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don't you think it's annoying when you made a toon, and you find out that your chosen secondary power is barely or even never used simply because it's useless with the primary power.

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I can't think of a set that is so full of useless powers you'd only take the one power you have to, and never even use that one. I see a lot of AE newbs with characters built completely around their primaries and whatever their secondary is, it always makes me want to remake their build.

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but you have poison as secondary.
now as usefull it might be, the character you made doesn't use this at all.

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Bad example, TBH. /Poison is full of very powerful debuffs and I don't see any sense in not using them. It's like wilfully gimping your character.

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From the phrasing here, just in case you don't know... you need to build Domination up. Perma-Dom works because if you're already in Domination, you can click the power again. If it drops, you'll need to build it back up before you can use it again. So a downtime of a couple of seconds will actually be all the time it takes you do rebuild your Domination bar - which isn't much in a big team, but still, it'll be more than a couple of seconds.

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Bah. I did actually know that, but for some reason I totally ignored the mechanics. The time it takes to build up domination isnt much in a big team, though. At least from what I've experienced so far. And I'm not planning to solo at all.

I could use the activate-interrupt snipe trick to build up domination if I absolutely need it fast.

Also a good point on the Basilisk availability. The character is only lvl 22 now so I could leave some long term bids out there. I'll have to check the market and then decide what I'm going to do.

With the new I15 changes I decided to roll a dominator. Earth/Fire seemed quite a nice pair because of the AoE control and damage available from the two sets.

The build I came up with aimed for recharge to get domination up as much as possible for mez protection and increased mez strength. I think it is quite close to perma and I won't mind a gap of a couple of seconds anyway.

I picked Mu mastery to get a nicely rounded resistance toggle, an additional AoE attack, a pet capable of healing and power sink as an emergency endurance tool.

Also, the Basilisks are intentionally level 10. I'm expecting that they should be quite cheap at that level. Is this the best I can do with the amount of money it's going to cost?

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1,401
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Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Earth Control
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Assault
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Fossilize -- BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(A), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(3), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(3), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(9), EoCur-Acc/Hold/Rchg(9), Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(11)
Level 1: Flares -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stone Prison -- Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(A), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(11), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(17), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(43), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(46)
Level 4: Fire Breath -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(5), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), Posi-Dam%(7), Range-I(43)
Level 6: Quicksand -- TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(A)
Level 8: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 10: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 12: Stalagmites -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(13), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(13), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(15), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(15), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 18: Earthquake -- DarkWD-ToHitDeb/Rchg(A), DarkWD-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(19), DarkWD-Rchg/EndRdx(19), DarkWD-ToHitDeb(29)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), EndMod-I(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(21), P'Shift-End%(27)
Level 22: Combustion -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(23), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(23), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Oblit-%Dam(25), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(27)
Level 24: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 26: Volcanic Gasses -- BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(A), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(37), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(40), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(40), RechRdx-I(42), Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(43)
Level 28: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(29), RechRdx-I(34)
Level 30: Fire Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 32: Animate Stone -- C'Arms-Acc/Dmg(A), C'Arms-Dmg/EndRdx(33), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), C'Arms-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(33), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 35: Blazing Bolt -- Mantic-Acc/Dmg(A), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(36), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(36), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 38: Blaze -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 41: Charged Armor -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(42), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 44: Ball Lightning -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(45), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45), Posi-Dam%(46), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 47: Summon Guardian -- C'Arms-Acc/Rchg(A), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg(48), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), C'Arms-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(48), RechRdx-I(50), Heal-I(50)
Level 49: Power Sink -- Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Domination
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Higher amount? There is significantly less PvP now than there was prior to i13


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I didn't actually mean a higher amount of players, but rather a higher amount of "viable builds". Don't know if this is how things work in practice, but it's what the changes sound like. I've been strictly a PvE player ever since the introduction of IOs so it might just be me not having a clue.

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Sorry to dissapoint you but this guy is a girl......

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Okay then. You seemed very male with your, well, somehow aggressive posts and all that.

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English is not my native language so i tend to make mistakes.

