Psylenz

It does look good. Now do you have a build for I19 when fitness is inherent?

Short of teammates to help you, this is about the best you can do. Mass hypnosis from the psy mastery pool at 41 isn't bad either.

Yes, this is what is happening. Since the 2nd tier takes damage resistance, the values of enhancements are shown as the same buff class as damage resistance and not the proper display of damage. Your damage is there. This was first noticed in the beta for Demon Summoning and Dual Pistols.

You are definitely on the right track to have your mastermind absorb the first alpha attack, the initial salvo from enemy groups. Dark miasma has a lot of tools to start the fight: darkest night, tar patch, even a twilight grasp pull isn't a bad thing since it debuffs as well as heals.

I am also in agreement with you that an attack/defensive command in situations, usually not all the time, can be effective to really whack troublesome specific foes like longbow flamethrowers or spec ops. The tier one little bots have more range than most foes and can smack a specific foe before they know what hit them.

The thing to remember about robots, despite the 'pew pew pew', is that they are truly single target attackers until you get to the level 32 upgrade. The rough spot is really level 15ish until level 24 when you get your second protector bot and have your SOs at that point. While stamina may seem key, the big big power for a Robots/Dark is Fearsome Stare. That power will filter out a lot of agression. The ones that are not 'feared' are quickly dealt with by the minions. I am also the high priest for spreading the good word on howling twilight. You don't need an ally to rez for this auto-hit stun, slow, regen debuffing power to subdue your foes.

For your questions on bodyguard, as was posted earlier, Goto/defensive and follow/Defensive are the only two stances where bodyguard is in effect. I am in the camp that believes a quick Attack/defensive will focus fire on particular nasties, and with experience and good judgement, you will get a feel when to execute this manuver.

I consider this a very powerful support build. It can solo, but shines especially on teams with the ally buffs. The 'rain' powers of ice blast have what they call 'blaster modifiers'. The defender blasts are usually weaker in comparison to blaster attacks of the same variety; however, ice storm and blizzard are exceptions. Coupling these two attacks by preceding them with sleet from your Cold defender primary set makes this a very lethal attack indeed.

Cold also has a lot of powers that slow enemies. Ice blast has a secondary feature of slow also. This means you reduce a great deal of incoming potential damage. Some of the number folks say you get a 1/3 reduction in enemy attack from your slows.

Cold/Ice does not have a self-heal, so mitigating aggro and damage from foes is a big concern, but not insurmountable. Other teammates with heals or teammates that absorb aggro help a lot on teams. Going solo, pulling and using sleet every group possible are part of the cold defender's routine.

I would definitely take hasten on a cold defender because you want your sleet and benumb up ASAP, and those two are reason enough, but there are other good powers that benefit from recharge, too. Superspeed as a travel power will stack with the stealth in arctic fog to give you near total invisibility.

Frostworks is generally disapproved by experienced cold defenders, but it does have merit in situations for certain teammate builds. You might have an alternate build with frostworks in it.

What if every player took manuvers, slotted one end reduction, AND Grant Invisibility and slotted the LotG proc? The additional defense from manuvers and grant inviz would be noticeable, with Less slipups aggroing extra groups during initial contact with spawns. I am going this way with my support guys for sure: defenders, controlles, corruptors, and masterminds. I hope most SoA take manuvers, but that would be another class that single slotted manuvers could help.

Ok, this is going in my sig.

This is what I do for quick cash. I don't slot IOs before 30ish. A level 20 IO is worth crap compared to a level 22 SO and how long does it take to go those two levels?

The zone for the quick generic IO recipe flip in the Rogues is Sharkhead. A bit further run than the skip from WW to the contacts in Kings Row, but shorter than the jaunt from WW to the Tech store in Talos. Usually range is the IO recipe you can go nuts with.

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