Staff/EA build

Failut · 08-24-2012 12:18 PM

I am starting a Staff/Energy Aura build and my search Fu is weak today. Are there any gotcha's with either of these that I should keep an eye out for?

I have read on the staff, but have not seen many current teardowns for Energy Aura.

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Athena Six · 08-24-2012 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Failut

I am starting a Staff/Energy Aura build and my search Fu is weak today. Are there any gotcha's with either of these that I should keep an eye out for?

I have read on the staff, but have not seen many current teardowns for Energy Aura.

One of my mains is a Staff/EA I REALLY love the set.. one of the biggest gotchas I found out was EA has a weakness to Psi and Toxic I made a few small Sacrifices and built my range defense up..nearly to soft cap actually and this helped a lot. Might not be the prescribed way.. but I found it made her quite sturdy.

Edit: There are times In ITrials that I need to pack along a few oranges for just in case but those times are not often.

A lot of what you might find on the forums are old posts about EA.. but in its current state it is an extremely hardy set. For me anyway I found it so good that I have a Staff/EA Brute, DB/EA Scrapper and TW/EA Brute!

Failut · 08-24-2012 12:48 PM

Thanks!

I have been playing around with a possible build and will post it here once I think that I have it right, and see what others think.

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Rylas · 08-24-2012 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Athena Six

...I made a few small Sacrifices and built my range defense up..nearly to soft cap actually and this helped a lot. Might not be the prescribed way.. but I found it made her quite sturdy.

Wow, it's not the way I would do it, but I commend you on going that extra mile. Something to keep in mind is that some Psi attacks have NO positional flags on them, so you'll still be open to them. Still, nice solution, even if I wouldn't recommend it.

To the OP, at this point, I wouldn't advise making any Defense set builds. With the coming changes to IOs, I think it would be best to at least wait for a Mids update before doing anything. Chances are you could make yourself a Soft-cap to S/L/E/N/F/C build with moderate resists to stack on top of it. If you can pull that off, you'll be very sturdy indeed.

Heck, even *just* the soft-cap is very good. And some of the mitigation you get from Staff/ will make that even better.

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Rebel_Scum · 08-28-2012 07:22 AM

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Heck, even *just* the soft-cap is very good. And some of the mitigation you get from Staff/ will make that even better.

Pfft. Why go for the normal softcap when you can hit the incarnate softcap.

Specifically, this is incarnate softcapped to smash/lethal/energy without energy drain, and everything except psi with it. Because if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

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Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Staff Fighting
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Precise Strike -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(7), LkGmblr-Rchg+(9)
Level 2: Guarded Spin -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(11), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(13), C'ngBlow-Acc/Rchg(13)
Level 4: Power Shield -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(17), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(17), LkGmblr-Rchg+(19)
Level 6: Eye of the Storm -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(21), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(23), C'ngBlow-Acc/Rchg(23)
Level 8: Staff Mastery
Level 10: Entropic Aura -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 12: Taunt -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Energy Protection -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(25), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(25)
Level 18: Serpent's Reach -- SBrutesF-Acc/Dmg(A), SBrutesF-Dmg/Rchg(27), SBrutesF-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), SBrutesF-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(29), SBrutesF-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(29), SBrutesF-Rech/Fury(31)
Level 20: Energy Cloak -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(31), LkGmblr-Rchg+(31)
Level 22: Dampening Field -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(33), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(33)
Level 24: Boxing -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(50), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(50), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 26: Innocuous Strikes -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(34), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(34), C'ngBlow-Acc/Rchg(36)
Level 28: Energy Drain -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(36), LkGmblr-Rchg+(37)
Level 30: Tough -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(37), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(37), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(39), GA-3defTpProc(39)
Level 32: Sky Splitter -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(39), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(40), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40)
Level 35: Energize -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(42), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(42), Dct'dW-Heal(42), Dct'dW-Rchg(43), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 38: Combat Jumping -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 41: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(43), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), LkGmblr-Rchg+(45)
Level 44: Focused Accuracy -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(45), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(46), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(46), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(46), GSFC-Build%(48)
Level 47: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(48), P'Shift-End%(48)
Level 49: Overload -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(15), P'Shift-End%(15)
Level 12: Form of the Body
Level 12: Form of the Mind
Level 12: Form of the Soul
Level 1: Combo Level 1
Level 1: Combo Level 2
Level 1: Combo Level 3
Level 50: Agility Core Paragon
Level 50: Preemptive Radial Flawless Interface
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Set Bonus Totals:

6.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
6.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
6.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
6.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
6.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
6.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
6.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
6.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
23.5% Defense(Smashing)
23.5% Defense(Lethal)
16.63% Defense(Fire)
16.63% Defense(Cold)
20.38% Defense(Energy)
20.38% Defense(Negative)
6% Defense(Psionic)
16.63% Defense(Melee)
15.06% Defense(Ranged)
13.19% Defense(AoE)
5.4% Max End
4% Enhancement(Heal)
36% Enhancement(Accuracy)
52.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
15% SpeedFlying
281.1 HP (18.75%) HitPoints
15% JumpHeight
15% SpeedJumping
MezResist(Immobilized) 8.25%
MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
5.5% (0.09 End/sec) Recovery
50% (3.12 HP/sec) Regeneration
2.52% Resistance(Smashing)
2.52% Resistance(Lethal)
1.26% Resistance(Fire)
1.26% Resistance(Cold)
30% SpeedRunning
1 Null

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Rylas · 08-28-2012 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Rebel_Scum

Pfft. Why go for the normal softcap when you can hit the incarnate softcap.