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Mine neither. I make mistakes too, but I do my best trying to avoid doing them. You know, I still go to school and English classes, too, to learn more.

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Try some posts in german and lets see how absolutely stupid that will make YOU look.

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I don't see what the point in that would be. I've been studying German for a whopping 6 weeks. I know nothing but the very basics of the language. I might try it next year when I have studied it more.

Let me guess, German is your first language?

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Considering facts.... while i cant always deliver facts since i dont datamine so cant mostof the posters that disagree with my opinion.

Just saying :"Your wrong" without proving it by delivering so called "facts" is pointless too according to you......

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Just saying "you're wrong" is useless, just like saying "I'm right". See where this is going? It's quite useless to claim anything based on hunches.

On the topic, though: PvP in this game has been rock-scissors-paper since the beginning. It still is like that, but as far as I've understood the I13 "fix" only introduced a higher amount of rocks, scissors and papers.

Sounds interesting. Can't really think of a reason other than new IO sets.

Isn't this the guy who always posts threads about how the game is broken in one way or another?

It's a shame, though, that there aren't any facts in his posts and the very basic spelling/grammar errors make his post seem much more unintelligent it could be. You know, next time you could give us some proper arguments. With facts.

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IMO the Numina's +Regen in health is a bit pointless, you'll be using twilight grasp to keep your health topped up so the Regen won't be that noticable.


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I think it's there for the +Recovery part.

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I have not more influence to change my costumes.

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Seriously, how long does it take to put together 10mil? 1-2 hours depending on drops? Just play the game, do the new TF or something else fun. If you still arent able to pay for the costume, you're doing something very, VERY wrong.

So... Hard... To resist..!





Can't wait to get online. Hey, I restrained myself over the course of the other thread!

So, what's going on here?

Also: +1

Post in PvP forum hits you with a mag 100 confuse!

I made a build for you which focuses on doing damage. It is loaded with -res procs. With 3 AoEs and Soul Drain you should be doing quite nice AoE damage. It's good to know that the -res proc in Sleet and one of your other powers stack. This means basically that in an AV fight the AV will constantly be under at least one Achilles Heel debuff.

I also gave you recharge to be able to run your AoEs, Sleet, Soul Drain and Aim more often.

This is just a quickie though so it might have flaws.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1,401
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Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Cold Domination
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Infrigidate -- HO:Lyso(A), HO:Lyso(7), TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(7), Achilles-ResDeb%(9)
Level 1: Neutrino Bolt -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(3), Achilles-ResDeb%(3), LdyGrey-%Dam(5), ShldBrk-%Dam(5)
Level 2: Ice Shield -- GftotA-Def(A), GftotA-Run+(15), LkGmblr-Rchg+(17)
Level 4: Irradiate -- Oblit-Acc/Rchg(A), Oblit-Dmg(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Oblit-%Dam(39), Achilles-ResDeb%(40)
Level 6: Glacial Shield -- GftotA-Def(A), GftotA-Run+(9), LkGmblr-Rchg+(15)
Level 8: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 10: Electron Haze -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(11), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(13), Posi-Dam%(13), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(46)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(17)
Level 18: Benumb -- RechRdx-I(A), Acc-I(19), RechRdx-I(19), RechRdx-I(33)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(21), P'Shift-End%(33)
Level 22: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(23), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 24: Frostwork -- Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(25), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Dct'dW-Heal(31), Dct'dW-Rchg(31)
Level 26: Sleet -- TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(A), Slow-I(27), Achilles-ResDeb%(27), LdyGrey-DefDeb/Rchg(29), LdyGrey-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(29), LdyGrey-Rchg/EndRdx(31)
Level 28: Cosmic Burst -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(34), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 30: Arctic Fog -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(42), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(43), S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(43), S'fstPrt-ResKB(43)
Level 32: Heat Loss -- P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(40), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(40), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(42)
Level 35: Neutron Bomb -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(36), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Dam%(37), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(50)
Level 38: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 41: Oppressive Gloom -- Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(A), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(46)
Level 44: Dark Embrace -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(45), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(45)
Level 47: Soul Drain -- Oblit-%Dam(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(48), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(48), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 49: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
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Me and 7 fillers.

