DA/DB Tank Build Cloak of Fear or Typhoon Edge
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Dechs Kaison,
Posted on: 2012-06-19 14:18 in Tankers
I vote for the option that doesn't have the overpriced and inaccurate toggle power.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I vote for the option that doesn't have the overpriced and inaccurate toggle power.
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I'm going to have to hop on the "Door Number Two" bandwagon here. I've always preferred Oppressive Gloom to Cloak of Fear for my Dark Armor tank and frankly the amount of investment you need to really see good results from CoF never felt worth the number of slots you had to burn to get there.
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Well looks like most people are pushing me to drop CoF and I think its the right way to go. Whilst I will miss the look of CoF the added AOE and Combos will make soloing a little eaier. I shall be respecing latter this week. Thanks for the input all.
Well the respec is done into build to and its working wonderfully, taking out mobs quicker and at higher levels. One last question, does anyone have any ideas on any way I can improve build number 2? I am using the tank to solo lv 53s*8 mission arcs and to team tank Tfs and mission arcs at all levels. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Not too much I would tinker with. You might consider moving the extra slot from Blinding Feint (the one the Mako quad is in now) over to Combat Jumping to push your S/L defense over the softcap while still keeping your set bonuses slotted at level 30.
I'd also question the choice of Vigor for alpha. I think if you really need the endurance reduction you're better off going Cardiac which also buffs your Resistances. Personally, I like Resilient which buffs them even more.
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Thanks for the response Justaris. I thought about moving the extra slot to fully hit the softcap, but I have found that it is very easy to keep the Temp power from the final DA arc which give 2%def across the board I might relook at this again in the future if I get fed up with running the Dream Doctor arc.
I have both Vigour and Cardiac at T4 but tend to keep Vigour on for the extra Accuracy which helps a lot with the DB combos. I have toyed with both but with the Tanker AO proc going off I tend to hit the Res cap for Ps/S/L peaty quick in a large mob. Again I have both so something I can keep reviewing.
Thanks again for the feedback
Hi all I have a dilemma. I love my Dark/DB tank its a monster the combos are great but can not stop myself tinkering with the build. At the moment I am running the Build 1 below with Cloak of Fear to debuff to hit and hitting the Attack Vitals as my main combo with Empower thrown in for good measure. However, Cloak of Fear does not seem to do all that much at higher levels, so I am thinking about tweaking the build to include Typhoons Edge giving me another AOE some more combos, and 5% more recharge whilst still keeping all my Def softcaps. That is build 2. I would love some feedback from the forum build master on what they think of the two builds in general, which is better and if there are any other tweaks I can make. As always grateful for all and any feedback. Thanks.
Build 1 with Cloak of Fear (current build live on Virtue)