Defense sets and hybrid.

I have a couple of toons that I feel are nearly unkillable. Of course, sometimes the RNG happens and they die, but what can you do? So I am thinking of unlocking hybrid slot on them and goin for the melee tree. Is the added regen and resistance really noticable?

It's only noticeable if you've already got something to build upon or you are very close to capping and Hybrid would bridge the gap.

I'm quite fond of Core. Sadly, as nice as Radial can be, I don't want to rely on having to have 3+ foes around to make the +defense worth having. So I've been going Core to shore up characters with moderate resists and high (but not always capped) defense. The increased regen is a boon between hits and the DR takes the edge off when they do hit. And I get a lot of that benefit even if I'm remote from foes - with Radial, I get nothing in that case.

Great, now the only question is which toon do I dust off. My Wm/Sr scrapper, Claws/Sr, or Fm/Inv brute. Ah, decisions, decisions.


Also, has anyone tried using it with a regen toon?

I am hereby stupified.

Just looked at this on my /Inv brute.

With 1 foe in range of invincibility and melee core my def is:
49% s/l
44% e/n
32% f/c

Res is:
87.6 S/L
41.8 e/n
46.7 f/c
42.9 Tox
20 Psy

Reg 526% Thats roughly 38 hp/s w/o DP. With DP it goes to 56 hp/s

Now, if I get surrounded by mobs, which I frequently do, the numbers get better.

Def
S/L 60.8
E/N 55.8
f/c 44.5

Res
S/L 96% (Capped at 90)
E/N 50.7%
F/C 55.6%
Tox 51.9%
Psi 29%

Regen 659% 47.35 Hp/s, with DP that turns into 70 Hp/s

Plus I have rebirth on top of that.

I don't really have any problems with large numbers of enemies on my SS/Fire brute (Footstomp recharge is under 6 seconds) so I wanted to get the buffs front loaded. I think that's the core choice?

I ended up moving to assault to try that and I might, if it continues to underwhelm, try out support to see if the constant -10% endurance cost is worth it, and the toggle 12% defence seems better than everything else anyway.

On an SD toon, Melee Core + Rebirth is dy-no-mite!
Trigger OWTS (when needed...like when Melee Core is down) and may you never be defeated again.

Regen is getting to the point where the +HP Rebirth might be more useful.

Oh yeah we're often already at the HP cap too nm. :P

To the /Regen/ lovers, try it on a Brute! You can double stack Dull Pain and actually get more HP from it! The bonus Res cap is definitely noticeable, as you can MoG about 1/3 of the time with a good build. Or, you'll get to the point with Incarnate stuff, you'll only need to use it in a pinch.



26% resist all in a crowd, 17.07% on a single target is pretty freakin' amazing. I'm planning on building this slot for most of my characters.

Then again, I'm not having any trouble surviving in the latest Trial, so I might just do the damage one. More damage? Okay!