Night Widow Homage Build

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• flamingbunnyman Posts: 1,995 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  I wouldn't take The Best Defense twice. They do stack, but because of Diminishing Returns, the second one doesn't help as much as you might think.
  
  If trying to simulate a Widow, I'd definitely look at team buffs and enemy debuffs - that's what the Soldiers of Arachnos were all about to me.

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• jaazaniah1 Posts: 5,562 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Maybe to get a poison effect in you should take Toxic Nanites?

  

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• sparkrocker Posts: 53 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  MSA scales with INT if i recall, so you may want to SS int. For Melee I like Dex/ Con/ Int. Use Form of the Tempest and MSA, then you can mix Claws and Telepathy stuff. I like the concept.

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• riverocean Posts: 1,690 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  sparkrocker wrote: »

  MSA scales with INT if i recall, so you may want to SS int. For Melee I like Dex/ Con/ Int. Use Form of the Tempest and MSA, then you can mix Claws and Telepathy stuff. I like the concept.

  
  
  
  Wow thjanks.. for all the feedback. It makes a lot of sense. I'm going to redo and repost when I have some time. But I'm thinking of adding IDF or AoPM to simulate the team buff aspect and adding in the Dex/Con/Int as well.
  
  Lots to think about.

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• shaenthebrain Posts: 111 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Personally, I love to combine the Vindicator and Warden specialization trees for that sweet Aggressive Stance / Best Defense synergy.
  
  If you want "psi" and "claws," then look at the Ego Blade powers in the Telekinesis set. That could kill two birds with one stone.
  
  DEX / INT / CON is a great super-stat combo, probably the best one I've seen for characters like that. MSA scales off of INT (which is already saving you energy by reducing the cost of your powers), and spamming the lunge and/or Evasive Maneuvers (which is a great defense boost as well as a potential aggro-dump) fuels MSA.
  
  Of the Martial Arts lunge powers available, Smoke Bomb Lunge is by far the best one, better than Thunderbolt Leap. Void Shift would also be fun for a character like this, especially with the advantage that Fears everyone around your target.
  
  You might prefer Quarry to Lightning Reflexes as your slotted passive. It's a great offensive-with-some-defense passive for characters like this.
  
  I would take Form of The Tempest as your toggle form buff. With Super-DEX, you'll score crits constantly, so you'll have no trouble building Focus stacks.
  
  Since you already want to go in a psi direction, I'd take Ego Surge with the +Nimble Mind advantage as your active offense. It boosts all your damage, but the advantage also gives you a massive crit chance buff, which will scale off of your Super-CON.
  
  If you stay with Fighting Claws, and you want to keep the +Spitting Cobra advantage on Viper's Fangs, then consider taking Devour Essence as both an attack and as your self-heal power. The +Phlebotomist advantage buffs its self-heal to 150% if the target is either Bleeding or Poisoned. But even if they aren't, Devour Essence is an insanely good power, and you could justify it as a sort of "psychic drain."

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• clawsandeffect Posts: 155 Arc User

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  Being familiar with Night Widows and their counterparts, the Fortunata, I came up with a pretty decent collection of powers for an homage to them.
  
  I split the attacks 50/50 between claws and psionic. I used Ego Reverberation for the energy unlock, and Form of the Master for the Focus building form (which also recharges your heal faster when you dodge)
  
  It's not a fully formed build, just something to give you some ideas how you want to build your Night Widow homage.
  
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  Name:
  
  Archetype: Freeform
  
  Super Stats:
  Level 6: Dexterity (Primary)
  Level 10: Strength (Secondary)
  Level 15: Intelligence (Secondary)
  
  Talents:
  Level 1: The Fist
  Level 6:
  Level 9:
  Level 12:
  Level 15:
  Level 18:
  Level 21:
  
  Powers:
  Level 1: Kinetic Darts (Rank 2, Leeching Strikes)
  Level 1: Viper's Fangs (Rank 2, Spitting Cobra)
  Level 6: Lightning Reflexes (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 8: Telekinetic Assault (Rank 2, Explosive Potential)
  Level 11: Telekinetic Burst (Rank 2, Sudden Impact)
  Level 14: Dragon's Claws (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 17: Form of the Master (Storm's Eye Prana)
  Level 20: Ego Reverberation
  Level 23: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Rank 2, Resurgent Reiki)
  Level 26: Toxic Nanites (Rank 2, Rank 3)
  Level 29: Evasive Maneuvers
  Level 32: Ego Surge
  Level 35: Mind Link
  Level 38: Tiger's Bite
  
  Travel Powers:
  Level 6:
  Level 35:
  
  Specializations:
  Dexterity: Combat Training (2/3)
  Dexterity: Gear Utilization (1/3)
  Dexterity: Power Swell (2/2)
  Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3)
  Dexterity: Quick Reflexes (2/3)
  Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2)
  Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
  Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3)
  Vindicator: Focused Strikes (2/3)

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