FallenValkyrja

This is pretty much based on my Elec/Nrg which still needs to be IOd out. She barely has any enhancements slotted at all.

Mini Survey:

Do you nuke?
YES

When do you nuke? (around EBs, near death, etc)
Hi my name is... (((NUKE)))

Early and often.

Best and worst Nukes?
Could not really say although I love thunderous blast.

What other powers complement the nuke?
Build Up, Aim, Power Boost to name a few.

Anything else you'ld like to add?
Nukes are fun.

Murky Cloud is great for Res against the mentioned energy types. This means that when you are hit, this will whittle down the damage/effect.

Unenhanced it, according to Mids, offers up 22.5% (Self). I five slot it with Aegis in my Kat/DA. @ 50 my Endurance Debuff Resistance is 69.2% which is good but things will still hit. To counteract loss of end through debuffs and toggles I put an emphasis on Endurance and Recovery in my IO build (which is based on a BS/DA thread here) and also carry a few inspirations to get me through the tough -End and -Def debuffers. With Malta, I always take out any even or + con Sapper first. Always.

Blues, Oranges, and Purples are good for a quick fix in a mish. Pop a purple and orange and then charge into the mobs. Also identify the Juicers and take them out first to end the amount of -End being thrown at you. Building up your defense will give you the space you need to do this since a lot of what will be thrown your way is S/L.

Hey, we all have our moments. I was playing a new (to me) AT this weekend and faceplanted plenty of times. Part of the learning curve and the teams I was on were fun and laid back enough to where it did not matter. I even typed into chat "not on my scrapper not on my scrapper not on my scrapper".

Epics are available now and I have teamed with plenty. Some did well, some asked questions, and some did poorly. The ones that did well or asked questions seemed to hang with the PUG a bit longer than the ones who were not doing so well.

Thank you and in now as well.

I created my first Controller this past Friday. She is almost to 30 now (Posi, missions, radios) and I teamed all but the first six levels. I will try to jump on tonight in Talos and join in the fun. Toon name is Nuclear Fyre.

Another Shieldmaiden toon here! I have her in the upper 20s and really love what is going on. Not sure if I will create another BS anytime soon since there are so many other primaries I want to try out but she does not lack in the putting the bad guys down department!

At 35% you would still be a force to be reckoned with, no doubt. Also, as previously mentioned, purples will be your friends.

Case in point, my Kat/DA is not softcapped. She is not too far away from it but I decided to pick up a bit of additional accuracy. I do not have many problems at all. Sure every once in awhile I find myself in over my head (running at +4x4 is a sure way for me to faceplant) but usually I stick to my limits and have a great time doing so.

You really cannot go wrong with either Kat or BS and DA.

Check out this thread:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=189427

I ran solo through Level 14 and routinely jump on for a leisurely +0x6 radios solo as well.

I am a Kat person!

For the record my Kat/DA is uber fun and she has even taken down minions while I was away from the keyboard (damage and stun auras ftw for sure). I have tried a few others here and there: MA, Elec, DB, Fire and BS. I have more fun with Kat than anything else (my peacebringer and warshade are tied at the #2 position).

should it not be:

q "powexec_toggleoff Black Dwarf$$powexec_toggleon Dark Nova$$goto_tray 4$$bind_load_file c:\coh\ws_nova.txt"

when in Dwarf and wanting to shift to Nova?

In a very small room that was full of purple, orange, and red Carnies I ran in while in stealth mode (SS+SC):

eclipse->human mire->dwarf->dwarf mire->back to human->gravimetric snare (which immediately killed the minion)->Unchain Essence->Quasar->blue insp->stygian circle

It was AWESOME and the only time I had enough time to do all of that as the team I was on was really steamrolling through the missions.

I ran on a mix of SOs and common IOs for quite some time and found that the toon performed very well. Migrating over to sets upped my survivability by leaps and bounds.

My game playing style centers around teaming, both with the SG and PUGs but I never had many issues running solo.

