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so i was reading the latest fire/kin thread that doc started, and it made me think. how good would a kin/elec defender do with trying to PL?
i figured with FS, ball lightning, and thunderstrike, it would have good dmg. and resisits from tough and charged armor would stack great with the dmg debuff FS gives enemies. and it could drain a mobs endurance with short circuit and power sink in an instant. on top of that, with transference and PS, i doubt it would need stamina. i see the potential for a good farming build. with the IO stat and KB protection, it wouldnt have to worry about mez either.
that last part actually brings me to this question.
does the IO impervious skin:status protection actually stop the mez, or just shorten their duration?
i realize i have my thoughts kinda jumbled up in there, but can anyone give their thoughts on this?
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| 02/21/08 14:09 |
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RonJ73
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As far as clearing a farm mission, it might do ok, but not too outstanding. One of the things about Fire/Kins is the Monkeys. They draw aggro which prevents the Controller from taking as much damage as she normally would.
It's worth a try though. I've got a Kin/Elec that I'm building on Triumph right now that I might try working that way in the future to see how it goes. At higher levels it could certainly act as a "Blaster that Buffs". :)
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| 02/21/08 15:35 |
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mines at 35 right now, and hes killing mobs pretty fast since he got fs. even soloing, he gets a constant 100% dmg buff.
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| 02/21/08 16:29 |
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Elec, especially when you get into epic levels, could do all right with Short Circuit, Ball Lightning, and Thunderstrike giving you some moderate AoE capabilities. Add in some good single target attacks to take down left over LTs and such, and it could do pretty well. You'd definitely need Tough and Weave to give you some extra protection on top of Charged Armor, as you won't have the AoE mezz abilities that controllers can toss around to help deal with extra aggro from other mobs. My advice would be to farm off maps spawned for 4 ppl. Mobs will be large enough to get a significant damage boost from Fulcrum Shift, while still small enough so that they don't do too much damage and don't take too long to eliminate.
For those of you interested in farming with a Defender, I'll just say that there are three builds that do very well soloing larger spawned mobs. Those are Kin/Bow, Rad/Bow, and Rad/Sonic. Kin/Sonic could also do pretty well, but it wouldn't enjoy the safety of Rad/Son. The reason the bow is so lovely is because of Rain of Arrows. With the debuffs from Rad Emission or the massive damage buffs of Fulcrum Shift, Rain of Arrows can easily wipe out minions and do quite a bit of damage to LTs. Add in Fistful of Arrows and Explosive Arrow to round out the AoE damage, and you got a pretty solid Build. /Sonic also does pretty well, having a few Cone attacks and controls that debuff resistance. This resistance debuffing, combined with Rad's debuffs or Kin's Fulcrum Shift, can easily allow you to put out alot of damage.
Just something to ponder for those of you who don't want to FotM into Fire/Kin and be like everyone else. =D
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| 02/21/08 18:34 |
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