Kabaal_EU

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  1. I asked your primary, because i remember Dimension giving me a hell of a time in PvP. He's DM, and his touch of fear got me everytime, that combined with the Acc debuffs every time he hit me makes it a hard power set to defeat for a stalker at least. I haven't fought him since getting status protection, but i'd take a guess that he will still be one of the tougher scrappers to fight, simply because he is DM and that i know him to be a very good scrapper.

    Ninja Blade is basically the same set as your Katana, i find that with this i'm missing out on what other sets have... status effects. Its much easier to fight an opponent when you have a chance of de-buffing, or disorienting them etc with each hit.

    Are there any high level Stalkers reading this thread? I'm wondering how scrappery we become as we get higher as i'm noticing more and more that i'm capable of staying to 'scrap' it out for longer times. I'm looking forward to gaining levels and being able to fight to the death with others on occasion
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    There is no AT that is unbeatable by any other AT

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    This statement is entirely true. However as you point out its not about one AT against another AT. There are numerous combinations possible in each AT, and yes some combinations may make it impossible to beat another. [edit - talking on a 1 on 1 basis. For example its impossible for me to beat TG as he keeps hurricane running. I suppose this means it isnt impossible for me to kill someone with storm, but it means its only possible to kill one who is daft enough not to have hurricane running when fighting me as i can then do nothing]

    I do think that you aren't as good at PvP as you think you are if you cant beat a lone Stalker. I can beat regens, it takes some time, but i can kill them. They have also killed me on a good few occasions.

    If i may ask, what is your primary?
  3. Kabaal_EU

    Defence Query

    I have ninja blade/ninjitsu. I slotted my defenses with 3 Defense SO's and 1 end red SO each and i notice a BIG difference in PvP with them on and off. A lot of heroes have slotted heavily for Acc for PvP, but on the other hand a lot of them haven't. It's kinda satisfying using AS then staying to finish the job with your foe unable to land a hit
  4. For starters i'd swap the end red in hide for Defense enh as this power has something like a 30% base defense unsuppressed. Doing this will give you a greater chance of getting off AS without being knocked out of hide.
    Unless you plan to PvP drop both stealth and invis. You dont need them in PvE. If you do plan to PvP keep stealth but drop invis, as again you don't need it. With hide and stealth running no-one will see you unless they have IR goggles or certain buffs on them. IMO stealth shouldnt be given that many slots, i'd keep it at one and swap the end red for a def enh unless end is really a problem.

    Tp foe doesnt need 3 slots especially seeing as you have neglected slotting attacks.

    AS I'd say its a must to have it 6 slotted, this is your defining attack. With only 1 Acc and 1 damage i'd say your not going to have much success taking down bosses or heros in PvP. I think the 'normal slotting' for it is 2 Acc and 4 Damage, although i have 1 Acc and 5 Damage in mine (But i only use this power combined with Build up which i have 2 recharge and 2 ToHit Buffs in).

    I'd would have put build up in there much earlier. It looks like you're trying to build a PvP toon, so i'd take it as soon as possible. It makes a Huge difference when fighting heros.

    Last point, try and slot your attacks a bit more and get some damage in there as your defense isnt really going to help you all that much in PvP till you get higher. Much better to take out your opponent before he can damage you
  5. Kabaal_EU

    Good Build

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    So my tactics are: either get in a team that has the AT's required to beat one specific powerset, or don't bother PVP'ing. Great.


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    Or you could do as i do if solo against a storm.... go fight someone else if there are more around. If not then go do something else, surely when you enter PvP the only person around isn't just a storm defender/troller?
    What you say is as if you are barred from PvP because there is a power set called storm. In my experience there aint that many of em around.

    Tg's ego is big enough without these kind of discussions adding to it
  6. Web granades aren't likely to help much anymore whether the stalker has downed Lucks or not, most have picked up status protection by now. I cant speak for all but i know mine includes protection against immobilisation.
  7. Aye, but last time the shoe was on the other foot
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    facing an opponent you can't beat

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    I am in Sirens every day, and believe me, Regens aint easy to take down. I take particular pleasure in killing them due to them making me have to be clever about it, and the fact that I have one myself and know how durable they are. Yes Stalkers can kill them, but if quick enough a regen can pummel a stalker into the ground. One of the people i love fighting is Slim Shoalin, simply because he puts up a great fight and i rarely get to kill him. I find i have to keep rushing in, setting of AS until i see their health drop dramaticaly, that tells me that Dull Pain has worn off. Then i will stay and fight them hoping i can drop them before they drop me, if that doesnt work i dash off till hide is back up then straight back in with AS if their health hasnt regened fully. You saying that you couldnt beat the stalker simply says to me that you haven't learned how to yet. Post on those boards to learn, or better yet, talk to us in in PvP, i have no qualms of talking to heros when they ask what my powers do, what i have defense to etc, after all it aint City of Spies yet.

