One of the things you will want to decide on is whether you're going to go for a hover + range softcap build or a S/L softcap build. While hover blasting is usually safer, S/L capping is easier and cheaper to build for and will protect you from the vast majority of melee attacks in the game - which is pretty nice for a kin as you'll be jumping in for FS.
What's your budget like?
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A quick reply - I'd aim for 32% Ranged Defence and a resistance shield. Going the Smashing/Lethal route is much easier on characters with melee attacks due to Kinetic Combat.
Take the snipe and slot it, Bolt, Burst and Blast with Thunderstrike
- that 15% Ranged there, very cheaply.
Slot Energy Torrent or Explosive Blast with Malice of the Corrupter for another 3.75%. They're expensive, about 100 mill all up I think.
Stick the Steadfast unique in your armour for 3%, about 30 million?
Hover and Combat Jumping add about another 4% (and immobilise protection, very good for Kinetics.)
That all adds up to 25.5%.
You can get another 1.5% by slotting Nova with Eradication (4 slots of this are great)
At this point you've got around 40% defence on a small luck pill, a great heal, -Damage on hard targets and about 30% Smash/Lethal/other resistance, and all the enemy are falling like ninepins due to your knockback. You'll be plenty tough enough with layered defence like that.
Beef it up further with 6 Pacing of the Turtle in Siphon Speed and/or 6 Trap of the Hunter in an epic immobilise like Electric Fence, or the really costly option of 5% from the purple confuse set in World of Confusion in Psychic Mastery.
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One of the things you will want to decide on is whether you're going to go for a hover + range softcap build or a S/L softcap build. While hover blasting is usually safer, S/L capping is easier and cheaper to build for and will protect you from the vast majority of melee attacks in the game - which is pretty nice for a kin as you'll be jumping in for FS.
What's your budget like? |
budget is ok, maybe 700mil to 1bil, i would think that S/L would be easier because of the shields S/L bonus is the highest (i think). and yes as a kin (and as a mostly melee player) i end up in melee range ALOT. and the hover is less for functionality and more for concept, but i figured the bonus is interchangeable with CJ so could be substituted at will.
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
Dr. Harmony...... so, suggesting i go with a an APP instead of the Scorpion shield, hmmmm
i have always preferred res to def, and with the +res options in I24 maybe a res option is viable.... DAMMIT! all you've done is confuse the situation 
NOT so harmonious if you ask me.
all kidding aside, and including that i would naturally prefer res, i was kinda proud of my self for solo'ing Scorpions arc and getting his shield..... and about nothing else out of that PPP, man the rest of the powers just don't appeal to me. but that is an option, to go layered, or even try to max out my res (75% cap for corr's right?). now i gots noodlin to do...
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
Right... so I slapped together a couple of first draft builds, one using S/L and another ranged. These are by no means "complete" builds (I just dropped in IO sets without bothering to pick the right values), but they should give you a pretty good idea of how you can build towards your goal. You can definitely fit in a res shield in the range softcap build if you want, though it will take some further tinkering.
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Range_Softcap: Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Kinetics
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Flight
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Power Bolt
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (23) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (46) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (48) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (42) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (43) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (43) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Doctored Wounds - Heal
- (45) Accuracy IO
- (A) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (3) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (21) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (21) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (23) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (9) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (17) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (11) Explosive Strike - Damage/Knockback
- (11) Explosive Strike - Accuracy/Knockback
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (13) Recharge Reduction IO
- (13) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (15) Explosive Strike - Damage/Knockback
- (15) Explosive Strike - Accuracy/Knockback
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (17) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Explosive Strike - Damage/Knockback
- (19) Explosive Strike - Accuracy/Knockback
- (19) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
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- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (25) Defense Buff IO
- (25) Defense Buff IO
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- (27) Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
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- (34) Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (29) Recharge Reduction IO
- (29) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (31) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (31) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (33) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
- (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (33) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Damage
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- (34) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Recharge
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- (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
- (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (37) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (39) Recharge Reduction IO
- (39) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
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- (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
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- (45) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
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- (48) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (A) Explosive Strike - Damage/Knockback
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- (50) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
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Level 1: Sprint
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 2: Swift
- (A) Flight Speed IO
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (A) Empty
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (3) Endurance Modification IO
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SL Softcap: Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Kinetics
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Power Bolt
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
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- (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (42) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Doctored Wounds - Heal
- (43) Accuracy IO
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (37) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (50) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (50) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (48) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (11) Recharge Reduction IO
- (11) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
- (13) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (13) Recharge Reduction IO
- (31) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (15) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (15) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (21) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
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- (23) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown
- (A) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
- (17) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (21) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Range IO
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (25) Defense Buff IO
- (25) Defense Buff IO
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (27) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (27) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
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- (29) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
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- (A) Flight Speed IO
- (A) Obliteration - Damage
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- (33) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
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- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
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- (36) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
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- (39) Recharge Reduction IO
- (39) Recharge Reduction IO
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- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
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- (46) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
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- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Empty
- (3) Empty
- (5) Empty
- (5) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 2: Swift
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
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thanks man, i appreciate the help, will tinker around with the market and see what i can get my hands on.
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
I love that you are still using that avatar, Traegus.
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ok, so first, i finally got my corr to 50 this weekend! he's 5 years old and my very first villain toon i ever made. but between being on a server i ended up leaving for the most part, my addiction to melee types, and the atrocious team rate on redside ( for the server i was on ) i was never able to get very far. but eventually, after a server switch (and a much needed rename due to that move, score!) i made it!
now, my nrg/kin is 50 and is BADLY in need of a respec, he has old school fitness pool, some very questionable power picks, and HORRIBLE slotting (apparently i only ever played him whilst drunk).
in light of this i was looking to maximize his +def as much as possible while staying in the theme for the toon, i don't min/max, but i want to eek out the best i can out of my preferred build. that being said, i don't currently have a build, what i got is some power picks i really want to keep, and for some info on how to slot and what to add to get the most survivability out of him.
so no current build to post, but i can tell you which powers i want out of both sets and see if you guys/gals can steer me in the right direction. NRG: burst/bolt/blast, the cone and the TAoE (sorry wife is talking and i can't remember all the names...) Aim and the Tier 9. if the snipe changes in I24 will effect corrs and you can get some decent set bonuses out of it i can add the snipe. out of kin i skipped IR and ID, took everything else. i also went with Scorpions shield, which i assume is the keystone of a good redside def build. i also have hover, since he is a flyer and i would like to keep hover blasting as my play style. other than that i am open for all instruction.
i know it's a heck of a request, but i hope someone has a similar build lying around that would do the trick.
thanks in advance!
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"