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So... Defenders are my new favorite AT

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2012-08-13 14:16 in Defenders

 

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Not to be a downer, but the only reason the OP pulled that off is that there happened to be an Empathy defender in the group. Without that particular character the actual scenario in that situation would be that the defender would take a ranged mez from the DE, the toggles would drop, and the defender would die instantly. The empathy mez protection is what really made the difference.
Say it isn't so... Defenders are allowed to defend other defenders on the team now??? When did I miss the memo?

 

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Say it isn't so... Defenders are allowed to defend other defenders on the team now??? When did I miss the memo?
Inconceivable!

 

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Originally Posted by Moonlighter View Post
Not to be a downer, but the only reason the OP pulled that off is that there happened to be an Empathy defender in the group. Without that particular character the actual scenario in that situation would be that the defender would take a ranged mez from the DE, the toggles would drop, and the defender would die instantly. The empathy mez protection is what really made the difference.
And without the Storm Defender the Empath would have been overwhelmed by damage faster than he could heal. Synergy!

 

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Without that particular character the actual scenario in that situation would be that the defender would take a ranged mez from the DE, the toggles would drop, and the defender would die instantly.
Well, the Hurricane debuff lasts ten seconds, so pretty often I can hit a breakfree and get 'Cane back up before the enemy can finish me. Not 100% of the time of course.

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Say it isn't so... Defenders are allowed to defend other defenders on the team now??? When did I miss the memo?
You mean they didn't just follow the scrapper with him targeted and spamming buffs and heals, then retreating to the nearest elevator when the scrapper died to Recall said scrapper and then rez him while the rest of the team got pasted???

What kind of empath was this!

Please buff Ice Control.

 

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Nah every Defender knows that the correct reaction to a teammate dying is to cast Vengeance and keep fighting.

Actually now that I think about it that holds true for almost all of my characters regardless of AT. I may have a problem.

 

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Nah every Defender knows that the correct reaction to a teammate dying is to cast Vengeance and keep fighting.

Actually now that I think about it that holds true for almost all of my characters regardless of AT. I may have a problem.
It is only a problem when you're actually hoping for them to be defeated so that you can cast veng.... Oh drat...

 

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It is only a problem when you're actually hoping for them to be defeated so that you can cast veng.... Oh drat...
I plead the 5th.

 

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It is only a problem when you're actually hoping for them to be defeated so that you can cast veng.... Oh drat...
Heal or vengeance, heal or vengeance? If I cast a heal, I'll have to keep spamming heals on everyone. If I let him die and cast a vengeance then everyone will be soft capped and I have a lot of time to spam attacks! Which to do?

Moonlighter

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Not to be a downer, but the only reason the OP pulled that off is that there happened to be an Empathy defender in the group. Without that particular character the actual scenario in that situation would be that the defender would take a ranged mez from the DE, the toggles would drop, and the defender would die instantly. The empathy mez protection is what really made the difference.
Or they could have, you know.. ate BFs?

I at least keep a healthy portion of BFs free on my Defenders for such an occasion.

More often than not I blow them taking alphas though.. Silly timid tankers/brutes..

 

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Say it isn't so... Defenders are allowed to defend other defenders on the team now??? When did I miss the memo?
I have a lot of characters who can take out full packs of +3 DE if an Empathy defender is following me around buffing and healing me. That's all I am saying.

And to Aurora_Girl, lolz on Buzz Killington. I am shamed because you are right.

Moonlighter

50s include MA/SD, MA/SR, DP/Elec, Claw/Inv, Kat/Dark, Kat/Fire, Spine/Regen, Dark/SD

First Arc: Tequila Sunrise, #168563

 

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It is only a problem when you're actually hoping for them to be defeated so that you can cast veng.... Oh drat...
My Thermal/Sonic not only hopes, but actually asks people to die near other mobs so I can hit Vengeance and blow up their corpse. Sadly, when I blow them up with Power of the Phoenix they get back up and my endurance discount goes down... I should've gone with Rad.

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NA looks to be very clicky
...it's actually not, unless you are talking about spamming Regrowth. It has two toggle powers and a few long recharge buffs. It's not like Time in that way.

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my cold/ice defender has turned into my go to character for most any situation. upon accepting a pug invite i had one teammate say "i remember you, you're the first tank, blaster, controller defender i've ever played with. this is gonna be easy." i was quite complimented. that toon is a blast on itfs, speed or kill all. (i just really like the itf also) perma sleet/ice storm combo for mobs, good st attack chain and buffs for teammates. all my favorites

i went on a defender making frenzy a while back and have a solid selection to choose from. even joined a short lived all defender task force group that played weekly. if you havent tried an all defender tf give it a shot, it's a lot of fun at any level.

 

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...it's actually not, unless you are talking about spamming Regrowth. It has two toggle powers and a few long recharge buffs. It's not like Time in that way.
I missed something. Time is clicky? I have 2 clicks, 1 power on auto, and 1 power I click after a long recharge.

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I also find time to be clicky (but I'm ok with that because if you aren't clicking, what're you doing?)

I'm not high enough with my /na character to decide if it is too or not yet...

 

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No doubt, it is a sweet powerset

 

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Originally Posted by Moonlighter View Post
Not to be a downer, but the only reason the OP pulled that off is that there happened to be an Empathy defender in the group. Without that particular character the actual scenario in that situation would be that the defender would take a ranged mez from the DE, the toggles would drop, and the defender would die instantly. The empathy mez protection is what really made the difference.
My point exactly, we wouldn't have been able to survive without our Defender-y-ness. I kept her alive, she kept me alive.

Defenders own.

And I regret forgetting about this thread, there's actual discussion! Le'gasp!



And to the previous point of Damage Resistance on a Storm Defender, it really does rock. 20+ resistance to ALL but psi is damn good; I took Soul Mastery for that reason. Although the additional energy resistance for iTrials is tempting (Charged Armor). I can get 80+ global recharge, 1 small purple away from the softcap on ALL defenses and all the tools available to a Stormie? Defenders can defend themselves as well