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    That PvP, at least in Europe, wouldn't be very successful. Thanks largely to a small number of idiots "ganking" at every opportunity and ruining someone's PvP experience to the point where they leave the zone and don't come back.

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    When i first entered Sirens i was getting flattened because of two things. 1. I was low level and next to no SO's 2. The sheer overwhelming number of heros against the villains.
    I didnt leave the zone to never come back again, i started asking questions and talking to people who knew more about PvP as i didnt really know much as i hadn't used the arena much because i simply didnt like it.
    Now however i am level 26 but thanks to PvP am fully slotted with SO's and the amount of villains entering Sirens is increasing dramatically.
    I might also point out that playing my stalker there i often find myself against 3 or 4 heroes. I don't complain that they are too many, i try and pick them off one by one. A lot of the time i end up dead

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    I don't know about Bloody Bay, I admit, with my last sloppy respec I would dream of exemping down to that lvl and have any hopes of suviving. Lvl30 in Siren's is bad enough.


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    I'd like to point out that most villains that you are facing are in their 20's. There are only a handful of the 30-40's who use PvP. I entered Sirens at 25 over a week ago and only recently got 26, and thats only due to my xp slowly rising from cashing in the bounty. Yeah i know i should go level some more to give myself a better chance in there, but i'm having too much fun
  9. Lol, that was funny. If it were me in there with you last night, i wouldnt have given up killing you/trying to kill you just because you couldn't get me.

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    I don't want to hear "oh it's a PvP zone, says so in big red letters, you gotta expect that kinda thing."
    Like that makes it all alright.

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    Yes it does make it all right. PvP zones are for PvP. If you want to fight at the hotspots, then expect people like me to come up and assassinate/attack you. This was a one on one situation, so what if you couldnt beat the stalker. Its hardly like a single stalker was ganking you. How exactly is it 'not alright' for a Stalker to do what a Stalker does?

    Many a time i've been in Sirens and heros have said that they are AFK or they are only there for a look.... we leave them alone then.

    Tbh by the sounds of it you are just gutted that your 'Uber' Regen got flattened by a squishy Stalker

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    I think my point is simply this; if it's obvious the other person can't beat you and when you've proven this, give them some peace and TELL them you're giving them some peace.

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    Riiight so if my bounty target cannot beat me i'm meant to leave them alone then put out a broadcast saying 'Oh <name> you cant beat me so now i wont touch you'.

    Bleh.
  10. Kabaal_EU

    Good Build

    I gotta agree there. The power does what it's supposed to do, there are ways round it. It ain't over powered, it just makes you have to think to achieve your goal. Sure it's a pain in the [censored], but i at least don't expect to be able to kill everything easily. This is a Heroes and Villains world we play in, we all need our nemesis.
  11. Kabaal_EU

    Good Build

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    blappers can hit through hurricane..

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    Which means energy stalkers will hit through it also, you mentioned brutes before, not sure if u omitted stalkers by mistake

    I seem to recall you telling me that the Acc debuff would stop me hitting with an energy stalker (fuzzy memory, but i think thats what you said) . But i doubt that would be the case if i had a reasonably high damage attack slotted with 4 Acc and 2 Disorient combined with build up to use as an opener. Not to mention the use of inspirations....
  12. I'll mention one power.. personal Force field

    I wouldn't take it for PvE, but would definately take it for PvP.
    At some point i'll get my MM lvl'ing a bit again and see how it fares in PvP for myself. But unfortunately the play style isnt really for me. Was new and interesting to beigin with, but by the time i got to 23 i was kinda sick of it.
    If as you say they are so underpowered in PvP i'd imagine their will be a boost in PvP damage or accuracy for them coming some time i the future. Either that or all heros will get a 99% defense decrease as a nerf to compensate
  13. Kabaal_EU

    Good Build

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    (till they nerf it which looks imminent reading the US forums )

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    Thanks for making this day a so much happier one

    So you don't have hurricane? That'll be why i thought it was my lucky day seeing you not using it while my assassins blade descended. Guess i must look pretty much like Gimpman when in 'hide' then
  14. Kabaal_EU

    Good Build

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    Please dont make another /storm for pvp

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    Yeah i'd say we're probably about to be over run with Storm toons, energy brutes and stalkers reminiscent of when everyone realised how great fire tanks were.
  15. What level MM's were you fighting? If ive seen Tanks being ripped to shreds by MMs with slotted Assault bots i'd say your empath would take a teeny weeny bit more damage than they would however much you can heal yourself.
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    what about Increase Density ? has anyone tried it ?

