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MScott5678

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Katana // Regen.

Does anyone have a build that they could post??...I wanna make one but dont know how good they are...

10/05/06 19:36

Valentine

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Off the top of my head coz its late:

All the regen moves except resilience and rez
All the katana moves except the first one, the parry move and taunt
Superspeed hasten and flurry
Hurdle Health and stamina
Stealth/Invis

Oh, Hello Mr. Jurassik! Sorry about that arrow, it wasnt aimed at you. I'll just be on my way now... *flees*

10/05/06 20:58

Warron Peace

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RE: Katana // Regen.

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name:
Level: 50
Archetype: Scrapper
Primary: Katana
Secondary: Regeneration
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01) --> Gambler's Cut==> Rechg(1) Acc(40) Acc(40) Dmg(40) Dmg(42) Dmg(43)
01) --> Fast Healing==> Heal(1) Heal(3) Heal(3)
02) --> Flashing Steel==> Rechg(2) Acc(7) Acc(7) Dmg(19) Dmg(23) Dmg(23)
04) --> Quick Recovery==> EndMod(4) EndMod(5) EndMod(5)
06) --> Hurdle==> Jump(6) Jump(46)
08) --> Divine Avalanche==> Rechg(8) Acc(9) Acc(9)
10) --> Dull Pain==> Rechg(10) Rechg(11) Rechg(11) Heal(13) Heal(13) Heal(15)
12) --> Combat Jumping==> DefBuf(12)
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump(14) Jump(15) Jump(17) EndRdx(50)
16) --> Integration==> Heal(16) Heal(17) Heal(19)
18) --> The Lotus Drops==> Rechg(18) Acc(36) Acc(37) Dmg(37) Dmg(37) Dmg(39)
20) --> Build Up==> Rechg(20) Rechg(21) Rechg(21) TH_Buf(43) TH_Buf(43) TH_Buf(45)
22) --> Health==> Heal(22)
24) --> Stamina==> EndMod(24) EndMod(25) EndMod(25)
26) --> Soaring Dragon==> Rechg(26) Acc(27) Acc(27) Dmg(31) Dmg(34) Dmg(36)
28) --> Instant Healing==> Rechg(28) Rechg(29) Rechg(29)
30) --> Hasten==> Rechg(30) Rechg(31) Rechg(31)
32) --> Golden Dragonfly==> Rechg(32) Acc(33) Acc(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(34) Dmg(34)
35) --> Super Speed==> Run(35) Run(36) Run(46)
38) --> Reconstruction==> Rechg(38) Rechg(39) Rechg(39)
41) --> Focused Accuracy==> TH_Buf(41) TH_Buf(42) TH_Buf(42) EndRdx(46)
44) --> Conserve Power==> Rechg(44) Rechg(45) Rechg(45)
47) --> Energy Torrent==> Rechg(47) Acc(48) Acc(48) Dmg(48) Dmg(50) Dmg(50)
49) --> Resilience==> DmgRes(49)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
01) --> Critical Hit==> Empty(1)
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Worked a build up for ya. This build will do good damage, and be very hard to beat. Divine Avalanche combined with godly healing rates is just sick. Most Katana player's I know set it to auto-fire, so that they can keep it coming. Once you have Stamina in the build and slotted up, you'll have VERY lil downtime, and can feel free to attack as much as possible.

BTW, don't focus on when the slots were put into powers in the above build. Slotting is just what enhancements I advise putting in each power. Slot attacks first, for accuracy, then damage, then recharge. Focus on your secondary powers later on, with the exception of having 3 recharges in each clicky and 3 heals in Integration as soon as you can. QR, FH, and Stamina can be slotted much later, as you won't have a great need for them to be slotted heavily early, and Integration works wonders.

GL!

W.P.

10/05/06 21:58

MScott5678

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Thanks for the build W.P. I decided to change a couple powers around cuz i dont think i want 2 travel powers. Here is my build for now:

Primary: Katana
Secondary: Regeneration
Power Pools: Fitness, Speed, Concealment
Ancillary: Body Mastery or Weapon Mastery

Lv.1- Sting of the Wasp
- Fast Healing
Lv.2- Flashing Steel
Lv.4- Quick Recovery
Lv.6- Reconstruction
lv.8- Divine Avalanche
Lv.10- Hurdle
Lv.12- Hasten
Lv.14- Super Speed
Lv.16- Integration
Lv.18- The Lotus Drops
Lv.20- Dull Pain
Lv.22- Health
Lv.24- Stamina
Lv.26- Soaring Dragon
Lv.28- Instant Healing
Lv.30- Build Up
Lv.32- Golden Dragonfly
Lv.35- Stealth
Lv.38- Invisibilty
lv.41- Caltrops/Focused Accuracy
Lv.44- Shuriken/Conserve Power
Lv.47- Exploding Shuriken/Resilience
Lv.49- ?

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10/06/06 21:43

Xolquar

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RE: Katana // Regen.

