New Stalker. Need Help.

Hello CoX players, I am thinking of rolling a Stalker. I mostly play Brutes but I need something a little more different. My Brute collection consist of a SS/WP, EM/INV, Fire/Stone, SS/Fire, and my newest Brute a Staff/Elec (he's only 45 at the moment). With all my previous Brutes, I have been the Tank more often then not. I've never heard of a Stalker being the Tank so I know tanking with a Stalker is out of the picture. I'm planning on rolling a StJ/SR Stalker. I attempted to roll a DM/WP Stalker when I first started playing the game but I deleted him at level 27. I'm not a high roller so if a build is posted please only use Invented Origin Enhancements. If I like this toon then I will probably IO him out with the best of the best IO's.


I'm asking the players that have had any experience with Street Justice and/or Super Reflexes to give me some Pros and Cons of the build.

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Originally Posted by Primal_Dark I would recommend you buy the stalker ATO proc and slot it in Assassin strike. It will put you in a hidden state right after using assassins strike, allowing you to crit with whatever you choose to followup with (tier 9 It's a game changer in my opinion.

Also keep in mind the new Stalker ATO is nice as well.

SR seems hit or miss for people -- I'm personally not a fan since it doesn't have any utility of any form or fashion other than a +rech power.

StJ is just awesome

If you're looking for something different from your brutes I'd recommend going for /ninjitsu instead of /SR since Stalkers are the only ones that have access to that set.

If you are confident with superior reflexes.....then go for it....i normaly do not recommned it for a player who has not played a stalker before.....because all you will have is defense.....not much else....and its kind of...oh hum...for play.

I usualy recommend Ninjutsu or Willpower....as Ninjutsu will give you the defenses just like superior reflexes...but also give you a self heal and some other useful abilities....that you can decide to get or drop.

Street Justice is an interesting set on stalkers...you will be missing like one attack with it....truly i dont miss it....combo wise....you will be still doing alot of damage with it...and building the stalker focus...giving you more rapid damage then your average brute.

For me I felt I should take all 9 of the powers...which i tend to use alot...as sometimes some of the attacks are just not ready to use again very fast...so the other attacks are there to help build the combo level and focus level.

I am actualy not surprised that you deleted the DM/WP stalker....based on what you play it probably felt slow to you...damage wasnt really there and you ran out of energy alot...i dont know why but Dark Melee on stalkers does consume alot of energy and does seam a bit sluggish...also never liked the animations as much personaly.

That doesnt mean i dont have a stalker with dark melee...just means i have not played that character as much as i could.

If you're new to Stalkers and just want defense so you can focus on your attacks, Super Reflexes is the way to go. Can easily softcap your positional defenses and has amazing Defense Debuff Resistance. Very easy to play and won't stress you out.

However, /Nin has good damage mitigation, though it lacks the defense safety that /SR has. Caltrops is really, really good to keep them off you, and Blinding Powder is pretty sweet.

If you want to just enjoy without worry, go with /SR. If you want a bit of a challenge, go /Nin.

Thanks for the advice and suggestions.

I am going to add Aid Self into the build, so if I happen to get hit then I'll heal myself and get right back in the fight.

I do have a question though:

Since I have never played a defense only power set, will Stj/SR be heavy on endurance or will a couple Performance Shifter: Chance for +Endurance procs and the Miracle: +Recovery proc take care of any endurance problems I am having?

Your endurance will depend on your attack chain. If you just use random attacks now and then, it should be enough. But if you're following a DPS chain, you might want to consider slotting for more endurance on your toggles, provided it doesn't cause significant decrease of your defense.

Truthfully, I've yet to try and tank an AV... I can imagine it'd go something like that, like riding a scooter through 75 mph traffic: a great ride until something bad happens; then you're just a little grease spot.