You rebel scum!

Sounds like some good solid numbers (can't look at it at work). I wonder what that would look like on the beta server with the new IO adjustments.

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Rebel_Scum · 08-29-2012 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rylas

You rebel scum!

Sounds like some good solid numbers (can't look at it at work). I wonder what that would look like on the beta server with the new IO adjustments.

It's actually not much difference, you get some fire/cold resist from the three kinetic combat sets, some extra smash/lethal resist from the doctored wounds, and the aegis 2 piece bonuses become all move speed rather than just run.

Realistically, though, you're still going to be better building for defense. Mostly because resistance only mitigates damage, and only of that type. Defense on the other hand also mitigates secondary effects like debuffs by virtue of the attack not hitting you to begin with. And also mitigates other damage types to some extent depending on the attack. Consider the energy melee some of the IDF guys use, just as an example. If you have resistance to smashing and lethal, you'll take less smashing damage but still take full energy damage, unless you also have energy resistance. While with defense, over time you effectively reduce both damage types by the attacks not hitting you at all. Admittedly that makes more of a difference on a straight resistance set like fiery aura than it does here, but still something to be aware of.

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Failut · 08-29-2012 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel_Scum

Pfft. Why go for the normal softcap when you can hit the incarnate softcap.

Specifically, this is incarnate softcapped to smash/lethal/energy without energy drain, and everything except psi with it. Because if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.

Wow, thanks! I may just have to play with that some.

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Rebel_Scum · 08-30-2012 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Failut

Wow, thanks! I may just have to play with that some.

You're welcome.

Least someone will get some use out of it since I shelved my own staff character. Set's too slow for me, even if it is pretty. Truly, the dual pistols of melee sets.

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Nemu_ · 08-30-2012 03:39 PM

This is how I'm building mine, softcapped to Psi

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T'amu: Level 50 Technology Brute
Primary Power Set: Staff Fighting
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Arctic Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Precise Strike -- P'ngFist-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngFist-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17), P'ngFist-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17), P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(34), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(36), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(36)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(3), HO:Cyto(3)
Level 2: Guarded Spin -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(13), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(13), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(15), Sciroc-Dam%(15)
Level 4: Power Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), DefBuff-I(5), HO:Cyto(5)
Level 6: Eye of the Storm -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(7), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(9), FrcFbk-Rechg%(46)
Level 8: Staff Mastery
Level 10: Entropic Aura -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 12: Super Speed -- Winter-ResSlow(A)
Level 14: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 16: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Serpent's Reach -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(19), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(19), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(23), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), Dev'n-Hold%(33)
Level 20: Energy Cloak -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(21), HO:Cyto(21)
Level 22: Tough -- ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(36), ImpArm-ResDam(37), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(37)
Level 24: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(25), HO:Cyto(25)
Level 26: Innocuous Strikes -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(27), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(29), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(29), Sciroc-Dam%(31)
Level 28: Energy Drain -- GftotA-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(A), GftotA-Def/Rchg(37), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(40), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(43)
Level 30: Maneuvers -- GftotA-Def/EndRdx(A), GftotA-Def(31), HO:Cyto(31)
Level 32: Sky Splitter -- SBrutesF-Acc/Dmg(A), SBrutesF-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), SBrutesF-Dmg/Rchg(33), SBrutesF-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), SBrutesF-Rech/Fury(34)
Level 35: Energize -- Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(46), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48), Dct'dW-Heal(50), Dct'dW-Rchg(50)
Level 38: Chilblain -- Apoc-Dmg(A), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(39), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(39), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(40), Apoc-Dam%(40)
Level 41: Ice Blast -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(42), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Dev'n-Hold%(43)
Level 44: Dampening Field -- ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(45), ImpArm-ResDam(45), GA-3defTpProc(45)
Level 47: Energy Protection -- ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(48), ImpArm-ResDam(48)
Level 49: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(11), P'Shift-End%(46)
Level 1: Combo Level 1
Level 1: Combo Level 2
Level 1: Combo Level 3
Level 8: Form of the Body
Level 8: Form of the Mind
Level 8: Form of the Soul
Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
Level 50: Cardiac Core Paragon
Level 50: Ageless Radial Epiphany
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