Death_Adder

Combat readiness>Curshing Uppercut>Burnout>Combat Readiness>Crushing Uppercut is one hell of a lot of burst damage. I don't know if it's worth it, but that should make anything short of an av dead.

Dark melee can use it for the attack chain for the gods. Shadow Maul>Flurry>Sands of Mu complete attack chain that requires 0 recharge, is end efficient, and looks cool.

Anything/Martial Arts. Storm kicks +10 Def to everything stacks with any def set and adds a layer of protection to resist sets. Avoid taking taunt aura until you can seal with the aggro. Most of the enemies in the sewer trial are very basic, so the teams I've been on have steamrolled them from level 3. With Martial arts just try to go after bosses and lts, the squishes can handle the minions at this level.

I really cannot wait for this set. I am so going to have to make costume change macros to swap out the rock on a stick, railroad sign and rocket mid combat for a real "Hulk SMASH" super strength set.

I'm at work so I can't tinker with the build, but here are a few thoughts...

1. Follow up>Slash>Focus is better dos then the eviscerate chain, especially when you add an Achilles heel proc.

2. six slotting an attack with a purple set is generally a waste, as the six slot bonus isn't that great and the damage io puts you far over the ED cap. I usually five slot a purple and drop the damage io for another damage proc.

3. you have purples in focus and eviscerate but no melee attacks. At the very least you'll want the purple proc in there for slash or followup, especially if you drop evis from you single target chain.

I mostly play melee, so my answers are biased towards melee sets.

Electric armor is an interesting set for the alpha slot in that it can benefit equally from cardiac, spiritual, and musculature. It has the highest resists in the game so it can cap S/L and Elec resist on a taker with cardiac. It also really benefits from spiritual to grant permanent energize and boost the Regen grated by it. But with musculature and overslotting Power Sink, you can completely drain a mobs end with a single application of power sink.


If you don't want to worry about recharge at all, it looks like 0% global recharge Street Justice chain will be very close to a crazy fast permanent hasten chain. Combine that with willpower that has 0 benefit from recharge and you have a very sturdy set that can chase other things than recharge without any real loss in power.

I'll suggest a Katana/Willpower for an easy leveling experience. Katana has good St and aoe damage and parry to make willpower even more sturdy. Willpower only has one power that is a click so no redraw problems from being a weapon set. The good defense/resistance/Regen of will power will mean almost no downtime.

You can also get them very cheap with alignment merits. I forget if it's one or two for a lotg, but it't very cheap, especially since you can get a hero merit in 30 mins or less if you run the signature story arc for VIPs.

Of the three sets you listed, I would go with WP. Street Justice is a very fast attack set but without the end discount that claws gets. it's very easy to spam attacks to drain your end quickly, so Quick Recovery really helps.

Stone does have the best stuns, but I would hate to deal the the endurance issues on a DA/Stone build. Even with a ToE process in rark Regen, PS in stamina, a miracle and numina, and standard end slotting, it would be hard on the blue until cardiac.

If you want some other control options, DA/DM and DA/SJ can stack fears, or you can overslot power sink and take cardiac to dran a mob of end in a single power sink on an Elec armor.

I hope there are more customization models than swords, but I have the points saved to pick this up as soon as it is available.

If I wanted to make a Psylocke style character, I'd use claws with purple vanguard claws. You have the mental touch effect with ranged knockdown attacks. The secondary could be super reflexes (mind reading your opponent to dodge before they move), or ea/lightning/dark recolored depending on which set you want to roll.

You may want to consider DA/MA. Martial arts has cobra strike to combine with oppressive gloom to do damage and lock down bosses. Storm kick does wonders for your survival with extra def. Dragons tail for some knockdown to combine with your stuns, and if you are worried about stunned mobs staggering away, you can go Mu Mastery for electric fences to keep them put.

I really hope there is a giant spear/polearm/Guan Dao weapon customization for Titan Weapons. Those stances are freaking cool and I have a Cuchulain character that I would re-roll in a second if I could get a decent Gae Bolg instead of a sword or railroad sign.