Giant build after Cooldown nerf

ironman12348

Hey, forum mates! I found Cryptic is going to reduce cooldown reduction by gear and int. Now i have 1 simple question: How to make efficient giant growth build with Miniaturization Drive stacking?

riverocean

Here's my take on a Giant Growth Hybrid. With approx 540 INT I'm getting +20% CDR from INT plus 25% CDR from Second Wind. Additional cool down comes from a Mask of Speed & blue INT gear (including Hospitable eyepiece). That puts minidrive on a 14 sec CDR. Just enough to stack it. This is a very clicky build. I'm managing by spamming Havoc Stomp and clicking Mini Drive whenever it's up.

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Mighty Monolith

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Hero
Level 6: Relentless
Level 9: Negotiator
Level 12: Quick Recovery
Level 15: Physical Conditioning
Level 18: Body and Mind
Level 21: Healthy Mind

Powers:
Level 1: Clobber
Level 1: Mighty Leap (Nailed to the Ground)
Level 6: Unleashed Rage (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Aura of Arcane Clarity (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Demolish (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 14: Enrage (Giant Growth)
Level 17: Havoc Stomp (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 20: Miniaturization Drive (Reciprocating Gizmo)
Level 23: Resurgence (Evanescent Emergence)
Level 26: Aggressor (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Haymaker (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Nanobot Swarm (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Masterful Dodge
Level 38: Molecular Self-Assembly

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Superjump (Rebounding Resilience)
Level 35: Teleportation

Specializations:
Recovery: Gear Utilization (3/3)
Recovery: Withstand (2/2)
Recovery: Super Charged (3/3)
Recovery: Second Wind (2/2)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Locus (2/2)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (3/3)
Mastery: Recovery Mastery (1/1)



I'm also relying on Guardicator to make up for some the squishiness of AoAC. Onslaught Gear + Guardicator is giving me about +88% damage resist. I'm sure all of these stats would be much better with Purple INT secondaries. I don't have any of those so making due with what's available. This isn't as tanky as the old Giant Growth builds.. but it gets the job done.

nacito

T_T
so you'll have to be intelligent to get bigger .-.

vonqball

How much is AoAC doing for you vs going with AoPM? With the latter, you would have more int (=more cooldown reduction), and higher secondary superstats to power second wind.