Crab build need another pair of eyes.
By
Bronze Knight,
Posted on: 2012-07-09 24:52 in Soldiers of Arachnos
The good news is, your Channelgun is correctly slotted for Issue 24. Since procs will all be switching to a procs-per-minute standard, spamming teir-1 filler attacks will no-longer be the uber proc-delivery system that it is today.
Increasing single-target damage without using pets or giving up AoE damage or soft-capped defenses....
Option 1 - If you're not already using enhancement boosters, wait until they're on sale, buy a ton of them, and make all your favorite IOs +5. You can squeeze a few percentage points of performance out of a lot of different things, and you don't have to change your build at all.
Option 2 - Drop Longfang and take Assault. Put all the enhancement slots you don't need in Assault and put them in Tough. You lose an attack you never use anyway, gain 15% damage to both single target and AoE damage, and gain Smashing and Lethal resistance that will protect you from defense debuffs and lucky shots from AVs. If you are bothered by melee defense hovering dangerously close to 45%, there are ways you can slot Tough to increase melee defense.
Option 3 - Do both of the above.
It may not appeal to you since it involves giving up AoE Attacks, but my own Crab's solution to both psi vulnerability AND single-target damage is to take Mace Mastery. You simply identify the source of the psi damage and beat it over the head with your mace until it stops attacking. Both problems solved! And Shatter Armor works great on non-psionic opponents too.
The only reason I would keep Longfang is as a backup when hit with -recharge. But replacing it with Assault is an option.
I got Ragnarok slotted and +5ed it. Bile Spray now kicks even more *** and Bosses are usually at 1/2 health when I get to them now.
I think what I'll do is keep Longfang and put the ATO 2 set in it. It has +3.13 melee def and then I'll slot Fortification with 5 Aegis. Keeps my Def more or less the same and I don't have to respc again.
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I like this build and have a version of it slotted on live without the Apoc and Rag sets.
Few things about this build.
1. No pets. I hate pets on anything that is not an MM. No matter how much recharge you have they can still be down/die when you need them.
2. Lots of AOE. This toon was made to be a farmer. He is quite good at it, can stack minions and LT's like firewood.
3. I do have a ST attack chain for EB/AV's Its called Channelgun, once I get the Apoc and Rag sets it's recharge will be shorter than its activation.
4. Yes I know I should put a -res prock in Channelgun if its my ST attack HOWEVER I was trying to fix my Psionic hole I may still put one in but for now I'm not going to.
The problem is bosses. They allways seem to take forever to kill. I realize I can just turn them off but I want to leave them on. And with DA content theirs even more good drops that bosses can give you.
So can anyone see anyway for me to get more ST damage out of this toon?
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Crab Spider Webguard: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Crab Spider Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Crab Spider Training
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Leviathan Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Channelgun
- (A) Apocalypse - Damage: Level 50
- (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (3) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (5) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
- (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
- (7) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 50
Level 1: Crab Spider Armor Upgrade- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30
- (33) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection: Level 30
Level 2: Longfang- (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff: Level 30
- (7) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff: Level 30
- (9) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
- (9) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
- (11) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
- (11) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage: Level 30
Level 4: Combat Training: Defensive- (A) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +3% Res (All): Level 50
- (39) Kismet - Accuracy +6%: Level 30
- (43) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
Level 6: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
- (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
- (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
- (29) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance: Level 50
- (34) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range: Level 50
- (46) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points): Level 50
Level 8: Suppression- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
- (13) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (13) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
- (15) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
- (15) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50
- (42) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff: Level 20
Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
- (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
- (21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
- (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
Level 12: Venom Grenade- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
- (17) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
- (19) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (19) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
- (21) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50
- (42) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 14: Super Jump- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points): Level 50
Level 16: Tactical Training: Assault- (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 18: Frag Grenade- (A) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
- (23) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (23) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (25) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
- (25) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
- (42) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Recharge/Chance for -Dmg and Terrorize: Level 50
Level 20: Tactical Training: Leadership- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up: Level 50
- (31) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 50
- (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
- (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
- (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 50
Level 22: Mental Training- (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50
Level 24: Fortification- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
- (29) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge: Level 40
- (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance: Level 40
- (36) Reactive Armor - Endurance: Level 40
- (43) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance: Level 50
Level 26: Aim- (A) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge: Level 50
- (37) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50
- (40) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
Level 28: Serum- (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal: Level 50
- (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 50
- (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
Level 30: Boxing- (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 32: Tough- (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All): Level 50
Level 35: Weave- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
- (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
Level 38: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
- (39) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 41: Spirit Shark- (A) Empty
Level 44: Arctic Breath- (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff: Level 30
- (45) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff: Level 30
- (45) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
- (45) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
- (46) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
- (46) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage: Level 30
Level 47: Bile Spray- (A) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
- (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
- (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (48) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (50) Ragnarok - Damage: Level 50
Level 49: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
Level 1: Brawl- (A) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50
Level 2: Rest- (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 1: ConditioningLevel 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift
- (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Jumping IO: Level 50
Level 2: Health- (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration: Level 30
- (34) Miracle - +Recovery: Level 40
- (34) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery: Level 50
Level 2: Stamina- (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 50
- (33) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 50
- (33) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 50
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide- (A) Empty
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash- (A) Empty
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick- (A) Empty
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge- (A) Empty
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush- (A) Empty
Level 50: Cardiac Core ParagonLevel 50: Pyronic Core Final Judgement
Level 50: Ageless Radial Epiphany
Level 50: Arachnos Core Superior Ally
Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment
Level 50: Reactive Core Flawless Interface
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