Feedback: Judgment's build

the1egend1ives

Hi guys! Just looking for some feedback on my munitions character. I wanted to see what suggestions you guys might have for him. FYI hes a ruthless vigilante out to punish crime in the same vein as Punisher with some Robocop thrown in the mix.

Eventually, I ran out of powers to pick so I ended up grabbing sniper rifle and rocket for thematic reasons, even though I know a lot of people say they suck.

I also grabbed the sonic resonance advantage for sonic device to use on my rocket. I figured the extra AoE damage would be hugely beneficial.

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Judgment

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Marksman
Level 6: Indomitable
Level 9: Brilliant
Level 12: Agile
Level 15: Shooter
Level 18: Coordinated
Level 21: Academics

Powers:
Level 1: Gunslinger (Accelerated Metabolism)
Level 1: Assault Rifle (Rank 2, Mow 'em Down, Accelerated Metabolism)
Level 6: Shotgun Blast (Rank 2, Breaching Round)
Level 8: Killer Instinct
Level 11: Concentration
Level 14: Targeting Computer
Level 17: Gatling Gun (Rank 2, Listen to Reason, Accelerated Metabolism)
Level 20: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Rank 2, Resurgent Reiki)
Level 23: Sniper Rifle (Rank 2, Tungsten Rounds)
Level 26: Fluidity (Rank 2, Flowing Like the River)
Level 29: Sonic Device (Rank 2, Deafening Dissolution)
Level 32: Lock N Load
Level 35: Resurgence (Evanescent Emergence)
Level 38: Rocket (Rank 2)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Teleportation
Level 35: Athletics

Specializations:
Ego: Mental Endurance (3/3)
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
Avenger: Ruthless (2/2)
Avenger: Anguish (2/2)
Avenger: Round 'em Up (3/3)
Avenger: Relentless Assault (3/3)
Overseer: Administer (3/3)
Overseer: Ruthless (2/2)
Overseer: Overseer Aura (1/3)
Overseer: Impact (2/2)
Overseer: Conservation (2/2)
Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)

flowcyto

Sniper Rifle can break Gravitar and F&I, so I wouldn't say it sucks necc >.> (prob would just get it to rank 3, if ya want an AoE opener, ya have Rocket already for that). Rocket is nice as an AoE alpha strike, and comes out faster than SR. Its not necessary, but its not really a bad power (and sonic device will be a nice burst cd for it).

Anyways, first main thing: rank up ur slotted passive (TC). Passives should always be ranked up fully (unless its Defiance, which is fine un-ranked).

Skip accel metabolism advs (or just get one, at most)- they give low energy return and have a hidden 10-12 sec ICD that prevents them from procing very often. If you have one leftover point and dun wanna rank up a travel power, go ahead and get AM on a normal attack, otherwise its passable, imo. Ranking up travel powers (esp ground ones like athletics) would be a higher priority for me than AM; moving faster in- and out- of combat is always nice.

I would prob swap Listen to Reason on Gatling for rank3, that is if Gatling is to be ur main AoE spell. Fear is a pretty nice debuff, but alone won't make too much of a difference for the build (unless ya thematically want things to cower before you randomly, but that would require not just shooting them to death :X ).

Ya dun really need Int in this build. I'd trade Int SS for Con SS for more health (also cause you picked up Resurgence).

I'd prob also trade BCR/RR for Conviction, since this build doesn't have high innate dodge and BCR can't crit (in a crit-heavy build). Bionic Shielding could also work for a big burst of healing when under fire every 15+ sec, but its a bit more clunky to handle and (iirc) can't crit either.
Ya can also pickup Holdout Shot w/ Stim pack; its a combo dmg and heal- not too much, but its cheap and the heal can crit.

Although Avenger spec works for the build's maintains and AoE, I'd pick a diff spec tree than Overseer- since you don't really have a basic Blast spell (shotgun blast doesn't actually count as one) nor easy root for Trapped. Vindicator, Guardian, or even Warden w/ Elusive would prob be better choices overall.