I15, probably 75/100. Dominator changes might actually make me finally roll a dominator and get it higher than level 7. Also I'm looking forward to trying out the new TFs. Havent been to test server to try anything out yet so score will probably drop if the TFs are a letdown.

I16, 70/100. Power recolouring really adds life into repeating sets IMO. Usually I avoid playing the same powerset twice, but might change my opinion with this. Although if power recolouring is the only thing coming with this I can't expect to be immersed in it for too long.

GR, no idea of score yet. It really depends on the penalties of sideswitching. If the penalties are very harsh I won't probably try it with any of my existing characters. We'll see.

I can actually tank an AV easily without taunt and the situations where more than one AV show up at once are very rare. Besides, those situations are usually well-known so if the team leader is bent on undertaking the task they usually prepare for it by taking a proper tank.

I've noticed after playing 2 tanks (lvl 50 and 49 currently) that AV tanking isn't really about spamming taunt, it's overall more effective to keep attacking it. The aggro won't break because you have a taunt aura and each of your attacks bumps up your current aggro value (this is, if I understand correctly how aggro works). A scrapper's taunt modifier is inherently 3, I have a taunt aura and a quite damaging single target attack chain; this lets me keep an AV interested in me until I'm dead or a tanker shows up.

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I would of reordered a bit for the slotting of CotW and replaced REl with CotW, then make the res debuff back with a winters 20% in cj.

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I actually have a Winter's Gift unique in Super Jump. Just noticed it isn't in the build for some reason. 40% Slow/Recharge Resistance is actually really useful. Particularly the Recharge Resistance. Slow effects usually come in abundance and it's not rare to get hit with one massive slow effect such as Quicksand. Although, the Slow Resistance is enough to keep me from getting Slow capped by one layer of Caltrops.

I have to agree about your point about personal experiences possibly being lacking. I used to have CotW, but respecced it out because it being 1) single target and 2) quite useless most of the time. I found for tanking it was usually enough to jump in, let Invincibility and a couple of AoEs do the trick.

Now, I might reconsider taking it if it was an AoE taunt. Single target? Bleh.

Good point about Confront powers, but I still think that there are a lot of powers that are more useful. You still have Invincibility as an /Invuln. Also as a scrapper I find it good enough if I can take the alpha for a team and hold at least some of the enemies on me. It's not my primary job to tank, after all.

Also about Divine Avalanche; it is a power I like to keep in my attack chain because that lets me take on pretty much anything in melee. It also eases up my job in finding the resources to soft cap S/L. The Melee and Lethal flags take care of about every melee attack in the game.

In the end, though, I wouldnt say Confront is a totally useless power choice. In my opinion there just are a lot more useful powers out there that help you fill the scrapper role.

Dull Pain
Type: Click
Availability: Level 4
Effect: Heal 40%, +max HP 40% for 120 seconds.
Recharge and Endurance cost: 360 seconds, 10.4 Endurance
Description: This power owns. It increases you max HP to tanker HP levels and can be used
as an emergency heal. Nothing bad about it, except that it's hard to choose between perma DP and a self heal available on demand. Get it.
My slotting: 3x RECHG, 3x HEAL
Rating: *****

Resist Elements
Type: Auto
Availability: Level 10
Effect: 7.5% Resistance (Fire, Cold, Toxic), 20% Resistance (Slow, Recharge)
Recharge and Endurance cost: None
Description: After the buffs this power is actually useful. Higher Resistance numbers as well as Slow/Recharge Resistance which stacks with that of Winter’s Gift. Take it if you have space, -Rech and –Speed are killers.
My slotting: 1x RESIST
Rating: **

Unyielding
Type: Toggle
Availability: Level 16
Effect: 3.75% Resistance (Smashing, Lethal), 7.5% Resistance (Fire, Cold, Toxic, Energy, Neg. Energy),
Status protection (mag 10, KB, Repel, Held, Immob, KUp, Stun, Sleep), KB -10000%
Recharge and Endurance cost: 10 seconds, 0.26 Endurance/second
Description: If you only were to take one power from Invulnerability, this should be it.
Protects you from being mezzed and gives some resistance to nearly all damage. This is the most important power from Invulnerability.
My slotting: 3x RESIST, 1-2 END
Rating: *****

