Building a better Alien

thehubby2

Hey all, been a long time since I last played, so I definitely need a hand with freeform builds. Right now I'm trying to put together a Xenomorph (The alien from the Aliens movies, if I even have to explain. ) So far, this is what I've got.

http://powerhouse.nullware.com/powerhouse.html?v=11&n=&d=1130MAE0000A000P000P101P501P8000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000

Any suggestions for where to take it are most welcome.

doktormarengo

I would definitely pick up Massacre and Devour Essence. Since you are going with Regen, then Resurgence would be good too. AoE is always kind of tricky with Bestial.. with Frenzy being the only real in set choice. Of course you could go with something like Venomous Breath for an "acid spray" type of attack. The advantage on that can stun too, plus you get a ranged aoe attack. Bestial and Infernal Supernatural powers play nice together.

Supernatural power isn't a bad energy unlock for the set. Penetrating Strikes and Setup from the Brawler tree work well with a melee bestial build. Strength (w/Juggernaut) also works well. Because it not only boosts your dmg, but adds a layer of defense on top of regeneration. If you build for extra defense you'll be very hard to kill in the later game. You could with a Wardicator build with STR primary if you wanted really crazy amount of defense.

Hopefully some others will pop in with more advice.​​

thehubby2

Was thinking of possibly adding in Pestilence as a sort of representation of the acid blood hitting people as they fight me, not sure how good (or bad) the power is considered.
Thanks for the advice, I probably will go into Juggernaut and Penetrating strikes as a spec direction.

flowcyto

Pestilence is a slotted passive, so ya won't be able to use it and Regen at the same time. Unless ya meant Epidemic? Venom Breath prob would be the best for the theme, though.

The problem w/ the Infernal SN AoE powers is that even though they have good coverage, they won't build Enrage or Aspect of the Bestial toggles by themselves. Ya can just opt for FotTempest, but then ur build will have to be Dex-focused.

Alternatively, ya could just add a quick Enraged builder to stick in between the Infernal SN AoEing- since Enraged lasts a bit longer than other toggles (w/ decent Str), and Supernatural Power can cover energy anyways.

thehubby2

Thanks flow, didn't think of the 2 passive problem. However, your build dump has a Savage AT build which I will probably follow pretty closely.

flowcyto

Yea, the Savage is one of the best ATs. So.. its not like basing a FF build on it is a bad thing in itself.

Ya will have more power slots and much more build freedom than w/ the AT, though.

One thing to decide on w/ Bestial SN is which to focus on: Bleeds (Shred and/or Bite), or Massacre. If the former, ya want AotB as the toggle; w/ the latter ya want Enrage as the toggle. Massacre w/ Shredded and 5x bleed is better than just focusing on Shred or Bite, but you'll only gain toggle stacks on knock attempts (or via Howl) when using Enrage as a toggle.

doktormarengo

So weird your mentioned the Savage. I was looking through different links I had about that AT before replying. I was actually close to suggesting, just rolling a Savage to see if you liked it. You could always convert to FF for free later once you get the hang of the build.

I my Savage. It's completely soloable, can run most of the content in the game, and plays nice with team buffs. A FF based on a savage build wouldn't be a bad thing at all.. or just running w/ the AT.​​