Build Advice - Powerhouse Hybrid DPS

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• carrionbaggage Posts: 731 Community Moderator

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Enrage scales with STR. Without it, you won't be getting much of a damage or energy boost. I would either swap Enrage for Form of the Tempest, or adjust your superstats to include STR.
  
  You'll probably feel safer with Masterful Dodge instead of Unbreakable. If an enemy is hitting hard enough to dent Invulnerability, it's probably going to smash through Unbreakable's damage shield.
  
  Assuming your attack powers are all thematically necessary, I would remove Imbue to take Conviction. You'll want a reliable self-heal, especially if you lose Endorphin Rush by dropping Enrage. And Conviction is a reliable trigger for MSA.
  
  Thunderstrike's advantage causes a Root, which would turn Roomsweeper's knockback into knockup. Just something to consider.

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• ironcore33 Posts: 13 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Thanks for the advice! I had completely forgot about Enrage scaling with strength. Here's a new version of the build, I also went with a more tanky role point setup. I'm thinking about swapping Haymaker for Burning Chi Fist or Dragon Uppercut, for higher dps. I should be maintaining enrage stacks fine with Roomsweeper and Energy Wave I think. Thoughts?
  
  PowerHouse (Link to this build)
  
  Name: Ms. Infinite
  
  Archetype: Freeform
  
  Super Stats:
  Level 6: Strength (Primary)
  Level 10: Constitution (Secondary)
  Level 15: Intelligence (Secondary)
  
  Talents:
  Level 1: The Devastator
  Level 6: Relentless
  Level 9: Quick Recovery
  Level 12: Negotiator
  Level 15: Physical Conditioning
  Level 18: Body and Mind
  Level 21: Healthy Mind
  
  Powers:
  Level 1: Clobber
  Level 1: Roomsweeper (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 6: Mighty Leap
  Level 8: Invulnerability (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 11: Eye Beam (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 14: Enrage (Endorphin Rush)
  Level 17: Molecular Self-Assembly
  Level 20: Energy Wave (Hardened Particle Matrix, Reverse Polarity)
  Level 23: Thunderstrike (Rank 2, Ionic Compression, Challenging Strikes)
  Level 26: Resurgence (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 29: Ego Surge (Nimble Mind)
  Level 32: Masterful Dodge
  Level 35: Haymaker (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 38: Conviction (Rank 2)
  
  Travel Powers:
  Level 6: Electro Flight
  Level 35: Displacement Superspeed
  
  Specializations:
  Strength: Swole (3/3)
  Strength: Quick Recovery (2/2)
  Strength: Aggression (2/2)
  Strength: Juggernaut (3/3)
  Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
  Warden: Elusive (2/2)
  Warden: Tenacious (2/2)
  Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
  Protector: Fortified Gear (3/3)
  Protector: Bulwark (2/2)
  Protector: Debilitating Challenge (2/2)
  Protector: Defensive Expertise (3/3)
  Mastery: Protector Mastery (1/1)

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• carrionbaggage Posts: 731 Community Moderator

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  I like the changes. As long as you don't miss those whopping Haymaker criticals, swapping Haymaker for Dragon Uppercut is a good trade. Dragon Uppercut will still proc Enrage, and its knockup is much easier to work with compared to Haymaker's knock-them-into-the-next-zip-code philosophy.
  
  I like your chosen spec trees, but I would tweak them like so:
  
  Specializations:
  Strength: Swole (3/3)
  Strength: Physical Peak (2/3)
  Strength: Brutality (2/2)
  Strength: Juggernaut (3/3)
  Quick Recovery's health return is very low, especially since you haven't superstatted REC. The Best Defense (combined with Juggernaut and Fortified Gear) already puts your Offense deep into diminishing returns, so you won't get much of a damage bonus from Aggression. You lost your DEX superstat, but using critical strike gear can still provide around a 30% critical hit rate...making Brutality very useful. Even with superstatted INT, Physical Peak is a nice cost reduction.
  
  Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3)
  Warden: Ruthless (2/2)
  Warden: Elusive (2/2)
  Warden: The Best Defense (3/3)
  Tenacious shares the same diminishing returns issue as Aggression, and the critical severity boost from Ruthless is helpful with the aforementioned crit rate.
  
  Protector: Fortified Gear (3/3)
  Protector: Bulwark (2/2)
  Protector: Defensive Expertise (3/3)
  Protector: Resolute (2/3)
  Mastery: Protector Mastery (1/1)
  You don't have Crippling Challenge in your build, so Debilitating Challenge isn't doing anything. Resolute is very attractive, considering your large pool of health and the frequency of enemy knocks/holds.
  
  If your base rank travel powers feel a little slow, you could consider pulling points in order to rank up one or both of them. I don't think you'll miss a rank in Eye Beam, Thunderstrike, or Resurgence.

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