Not exactly on topic, but might be of interest : I originally planned a high defense route with my own Kat/FA, ending with about 170 DPS ; then I ran the numbers on going pure offense and found out I could get around 250 DPS. Of course, the pure offense build would have to use luck insps to survive AVs, but I think the difference in DPS here is large enough to be worth mentioning.
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Hmm I sure have to consider again also higher dmg route..|
Originally Posted by Nihilii
Not exactly on topic, but might be of interest : I originally planned a high defense route with my own Kat/FA, ending with about 170 DPS ; then I ran the numbers on going pure offense and found out I could get around 250 DPS. Of course, the pure offense build would have to use luck insps to survive AVs, but I think the difference in DPS here is large enough to be worth mentioning.
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Using 95% hit chance (I dont know whether it's realistic with this build) I seem to get ~180dps with this build. That's without taking casting times for heals/consumes into account. In "worst case scenario" ie casting HF/Consume every time they are up dps would drop ~20dps. Still better than I actually was excpecting (assuming my maths are correct).
Gambler's Cut only needs to recharge in 1.58 seconds. Time for Divine Avalanche = (roundup(1.33/.132)+1)*.132 = 1.584 seconds. It looks like you missed the +1 part of the formula.
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You are right. Tho my mistake was using round instead of roundup (systematically). It means dps of build is more like 170dps than 180dps. On the otherside endurance drain from attack chain is also ~0.25/sec less than I calculated and net loss is ~0.7/sec while CP is down.|
Originally Posted by Werner
Gambler's Cut only needs to recharge in 1.58 seconds. Time for Divine Avalanche = (roundup(1.33/.132)+1)*.132 = 1.584 seconds. It looks like you missed the +1 part of the formula.
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Disabling Blazing Aura or Tough while CP is down should solve endurance issues. But other than that I dont find ways to really enhance this build :/
I haven't looked much at it (I'm bad at high defense builds, by minmaxing standards 
) but it seems you could swap the sets in Stam and Consume (ending with the proc in Stam, it'd proc more often) and swap RoTP for Physical Perfection in I16 (with a perf shifter proc in the base slot).
I'd swap the sets in Tough and Plasma Shield too, you want maximum enhancement values in Plasma more than in Tough.
The three additional slots in Burn don't seem that great either, you could use these and put 4 Impervium Armor instead of Aegis in Fire Shield and Plasma Shield, improving your end usage a bit.
Not sure if any of this advice would actually be optimal for your build, that's just random thoughts. 
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I'll swap sets between sta/consume. I dont know why I had put perf proc in consume.|
Originally Posted by Nihilii
I haven't looked much at it (I'm bad at high defense builds, by minmaxing standards
) but it seems you could swap the sets in Stam and Consume (ending with the proc in Stam, it'd proc more often) and swap RoTP for Physical Perfection in I16 (with a perf shifter proc in the base slot).I'd swap the sets in Tough and Plasma Shield too, you want maximum enhancement values in Plasma more than in Tough. The three additional slots in Burn don't seem that great either, you could use these and put 4 Impervium Armor instead of Aegis in Fire Shield and Plasma Shield, improving your end usage a bit. Not sure if any of this advice would actually be optimal for your build, that's just random thoughts. |
Burn has oblits because of +9accuracy. Im very conserned whether the build has enough accuracy even now?? In case I really can manage without +acc I'd more than willing to put those slots elesewhere.
I also still could sacrifice a bit more aoe defence for very slight resistance and endurance improvements (once slot from CJ to Fire shield and swapping aegis to reactive armor). Tho I'm not sure whether it's worth it..
Typically you solo AVs at even level, and accuracy isn't a concern. Some AVs have +def powers and will give you trouble, but accuracy barely makes a difference in that situation - tohit is what you'd want here.
Now on the other hand, if you want to fight +4s on a regular basis, it's worth looking at accuracy.
After three weeks of playing CoH I finally managed to reach lvl 50 first time. My first toon is spines/fa scrapper. She's cheapo version of Umbral's spines/fa build but seems to manage quite fine at farming. Before asking my questions I'd like to thank Umbral for the build and also many other ppl here at forums for publishing builds which have helped me a lot to get some basic ideas how to make builds (BrokenPrey, SpeedForce, Werner, Nihilii, Bill Z Bubba to name but a few...) tho I'm still totally novice so I'm sure (and hoping) there are lot's of ways to improve my build..
This is current plan for my kat/fa build ment almost purely for solo(/duo) play. But first and foremost I'm hoping to be able to kill at least few AV's with her in future. She's currently only lvl 26 without any IO sets and also influence isn't farmed yet so it'll take some time anyway to get her geared up. My current build is on the price cap. I hope you can take that into consideration while helping me to improve her.
A few explanations before build. I wanted to pick some of less used primary/secondary combinations and while kat/* is prettty common kat/fa seems to be less "popular".
While making the build I wanted to reach softcap at melee/ranged and aoe has suffered because of that. I also wanted to include Burn (immob prot), Conserve Power (obvious reason), Rise of the Phoenix, Build Up and Fiery Embrace which caused some grey hair to me. To be able to use DA->GC>GD->GC->DA->GC->SD->GC chain I had to slot GC "awfully" to be able to reach 1.45s recast time that is needed with this chain (in case I haven't misunderstood something)
So here is the build. Do you think sacrifices I had to make(??) (low accuracy pretty low +dmg, no debuff resitances) have ruined this build?
I assume another problem is endurance consumption. I estimated her end drain to be around 4.3/sec when using attack chain and toggles and she's gaining only 2.91/sec+~0.35/sec from Consume (with one opponent) and ~0.1end/sec(??) from perf shifter. In any case I wont survive without blues from the time CP is recharging even without Blazing aura.. Have I missed something (many things) or am I just trying to achieve impossible combination?
Thanks for all the advices!! And one more thing: Please ignore the order I've slotted her and selected powers here.
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Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Gambler's Cut -- Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(3), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(3), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(7), Achilles-ResDeb%(13)
Level 1: Fire Shield -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(15), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 2: Blazing Aura -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-Dmg(15), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx(17), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx(25), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 4: Healing Flames -- Dct'dW-Heal(A), Dct'dW-Rchg(5), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(5), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(21), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 6: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Divine Avalanche -- Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(9), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Mako-Acc/Dmg(11), Mako-Dam%(13)
Level 10: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), Zephyr-ResKB(31), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(45), DefBuff-I(48)
Level 14: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Numna-Heal/Rchg(21), Numna-Heal(23), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(25), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 16: Plasma Shield -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(50)
Level 18: Tough -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(19), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(39)
Level 20: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(34), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(39), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(46), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(48)
Level 22: Build Up -- GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(23), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(36), GSFC-Build%(36), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(36), GSFC-ToHit(46)
Level 24: Consume -- P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(A), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(37), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(40), P'Shift-EndMod(43), P'Shift-End%(50)
Level 26: Soaring Dragon -- Mako-Dam%(A), Mako-Acc/Dmg(27), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(27), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(29), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(31), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 28: Weave -- RedFtn-Def(A), RedFtn-EndRdx(29), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(39), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(40), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(46), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 30: Burn -- Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(31), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 32: Golden Dragonfly -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Erad-Acc/Rchg(33), Erad-Dmg(33), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43)
Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 38: Hover -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(45)
Level 41: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(A), Zephyr-Travel(42)
Level 44: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 47: Rise of the Phoenix -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 49: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit