Dark Armor / Staff Fighting Build Help

I saw a lot of the other posts concerning DA/Stf, but I wanted to see just how much damage resistance I could get out of it. So I did. And this is what I came up with:

(The current build of mids will only show one stack of MotT ATO, but after using it for about a week, I notice I rarely have less than two stacks.)
Resists w/ 1 ATO proc, body, and melee core:
S/L/N/P: 90
F/C: 84.1
E: 67
T: 67.4
With more than one stack, the resists shoot up to:
S/L/F/C/N/P: 90
E/T: ~74ish
If I can manage to maintain 3 stacks, the resists plateau at:
S/L/F/C/N/P: 90
E/T: ~81

Defense:
S: 40.3
L: 55.3
F/C: 32.5
E/N: 44
P: 24
M: 47.1
R: 34
AoE: 39

It's complete overkill? Maybe. Go big or go home. I realize I could do the same thing with a stone tank with a lot less sacrifice, and maybe I will. Maybe I will...

Anyways... If you make changes, please keep in mind my goal is to keep resistances up. If you can figure out a way to squeeze more defense, I'd love to know how!

The purpose of the build is not to have an insane amount of damage or defense, but rather to have a large amount of damage resistance. I rarely play on a team less than 6-8, so I'm not too worried about my lack of defense. If you import the build, you'll notice that I have all of the good end-game stuff enabled. The reasoning behind this is because I plan on playing this character rather frequently. I didn't enable the destiny, because mids only shows craziness. You'll also notice that it's **fairly** inexpensive (actually free if you consider I have just about everything I need to make this happen but the levels). I'm pretty excited to see how it does.

This is made for the sets/slots, not for leveling up- I'll plan that as I actually level him up. Let me know what you think.

I understand there isn't very much accuracy/to hit in the build and I'm okay with that. Like I said, This guy is a tank and taunt is auto-hit I think I have a fair amount of accuracy where it counts and when it doesn't there's always quick toggling Focused Accuracy/ Taking a resist hit to get a to-hit bonus with staff.

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Not bad at all. I'm a bit confused about the random PvP IO in Dark Regen, especially given the lack of the set proc. I prefer putting the Overwhelming Force set in a cone or other AoE to manage more soft control out of the KB. I'm using it in Guarded Spin for now to get the early KB protection, but I might put it into Innocuous Strikes later.

Your build does look very good. Extremely sturdy. As always, I can offer the two DA builds I have for ideas. First is my DA/Fire tank and the other is my Claws/DA Brute.

I've since updated the builds that I'm running in game to include the ATOs but I haven't actually posted those versions yet. They both now include the +3% defense PvP IO, which doesn't make them as useful because most people who can't afford that.

MotT is a fantastic boon to my DA tank, but I can't say it's as nice as having all the defense that I have.

If you haven't read this earlier thread talking about DA/Staff, take a peek. There are a couple of very good examples of DA/Staff builds you might like, or might find some good ideas in.

Oh, random note that will be relevant to DA and FA : Supposedly the Power Pools are shifting such that you can take the fourth power with only one other power in the pool. So Acrobatics becomes a much more accessible choice (you only need CJ). The toggle cost is a bit high but it might be something worth managing, since you can free up some slots that way.