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Havent read it all yet, but its a pvp event so count me in.
Ty for Hosting this.

GF's tonight, had fun.

To be honest Net, I dont see you having a problem with that build other than the lack of perception. You have a nice HP bonus and Dmg buff to stack with FE and BU.

Maybe since everyone has Stealth IOs and/or Stealth and Invis and you dont have perception,may be your biggest weakness. Grab some yellows and roll out!

The Fyre Epic does pretty nasty pvp dmg, stacked with FE (Firey Embrace) and BU, you should be able to handle pretty much most AT's.

My attack chain would be, BU and/or FE + Char + GFS + Fire blast or Incinerate depending on the range of your opponent.

Not having Super Speed sucks, but can be done without if you are aware of the fight around you.

The only thing you have to do, is not take your self out thefight befoe the fight, Thinking that you are going to lose because you pve that toon.

One last thing about the casual pver who ventures into a pvp zone.
Just remember that once you enter a pvp zone ..its just that. PVP.

Yes there are PvE mobs in the zones, and yes you can attack them, gain inf, and xp, but 1st things 1st...Do not have tunnel vision on the pve content in a pvp zone.

I have killed my share of pvers in pvp zones, and in each case, I can tell you for a fact that they are either:
A. Farming pillboxes, with total disregard to player contolled enemies
B. Farming mobs, with total disregard for player controlled enemies
C. Gathering badges " "

Had they have taken a little more consideration in the fact that this is a pvp zone, and actually tried to fight me back or even become the aggressor, the chances of me actually dying rise dramatically (even if it is on a smal chance, a smal chance is a lot more than no chance).

It he top of the screen to the left, It says "User CP" click it and it takes you to your info and you can see all that stuff.

Negative rep..figures.

Hey all, and thanks for taking enough interest in my post to come inside and take a peek. I have been playing CoH since Dec 2004 and I have been PvPing since the arena landed on me in Galaxy City many years ago.
Please note that I do not think, claim, or feel that I am above anyone on this server who PvPs or who would like to learn PvP. I am simply here to provide the new and vet pvper's alike, some information that I had to
learn through trial and error over the many years of playing.

There are four basic types of PvP that everyone should be familiar with. But since this post is about information, allow me to tell you these four types. Within the "types", I will explain your objective and give you a few tips on being more effective.

• Zone PvP (solo)
• Zone PvP (team)
• Arena PvP (solo)
• Arena PvP (team)

All four types of PvP may seem very much the same, And you would believe that they are, but depending on your perception of PvP and the amount experience you have spread between them, there is quite a bit of difference. Today we will cover Zone team and Zone Solo PvP. (I would be happy to do one for Arena Team and Solo if there is any interest)





Zone PvP (solo) - Pretty self-explanatory. You are in a PvP zone by yourself, fighting the opposing faction. Each AT handles solo zone PvP different than the next. Lets take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the ATs while alone in a zone.

• Melee ATs(not including Stalkers): As a melee AT, you are a virtual killing machine! You can take a fair amount of damage, as well as put it out. I have noticed two types of melee ATs that frequent the zones solo. The 1st type of melee fighter likes to fight long drawn out battles with other tough melee ATs, as One would do in PvE for example (think bosses or AV's perhaps). While there is no "set" rules or goals in PvP, this should be avoided for the most part. Although you and said opponent may have agreed to fight 1v1, the rest of the zone however, did not. Long drawn out fights identifies you as weakened, stationary targets for the rest of the zone, and usually result in one of the 2 fighters (if not both) being ganked. Now, I don't want any of the Melee AT's to think that I am telling you not to fight one on one, I just want you to remember that there are more people in the zone than your actual opponent. So stay alert. The other type of melee AT in zones are the "squishy killers". These fighters focus solely on the AT's with less HP, defense, and overall survivalbility. I prefer this method of targeting for a few reasons: A) The quicker you get the kill, the faster you can get out without dying or becoming the target yourself. B) Squishies are usually buffer/debuffers, which if taken away from the opposing side can be damaging. Even if that just means making them phase or hibernate, you have taken them away from buffing/debuffing for that period of time. Melee AT's can be very fun overall, and very survivable when paired with certain pool powers. You can cause a lot of frustration in open zone, score kills, and help your side, all while remaining alive most of the time.

