TK Holy Water/Illumination healer build help?

gradii

Advice and feedback would be appreciated.

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Archetype: Freeform

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

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

Powers:
Level 1: Kinetic Darts
Level 1: Telekinetic Assault (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 6: Telekinetic Burst (Rank 2, Sudden Impact)
Level 8: Seraphim (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Conviction (Rank 2, Reverence)
Level 14: Compassion
Level 17: Holy Water (Rank 2, Heavenly Mana)
Level 20: Telekinetic Lance (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Iniquity (Rank 2, Justice)
Level 26: Illumination (Brilliance)
Level 29: Ego Reverberation
Level 32: Telekinetic Shield (Telekinetic Reinforcement)
Level 35: Redemption
Level 38: Ascension (Rank 2, Judgment)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Jet Boots (Rank 2)
Level 35: Displacement Superspeed

Specializations:
Presence: Repurpose (3/3)
Presence: Selfless Ally (2/2)
Presence: Brilliance (3/3)
Presence: Moment of Glory (2/3)
Sentinel: Eternal Spring (2/2)
Sentinel: Caregiver (3/3)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Moment of Need (2/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: Find the Mark (2/3)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Mastery: Presence Mastery (1/1)

flowcyto

Looks alright overall. MSA w/ Int (instead of Ego) could also work here, and the AoE adv on Redemption could be nice to get, though you'd have to drop adv points for somewhere. May also consider getting Force of Will for the extra defense.

Potential talents for the build as is:
Talents:
Level 1: The Void
Level 6: Shrug It Off
Level 9: Ascetic
Level 12: Showmanship
Level 15: Boundless Reserves
Level 18: Prodigy
Level 21: Daredevil

breadandcircuses

flowcyto said:

Looks alright overall. MSA w/ Int (instead of Ego) could also work here, and the AoE adv on Redemption could be nice to get, though you'd have to drop adv points for somewhere. May also consider getting Force of Will for the extra defense.

Potential talents for the build as is:
Talents:
Level 1: The Void
Level 6: Shrug It Off
Level 9: Ascetic
Level 12: Showmanship
Level 15: Boundless Reserves
Level 18: Prodigy
Level 21: Daredevil

With Repupose and The Best Defense already in use, Force of Will would daisy chain to Offense and then to Bonus Healing... definitely sounds like a good adjustment.

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flowcyto

Yeah, ya don't get Repurpose for Force of Will, the Best Defense, or Aggressive Stance, which it doesn't directly benefit from. Rather, it simply can give some decent extra +heal just from items. I was just suggesting Force of Will here for the extra Defense boost for more personal survival.

breadandcircuses

gradii said:

breadandcircuses said:

flowcyto said:

Looks alright overall. MSA w/ Int (instead of Ego) could also work here, and the AoE adv on Redemption could be nice to get, though you'd have to drop adv points for somewhere. May also consider getting Force of Will for the extra defense.

Potential talents for the build as is:
Talents:
Level 1: The Void
Level 6: Shrug It Off
Level 9: Ascetic
Level 12: Showmanship
Level 15: Boundless Reserves
Level 18: Prodigy
Level 21: Daredevil

With Repupose and The Best Defense already in use, Force of Will would daisy chain to Offense and then to Bonus Healing... definitely sounds like a good adjustment.

Repurpose only works with offense you get FROM ITEMS, sadly offense boosts from specs wont do anything for it unless that base offense first came from gear.

flowcyto said:

Yeah, ya don't get Repurpose for Force of Will, the Best Defense, or Aggressive Stance, which it doesn't directly benefit from. Rather, it simply can give some decent extra +heal just from items. I was just suggesting Force of Will here for the extra Defense boost for more personal survival.

Bummer. I've been mulling over something similar if/when I pick up a LTS or a Freeform slot, and building something like this seemed like a good way to further bump my healing.

So, as an alternative, what about shifting Ego up to PSS? Assuming Crit Chance and Crit Severity apply to healing abilities, that could give an alternate path to boosting heals through Follow Through and Sixth Sense... and, assuming a Ranged heal is a Ranged power, it could provide a nice cost discount through Insight as well. Given my previous misconception, I'd certainly welcome any advice.

flowcyto

Well, it seems that the main ally heal here is Iniquity, which cannot crit (and as far as I've tested, Holy Water can't crit either- though its labelled as a HoT_DoT so perhaps that's unsurprising). The crit/severity boost can still be nice for attacks and for Conviction, though. Ego PSS can work, but its trading some healing-related boosts for more dps-oriented boosts. Selfless Ally is typically nice to pair w/ Iniquity to negate much of the self-dmg it does. Also, Insight won't discount heals- they are not flagged as melee or ranged but in their own category as healing powers. Energy shouldn't be much an issue as a well-built Support by max level, though.

If ya really want to optimize Pres PSS as a Support, its prob best to get the Justice gear 3-set, since it provides a pretty hefty boost to Offense that is also counted as being from an item. Can still do plenty fine w/o that gear set, though.


Oh, and I guess its also worth noting, in light of gradii's build here, that TK Burst is still bugged to not get bonus dmg from most toggles, sans Mental Discipline (it also still doesn't properly proc Concentration).

*lights up the @kaizerin signal* :x