Returning player need help with a build

saroven

My wife and recently came back to the game and are enjoying it. I am trying to get my younger brother to play but he wants to play a Venom themed melee tank character build. I have absolutely no idea how to build a tank that plays like Venom. He's talking the classic Eddie Brock Venom for those wondering. I don't remember any powers that look like your costume is "alive" or can shoot out tendrils etc.

If someone has a powerhouse build for a Venom type character that can tank please share it. I want to help my brother out and the only thing I can recommend to him so far is to use the Swinging travel power.

He would be a gold sub so free form is an option for a build.

Thanks for any help!

flowcyto

Some Darkness powers like Shadow Embrace and Grasping Shadows have that shadowy tendon thing going on. Can also use the chain spells in Might and Infernal SN- though they aren't an exact match, it's prob the next closest thing you'd get to the theme.

Else, I'd just imagine the build to be a basic Might-based brawler w/ Swinging as a TP.

There's a couple ways to build around this. I'll post one here, using Defiance, Defense Combo, DE, Enrage, and Shadow Embrace as the base for the rest of the build:

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

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

Talents:
Level 1: The Savage
Level 6: Covert Ops Training
Level 9: Physical Conditioning
Level 12: Acrobat
Level 15: Martial Focus
Level 18: Quick Recovery
Level 21: Relentless

Powers:
Level 1: Clobber
Level 1: Defensive Combo (Rank 2, Crippling Challenge)
Level 6: Defiance
Level 8: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Dark Displacement, Challenging Strikes)
Level 11: Enrage (Endorphin Rush)
Level 14: Pounce
Level 17: Devour Essence (Rank 2, Phlebotomist)
Level 20: Vile Lariat (Kyoketsu Shoge)
Level 23: Molecular Self-Assembly
Level 26: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 29: Aggressor (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Unbreakable (Rank 2, Better You Than Me)
Level 35: Retaliation (Rank 2)
Level 38: Rebirth

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Athletics (Rank 2)
Level 35: Swinging (Rank 2, Flippin')

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

Lariat w/ adv provides a bleed for Phlebotomist, and procs Enrage and MSA- ya can weave it in between Defense Combo (for threat and CripC's debuff) and DE use (for dps and healing). Conviction is there just so ya have a heal to fall back on if ya can't get in melee range for DE- though other heals could take its place for that.

Gave ya Athletics as the other travel power, just so ya have a TP that's easier to use indoors.
Gearing is mostly for Str and Con for this build.


Also, just as a friendly reminder: do not make a clone of Venom (in name or costume), or the account will likely be penalized for it. You'll want to make this an homage or theme-inspired character at most.

saroven

Yes, I told him to make it look like a symbiote type guy but a different color/look so it isn't a clone. Thanks for the help!

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