Back after a year, need build advice

sigmaseven0

I caught wind of the Mechanon thing so i decided to come take a look. I've been gone for about a year so i don't know of any major balance revisions that may have happened while I was gone and am generally rusty on how the game works.

This is a build that i was messing around with on PTS before i left and never made it to live servers.

The main things i want to know:


1. Is there a way to get more burst out of haymaker without drastically changing the build? I'm flexible on powers like entangling mesh, my active defenses, enrage, heals and my passive.
I like NW because it buffs all damage equally making it good for hybrids, and i also like the idea of a reduced charge time on haymaker. Will the penetration compensate for the lower haymaker damage on targets with resistance? I'm willing to trade NW for something like WOTW if its a better overall choice.

I have legion gear on my primary and defensive slot and mercenary gear on my utility slot (I opened a lot of lock boxes with a year worth of stipend). Haymaker hits for max 14k crit with bcr off, around 13k with bcr on, and the chest beam debuff seems to add around 1k to haymaker either way.

2. All my gear is slotted with strength, dodge, and avoidance and crit mods. Is there a better to approach stats for this build?

Stats:
str=519, dex=13,con=64,int=60,int=60,ego=10,pre=24,rec=15,end=13

offense=157, crit chance=26.3, crit severity=87.6, defense=138.8, dodge chance=34.1, avoidance=54.8

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name:

Archetype: Freeform

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

Talents:
Level 1: Superhuman
Level 6: Mighty
Level 9: Physical Conditioning
Level 12: Bodybuilder
Level 15: Covert Ops Training
Level 18: Paramilitary Training
Level 21: Body and Mind

Powers:
Level 1: Force Bolts
Level 1: Protection Field
Level 6: Unleashed Rage
Level 8: Night Warrior
Level 11: Molecular Self-Assembly
Level 14: Evasive Maneuvers
Level 17: Bountiful Chi Resurgence
Level 20: Enrage
Level 23: Haymaker
Level 26: Chest Beam
Level 29: Unbreakable
Level 32: Masterful Dodge
Level 35: Void Shift
Level 38: Entangling Mesh

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

Specializations:
Strength: Swole (3/3)
Strength: Aggression (2/2)
Strength: Brutality (2/2)
Strength: Overpower (3/3)
Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
Warden: Tenacious (2/2)
Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
Mastery: Strength Mastery (1/1)
thx in advance.Back after a year, need build advice

flowcyto

Well, in debuffing for Might, Demolish will be better than Chest Beam due to all the crushing dmg. Could also replace Mesh w/ Hurl + strong arm for a cheap and quick MSA trigger.

Swapping Chest Beam for Demolish does mean ya dun really have any spam-able AoE, though. Since ur using NW, ya mine as well take advantage of Ricochet Throw's insane stealth bonus and make that ur regular AoE attack.

Ya could avoid BCR's 10% dmg penalty and just use Conviction, and then ya dun really need Evasive Maneuver's dodge (unless ya wanted it for the threat drop adv).

I dunno how ur advantage points were, but here's what a modified build could look like:

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

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

Talents:
Level 1: Superhuman
Level 6: Covert Ops Training
Level 9: Physical Conditioning
Level 12: Body and Mind
Level 15: Healthy Mind
Level 18: Quick Recovery
Level 21: Relentless

Powers:
Level 1: Force Bolts
Level 1: Force Shield (Force Sheathe)
Level 6: Unleashed Rage (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 8: Night Warrior (Rank 2, Rank 3, Silent Running)
Level 11: Molecular Self-Assembly
Level 14: Ricochet Throw (Rank 2, Microelectronic Controllers)
Level 17: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 20: Enrage (Endorphin Rush)
Level 23: Haymaker (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Demolish (Rank 2, Below the Belt)
Level 29: Unbreakable (Better You Than Me)
Level 32: Masterful Dodge
Level 35: Void Shift
Level 38: Hurl (Rank 2, Rank 3, Strong Arm)

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

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