Resist Energies
Type: Auto
Availability: Level 20
Effect: 7.5% Resistance (Energy, Neg. Energy), 25% Resistance (Endurance)
Recharge and Endurance cost: None
Description: After the buffs, this power just like REL, became useful. It’s the only –Recovery and –End protection power you can get your hands on so be sure to get this. This is definitely more useful than REL.
My slotting: 1x RESIST
Rating: ***

Invincibility
Type: Toggle
Availability: Level 28
Effect: 3.75% Defense + 1.125% per enemy up to 10 of them (all but psi), 2% ToHit + 1%
per enemy up to 10 of them
Recharge and Endurance cost: 10 seconds, 0.21 Endurance/second
Description: I love this power, it's a really nice Tohit and Defense boost for you and
often doesn’t even break tanking if the tank has a taunt aura and actually attacks or uses taunt. About half of the /Invulnerability scrappers I see don't have this. You should.
My slotting: 3x DEF, 1-2 END (and maybe Tohit/taunt if you feel like it. I didn't)
Rating: *****

Tough Hide
Type: Auto
Availability: Level 35
Effect: 3.75% Defense (all but psi), 25% Resistance (DeBuff Def)
Recharge and endurance cost: None
Description: This power is nowadays one of the cornerstones of Invulnerability. This combined with RPD gives you 50% DefDebuff Resistance. Hardly something to skip. Also the Defense it offers is as much as Weave and this power doesn’t even cost Endurance.
My slotting: 1-3x DEF
Rating: ****

Unstoppable
Type: Click
Availability: Level 38
Effect: 52.5% Resistance (all but psi), status protection (mag 17, repel, held, immob, stun,
sleep), (mag 100, KB, KUp), +100% end recovery. All that for 180 seconds. Drains all your
end and 90% of your HP when it drops, though.
Description: There are two ways to look at this power.(1) It’s the only way a scrapper can self-cap all Resistances bar Psionic without insps or temps. It’s great for leveling up, (2) but it’s hardly needed with a lot of +Defense set bonuses. It won’t be needed often and the crash is very harsh. Still, it’s a nice tool if you have space for it.
My slotting: 3x RECHG, 1x RES (or if IOs, 2x RECHG, 1x RECHG/RES, 1x RES)
Rating: ***** OR **

3. Suggestions about Power Pools and Ancillary Powers

I won’t go very in depth here because I know everyone has their own tastes on this stuff and there really isn’t a cookie cutter build for Katana/Invulnerability. I’ll tell you what I have found useful and basically mock what I haven’t.

Ancillaries:

This one is actually quite simple. There are three powers I think are worth it on a Katana/Invulnerability. Of course, anything goes if you’re in for concept, but these are powers I’d say are useful.

The useful stuff is: Conserve Power and Focused Accuracy/Targeting Drone. Conserve Power because more Endurance is never bad and this combo can burn fast through the blue bar if you take Fighting Pool which I recommend you do. Focused Accuracy/Targeting Drone on the other hand aren’t all that useful if you have IO sets and I wouldn’t take the extra strain on Endurance bar if you took Fighting. The extra Accuracy and ToHit is moot because you have Invincibility for extra ToHit, Katana has higher than normal Accuracy (only slightly though) and it Debuffs Defense. The main selling point of FA and TD isn’t their Acc/Tohit, it’s the high Resistance to Tohit Debuffs.

While there are some nice tools out there in the ancillaries, they aren’t really worth it because they all force redraw. Again, my opinion only, but I have actually tried all of the powers available from them on my Katana/Invuln.

Power Pools:

Concealment: Well, this isn’t really the best choice for an Invuln. Invincibility aggros anything in melee range making stealth quite useless unless you like turning Invincibility on and off. Also Phase Shift is hardly worth it in PvE with Ethereal Shift available.