As for an unlimited inf build, I would be interested in that as well.

SB or not SB, does not matter to me. SB helps me melt through the mobs faster. Good players who know what they are doing help me melt through the mobs faster. End result is the same, just not the method.

The other night I was in a team of 8 and the Kin did not have SB and even asked if it was going to be a problem. Nope. Good player who knew how to play his toon. Two thumbs up.

Hiya again! You are welcome for the pointer to that thread. I constantly refer to it. As for my toon, yes she still comes out to play on a regular basis especially now that I can use the e-mail system to easily share recipe drops with my other toons on the server.

I chose Kat/DA because I thought that the combo looked interesting. In no time at all I had reached the limits of the trial account so I found a SG that appeared to be a good fit for me (and it was) and the rest is history.

Her build is not complete nor is it soft capped to all but I can still do a decent amount of damage and keep working through mobs like a machine. I recently picked up the Miracle +Recovery and what a difference that has made with the blue bar.

Tactics wise I pick the baddest of the bad out of the bunch and let loose. Usually by the time I am done the little minions have long gone and the LTs are either going or gone. I rarely use inspirations at all unless fighting an AV. heck, I rarely use Build Up but it is a must for taking on the +3/4 range and AVs.

I love my Kat/DA but I am really biased since she was my first toon.

Check out this thread:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=189427

A lot of good advice and even a few builds.

Knowing the team makeup and watching how it runs at first is a great way to figure out what role you should fill. I recently did a respec for my PB and she is now humanform only. I have been playing her that way since about level 25 and had only taken Nova.

Tonight I was on a team that was pretty well balanced. Having a really strong melee presence was a life saver a couple of times when groups broke away from the Tank and headed for the blasters. I still have to slot some IO sets on the toon but with just some standard IOs and SOs, she is doing pretty well.

I am still not used to having Light form and need to get used to using that a bit more.

My BS/SD is sitting at 29 at the moment and lately the biggest challenge was my mirror self in the new arc. Everything else seems to melt away. However, I tend to cruise at +0x0 at the moment due to limited time online and the fact that my warshade has needed some care lately.

I have an old laptop that I use as well and I basically dialed down the "extra" as much as possible. Low detail, no bump maps, etc, etc. It takes me forever to load into a zone but it is still very playable afterward.

YMMV.

OMG! So that is how they get all the information going from one place to the next! The internet really is made up of tubez!

IDK, I was called The Purple Goddess who Rained Death From Above the other night and I kinda like that.

I do enjoy customizing my other toons because it is not so rare to run into another Kat/DA or Elec/NRG blaster so I like to see exactly what I am hitting or not when things go all hectic. With the PB and WS toons I tend to be about the only one on the team.

More or less keeping my Kat/DA the same after the adjustment to BoTZ. I had only two sets slotted but with DA, I am usually pretty good to go with most mobs.

Bobitron, your guide was the first guide I printed out and helped me decide on doing Kat/DA for my first toon ever. Thank you.

Thanks for the feedback. Comparing your numbers to mine made me look at a few things pretty closely. IE Conserve Power not really needed in the build. She is a long distance blaster and not much for getting into the mix and flight is part of the concept but I have made a few adjustments so far.

Thanks again!

Thought that I would bump this up again, any help would be appreciated.

In Mids I switched out the two health in True Grit for:
Numina's Heal
Numina's Heal/End

It drops the overall hitpoints slightly but increases Regen to 229%.

In Maneuvers I went with LotG:
Defense
Def/End
Def/End/Rech

That increases Smashing, Lethal, and Ranged by .01%, adds more regeneration and more HPs. Oh and ever so slightly reduces end usage.

Speaking of end usage, the build does not appear to eat up a lot of endurance, especially with the Conserve Power firing off every 4.5 minutes or so. I would be tempted to throw in a LotG +Rech Speed in Grant Cover to bring up your global recharge.