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Looking for some help on picking a AT

Fulmens

By Fulmens,
Posted on: 2010-08-19 23:54 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Hello I am returning after a couple of years and was looking for some advice on what AT to pick for a new character concept. I wanted to try out Dual Pistols, and since I will be mainly soloing I was planning on going Corrupter. That way with the Secondary I will have more survivability then a Blaster and I was going to take Kinetics so eventually the damage will be on par once I get to Fulcrum Shift.

So as I was catching up on patch notes from the Updates I've missed, I noticed that they buffed the damage for solo Defenders. Now I just can't decide what the best route to go is. DP/Kin Corrupter or Kin/DP Defender. I figured since I have been gone awhile it would be nice to get some opinions on this.

Who do you think would be the higher damage dealer? It seems The Defender would be as long as he is soloing. Although that is not taking Scourge into consideration, which for me at least is always hard to figure how much overall dps that adds for you since it doesn't hit all the time and sometimes when it does you would have killed them anyways.

Also what would be better, getting to Fulcrum Shift at 32 or getting those last couple DP attacks at 28 and 32 instead of 35 and 38?


Thanks for any help you can give. I have been wracking my brain all night on this.

 

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A kin corr beats a fender version by a long stretch, even with the latest buff to fenders. While a fender can get higher initial values with FS, this is eclipsed by a corr's:

  • Higher base damage.
  • Higher damage cap.
  • Scourge.
  • Can still self-cap damage after 2 FSs.

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I'd like to mention something: Kinetics is not the set that gives you "more survivability" than a Blaster in any significant sense. 25% off enemy damage and a big melee-range heal is OK, I guess, but compared to 30% off enemy damage and getting hit 1/5 or 1/10 as much? Not really the same thing.

Kinetics is outstanding at what it does, which is pour on the offense. Any defensive benefits that result are purely accidental.

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