Ego Blade - Darkness Tank

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  royalflvsh Posts: 165 Arc User

  March 2016

  Hey, brother! I was going to recommend taking Ruthless over Slaughter. But you're a tank relying on Siphoning Strikes.
  
  Since you're using TK shield's awesome Telekinetic Reinforcement, you may want to put some more points in to get rank 2. You should rank up Invulnerability too. You could do this by getting rid of Ego Blade Breach. It has a nice debuff, but could be replaced by Mental Storm (which doesn't need those additional ranks). You could also also go with Defiance instead of Invulnerability, since Defiance doesn't need ranks.
  
  Great build and concept, you'll have a lot of fun with that.

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  jaazaniah1 Posts: 5,439 Arc User

  March 2016

  Doh! Forgot to rank Invulnerability. Let's try it with Defiance instead.
  
  Not sure about the last power. Saw Ego Choke + adv on one of Cyrone's builds so tossed it in here, but I would consider alternatives.
  
  PowerHouse (Link to this build)
  
  Name: Lady Halo 6
  
  Archetype: Freeform
  
  Super Stats:
  Level 6: Ego (Primary)
  Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
  Level 15: Presence (Secondary)
  
  Talents:
  Level 1: The Void
  Level 6: Ascetic
  Level 9: Shrug It Off
  Level 12: Showmanship
  Level 15: Acrobat
  Level 18: Shooter
  Level 21: Finesse
  
  Powers:
  Level 1: Kinetic Darts
  Level 1: Ego Weaponry (Rank 2, Siphoning Strikes)
  Level 6: Ego Reverberation
  Level 8: Mental Discipline (Rank 2, Rank 3, Id Blades)
  Level 11: Defiance
  Level 14: Shadow Embrace (Rank 2, Challenging Strikes)
  Level 17: Conviction (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 20: Lifedrain (Rank 2, Vampiric Sympathy)
  Level 23: Void Shift (Emerging Nightmares, Crippling Challenge)
  Level 26: Ego Blade Annihilation (Rank 2, Mental Acuity)
  Level 29: Telekinetic Shield (Rank 2, Telekinetic Reinforcement)
  Level 32: Masterful Dodge
  Level 35: Resurgence
  Level 38: Ego Choke (Garroting Grip)
  
  Travel Powers:
  Level 6: Fire Flight (Rank 2)
  Level 35: Athletics (Rank 2)
  
  Specializations:
  Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
  Ego: Insight (1/3)
  Ego: Aggression (2/2)
  Ego: Follow Through (2/3)
  Ego: Exploit Opening (1/2)
  Ego: Sixth Sense (2/3)
  Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
  Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
  Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
  Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
  Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
  Warden: Slaughter (2/3)
  Warden: Upper Hand (2/3)
  Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
  Mastery: Ego Mastery (1/1)
  

  

  Perseus, Captain Arcane, Tectonic Knight, Pankration, Siberiad, Sekhmet, Black Seraph, Clockwork

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  royalflvsh Posts: 165 Arc User

  March 2016

  Instead of Ego Choke, please consider either Mental Storm (which stacks up to 4 ego dmg debuffs) or Ego Placate with Svegali's Guile Advantage. The latter offers a 10 percent damage debuff while the advantage buffs your whole team's damage by 10 percent.
  
  I'm not a huge fan of Exploit Opening from the Ego Spec Tree. I find it better to either max out my crit chance or severity, depending on the build.
  
  I hope any or all of this is helpful. See you in the rampages, my friend.

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  royalflvsh Posts: 165 Arc User

  March 2016

  PS. I make no claims to being a build guru. At best, I'm an enthusiastic amateur who spends too much time listening to build gurus. My main, though, has been a TK blades guy for years.
  
  I wish Flow would chime in, for instance. He always shares helpful and interesting insights.

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  jaazaniah1 Posts: 5,439 Arc User

  March 2016

  I'm sure Flow will chime in later today. I would actually be worried about him if he didn't.
  
  I'm using Mental Storm and Ego Placate w/ Svengali on a couple characters already so I'm curious if there are any other decent buff/debuff options out there that aren't commonly used. If too many players use Eco Placate it will just be nerfed and I will have to use some other power anyway

  

  Perseus, Captain Arcane, Tectonic Knight, Pankration, Siberiad, Sekhmet, Black Seraph, Clockwork

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  flowcyto Posts: 12,751 Arc User

  March 2016

  Eh, I can't get to everything in a timely manner, rofl. I'm moving into a new place atm and have a buncha other stuff I should be doing (but I'm too lazy to atm), so don't wait on me if ya wanna give advice
  
  I would say that ERuin's ParaPara debuff can also work well for TK Blades, if ya don't wanna use Mental Storm again. But they changed that adv to be the Fear-appilcant, and now ya lost a nice cross-powerset debuff Oh well.
  
  Anyways, the build w/ Defiance looks solid, though its gonna be knock-prone as is. If ur keeping that stat layout, then I may consider picking up CoPD for the last slot. Otherwise, EBB is nice for its debuff (and/or for a higher dps Ego Leech-stacking filler when ya dun need Siphoning's heal). Could also consider using Warden Mastery if using the combo mostly, instead of EBB.
  
  Ur AoE dps will be a bit low, though if ya can manage to get 2 free adv ya could take Shadow Embrace to R3, and maybe get Mass Destruction over Modified Gear if that's an issue.

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  jaazaniah1 Posts: 5,439 Arc User

  March 2016

  See, I knew he'd pop in and provide his usual useful suggestions
  
  You know, I've never used CoPD on a tank before and it could fit the theme here, so that looks like a winner.
  
  Mass Destruction is certainly the way to go. I had been considering Warden Mastery. I think that will be something to think more about once she gets to 40.

  

  Perseus, Captain Arcane, Tectonic Knight, Pankration, Siberiad, Sekhmet, Black Seraph, Clockwork

  Project Attalus: Saving the world so you don't have to!

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