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    Helps against tp foe, not sure about the hurricane. Wouldnt stop the acc debuff if it did though. It runs out before i can get myself positioned for a try.
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    Regarding Hackitoff all i can say is he is a good stalker and knows his set. Until he goes up higher level and gets a fair chance with better slotting and SO's

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    I've been hard at it. Thanks to being able to cash bounty in for SO's i now have every slot filled with a +3 SO. I'm loveing this part as there would be no other way in the game for me to have +3's slotted at lvl 26 (other than doing a TF over and over and over exemp'd for every slot i have :/).
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    The stalker is one of the easiest sets to negate in a PvP zone in teams with multi strategies for it that make a stalker really pinned down in the case of well prepared team.

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    That all depends on the team you are facing. And besides, i've learned that patience while stalking pays off big time.

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    A good PvP stalker will never miss. BU + couple of yellows and the hit will land

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    I very rarely miss, baring buffs/debuffs.

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    An MM will never be a threat in a PvP zone

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    I wouldnt say that, i've had the pleasure of teaming with some higher lvl MM's in the past couple of days, and i've seen their pets rip even Tankers to shreds.

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    tbh never found a stalker to be a menace in except gimpman and 3 more who fortunately belong to my SG

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    As i said above 'Patience' is under rated.
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    guess i can rest easy knowing that in a duel most stalkers wouldnt kill me if we could fight at 50 (teeeerrrrash!!!1)

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    When the time comes that i can fight you at level 50 i'll be sure to test out whether i can still kill you or not. As for it being a duel, thats like asking an empath to duel you, stalkers aint built for that

    I might point out that for a while me against blasters was a pretty even match due to if i couldnt get the next blow in to finish them after AS, more often then not they then held me and commenced to blast my [censored]. But now i have status protection i'm afraid the balance has shifted somewhat
  20. I keep referring to you because you are basically the only storm controller of note that i've seen enter sirens call, so therefore to me is IS the TG set . One other came in but was repeatedly punished for not using hurricane Another reason being that my Stalker has been succesfully able to kill any AT, but yours is the hardest so far.

    I probably shouldn't mention this cos the other thread has been locked, but as it doesnt really have anything to do with what the other one was about here goes(please take it as the reply its intended as and not a flame ...) I note you mentioned in the other thread me killing you as you entered Sirens yesterday morning and described it as camping. Funny that, here was me thinking i was chasing someone else back to the hero entrance and you happened to be standing there without hurricane The second time you were beside the hospital but out of drone range (fair game) and your afk sign went up halfway through my AS animation, needless to say i didnt feel a strong urge to cancel the action I don't know if this is called 'ganking' but its what happened and i apologise if my actions were frowned upon.

    I'll admit that i do chase heros to the hero entrance, and if i kill a hero, i will make my way to their hospital to try and kill them, although its usually so i can target them as they come out the base so i dont lose them on the map. After all i'm not hidden when i enter that area due to the Drones, and there can be a lot of fun to be had on both sides trying to kill before the drones get me. I've lost count of the times where i've had a laugh with heros over me not being able to get off a killer blow after AS before i'm zapped
  21. If u plan to PvP with your stalker then i'd say Build up is a must, without it more times than not you aint gonna do enuff damage to out and out kill anyone before they kill you.

    And besides, without it you aint gonna 1 shot anyone, missing out on the satisfying [censored]! from your oponent
  22. 1 Acc 5 Damage and build up with ToHit buffs and i very very rarely miss anyone in PvP
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    You cant AS anyone using hurricane because it is auto hit and will interrupt AS. Your only chance is to toogle-drop hurricane. And the tohit debuff isnt resisted by any set that I know of. Defence powers only resist def-debuffs.

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    There are other high damage attacks other than AS that can be used specifically as opening attacks on TG. Controllers are after all extremely squishy
  24. Just to make it clear, i wasnt moaning about not being able to get the temp powers, i was basically asking how it worked as i wasnt sure.
    Haven't found the need for temp powers as yet. They would only really be handy when Talin is around as other Storm trollers dont seem to use hurricane very often and i do them the favour of introducing them to the floor