Invul/Ice Build


Black_Marrow

 

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I finally got my Invul tank past 20 and I'm starting to enjoy it more and more. I've been working on this build for a while now and this is what I've come up with.


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Level 50 Mutation Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Ice Melee
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Arctic Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temp Invulnerability

  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (33) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 1: Frozen Fists
  • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
  • (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
  • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
  • (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Dull Pain
  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (3) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
  • (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (17) Doctored Wounds - Heal
  • (37) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
Level 4: Frost
  • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  • (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  • (17) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  • (33) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (37) Detonation - Damage/Recharge
Level 6: Hurdle
  • (A) Jumping IO
Level 8: Unyielding
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (34) Reactive Armor - Resistance
Level 10: Taunt
  • (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
  • (11) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge
  • (34) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range
  • (36) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (42) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range
  • (42) Mocking Beratement - Recharge
Level 12: Hasten
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (13) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (13) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 14: Health
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  • (15) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 16: Resist Energies
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (23) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (43) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
Level 18: Invincibility
  • (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
  • (19) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
  • (19) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (27) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
Level 20: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  • (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
  • (27) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 22: Ice Patch
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (23) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 24: Build Up
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (25) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge
  • (25) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge
Level 26: Tough Hide
  • (A) Defense Buff IO
  • (37) Defense Buff IO
  • (40) Defense Buff IO
Level 28: Freezing Touch
  • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
  • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
  • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
  • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
Level 30: Super Speed
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (34) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
Level 32: Unstoppable
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (40) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge
Level 35: Boxing
  • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
  • (42) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
  • (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
  • (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 38: Frozen Aura
  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (39) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (40) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Recharge
  • (43) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Endurance
Level 41: Block of Ice
  • (A) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge
Level 44: Ice Blast
  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  • (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
  • (45) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (46) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 47: Tough
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance
Level 49: Weave
  • (A) Defense Buff IO
  • (50) Defense Buff IO
  • (50) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
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Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Gauntlet



I could use a little input on it, as I based the slotting on what knowledge I personally have and on Call_Me_Awesome's Invul guides (which are a real hidden gem on these forums, and they should be stickied in the tanker forums :P).


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Not bad, but keep in mind that the Gladiator's Armor +def IO was running about a *billion* influence last time I checked. So you probably shouldn't count on that as a source of defense unless you've got very deep pockets or were very lucky with a drop.

A few other things:

You should definitely pick up RPD at some point in your build. Not only will it let you cap S/L resistance, but it's one of the two powers in Invul that now give defense debuff resistance--Tough Hide is the other. With a soft-capped build you probably won't need Unstop, but dropping ResEn or Build-Up is also an option.

If you don't get the PvP unique, you'll be a little short of the soft-cap for E/NE, so I'd recommend finding another slot for Block of Ice and putting two Basilisk's Gaze in it for a 2.5% E/NE def bonus.

With the BG bonus and one of the resist passives (presuming you take two) 3-slotted with Reactive Armor, you'll be just above the soft-cap for E/NE. If that's the case, you might want to consider slotting the other resist passive with 3 Aegis for the F/C def bonus.

EDIT: By the way, if you take both RPD and ResEn (or RPD and Unstop) there's no point in 3-slotting both with RA; you're up against the "rule of 5" for 1.25% E/NE bonuses.


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im right at 5 bonuses from those, and unslotting one drops my defense just below the soft cap. Here's the revised version.


Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 50 Mutation Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Ice Melee
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Arctic Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temp Invulnerability

  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (33) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 1: Frozen Fists
  • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
  • (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
  • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
  • (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Dull Pain
  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (3) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
  • (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (17) Doctored Wounds - Heal
  • (37) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
Level 4: Frost
  • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  • (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  • (17) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  • (33) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (37) Detonation - Damage/Recharge
Level 6: Hurdle
  • (A) Jumping IO
Level 8: Unyielding
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (34) Reactive Armor - Resistance
Level 10: Taunt
  • (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
  • (11) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge
  • (34) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range
  • (36) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (42) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range
  • (42) Mocking Beratement - Recharge
Level 12: Hasten
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (13) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (13) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 14: Health
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  • (15) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 16: Resist Physical Damage
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (23) Reactive Armor - Resistance
  • (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
Level 18: Invincibility
  • (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
  • (19) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
  • (19) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
  • (27) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
Level 20: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  • (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
  • (27) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 22: Ice Patch
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (23) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 24: Build Up
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (25) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge
  • (25) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge
Level 26: Tough Hide
  • (A) Defense Buff IO
  • (37) Defense Buff IO
  • (40) Defense Buff IO
Level 28: Freezing Touch
  • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
  • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
  • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
  • (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
Level 30: Super Speed
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (34) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
Level 32: Unstoppable
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (40) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge
Level 35: Boxing
  • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
  • (42) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
  • (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
  • (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 38: Frozen Aura
  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (39) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (40) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Recharge
  • (43) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Endurance
Level 41: Block of Ice
  • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (43) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
Level 44: Ice Blast
  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  • (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
  • (45) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (46) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 47: Tough
  • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  • (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  • (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance
Level 49: Weave
  • (A) Defense Buff IO
  • (50) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
  • (50) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
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Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Gauntlet


@Mazzo Grave
Webmaster Grave, Virtueverse!
Energy/Energy Blaster Guide
Quote:
Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler View Post
you *******!!!!

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Black_Marrow View Post
im right at 5 bonuses from those, and unslotting one drops my defense just below the soft cap. Here's the revised version.
No, you've got six, open the Mid's "Set and Bonuses" window and it'll tell you you're over the limit. You've got 5 1.25% E/NE bonuses from Reactive Armor and one from the Cleaving Blow in Frozen Aura. Take the third slot out of RPD or Unstop and you'll see it doesn't change the defense total at all.


My Characters

Knight Court--A CoH Story Complete 2/3/2012