Night Warrior - Melee and Ranged build help

thedarkshadowen

Hey all,

I've been trying to get a good balance between melee and ranged for a Night Warrior build. Here's what I was thinking. Don't need to necessarily max DPS the toon, but looking for good output offensively with survivability.

Thoughts?

Thanks!

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name:

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Night Avenger
Level 6: Agile
Level 9: Enduring
Level 12: Martial Focus
Level 15: Physical Conditioning
Level 18: Covert Ops Training
Level 21: Martial Training

Powers:
Level 1: Vicious Strikes
Level 1: Night Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3, Silent Running)
Level 6: Smoke Bomb Lunge
Level 8: Ricochet Throw (Rank 2, Microelectronic Controllers)
Level 11: Form of the Tempest
Level 14: Elbow Slam (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Masterful Dodge
Level 20: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Molecular Self-Assembly
Level 26: Throwing Blades (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Burning Chi Fist (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Aggressor (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Resurgence (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 38: Evasive Maneuvers (Sleight of Mind)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Ninja Vanish (Rank 2)
Level 35: Jet Pack

Specializations:
Strength: Swole (1/3)
Strength: Physical Peak (2/3)
Strength: Aggression (2/2)
Strength: Brutality (2/2)
Strength: Juggernaut (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (2/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Vindicator: Mass Destruction (1/3)
Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Guardian: Locus (2/2)
Guardian: Ruthless (2/2)
Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3)
Mastery: Vindicator Mastery (1/1)

ajanus

I have toyed with this a lot when On Alert first came out. I wanted to max the Vindicator Mastery, like this build tries to do.

The problem with this is that you have to divide your ranged and melee love right down the middle, or else you might as well just focus on one or the other.

This almost makes your stats have to be:

DEX
Str
Ego

Where it gets tricky is your form. No form affects both equally, unless you pick a form that affects neither, which, with those SS choices, you need to pick a form that increases damage.

With DEX primary, this will likely be Form of the Tempest...but to keep the balance, your first active offense would be Ego Surge for the +Ego.

This is actually where my brain stopped when I was trying to design this toon. I just couldn't find the right combination of powers that I liked, but maybe this will spark some more thoughts on your end.