Refitting an old Invul/SS for the IOs and Incarnate
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Bionic_Flea,
Posted on: 2012-07-28 13:59 in Tankers
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Yeah, that was it. Guess my old build wasnt quite as bad as I thought it was. Oh well, it was some improvement. |
Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
Look at invincibility. Maybe it is set for more than one critter in range?
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I headed out to Monster Isle in PI, just to test it out. After slugging it out for 5 mins with a GM, I can say it is at least fairly durable against a S/L boss. ( it was a Tie
) We'll see how it goes in an iTrial.
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Honestly, I dunno that you want to try "toughing it out".|
Originally Posted by DaemonDivinity
Okay, so I looked over that build, did a double-take, and went, "yeah, I'm dumb." Fully slotted Eradication and Thunderstrike cover the same things that my half-slotted Cleaving Blow and Maelstrom's Fury would. With extra perks to boot. I can just tough out the higher endurance cost of Footstomp.
Also, observation: the difference in my resists from slotting Aegis at level 50 versus level 25 is a whopping 1.1%, generally. Sometimes, running the level 25s will make me immune to exemplar-scaling. And, of course, doing this I get to enjoy the softcap from lvl22 on up. No contest. Code:
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A rapidly recharging FS can be absolutely brutal to your blue bar.
Here's an alternate option. Yeah, it's not leaving you as tight on S/L resist and your blue bar is lower but...
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Or, alternatively, I do what I had already admitted might be a good idea, and just drop Energy Torrent in favor of Spring attack. Energy Torrent is fun, but it can be a bit of a hassle. On the other hand, if Lightning Rod is any indication, I will love Spring Attack.
Since Spring Attack is powerful, but inexpensive and quite slow, Eradication goes there, while the 5-slot Overwhelming Force takes over in Footstomp (a slight damage cut, but excellent stats all around, especially endred).
Preserves the same overcapped S/L/E/N to withstand a drop of debuffing, and a slightly overcapped F/C.
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Unfortunately, I had already freespeced, so I'm stuck with the previous build for a bit. But it's not killing me yet, and i24's freespec is right around the corner.| Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1478;711;1422;HEX;| |78DA65945B57125114C7CF0C4323080982A02220A821A21363BEF790D62A658552B| |DBAC826989C4617602B1FFB0ABEF454668F3DF40DFA125DBC757DEDA2F9DE6AD166| |F63F742D6601BF397BEFB3CF7FEF730E85C7B3BED7D79E5C1692EF8A55AED7976F9| |5ED55A3E62E942BE68A683D2A7D136C5D9E35EE1B76DDD0AEDB8F362CDBA895EF9A| |96D9D88CC15D302CC3D04A1BEBF45E6AD40CBBD2A80A5F716DCDD2168CF2BA6957F| |CCEE0AA59A93668E4C3A8611BF57A370FAC962F34B76EAE6873B4426573B950AE37| |8CDA663FE918A7EF5B0FFD482D654D21A65D42E88A98F40A3C4D4514096945288BC| |C734B608999BA279C39EF288FC4795C529A5E32AA18493033A91615914DF258A3FC| |2ECEEF7639F955717E115C62064ACCE1C39626E247E67B5AC70D6DEE79C959DBBBC| |0F415C022337593B94B73546853A1A92BCD9ABA924C6F8AED1F28D683584F9E5EFA| |55D1AF83332D2A6234CAE33D8AEDE658B93BCFBE80CE8C2036421BEE478C3F2C393| |58C0698993E8E9128A6876B123D83DCCF7DCA1D741ADA740511D78B79BDFFF3CC73| |4F74EA67083D09EDB22DBC07EE332307E8634A3874D19A7DA8B30F3D19C2BEA546B| |07FE88942B151C446A125110643AC25016D07A47B00B103018E1984DEC12073E42F| |B9E3AA9826DD31AE518AE558D7508EEBBF48BE38CE48BC2A3B79B22673E201B8CA9| |CB2C087CC28E94DA29FC918D7BD4D48C396C65A33B4C618FA36F689CFFE85CFE017| |F02B33F38DF9CA4FF786EB93C69FCA4E9EEC96ECF876282407CDB9675CC7E473701| |B7CC19CDA419D2F995244080D73B5EF942F4EBE1FE04FA6FE0B3C028F9987D4F33C| |6ACBA37F434AFB0ED3871E9155DA37BD39D1E1CD7758F40ECBA50ECB4C8765A1C35| |254B02C5924C7E209B4EF7FF3C8DBFEDF10D214EFCBEF539B2CDDC019BCC36767E2| |36DFE9E3B3F3C679DEC9D979C36C93B7788F64ECD51FEAB38EB527C3F48E8EBC099| |DDAFF0114D2DD38| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Still going to take a while to find all the set pieces. The Gladiator's Armor, especially. Got the Shield Wall though. I have a feeling the Gladiator's Armor is going to come through E-merits.
So I got working on the build in the last post, with a couple of minor changes:
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It's not done, but it's getting closer every day and it does indeed feel quite Invulnerable, as my old tanker was. I want to thank everyone for their assistance to this point. It was nice to recapture some of that feeling that made me love this game and this character so long ago.| Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1514;720;1440;HEX;| |78DA6594CF53525114C7EFFB4108426288A828F81043449F60B66E91D69432A1545| |B87EC052F5F4F079E4D2EFB17DCB42AD35D2DDAB4EE9FE887BFFAB9ADC96ADF3474| |78DF33E20C6F80CFBDE79E7BCEF79CFB2E8547B38157571F5F1252E0B255AED7976| |F96ED55A3E629942BE68A683E5EFAC6615D9E35EE1976DDD0AFD90F372CDBA895EF| |9896E96CC678B9605886A19736D6695C726A865D71AA22505C5BB3F405A3BC6EDA9| |5A03BB96256AA0ECD023C736CA35EEFC4C46AAE85E7D6CD157D8E325436970BE5BA| |63D436FB484796BE6F7DF42335953584985684C8AB62C22FF869A8A24848AA425D0| |4CF2C314BA07657B87BDE511C097114294983B4578CC4C1B4D6A42A3209CC758AAF| |C0D7A3B8F1BDE2EC2273090C95C0E1A3A626E247F03DE5F1B036CFBCE4E6F62F808| |102B3086A37C03DDAE3656D5ED6D49184A68E04E8D760FF40BE3EF8CABE1C0DFA54| |D19767CE80FBE4D3C9F13AD927C43EBDEC3312E5391D7890E305FF118654918A405| |7BA0794C8A70B3589AE01F4F3807274BB0D6D28DD21F89D0B3379DF08C7C9533FC3| |DC93F01EFAD4B3CF3C007B0FB98F9A70A950CE08D710B908AD83AC5DE39A521AB4A| |8E41B65DF286B89B396B8ABC52BE211F09074F7B36F3FFB0EB0DE01D69B9AC77B36| |4DBA63A8518A65A16B308B9C53B436849A3C4355D9D59331C1F1FBCC5570D2623E0| |0A3A437C1FD4CC450F73621C9B624E79AA11CA39C63F45876CFE6FC77E60FE64F30| |CDBDC83BE0CBA01063A8531A7B22BBF1325BB2BBB6A3E06E35E3669FC27FE219739| |BF91C9CDCE17A77C15DDAABF359EA9FD0A7A9CFCC2F60FE2BF31B78443DCF716D39| |EEDFA07A7287E9438FC8A82737BD31DEB69A6BB3E4DB2C17DA2C336D9685364B51E| |5B464915C8B2F44F71F96C6B1FFE47F4348933897DF2D9B2C5DC7BD546FE3FD1ABF| |8577E8D7E97D63D8F7E7F4BE61D8E42D9C8DCC67F4B797C0B9277A68CC1D79136ED| |9FD9196FDF529FB8B646BFC1F6655E551| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Of course, they're about to roll out some new changes. Nothing that will hurt this build, but apparently a lot of sets are getting improved Resists. It looks like I'm missing out (getting a bit of F/C, some irrelevant S/L, and pretty much no E/N/T/P).
Is there anything I should flip around to get a piece? I don't see a way to get a lot of E/N/T/P out of it. I was thinking that I could de-slot Tough, use it to mule the Gladiator (it work's regardless of power level, IIRC), and toss 2 in RPD with the 3x Aegis, and the one remaining in Rage for Adjusted Targeting. This might be sufficient to actually cap S/L with Tough off. Or a slot could be tossed in KO-Blow or Jab for the new Tanker ATO proc (I don't know if I should feel compelled to try and slot the whole set).
Should I even give this a second thought? Should I maybe do something like rearrange slots to get a 3x Adjusted Targeting in Rage? One interesting thought I had was reversing RPD and Tough, if the S/L bonuses totall up to 10ish, thus allowing me to cap without needing the toggle.
i24 should give you some new tools to play with too.
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Didn't look at your build, but I will say this: My current Inv/Fire on live gains huge amounts of F/C resist on beta, without a single change. He also gained a fair bit of S/L - such that I'll be able to cap S/L resists with relatively minor slotting changes, while dropping Tough completely from my build. He'll still be softcapped to S/L/E/N, as well. I won't even need to sacrifice any global recharge to do it, just a small amount of regeneration bonuses. And my F/C resist will probably end up somewhere north of 70%.|
Originally Posted by DaemonDivinity
So I got working on the build in the last post, with a couple of minor changes:
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I can't wait for the Mids update, but I know that it'll be a hell of a project.
Edit: To be completely fair, that is running an unlimited budget build and Cardiac.
Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade!
Okay, so I looked over that build, did a double-take, and went, "yeah, I'm dumb." Fully slotted Eradication and Thunderstrike cover the same things that my half-slotted Cleaving Blow and Maelstrom's Fury would. With extra perks to boot. I can just tough out the higher endurance cost of Footstomp.
Also, observation: the difference in my resists from slotting Aegis at level 50 versus level 25 is a whopping 1.1%, generally. Sometimes, running the level 25s will make me immune to exemplar-scaling. And, of course, doing this I get to enjoy the softcap from lvl22 on up.
No contest.