QUOTE

I'm going to give you some feedback, no harshness intended:

1) Dont skip resilience. Its a great power.
2) Parry will make your life insanely easier. To skip it is pointless.
3) Flurry: Unless it fits your concept, dont get it.
4)Hurdle/Swift are good powers, but the first and second powers in /regen are like health/stamina x 2. With an end-light attack set like katana, both is overkill.

***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***

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10/06/06 21:56

RonJ73

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Divine Avalanche isn't worth it. Really.

I have a Kat/SR scrapper who regretted taking it until I respeced out of it around level 20. Never went back.

Gamblers Cut
Flashing Steel
Build Up
The Lotus Drops
Soaring Dragon
Golden Dragonfly

Those are really the only primary (Katana) powers worth taking. You'll get a good attack chain with them.

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10/07/06 06:43

MScott5678

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Thanks for all the help...This build is very effecient for taking down the baddies and staying alive...

***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***

10/08/06 18:22

Jinxxed

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RE: Katana // Regen.

between Divine Avalanche and gamblers cut, which is better. i took Divine Avalanche and have no regrets because of its quick recharge and def bonus(which i admit i dont really notice or pay attention too) but in terms of dmg, is one better than the other?

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10/13/06 13:04

MScott5678

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RE: Katana // Regen.

I took Divine Avalanche over Gambler's Cut...I did this because they both do minor damage but Divine Avalanche gives you a defense bonus...I do notice the defense bonus when I use Divine Avalanche and it recharges so quickly i can always have 2 defense bonuses and the baddies really dont touch me when i have the 2 defense bonuses...

10/13/06 17:52

RonJ73

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Gamblers Cut does significantly more damage. I've never been a fan of Divine Avalanche.

10/13/06 18:15

RonJ73

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RE: Katana // Regen.

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Sorry, let me change that. When I respec'd out of a few things, I changed Gamblers Cut to Sting of the Wasp. So my list of powers is this:

Katana:
Sting of the Wasp
Flashing Steel
Build Up
The Lotus Drops
Soaring Dragon
Golden Dragonfly

Super Reflexes:
Focused Fighting
Focused Senses
Agile
Practiced Brawler
Dodge
Quickness
Lucky
Evasion
Elude

Leaping:
Combat Jumping
Super Jump

Fitness:
Hurdle
Health
Stamina

Speed:
Hasten
Super Speed

Body Mastery:
Conserve Power
Laser Beam Eyes

I just popped ingame to check it.

Sting of the Wasp has a longer recharge, but deals much more damage than Gamblers Cut and Divine Avalanche. (I always get the two of them backwards, SotW and GC, that is)

10/13/06 18:21

Valentine

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RE: Katana // Regen.

If your relying on gamblers cut for def at lower levels then your certainly gonna be disappointed, as it is just that a "gamble" as there is no guarantee it will give u a def boost until it is well slotted with SOs. I still prefer not using this power as it is far too hit and miss at sub40 levels

Oh, Hello Mr. Jurassik! Sorry about that arrow, it wasnt aimed at you. I'll just be on my way now... *flees*

10/13/06 22:12

Aurrius

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Just a quick thing: Gambler's Cut and Divine Avalanche have exactly the same recharge, endurance cost and damage. The only difference is that Divine Avalanche gives you a defence bonus.

I'd say forget Gambler's Cut and take Divine Avalanche. A bit of defence is always worth it!

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11/05/06 00:54

RonJ73

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Don't take either of them...take Sting of the Wasp instead. :) More damage, higher recharge, but later in life it'll fit fine in your attack chain. For a regen, that little bit of defense isn't really going to mean much to you.

11/05/06 12:20

Warron Peace

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Quite the opposite there, Ron. There are 3 levels of defense in this game, and the toughest characters have some form of all 3. They are Defense, Resistence, and Regen. Granite Tankers with Rooted on are very tough, especially when Earth's Embrace is up, because in Granite they have nearly capped Defense and Resistence, while Rooted gives them a very nice Regen boost.

Anyway, Regen scraps have a lot of Regen (duh) but not much of anything else. Resilience gives a touch of smash/lethal, and Tough can give a lil more. Way back before ED and the GDN, Regens would take and slot up Integration, Tough, and Weave, to give themselves good regen, defense, and resistence. This is no longer a good idea, but the point is that anytime you can add any defense or resistence buffs to regen is a good thing. Anything that gives them more time to get those regen ticks if a good thing. Adding Parry or Divine Avalanche to a Regen's attack chain will ultimately make a tougher Regen, simply because of the way the 3 defense setups work together in this game.

W.P.

11/05/06 12:45

marvelman

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RE: Katana // Regen.

i was woundering should a scrapper ever get fly?

11/21/06 18:39

Warron Peace

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RE: Katana // Regen.

Fly is a personal choice. Its not the best for a scrapper because its slow, but in PvE, thats not a major issue. Also, Air Superiority as a prerequisite is a very nice attack, considering its a pool power. If you want to fly, fly away. It's entirely up to you.

11/21/06 20:10

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