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Could use some supernaturalesque build assistance.

bellesorcierebellesorciere Posts: 44 Arc User
edited September 2012 in Power Discussion
I actually have several characters I am not sure what to do with. At first I went in circles trying to figure out how to adapt to the changes, but the fact is I've found it difficult to find a very cohesive current explanation that will help, so I went ahead and made a design that probably sucks, but should at least communicate the kind of thing I'm going for.

This character was a magic dark melee/dark armor scrapper in City of Heroes. The Darkness powerset doesn't really work for her as an entire thing, whereas she plays in a manner more comfortable to me with bestial supernatural with a bit of darkness and infernal supernatural.

I am not attached to most of the decisions in this build, except for Void Shift being rather thematically appropriate. The power levels should probably be rearranged, but that can be taken care of later. Mostly it's the content and not the order, etc.

Anyway, I'll probably learn more if I throw this up here and see how people tear it apart.
PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name:

Archetype: Freeform

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

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

Powers:
Level 1: Bestial Fury (Rank 2)
Level 1: Shred (Rank 2)
Level 6: Regeneration (Rank 2)
Level 8: Frenzy (Rank 2)
Level 11: Void Shift (Rank 2, Emerging Nightmares)
Level 14: Aspect of the Bestial
Level 17: Ebon Void (Rank 2, Voracious Darkness)
Level 20: Supernatural Power
Level 23: Massacre (Rank 2)
Level 26: Lifedrain (Rank 2, Vampiric Sympathy)
Level 29: Grasping Shadows (Rank 2, Unyielding Agony)
Level 32: Condemn (Rank 2)
Level 35: Planar Fracture (Rank 2)
Level 38: Howl (Rank 2, Make them Tremble)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Athletics (Rank 2, Versatility)
Level 35: Teleportation (Rank 2)

Specializations:
Strength: Swole (3/3)
Strength: Quick Recovery (2/2)
Strength: Brutality (2/2)
Strength: Overpower (3/3)
Brawler: The Glory of Battle (3/3)
Brawler: Ruthless (2/2)
Brawler: Finishing Blow (3/3)
Brawler: Setup (2/2)
Arbiter: Enforcer (3/3)
Arbiter: Rend (2/2)
Arbiter: Preservation (2/2)
Arbiter: Enhanced Gear (3/3)
Mastery: Strength Mastery (1/1)
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  • bellesorcierebellesorciere Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I just noticed I picked up life drain and resurgence both. Not sure what else to replace either with just now, so I'll leave it as is.
  • bellesorcierebellesorciere Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Updated build a bit to reflect choices I actually made since I posted this. The character is level 17 now, and the choices are consistent with what I've done to that point. Also rearranged things for a little more team support.
  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Here's a quick build I threw together for you. I tried to stay in the 2 Supernatural sets to maximize Supernatural Power.


    PowerHouse (Link to this build)

    Name:

    Archetype: Freeform

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

    Talents:
    Level 1: The Master
    Level 6: Mighty
    Level 9: Enduring
    Level 12: Agile
    Level 15: Martial Focus
    Level 18: Physical Conditioning
    Level 21: Acrobat

    Powers:
    Level 1: Bestial Fury (Rank 2, Rip and Tear)
    Level 1: Shred (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 6: Pounce (Nailed to the Ground)
    Level 8: Regeneration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 11: Resurgence (Rank 2, Evanescent Emergence)
    Level 14: Supernatural Power
    Level 17: Form of the Tempest
    Level 20: Massacre (Rank 2, Blood Mess)
    Level 23: Frenzy (Rank 2, Fear Sense)
    Level 26: Howl
    Level 29: Condemn (Rank 2, Redemption Denied)
    Level 32: Soul Mesmerism
    Level 35: Planar Fracture (Rank 2, Double Vortex)
    Level 38: Rebirth

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

    Specializations:
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  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Here's another build:

    PowerHouse (Link to this build)

    Name:

    Archetype: Freeform

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

    Talents:
    Level 1: The Master
    Level 6: Mighty
    Level 9: Enduring
    Level 12: Agile
    Level 15: Martial Focus
    Level 18: Physical Conditioning
    Level 21: Acrobat

