Dark Dawn: My First Support Toon

tdits

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Dark Dawn

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Master
Level 6: Finesse
Level 9: Shrug It Off
Level 12: Lasting Impression
Level 15: Impresario
Level 18: Quick Recovery
Level 21: Acrobat

Powers:
Level 1: Shadow Bolt
Level 1: Shadow Blast (Rank 2, Psychotic Break)
Level 6: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Aura of Arcane Clarity (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Spirit Reverberation
Level 14: Compassion
Level 17: Protection Field (Rank 2, Expel Impurity)
Level 20: Ebon Ruin (Paranormal Paranoia)
Level 23: Ego Surge (Nimble Mind)
Level 26: Circle of Primal Dominion (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Sigils of Ebon Weakness (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Mindful Reinforcement (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Masterful Dodge
Level 38: Planar Fracture (Double Vortex)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Earth Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Teleportation

Specializations:
Presence: Selfless Ally (2/2)
Presence: Grandeur (3/3)
Presence: Moment of Glory (3/3)
Presence: Force of Will (2/2)
Sentinel: Eternal Spring (2/2)
Sentinel: Caregiver (1/3)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Wither (2/2)
Sentinel: Genesis (2/2)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Sentinel Mastery (1/1)

A while back, Selphea (I think, it might have been someone else) demonstrated that Ebon Sigils Double Bubble tank, so I figured if you can tank Frosticus with Ebon Sigils and Double Bubbles, then surely you can Rampage support with Ebon Sigils and Double Bubbles? So I came up with this.

She's only got a few powers with cooldowns, but she's gonna make the most out of the extra Charge Speed from AoAC. If only to fully charge Shadow Blast twice in a row for the stun/dot. Planar Fracture, much like AoAC, is there because it looked cool and I never see anyone use it. Ebon Ruin is there for the debuff and to ruin Ao'Qephoth's day, but mostly to ruin Ao'Qephoth's day.

Do any of you have any tweaks? Comments? Derisive laughter? Then I'd love to hear it.

flowcyto

If ya going the Darkness support route, then Lifedrain's AoE heal adv seems like a big missed opportunity here :x

Also, no res as a Support toon... so you designed our ATs, huh?

Dex as an SS is okay for dps and heals that can crit, but the bubbles can't crit themselves. Just be aware of that. That said, there's no direct heals here, aside from waiting for MF's remnant (which also can't crit since its derived on w/e shield is leftover).

And if I had to pick between trauma or Skarn's spam for disabling Ao'Queph, I'd go w/ Skarn's. It does a better job overall imo since it disables its passive Shadowfeast heals (which get really bad in Bursts).

Strange, I had a toon using AoAC and Planar Fracture (and some other cd powers) not too long ago. Was mostly a novelty build, but it was pretty fun. AoPM would be better, ofc.

Make sure SB's stun does proc Sentinel Mastery (think it does, but advantage-derived CC doesn't always interact w/ CC stuff as it should) before ya roll out w/ it.

selphea

tdits wrote: »

Selpha (I think, it might have been someone else)

*sigh*

They either get the name wrong or they credit it to someone else...

flowcyto

I corrected Taco on that one, though :x

selphea

flowcyto wrote: »

I corrected Taco on that one, though :x

Yea but i'm trying to have a melodramatic superhero moment here :cool:

tdits

Sorry for the typo on your name, Selphea. I fixed it.

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Dark Dawn

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Master
Level 6: Finesse
Level 9: Shrug It Off
Level 12: Lasting Impression
Level 15: Impresario
Level 18: Quick Recovery
Level 21: Acrobat

Powers:
Level 1: Shadow Bolt
Level 1: Shadow Blast (Rank 2, Psychotic Break)
Level 6: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Aura of Arcane Clarity (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Spirit Reverberation
Level 14: Compassion
Level 17: Protection Field (Rank 2, Expel Impurity)
Level 20: Skarn's Bane
Level 23: Circle of Primal Dominion (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Sigils of Ebon Weakness (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Mindful Reinforcement (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Masterful Dodge
Level 35: Planar Fracture (Double Vortex)
Level 38: Resurrection Serum (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Earth Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Teleportation

