Dark and Weapons

violetnychus

Any suggestions especially whether Constitution or Strength should be the primary, which secondary statistics, and a way I could fit one more of a thematic power in there like Devour Essence or the Ebon Rift?

Are powers redundant?

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name:

Archetype: Freeform

Super Stats:
Level 6: Constitution (Primary)
Level 10: Strength (Secondary)
Level 15:

Talents:
Level 1:
Level 6:
Level 9:
Level 12:
Level 15:
Level 18:
Level 21:

Powers:
Level 1: Shadow Bolt
Level 1: Void Shift (Emerging Nightmares, Crippling Challenge)
Level 6: Ebon Void (Voracious Darkness)
Level 8: Cleave (Rank 2, Rank 3, Challenging Strikes)
Level 11: Defiance (Force of Will)
Level 14: Enrage (Endorphin Rush)
Level 17: Masterful Dodge
Level 20: Brimstone (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Quicksand (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Dark Transfusion (Blood Sacrifice)
Level 29: Shadow Shroud (Terrifying Visage)
Level 32: Arc of Ruin (Rank 2, No Quarter)
Level 35: Earth Splitter
Level 38: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Travel Powers:
Level 6:
Level 35:

Specializations:
Constitution: Fuel My Fire (3/3)
Constitution: Resilient (2/2)
Constitution: Quick Healing (3/3)
Constitution: Armored (2/2)
Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
Warden: Tenacious (2/2)
Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (3/3)
Mastery: Constitution Mastery (1/1)

flowcyto

Str PSS is usually the better choice of the two. I wouldn't really bother w/ Force of Will on Defiance (except perhaps for PvP), and Brimstone and Quicksand kinda overlap a bit much- both being PBAoE's and all, but for tanking i'd prob put CS on at least one of them since its easier to tag mobs w/ a pbAoE than with a cone AoE like Cleave.

Dark Transfusion strikes me as unnecessary and a bit too detrimental here. Ya dun really have any expensive moves, and ur using Defiance, Fuel My Fire or Physical Peak, and an energy-granting toggle already. If ya want a bit more energy on top of that, then MSA is fine for this build (could also use Thermal Reverb + End if ya take Aftershock on Brimstone and charge that rather frequently), and that comes w/o having to put a notable self-dmg and inc heal debuff on ya from using DT.

Ya prob also want Merciless' 15% severity in Vindicator. I'd get it over Modified Gear and/or Rush of Battle.

violetnychus

Brimstone is for offense and disorient while Quicksand is for herding [since it would have a small bonus off enrage] though I may switch.

Do I need a knock to generate enrage?

Would I have a lot of use of Arc and its debuff and disorient?

flowcyto

Arc is decent for HW, since it can debuff for Crushing dmg and apply Disorient. If ya dun want to loose as much much threat when charging it then ya can always slap CS on it as well.

Yea, knocks (or knock attempts, rather) stack Enrage, though Cleave can also stack it innately. That means Quicksand won't stack it normally, iirc.