    Powers:
    Level 1: Bestial Fury (Rank 2, Rip and Tear)
    Level 1: Shred (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 6: Regeneration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 8: Void Shift (Emerging Nightmares, Nailed to the Ground)
    Level 11: Resurgence (Rank 2, Evanescent Emergence)
    Level 14: Supernatural Power
    Level 17: Form of the Tempest
    Level 20: Massacre (Rank 2, Blood Mess)
    Level 23: Frenzy (Rank 2, Fear Sense)
    Level 26: Howl (Make them Tremble)
    Level 29: Condemn (Rank 2, Redemption Denied)
    Level 32: Soul Mesmerism
    Level 35: Planar Fracture
    Level 38: Rebirth

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

    Specializations:
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  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    One last build; Supernatural Power scales off of Recovery, so I switched CON for REC:


    PowerHouse (Link to this build)

    Name:

    Archetype: Freeform

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

    Talents:
    Level 1: The Master
    Level 6: Mighty
    Level 9: Tireless
    Level 12: Agile
    Level 15: Martial Focus
    Level 18: Relentless
    Level 21: Impresario

    Powers:
    Level 1: Bestial Fury (Rank 2, Rip and Tear)
    Level 1: Shred (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 6: Regeneration (Rank 2, Rank 3)
    Level 8: Void Shift (Emerging Nightmares, Nailed to the Ground)
    Level 11: Resurgence (Rank 2, Evanescent Emergence)
    Level 14: Supernatural Power
    Level 17: Form of the Tempest
    Level 20: Massacre (Rank 2, Blood Mess)
    Level 23: Frenzy (Rank 2, Fear Sense)
    Level 26: Howl (Make them Tremble)
    Level 29: Condemn (Rank 2, Redemption Denied)
    Level 32: Soul Mesmerism
    Level 35: Planar Fracture
    Level 38: Rebirth

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

    Specializations:
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  • bellesorcierebellesorciere Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Thank you much. I'm going to be spending some time in the powerhouse with these. :D
  • kaiserin#0958 kaiserin
    kaiserin#0958
         Posts: 3,210 Cryptic Developer
    edited September 2012
    I'd drop Dex for Con (Str/Con/Rec). One can get a decent amount of crit through gear.
    Ranking up your lunge/energy builder is fairly pointless.
    I prefer Enrage over Aspect of the Bestial. It will trigger off of Massacre (your main single target attack) over shred and comes with a nice heal.
    Howl is only really good for keeping rage up out of combat.

    A build:
    http://powerhouse.nullware.com/powerhouse.html?v=5&n=&d=1137MPAEdQF6571P004P105P503P305K804IG04K705P900PF05Q305K304IH00AI00PD0010gA42iK0ca1

    You lacked an active defense so I added in Masterful Dodge (think of this like Moment of Glory?) If you want to replicate having the self-res from Dark Armor you can fit in Rebirth somewhere.
    You lacked an active offense so I added in Aggressor. If you want to keep the Dark theme replace it with Shadow Shroud.
    Moved around your advantages.
  • bellesorcierebellesorciere Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    kaizerin wrote: »
    I'd drop Dex for Con (Str/Con/Rec). One can get a decent amount of crit through gear.
    Ranking up your lunge/energy builder is fairly pointless.
    I prefer Enrage over Aspect of the Bestial. It will trigger off of Massacre (your main single target attack) over shred and comes with a nice heal.
    Howl is only really good for keeping rage up out of combat.

    A build:
    http://powerhouse.nullware.com/powerhouse.html?v=5&n=&d=1137MPAEdQF6571P004P105P503P305K804IG04K705P900PF05Q305K304IH00AI00PD0010gA42iK0ca1

    You lacked an active defense so I added in Masterful Dodge (think of this like Moment of Glory?) If you want to replicate having the self-res from Dark Armor you can fit in Rebirth somewhere.
    You lacked an active offense so I added in Aggressor. If you want to keep the Dark theme replace it with Shadow Shroud.
    Moved around your advantages.

    Thank you. This is the kind of advice/response I wanted to hear - I knew I missed some power types and had put points into powers that didn't need them, but I didn't know which ones didn't need them.

    I never took /DA's self-rez, except once on the test server in 2005. I don't even remember what it's called. :)
  • beldinbeldin Posts: 1,708 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    bellesorciere wrote: »
    I just noticed I picked up life drain and resurgence both. Not sure what else to replace either with just now, so I'll leave it as is.

    Replace Lifedrain with Devour Essence :wink:
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  • bellesorcierebellesorciere Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    beldin wrote: »
    Replace Lifedrain with Devour Essence :wink:

    kalzerin beat you to it. :biggrin: I don't even know why I didn't know DE existed.
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