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jojenmaihem

Hello to all...

I need some advice with a Power Armor DPS/Tank build I think to do for a FreeForm, so feel free to guide me, thanks.

The theme here is a Power Armor with Shields, HoT and Damage, usually to do PvE content like Alerts, Instances, AP and more...

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Power Armor XV.3

Archetype: Freeform

Super Stats:
Level 6: Intelligence (Primary)
Level 10: Ego (Secondary)
Level 15: Endurance (Secondary)

Talents:
Level 1: The Impulse
Level 6: Daredevil
Level 9: Academics
Level 12: Wordly
Level 15: Investigator
Level 18: Negotiator
Level 21: Amazing Stamina

Powers:
Level 1: Wrist Bolter (Automated Assault)
Level 1: Energy Shield (Phalanx Defense System)
Level 6: Mini Gun (U-238 Rounds, Accelerated Metabolism, Challenging Strikes)
Level 8: Micro Munitions (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Personal Force Field (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 14: Support Drones (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Molecular Self-Assembly
Level 20: Concentration
Level 23: Field Surge (Rank 2, Power Swell)
Level 26: Lock N Load (Two Smoking Barrels)
Level 29: Munitions Bots (Rank 2)
Level 32: Reconstruction Circuits (Rank 2)
Level 35: Orbital Cannon (Rank 2, Anvil of Dawn)
Level 38: Implosion Engine (Inverse Polarization Field)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Jet Pack
Level 35: Teleportation

Specializations:
Intelligence: Enlightened (3/3)
Intelligence: Tactician (2/2)
Intelligence: Revitalize (3/3)
Intelligence: Tinkering (2/2)
Sentinel: Eternal Spring (2/2)
Sentinel: Caregiver (3/3)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Genesis (2/2)
Protector: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Protector: Bulwark (2/2)
Protector: Defensive Expertise (3/3)
Protector: Resolute (2/3)
Mastery: Protector Mastery (1/1)

braxzana

Dunno if you plan to swap builds or anything, but you can't have Invulnerability and Personal Force Field and Medical Nanites active at the same time. That's three slotted passives, two more than you can use at any given time. Granted, you could swap between them using different Builds, but I can't see any reason to do so. You've also devoted a lot of advantage points to those three passives that can be used elsewhere once you pick ONE slotted passive to use.

This will free up two power choices, too.

I would drop Challenging Strikes from one of your powers unless there's some reason to have it on more than one (I never use it, so I don't know how it works or what it does).

I'd recommend boosting some attacks to rank 3 to be able to dish some serious damage... having two attacks at rank 2 is not as good as one at rank 3, IMO. Of those listed, Plasma Beam seems the best choice for a "standard" attack... the U238 advantage is handy for what it does, but Plasma Beam JUST does damage, so let it do its job to the best it can.

Inertial Damping Field is not that great a boost, but its SOMETHING. Not sure I'd bother to rank it up to Rank 2, though --- the increase seems minor compared to other benefits you could get by boosting other powers.

jojenmaihem

Thanks for the tips, actually I don't know why the Powerhouse accept equals buffs.

I updated the Build according to improve it.