Jibikao

By the way, I also haven't seen many DB Stalker right now. Dual Blade is actually quite good. A simple Attack Vital gives you very good dps chain. The combos are kinda screwed up but the set wasn't designed for Stalker in the first place so we'll take what we can get, although after they increased melee range to 7', I was hoping they could increase 1K Cut's range to 12' since the 10' doesn't seem that special anymore.

Primary: Martial Arts for sure

Secondary: Energy Aura, just because there are better defense-sets. EA is decent but that big hole in psionic damage is annoying if you don't plan on investing a lot in the toon.

I made a MA/Elec Scrapper. I want to make a serious Scrapper to see what is the big fuse about them. I feel Stalker solos a bit better at lvl 10 but this doesn't mean anything because Stalker is supposed to be the King of Soloer.


I figure we always have this "grass is greener" mentality.

I didn't read all the points you listed out but the only AT that comes to mind is SoA.

You've got a good mix of ST/AoE, melee/range, team buffs, very soloable with mez protection.

Has anyone tried an all-ranged Bane build? I know every Mace attack takes 2s but is it good?

I made a MA/Elec Scrapper and so far I like it. Having Cobra and Crane at lvl 8 is very good but I have huge endurance problem ATM.

I am going to need Lightning Field for some aoe damage.

I like Stalkers and I team a lot but I can't stand not having even one aoe attack until lvl 41. This is unacceptable to me. Stalker excels in soloing and having a set that focuses on soloing seems over-lapping to me. Even Spines can solo. It's harder but Impale makes it better and once you have Throw Spines, soloing with Spines is just as easy in most parts. I am sure MA solos better than Spines.


The best solo Stalker set is probably Dark Melee but I am biased when it comes to EM/DM VS MA.

Both aren't that good on a large team mainly because tier 1 pets can die easily. Your tier 1 pets do ZERO damage when they die. This is why ranged pets do more damage in the long run 'cause they don't die as often (not because they are more sturdy, they just aggro less due to range)


Having said that, both Ninja and Necro need more micro management. For Ninja, you really need to watch out Genins and sometimes goto Jounins as their range potential sucks hard. For Necro, you should goto Zombies to max their "Puke" potential (line them up for a good Cone range) and you should goto Lich too to make sure he is within 40' feet, that's where he cycles every power. If Lich only stands far away, he can't cycle TT or even fear.

Ninja does more damage on a large team for sure mainly because of Oni's Rain of Fire and Genin's exploding shuriken but both are harder to use on a large team. It's your choice and taste.

Can one of the Claw's attacks looks like Mynx's "claw of fury"? Like Demon minion's melee attack?

I actually don't associate "flipping in the air" with a Claw attack. I prefer that "cat scratching" animation if we can choose.

I read about the new change on Cobra Strike so I was thinking about making a Stalker MA. I've tried MA Scrapper a bit and while it's not the best set, it is ok with at least one aoe attack.

I looked at MA again last night just to plan the build. The more I look at it, the more I think the whole set is pretty much messed up... like poorly designed, or with lack of "focus".

Well, for one, I think Martial Arts is the worst set on Stalker because it stands out NOTHING. It doesn't stack stun the way Energy Melee can (also has no aoe attack) and has no secondary damage type. It has a pretty far knockback and one immb attack.

Now with the additional of Cobra being a good attack, why bother taking Crane kick? Now you can change animation so it's not like you feel you have to choose a theme, either all Punches or Kicks.

On Stalker, I almost don't even want to take the first two attacks Thunder and Storm even though Storm has probably the best activation time for damage but it has no secondary effect. T_T


I think Eagle Claw's damage is just too low for the activation time. With Cobra strike doing Crane kick damage, it's almost like you are better off not using Eagle for the best DPS attack chain? The mag 3 stun is nice but the damage is poor. They can move the recharge up IMO to at least 16s. By the way, mids is showing Stalker's Eagle Claw having 16s recharge. I thought it's 12s? Scrapper is showing 12s.


For a set that has no AoE, I feel Martial Arts only has style and nothing else. You can at least stack stuns with Energy Melee and having dual damage type.


What's your take on it? I was glad that "oh, they did something nice for Cobra strike" but then when I look at it, it's like "why bother taking so many ST attacks"? I mean a melee toon only really meeds 3 ST attacks in the end and get more from patron. It's better to skip some ST attacks in Martial Arts and take aoe or range attack from epic/patron.

I just want to point out that one of my friends love Kinetic because of Repulsing Torrent. He thinks it's so comical.

Just to show you different people have different taste.

Kinetic Melee doesn't need to be the highest damage. Being "average" is ok because there can only be one highest damage set and the rest are just "average" or "below average".

I made a Kinetic Stalker so I don't have Replusing. The PbAoe attack has 100% critical from hidden which is decent but at the cost of small radius. I am just happy that Stalker has at least one aoe from the set.


Overall, Kinetic seems very solid with a neat trick in Siphon Power. I am just glad it's not another Build Up. Same reason why I like Dual Pistol (although I really think they can trim down the weapon draw a bit).