Fighting: Fighting is a top choice for Invulnerability. It makes your tough points even tougher, more accurately speaking it increases your already high S/L Resistance and adds a good amount to your already good Defense. Bad thing is, this costs Endurance.

Fitness: As most powersets without Endurance managing tools this is very useful for Katana/Invuln. I’d even go on to say it’s needed. Needed at least if you want to get the most out of your character. Stamina and Health both do lots of good for your character.

Flight: You’re most probably going to take a travel power so if you like flying this isn’t any worse than the other travel powers. Myself, I prefer Leaping.

Leadership: This is hardly worth it on any scrapper. High Endurance costs and low modifiers. I wouldn’t even think of getting any of these.

Leaping: My favourite travel power: Super Jump. Easy to maneuver, it’s fast and it also offers great vertical movement. Can’t see why anyone wouldn’t like this. Also you get Combat Jumping as the prerequisite which adds little to your Defense, but it’s good for combat maneuvering when combined with Hurdle and you can slot a bunch of utility IOs in it.

Medicine: I can see why people take this. I’d probably take it, too, if I only had room for it. I used to have it, but Fighting is overall a better choice. This might have the edge for a leveling up build, though.
Presence: Low modifiers and high Endurance costs. Not a that good choice for a scrapper.

Speed: Well, Hasten is great and Super Speed is a nice travel power. I hardly have any use for Hasten now so I dropped it out of my build. If you like Super Speeding, though, don’t hesitate taking Hasten as well.

Teleportation: If it’s your thing for transportation, take it. I found it too tricky to use and it suffers a lot from lag. Your choice, though.

4. The build and general IO goals

This time around, I focused on getting as much Defense, Resistance, Regeneration and Recharge as possible from set bonuses. As a by-product I also got a healthy amount (pardon the pun) of +HP.

The overall idea was to make the build as sturdy as possible while still maintaining a high Damage output, which +Recharge translates into. Currently I’m sitting at mid 60’s S/L Resistance, with mid 20’s Resistance to Exotics (all but Psi) and 33-36% Defense (33% F/C, 36% S/L/E/N) with one foe in melee range, and I’m soft capped to S/L/E/N with F/C only 2% behind when 10 people are in melee range which is not really unusual. Also against one opponent I’m practically always soft capped to Lethal, thanks to Divine Avalanche being a part of my attack chain.

Here is the final build I ended up creating. The empty slot in RPD is the PvP 3% Def IO. The build is extremely expensive, but I was lucky to buy most of the really expensive items when they weren’t all that steep in price. The performance mirrors the cost, though, and I’d say it was definitely worth it.
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Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Invulnerability
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Gambler's Cut -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(3), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Achilles-ResDeb%(7)
Level 1: Resist Physical Damage -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), Empty(3)
Level 2: Flashing Steel -- Erad-Acc/Rchg(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(9), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(13)
Level 4: Temp Invulnerability -- RctvArm-ResDam(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(13), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(15), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(15)
Level 6: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(43), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Dct'dW-Heal(43), Dct'dW-Rchg(45)
Level 8: Divine Avalanche -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Knock%(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(46), LkGmblr-Rchg+(46), HO:Nucle(48)
Level 10: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(50)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Winter-ResSlow(A)
Level 16: Unyielding -- RctvArm-ResDam(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(17), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(17), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 18: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(19), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(19), Mrcl-Rcvry+(40), Mrcl-Heal(40), RgnTis-Regen+(40)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(21), P'Shift-End%(37)
Level 22: The Lotus Drops -- Erad-Acc/Rchg(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(23), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(23), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37)
Level 24: Build Up -- Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(A), Rec'dRet-Pcptn(25), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 26: Soaring Dragon -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(27), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(31), Hectmb-Dam%(31), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 28: Invincibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(29), LkGmblr-Def(29), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31)
Level 30: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Golden Dragonfly -- Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(A), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(33), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Armgdn-Dam%(34), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 35: Tough Hide -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(36), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(36)
Level 38: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(39), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(39), RctvArm-EndRdx(39)
Level 41: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(42), HO:Cyto(42)
Level 44: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 47: Resist Energies -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(48), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Resist Elements -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(50), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit