Is it also not showing up in your combat attribules? Buff bars can be glitch, check you comvat attributes next time you use it.
With EA you should be able to softcap Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy and Neg Energy easily. It's all typed defense and no positionals.
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I am monitoring my combat attributes (specifically Smashing/Lethal defense) and it does not increase when I use Energy Drain.
EDIT: Tried again, it worked as intended this time and my buff bar displayed it properly. I wonder what was wrong before.
Further advice desired: I don't know if I need both Crane Kick and Eagle's Claw. If I take one but not the other, which should I take?
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If it's not boosting your defense, that's a bug. I haven't noticed it myself but it's been several patches since I've played my Energy Aura characters - the last time I did I was able to stack well into the 60s for everything but Psi.|
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I am monitoring my combat attributes (specifically Smashing/Lethal defense) and it does not increase when I use Energy Drain.
EDIT: Tried again, it worked as intended this time and my buff bar displayed it properly. I wonder what was wrong before. Further advice desired: I don't know if I need both Crane Kick and Eagle's Claw. If I take one but not the other, which should I take? |
As for Crane Kick versus Eagle Claw - I'd personally go with EC for the stun stacking with Cobra Strike and hitting like a truck if I only could take one. On Stalkers it's scale 2.92, and until Crushing Uppercut was the hardest non-AS critical. Its DPA isn't quite as high as Crane Kick's normally, but you also don't have to either slot the KB->KD proc or chase the mob you just kicked and Eagle Claw is one of the few Stalker attacks that is boosted in DPA by Placate once you take Placate's animation time into account.
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My big question is about how Energy Drain works. I know it's supposed to give a defense bonus per guy it hits, but for me, it isn't - I right-click it in my active powers after I fire it in the middle of the mob, when it shows like eight stacks of it, but it still reads "0.00%" for all the defense bonuses it's supposed to give and my smashing/lethal defense that I am monitoring doesn't rise, even though the power info says it's supposed to give 0.38% per guy. Is CoH bugged, or am I doing something wrong?
Also, am I correct in the assumption that I should build for Smashing/Lethal defense?
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