, been having a blast with it. And I applaud the OP's choice of Broadsword/Shield, that's a very smashy combo with a few nice tricks. I always say "Broadsword is a toolbox, and every tool is a can opener. And the can contains Whoopass."
But for the OP's question, I personally think Claws/WP is the way to go. While a lot of sets are Scrapperlocky, this pairing has the following advantages:
- (Scrapper version) Claws is both unusually rapidly-recharging and low on endurance. This facilitates endless slashing, and simplifies attack chains.
- Because it is fast but does not really deal out big-hitter damage, Claws means you keep slashing away rapidly. It's not like Lightning Rod/Shield Charge, which are huge, stunning area attacks, followed by a lengthy recovery -- using Claws is mesmerizingly continuous.
- WP has literally no clicks, if you avoid the Tier 9. No distractions. The only way to leverage its power is to stand in a crowd of enemies, the essence of Scrapperlock.
- WP is strong enough to stand up to crowds.
- WP gives tons of extra endurance. Coupled with Claws, you essentially never have to worry about End. Just claw them up, baby!
- A single use of Claws' Spin is one of the best PBAoEs in the game, and over time the high-recharge Scrapper version deals out even more damage than Fire Sword Circle. A hard-hitting PBAoE that comes back much faster than any other is tailor-made for Scrapperlock. No aiming, just hit it.
This combo is unsubtle. Even Follow-up, your build-up analog, should be part of a chain that you have memorized, so it doesn't require any thuoght to use.
To fight as a Claws/Willpower Scrapper is to enter a fugue state, to emerge at some point in the future, to find yourself alone, breathing steadily, and soaked in red.
If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
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Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe
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Funny, I was thinking more along this line:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-zaTr6OUo
@ThrillKiller
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This! Especially as I tend to get into scrapper lock mode with fast recharging powers.
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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
The "classic" scrapperlock combo is Claws/SR.
No gimmicks to worry about. No click powers other than Practiced Brawler (which should be on auto anyway). Just hit things until they're dead or you are. |
Originally Posted by Megajoule
We're being invaded. Again. This time, instead of aliens, zombies, or eyeballs with teeth, it's the marching band.
Thank you all for the great information! My sense is that I will be leveling many scrappers; it is almost too hard to pick just one.
Having previously leveled a brute, the pacing of this AT is quite a relief. It just goes, and goes, and goes, and goes .... many times in the past week I have felt as if fallen into a locked groove (for the kids- that refers to a record, an LP). It is a majestic feeling, not rushed - just even, measured destruction.
I think I mentioned previously that I primarily played masterminds. There I am drawn to the metagame of having the game world mediated through the minions. It feels sometimes like playing a strategy game on top of the MMO - like chess maybe. THIS (these lovely scrappers as a whole) feel like I'm taking a lawnmower to rows and rows of chessboards - whole football fields of the things. With chainsaws. And acetylene torches. And tanks for shoes.
I've started dreaming about playing CoX.
This. Is. Awesome.
So thank you for reinventing and reinvigorating my game. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
...[I]t would be more proper to say this game is slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly dying.
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Classic Scrapper-Lock: Claws/SR was scrapper-lock before scrapper-lock was invented.
I'd also recommend: Kat,BS,Titan,Staff with Willpower.
See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.