Lastly, Fluidity is not a great block power in general- its too random when not supported w/ innately high-dodge%. Its only really good when blocking often w/ its special adv, but as is (and because blocking that much as a non-tank is either a really bad sign, or way too much a dps-hit) it'll get you into more trouble than its worth since Fluidity has no built-in 200-300+% damage resist, like other block powers do. Practically any other block power (even the standard block) would be more reliable for you.

the1egend1ives

Ok. I've tried out conviction, and I've tried out bionic shielding. Honestly, I despise both of them because of the ugly aura that surrounds my character. Any other healing powers that you can recommend?

I hear a lot about how mow 'em down isn't needed if you tap burst the AR, and if you do that then you will get more dmg out of rank 3. Do you recommend this?

flowcyto

the1egend1ives wrote: »

Ok. I've tried out conviction, and I've tried out bionic shielding. Honestly, I despise both of them because of the ugly aura that surrounds my character. Any other healing powers that you can recommend?

Sadly this game's healing variety is quite low vs. its attack spell variety. BCR can still do fine as ur maintenance heal if you hate the visuals of the other two- it just won't mesh the best w/o good dodge and higher crit, and its not a 'burst' heal outside of pairing it w/ MD.

Ya can also try Celestial Conduit for a burst heal, but that reqs you to get in the habit of targeting urself (or clearing ur target) to use it for self-healing, and its still rather expensive (and also very magiky/non-tech).

Another option are the support drones, which are good maintenance healing, but are fragile and function indep as pets.

Empathic Healing is also 'okay' as a self-heal w/ decent crit, but its a casted heal and takes some ramp-up. Most dps would rather not have a normal casted heal since it gets in the way of doing other things, but one benefit to Empathic is that you can freely move while casting it on urself (not when used on allies, though), and it doesn't require de-targeting an enemy since it doesn't have an attack version (unlike conduit).


As far as MED vs. rank3 for AR... it just depends on how you plan to use AR. If tapping, rank 3 is better; MED is better if you fully maintain it most of the time (AR's normal ramp up is 20% per tick, MED changes that to ~30%).

MED + full maintain AR is higher overall dps than r3 + tap-spamming AR (by ~15%, though I have to re-do calcs due to bad tooltip info, which will prob disfavor tapping more), but tapping does give you more flexibility for target swapping or using other abilities and is less of a commitment. Neither is really a bad choice, but MED w/ full maintains would be what you want if going for optimal AR dps.

the1egend1ives

You mentioned hold-out shot w/ stim pack? Is that a good enough heal along with resurgance?

flowcyto

Stim pack isn't a large heal, but it can add up over time and is quite cheap- just like BCR. What you could do is take 2 ADs and use stim pack as a patch-up or maintenance heal of sorts, but that means dropping one of the attack powers (or LnL, or fluidity/block). Ofc, you may still be okay w/ just one AD and stim pack (along w/ shotgun for mass-CC), but it kinda depends on the content ya wanna tackle and how much Con/health ya can get (you also have cheap healing packs ya can buy in MC as extra backup).

Oh, I didn't see it before, but for Ego PSS's tree I wouldn't take mental endurance over the other options- esp vs. 3/3 in Follow Through and no Rec SS (you def want that crit severity).

the1egend1ives

So you were right about getting rid of intelligence. An uttterly useless SS for munitions. However, is constitution really something I want to invest in? I tried it out at the powerhouse, and while it took a -little- longer for me to die, I noticed that my DPS wasn't nearly as high simply cuz I kept running out of energy. Energy was never a problem on my build with recovery, or even intelligence for that matter.

flowcyto

the1egend1ives wrote: »

So you were right about getting rid of intelligence. An uttterly useless SS for munitions. However, is constitution really something I want to invest in? I tried it out at the powerhouse, and while it took a -little- longer for me to die, I noticed that my DPS wasn't nearly as high simply cuz I kept running out of energy. Energy was never a problem on my build with recovery, or even intelligence for that matter.

Int can still work for Munitions, but using MSA and not KI as the EU.

What are ur stats atm? Ya shouldn't be having much energy issues w/ high Ego and a decent crit rate. Ya can always gear for a bit of Recovery on the side to help w/ opener equilibrium, but ya shouldn't have to SS it. Only expensive thing you have is tapping Rocket on-cd, which is entirely optional (assuming you are using Holdout shot as the reg heal).

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