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Typically, I just go for S/L defense. You have 75/90% Energy resist, so you can laugh at energy damage for the most part.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
I am looking at I/Oing Electric Armor for a pretty Tanky feel. I could go the standard S/L/En/...etc or I could go for positional. Since Electric has no defense itself there is no inherent leaning one way or the other. Or is there? Starting from a blank slate with a Melee Prim/Res Secondary is it easier to go Typed or Positional?
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I was able to get 44.49% Def to S/L with Agility Core Alpha on my TW/Elec brute.|
Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
I am looking at I/Oing Electric Armor for a pretty Tanky feel. I could go the standard S/L/En/...etc or I could go for positional. Since Electric has no defense itself there is no inherent leaning one way or the other. Or is there? Starting from a blank slate with a Melee Prim/Res Secondary is it easier to go Typed or Positional?
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Capped Energy resists, too.
It works nicely for me
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A good thing about Elec is that once you cap S/L defense you can ignore most everything else, since N/F/C are pretty scarce damage types relatively to S/L/E.
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Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
On a scrapper, consider just taking shadow meld and getting enough defense that you are over the cap while it is up. I have a scrapper build (you can find it on the bottom of the page linked in my signature) with a 25 second recharge time on SM, allowing you to use it at the start of most battles. I wouldn't actually use that build, as it was more a proof of concept than anything else, but consider doing something similar.
Personally, I like building for positionals, but I am weird like that. In general, S/L defense at 45% will be easier to achieve that getting positionals to 45%, and make you more survivable than getting positionals to 32.5% (one luck away).
TW/Elec Optimization
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I have an Elec brute with 45% S/L, and an Elec Tanker with 32.5% to positionals. The reason I went for 45% S/L on the brute is because S/L is a pretty significant threat, and unlike my tanker, the brute can't reach 90% S/L res with a single orange insp or the upcoming ATO proc.
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Originally Posted by Combat
On a scrapper, consider just taking shadow meld and getting enough defense that you are over the cap while it is up. I have a scrapper build (you can find it on the bottom of the page linked in my signature) with a 25 second recharge time on SM, allowing you to use it at the start of most battles. I wouldn't actually use that build, as it was more a proof of concept than anything else, but consider doing something similar.
Personally, I like building for positionals, but I am weird like that. In general, S/L defense at 45% will be easier to achieve that getting positionals to 45%, and make you more survivable than getting positionals to 32.5% (one luck away). |
Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
I am looking at I/Oing Electric Armor for a pretty Tanky feel. I could go the standard S/L/En/...etc or I could go for positional. Since Electric has no defense itself there is no inherent leaning one way or the other. Or is there? Starting from a blank slate with a Melee Prim/Res Secondary is it easier to go Typed or Positional?