Brick help

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• flowcyto Posts: 12,742 Arc User

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  Ya have two R3 ADs, R3 Conviction, and a block enhancer (plus any healing devices). That's quite a bit of survival tools already. Ya could add R1 MD in there, but having 3 ADs seems a bit excessive. Could also pickup Endorphin Rush on Enrage, though its more of a minor heal.
  
  Your problems w/ the build's hardiness may be more gear- or -content-related. Ya have only ~250 Con and 10k maxHP, and that's pretty low for a pure tank- esp in Justice level gear. However, 300+ Str and 225+ Int seems a bit excessive. Ya could have 13-14k maxHP if ya wanted, and that could help ur survival significantly. Also: for Utility gear slots, ya can max out CD reduction, since INT SS and Physical Peak already give ya good cost discount (and cost discount DRs harshly). That will lower the cd timers on ADs and heals significantly, so they'll be more frequently available.
  
  I'd prob drop Str to the 200-250 range, Int to the 150-200 range, put the difference in Con, gear at least one +maxHP boost in defense slot gear, and see where ur maxHP is after that. Ofc, everyone has their own gearing prefs, but that's how I'd go about it, at least.

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• stratluver Posts: 311 Arc User

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  Thanks for the advice!
  
  My problems stem mainly from wanting to do well in the Rampages. Specifically F&I and Gravitar. The rest of the game I'm mostly happy with the performance.
  
  I went on test and did a little rebuild. Switched out Armadillo gear for Vigilantes. Switched Unbreakable for Masterful Dodge and switched my block to Laser Knight.
  
  That all put me at 14k HP. 81% resist. I took him to Qwymonkey and I think I'm happy. Oh and my AD's are at 37 sec recharge.
  
  I really want this to work. I want something different than the same old dodge build.

  
  

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• flowcyto Posts: 12,742 Arc User

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  Sounds good. Yeah, Laser Knight will be a nice survival boost as well, though ya have to be careful w/ its short duration when using a long charge attack like Haymaker.
  
  The MD + Unbreakable rotation covers ~36 seconds, so a 37 AD recharge gives ya potentially near full coverage there (though ya can still mistime or overlap the cds a bit- that's more a thing ya just have to get the hang of in practice).
  
  Tanking Frosticus isn't easy (nor is it meant to be), but w/ this setup you'll be much easier to heal vs. most other random tanks, at least.

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• stratluver Posts: 311 Arc User

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  Just a quick update.
  
  I rebuilt...again lol. Hopefully for the last time.
  
  I ended up with 102 resist. I went with Masterful Dodge and Resurgence and they're at 37 recharge.
  
  So far I'm happy. Took on Gravitar and she couldn't take him down.
  
  He's not unkillable but tough as nails and hits like a freight train. Pretty much what I was shooting for.
  
  Thanks again for the input!

  
  

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• flowcyto Posts: 12,742 Arc User

  January 2015 edited January 2015

  glad it turned out better for ya, and GL out there.

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