• Buffer and DeBuffer ATs: Face it. Zoning alone on these ATs sucks, but it can be done rather successfully. As a buffing/debuffing class, you have a wide range of powers that make life easier for all those on your side, and hell for those opposing you. As a solo buffer, I would focus on staying on the outskirts of the battle ( as far as your perception will allow) and stay moving. This allows you to keep a clear view of the battle at hand without allowing you to react quickly if someone needs a heal or buff, without actually having to be in the fire fight alone. Also, staying back a few paces decreases the chance of you being spotted in the battle since you are not in the thick of it. Get in.Buff.Gtfo. A buffer can fight solo if he chooses too, but I would not recommend it(With the exception of Corrs and Master-minds).If you choose to fight solo, target the lowest HP player you can find, hope he doesnt have a strong offense and wittle him down. But mainly,your job is to keep players alive, stronger, and increase the overall performance of said players..while trying to stay alive as long as possible. The solo debuffer plays a bit different. A solo debuffer will have a easier time taking down opponents due to the sheer volume of debuffing it can do. When solo, try to find the target that has the least amount of HP and offense, debuff, and go to work on him/her. Becareful about debuffing targets around NPC's. Alot of players will run into NPC mobs when attacked for a sense of safety, or when they have Offensive toggles such as Radiation Infection or Snow Storm on them, hoping that the NPCs we deal with you before you can deal with them.

• Offensive/Ranged ATs: Aim,Build Up gogogogogogo! Just kidding, kind of. Offensive AT's such as Stalkers, blasters, Doms ect are pretty successful in solo zone pvp. In most cases, they can build for more hit points and cap their HP higher than the scrapper base HP. They dish out a ton of damage, but they are still very squishy, with HP never higher than 1606hp. The offensive AT should be an oppurtunist. The first chance they get to inflict colossal amounts of damage, do it! But..do it with caution. Yes, you can kill most AT's in the zone with enough fire power, but just as easy as it was for you to find and punish you target, some one is doing the same thing to you. If you have noticed by now, Opponents with the lowest HP should always be you 1st target as stated before. Fighting that brute on your blaster might be fun, but while you are taking dmg and giving it, drawing the fight out, there is a stalker/corr/dom/brute or what ever, waiting for you to take enough damage for them to get a quick kill. What you should do when solo is move. Move around alot, and as often as possible. Find a weaker target, or damaged one and finish him of and then keep moving. Becareful where and when you attack too. Many of your attacks that you like will root you, meaning you will be stuck in the animation of the a attack for a second or however long the activation time for that power is, and when that happens you become a non-moving, pre-occupied target(thats when I come to AS you). Stalkers have it a bit different. while a blaster or Dom can unleash 800pts of dmg at range with no interuptions, a stalker has to hit you while in hide to deal maximum dmg. Sounds easy right? well hittin your target in Hide, with a regular attack isnt too hard to do, and yes you will get a crit, but a stalkers true potential lies in Assassin Strike - An Interuptable melee hand snipe basically. You cant move while AS'ing or be interupted. If you think that is easy, grab a blaster and try have a friend move around, jumping flying runing, whatever, and try to snipe him within five feet of you with out interuption it, or try chasing and ASing moving targets with a friend. Solo stalkers should just wait til something is at half HP or less and AS him, or if his HP is low enough, crit him only if you are certain it will kill him. You do not have as many HP or as high of a defensive base as anyother melee toon, and you will come out of hide..hello stalker pew pew pew.

Zone PvP (team) - Team Zone PvP is pretty simialr to solo team with a few advantages/disadvantages. Lets take a look at the AT's again, this time for team play.

• Melee AT's (not including Stalkers): This time around as a Melee AT, you have a few different roles. You may want to taunt persuing Offensive AT's off of your buffers/squishies, or you may choose to proctect them with the "kill the aggressor first" approach. Either way, its not just about you anymore. If your whole team dies, but you stay alive, do you think the the other team is saying, "damn, that scrapper/tank/brute is still alive..we failed"? Prolly not, so keep close by the squishies, because they will be getting attacked soon enough, allowing you to quench your thirst for blood with their defense provided by you. You can also be part of a very strong damage spike (when your team coordinates a timed burst of damage from all players) and scrappers bring even more to that with the chance to crit. Try being bait for a change too. If you have noticed that a certain opponent only attacks you or your teammates when you have seperated from the group, tell your team that you will bait him out for an ambush, because you are the most likely to survive his Alpha. Melee can be very fun, as stated before but when you team, focus more on the big picture than that one epic long fight.