Specializations:
Presence: Selfless Ally (2/2)
Presence: Grandeur (3/3)
Presence: Moment of Glory (3/3)
Presence: Force of Will (2/2)
Sentinel: Eternal Spring (2/2)
Sentinel: Caregiver (1/3)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Wither (2/2)
Sentinel: Genesis (2/2)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Sentinel Mastery (1/1)

Okay, I swapped out Ebon Ruin for Skarn's. Getting a res was harder, but I decided to drop EGO Surge for R3 Ressurection Serum. If that's not a good choice for a res power let me know.

I still haven't confirmed that Psychotic Break sets up Sentinel mastery procs, but if it doesn't then I guess I'll go with Presence mastery.

flowcyto

Res Serum is good, but its best if ya not putting any ranks in a res, since it heals allies the most at base. If ya ranking up a res, the other 2 are better imo. They can res >1 ally per cast w/ adv, on no cd, and in a much larger radius (Serum requires ya to be pretty close to the corpse).

With 4 full adv points, I'd just take AoE Redemption w/ R2. Shields can help protect allies ya just rezed.

Ya can prob get rid of CoPD as a healer if ya wanna make room for an AO like ES/NM or Ascension (or Rebirth). It'd be nice vs. Gravi or when soloing lairs, but as a healer I find I need to be rather mobile in groups, esp if not using a 100ft heal. Ranged non-tanks dun really need to worry about knocks as much, imo.

edit: also ya may get more mileage from R3 of PF over expel immunity, at least for PvE.

tdits

Thank's for the help. I completely forgot that I might need a self res. With the points I saved from CoPD I managed to get Planar Fracture to Rank 2. Aside from the mastery issue, this should be the final build unless you can see something wrong with it.

EDIT: Doh! I forgot to get rid of the Crit Heal specs. Fixed.
EDIT #2: Sentinel Mastery does not seem to work with Psychotic Break. I'll switch to Presence Mastery.

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Dark Dawn

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Master
Level 6: Finesse
Level 9: Shrug It Off
Level 12: Lasting Impression
Level 15: Impresario
Level 18: Quick Recovery
Level 21: Acrobat

Powers:
Level 1: Shadow Bolt
Level 1: Shadow Blast (Rank 2, Psychotic Break)
Level 6: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Aura of Arcane Clarity (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Spirit Reverberation
Level 14: Protection Field (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 17: Compassion
Level 20: Skarn's Bane
Level 23: Mindful Reinforcement (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Sigils of Ebon Weakness (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Redemption (Rank 2, Salvation)
Level 32: Masterful Dodge
Level 35: Planar Fracture (Rank 2, Double Vortex)
Level 38: Rebirth

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Earth Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Lightspeed (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Specializations:
Presence: Selfless Ally (2/2)
Presence: Grandeur (3/3)
Presence: Moment of Glory (3/3)
Presence: Force of Will (2/2)
Sentinel: Caregiver (3/3)
Sentinel: Sentinel Aura (3/3)
Sentinel: Wither (2/2)
Sentinel: Genesis (2/2)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Presence Mastery (1/1)

flowcyto

Yea, now that I look at it again, ya dun really have any crit-able heals. Dex/crit would mostly just be for dps (which is fine in itself- depends on ur priorities).

Sucks about psychotic break, but many CCs that are only gained from advs (and not baseline) seem to not have full interaction w/ Manip or certain CC-related procs. Kinda annoying, but as w/ AoE advs not always being properly flagged as AoE for spec-related boosts, and OD not working on all toggles/maintains, it seems to be a long-standing problem.

tdits

I haven't tested, but it probably doesn't proc Wither either, but there's nothing else in the tree that I can use, so it's a small loss.

While testing Sentinel Mastery I did learn something interesting. Enemy Lifesteals proc Selfless Ally.