Neuronia is dead on, I'd like to however add some supplementary notes.
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Stalker:
Martial Arts, Spines, Dark Melee, Energy Melee
Regen, Ninjutsu, Willpower
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any primary can be effective in zones if you follow the simple rule of KSing half dead targets, If you don't feel comfortable ASing then you will love spines. Spamming impale and sharks will generally get the job done, especially when a target is at a sliver of health and running for base. EM and MA are all around good sets with the significant advantage to EM IMO. DM is generally good for arena matches or FC duels as you can put your secondary effects to work more consistently here. Also Elec is not as devastating as it used to be following the TS nerf but it is definantly still way up there.
em>spines>dm,ma,elec>claws>kat>bs>db
Secondary Wise: every stalker secondary have subtle differences that tend to make play styles differ. Distinct differences would be choosing a resist set or a defense set. Subtle differences would be in how often one attacks, what attacks one leads with and how long one stays in combat.
Nin>regen>Wp>ea>sr>elec>da
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Scrapper:
Martial Arts, Spines, Dark Melee, Fire Melee
Regen (pretty much) Fire Aura gives that almost permanent click heal as well.
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Broad sword and katana are good if you like to stand around and fc duel. parry helps with that. however fire is about as good as it gets.
A competent regen will NEVER EVER die. sadly everything else imo pales in comparison.
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Tanker
Fiery Aura, Willpower (RTTC will get detoggled a lot), Invln isn't bad these days
Superstrength, EM pretty much
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Everything here is dead on.
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Controller
Illusion or Mind
Most secondaries are fine except I'd avoid bubbles as defense bites.
Therm, Cold, Empathy, Rad is ok except for detoggling constantly, Trick Arrow is ok for a few laughs.
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depending on the secondary, Ice can still be a very effective primary. Pairing Ice with /rad or /cold will give you a deadly dueling toon. an Earth/TA is still about the most annoying toon in the game.
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Defender:
Empathy, Cold, Rad is ok..., in truth just roll a Corruptor. Since Defenders lost their unresisted debuffs and Vigilance is lol, Corrs have Scourge which is <3.
Blasts I like Psy with Placate Proc or Sonic personally
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unresisted debuffs were more or less a myth, however these days trollers are better to bring to KBs or Zones because you can get more utility out of them.
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Corruptors:
Pretty much Thermal with Sonic Blast. Pain Dom and Colds can do ok (the latter with Dark Blast)
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I'm not a big fan of sonic blast although I know how effective it is. I prefer Rad and even fire when paired with most secondaries. elec definantly is a winner when paired with thermal (end drain madness)
most of the corrupter secondaries make for really good dueling toons if paired with a decent primary examples include: fire/dark, dark/cold, elec/thermal.
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Blasters:
Fire Blast, Psy Blast with the Placate Proc, Ice is meh now and Energy is pretty lol. Arrows can do ok.
Energy Manipulation, Elec isn't bad either
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a good fire blaster can outperform just about every other blaster except for a better fire blaster. proc it out and your good to go. psy is a close thanks to the placate proc, but psy is also more friendly to newer blasters thanks to what i believe to be very distinct roles of each attacks, a newbie will very quickly learn to use which attack in a certain situation. rad is ok, everything esle is meh.
energy is still at the top for secondaries. elec took a hit seeing as how its melee oriented. MM is useful because of drain psyche and devs for web grenades.
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Masterminds:
Thugs is the really popular one though you see the Odds Bots or Ninja out there.
Secondaries: Thermal, Poison, Pain Dom, Storm
Provoke and Aid Self to season.
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Necro is probably the most popular primary. just about any secondary can work but the most effective being pains,thermals,poisons and darks.
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Brutes:
Superstrength or EM paired with Fiery Aura, Electric Aura (no rly), Invuln is seen around too.
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the key to a good pvp brute lies in playstyle. it would take 10 pages to explain it but being creative is key.
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Dominators:
Mind, Earth, Psy (I guess...), Fire
Fire, Energy got a boost, Electric come to mind as popular
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mind is the best hands down. fire can work if your very aggresive, everything else is meh
fire is the most damaging, energy is decent elec is overated (unless your m3z, then its good)
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Hero VEAT PBs haev a great bag of tricks with click heals, Phase, range damage etc...
lol Warshades
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Forts are good stalker killers in wb especially when given a lil perception. a good pb should NEVER die. spiders can be annoying in kbs if spamming webnades.
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That's what I've seen off the top of my head.
Use Super Leap and Superspeed and Phase.
Use Hibernate.
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depending on how much you duel and what your build is , its a toss up between concealment and leadership.