claws/DB dodge tank build

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• beldin Posts: 1,708 Arc User

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  IDF has become a Form with On-Alert, so you can't use it together with other Forms like
  Form of the Master.

  
  

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• gandales Posts: 340 Arc User

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  Thanks, I knew that, but I wanted to use it when there are numerous enemies. I could take rebirth instead

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• s3rju Posts: 268 Arc User

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  PowerHouse (Link to this build)
  
  Name: black lotus
  
  Archetype: Freeform
  
  Super Stats:
  Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
  Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
  Level 15: Intelligence (Secondary)
  
  Talents:
  Level 1: The Hero
  Level 6: Field Ops Training
  Level 9: Survival Training
  Level 12: Sniper Training
  Level 15: Discipline Training
  Level 18: Paramilitary Training
  Level 21: Covert Ops Training
  
  Powers:
  Level 1: Hawk's Talons
  Level 1: Lightning Reflexes (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 6: Thunderbolt Lunge
  Level 8: Dragon's Claws (Rank 2, Crippling Challenge)
  Level 11: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Rank 2, Resurgent Reiki)
  Level 14: Masterful Dodge
  Level 17: Intensity (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 20: Form of the Master (Storm's Eye Prana)
  Level 23: Energy Shield (Laser Knight)
  Level 26: Molecular Self-Assembly
  Level 29: Sword Cyclone (Rank 2, Rank 3, Challenging Strikes)
  Level 32: Unbreakable (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 35: Circle of Primal Dominion (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 38: Inertial Dampening Field
  
  Travel Powers:
  Level 6: Storm Rider
  Level 35: Mach Speed
  
  Specializations:
  Dexterity: Gear Utilization (3/3)
  Dexterity: Brush It Off (2/2)
  Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3)
  Dexterity: Expose Weakness (2/2)
  Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
  Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
  Warden: Elusive (2/2)
  Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
  Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
  Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
  Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3)
  Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2)
  Mastery: Dexterity Mastery (1/1)
  
  my suggestion to you off of yours.

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• beastmag Posts: 38 Arc User

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  your only problem is...you will get knocked around like a volleyball in the Olympic Games. I know you dont want to lose the damage, but you may want to consider CON as your PSS. After all, you are a tank. Right? Right?

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• riggsmax Posts: 36 Arc User

  July 2012 edited July 2012

  Like said - if the goal is being more tanky, Con as Primary gives a lot more - HP/energy/knock/hold resist - AND a higher dodge than the Dex tree gives. Dex gives more crits and crit damage, a bit more Avoidance, but it runs into diminishing returns after a while anyway. And Con gives health on crits - which is like having a second BCR running all the time pretty much.
  
  IDF is nice, but works best on small attacks, not big attacks. A martial form adds a ton of energy to the build - and Sword Cyclone is very energy hungry, and adds a ton more damage (making small attacking enemies go down much faster - lowering your damage taken anyway) - and since you cannot have both up at the same time...taking enemies down much faster should lower your total damage taken more than IDF.
  
  Also the build has no extra dodge boosters - like Evasive Maneuvers or Thundering Kicks etc - that can add a lot of dodge and really reduce the need for healing. Storm Eye Prana is kind of a waste as you should not need to double up BCR, and generally Form of the Tempest builds focus faster, esp with R2 or 3.
  
  As a reference, I have (well had) a Defiance dodge build that can sustain a 97-101% dodge (Crashing Wave kick adds a fluctuating amount of dodge while you are attacking with the advantage) - so really you do not even need LR to have a high dodge, and get some beefy defense on top of as much dodge as you want. Which also frees up Masterful Dodge for Resurgence or whatever for a big spot heal.

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