• Buffer and DeBuffer AT's: Being on a team makes keeping up with buffs/heals alot easier..and a lot more important too. Now you can see everyone of importance to you and what buffs they have via the team window. You are still going to be the oriority target for the opposing side, so becareful how close to combat you get. Also, please be careful with healing/buffing a player to closely. for example, if a blaster gets AS'd by a stalker, dont jump right night to the blaster to heal him, because guess who is in range of the next AS/Melee attack now.. Rememeber to always stay moving, but never to far out of the range of your team. Standing safey by the hero base, while your team is by the villain base, dying is doing your team no good. Also pay attention to what buff you are using on what players. I woud never tell you to exclude a player any buffs but whats more effective..putting fortitude/forge on a blaster/dom or a controller/mastermind? Oh, dont get heal rooted in the middle of the battle...its bad news. For Debuffers, the game gets a little more complicated too. Sure, dropping Sleet and Heat Loss on that tank is nice, but the team is attacking that Defender on the other side of the map. Stay focused because a properly played debuffer is worth as much as a well played buffer. Your debuffs can potentially make a target die quicker than the buffers buff on the team. Oh, btw, you are probably target #2.

• Offensive/Ranged AT's: Your team is like Voltron. The Buffer is the Head, the body are your Melee AT's. That makes you the arms and legs. The team moves ithe the direction that you lead them. The debuffer calls a target out and you deievler the punishment. You to have to stay focused and aware of whats around you aswell. You arent anygood to the team if you go off fighting a random target while they jumped in the line of fire to debuff and spike another. Not much different than playing solo, except now you get buffs and more people to add damage with you.

Now that we have discussed some team and solo zone pvp, lets discuss survival.

Survival has many deciding factors placed into the to whole of it. How fast are your reaction times? do you have a self heal? what kind of inspirations do you have? Do you have a check out power (more on this)?

• Inspirations: Alot of PvPers discourage new PvPers from using inspriations.. I think that is total ********. This is not PvE where you can make a toon perform Godly versus AI. This is PvP. where your opponent is as, or even smarter than you. Your opponent may have a self heal, but you dont..why not pop some respites to stay alive? No aim and/or build up? thats why they make reds and yellows. Do not listent to people who want you to play inspiration free beacuse most of the time it is a AT that has powers that would give him a greater advantage over your AT/build, and he knows that. There is no such thing as a true pvper because he doesnt use inps, that person just doesnt understand the game as good as he thinks he does. Inspiration were meant to be used just like Drain Psyche, Dull Pain, Aim or Build Up are. Not using Inspirations should only be done if you happened to agree with the no Insp challeged someone has issed you and you are comfortable that both fighters builds are somewaht equaly (not a regen scrapper telling a Super Reflex scrapper to duel without insp).

• Phase Shift/Hibernate: Once again, you are no less of a pvper for using these powers in a bad situation. In fact, I would consider you a more knowledgable player than the person who is chastising you for using them. They do have their own unique drawbacks, While phased, you cannot attack any other player or be affected by anything that is affectable. While hibernated, you cannot move and are basically a sitting duck for the players surrounding you once you emerge. They both cast a "no phase timer" on you which will not allow you to phase again for a period of time. I reccomend taking one of these power if you consider spending any reasonable amount of time in a pvp zone. You can buy temporay phase shift from the Market or pick up a temp phase by completeing the Warburg patrol mission.

• Combat Evasion: The reason you see many PvPers using Super Jump and Super speed, is because it provides maximum mobility, and if you remember from earlier, moving = good. Constantly moving will help you break line of sight, Prevent most Assassin Stikes and Melee attacks. Also, using your enviroment when ecasping is very under rated. If a player is attacking you, and jumping through the air, run under a bridge, or building overhang. You can jump/fly to building tops to escape most foes too. And although this is kind of a ***** move, jumpimg in or running through a mob of NPCs (friendly to you of course) can stop an occassional pursuti on you.

Please remember that The way powers work in PvE are NOTHING like the way they work in PvP. It is a little discouraging to be a Invul tank in PvE Tanking AV's, to come to a pvp zone a get 1 shot held and killed by a ranged Offensive toon.

I really suck at typing advice with out being asked specific questions, but if you really want to learn more, please feel free to send me a forum PM or a global tell (global in my sig). I did not spell check so deal with it :P

I hope this was somewhat useful for any new pvpers

Next week, We will talk about building a pvp toon, and what to build for, if you guys want.

Sadly, I can not do that.
I have been pvping in this game since the arena opened, and although the many changes sucked, theres not much anyone short of a dev can do about it.

I used the *pre i13 exscuse* myself for not pvping..but it boils down to this : If you still like pvp, arent afraid of getting wrecked learning the 2.0 pvp, and want to still have fun outside of content, i13+ has nothing to do with it.

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Champion has awesome forum pvp aswell.
Sadly, most of the forum pvpers do not actually pvp.