Hyperstrike

Got one spanked yesterday in real time on Justice.
Sent out the petition, 10 minutes later the GM had showed up. Presented the evidence and "Buh-bye!"

That and while he was trying to announce to people to go to http://buyfakemoneywithrealmoney.schmuck I was announcing to people "Unlimited Inf available for free. Head to http://boards.cityofheroes.com and hit the Market forum!"

Yeah. Petty. I know. I'm like that sometimes.

Maybe something like this:

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1DNGTK

Assumed you wanted a new monitor as well.
Went a little "crazy" with the dual SSDs in RAID0.
But I can pretty much guarantee that lag will NEVER be from your system's disks.
The 15 second boot times are a damn fine thing too.
Only thing I didn't include were speakers (I play with headphones since I live in an apartment).

I actually like Spring Attack. It's damage isn't "bad". It's no Foot Stomp, but it's nice for grinding up herds of minions in ADDITION to Foot Stomp. I've gotten so that I'm entering tightly packed groups (like some of the mobs in those little dead-end foyers in office hallways) doing SA, FS, Judgement. After that I just mop up the remaining bosses and trot on down to the next group.

It's also a GREAT combat positioning tool. Ever gotten swamped in a lousy position (like back to the wall so the camera angle bites) by a group of enemies (like Knives of Artemis). And can't jump to reposition due to enemy power effects?

Spring Attack. Select the location and GO!

A couple things need to happen with this power though.

1: The recharge duration is CRAZY.

Now I realize there's a tradeoff between the superior mobility introduced by SA, but six times the recharge?

2: They need to do something about the sound effect at the end of the SA animation. It's identical to Rage's power-up/down sound and can be seriously disconcerting in heavy battle. This is a minor quibble. But it's one that does need looking at.

That said, I'm going to be mirroring this build onto my SS/Inv Brute. It ought to be absolutely terrifying. Run into a group, let them whack at me to build rage, then SA, FS and Judgement.

I'd say Ion is one of the most popular, not because of the old bug, but because it can cover a huge area due to the Jump effect. My FF defender uses it for fresh bowl-spawns on mothership raids and RARELY misses.

OTOH, my main tank took Pyronic. Why? Mainly looks. The fast animation is nice and having enemies refuse to grouping up tight to get to him is seldom a problem. But those are secondary and are the reason I haven't deprecated Pyronic and build myself a secondary for Ionic.

I think, for Tanks and Brutes, Pyronic is probably a better choice. But for everyone else, Ionic is the best bet.

Hell, even for Tanks and Brutes, Ionic isn't a bad choice. I've had my targeted enemy run away last second to try and reposition themselves for a better attack angle and take my Pyronic with them, saving their group...

Okay little things.

Any resists that are toggles (Temp Invulnerability, Unyielding, Tough)? The ones eating Endurance?
4-Slot them with Reactive Armor. Resist, Res/End, Res/Rech, Res/End/Rech.
You get them

The Auto resists (Physical Damage, Energies, Elements), 3-slot them with Aegis (for a big F/C defense boost) (Res, Res/End, Res/Rech).

Use the slots you free up elsewhere in your build. Like adding something like the Mako triple or Quad to big hitters like Energy Transfer and Total Focus.

Also, if you have a few million Inf (or a single Alignment Merit) free get a Steadfast Protection 3% defense IO. Your defenses, right now are pretty darned good. And every percent of defense does more for you than the one before. Toss it in as a 4th slot in RPD.

Also, maybe look at replacing one of the common EndMods in Stamina with a Performance Shifter +End. You'll lose 4% (0.07 end/sec) recovery, but you'll gain a chance to get endurance back regardless of recovery debuffs. Dead useful against some enemies that can floor recovery.

Also, on Whirling Hands, consider frankenslotting thus:
3 Eradication: Proc, Triple, Quad
2 Multi-Strike: Both triples.

And either the Scirocco Triple, or the Obliteration Triple or Quad. Your damage will come down, but your Endurance Reduction and Recharge on the power will shoot up into the 70% range. BEFORE Hasten. The three-slot on Eradication will also give you a nice bump on Energy defense as well.

Honestly, it may come close or even surpass it. I'm still (probably) not going to play it.

I'm just not a huge fan of "combo" systems.

Dual Blades is the parent of these combo-based sets and I can barely tolerate it. In things like Street Justice and Titan Weapons start making me scream "MORTAL KOMBAT!!!"

D_R, thanks for the question you got answered for me.

Note: I didn't really LIKE the answer. But c'est la vie.

Now if they'll do something about the "We're announcing it 2 weeks from now" penchant they have, maybe I can attend the next one. It's all the last-minute announcement BS that's REALLY irritating.

One thing we know for sure now.

I hate you all.

That is all.