Look upon this, and fear

[Budokai]

The end troubles I'm having are just too freakin' much. I have to do something about it. I call this Ultimate PVP Build, 2.0. Questions? Comments? Concerns?

Exported from version v1.5C of CoH Planner
joechott.com/coh

Archetype: Scrapper
Primary Powers - Ranged : Katana
Secondary Powers - Support : Dark Armor

Level 01 : Dark Embrace
Endurance Reduction ( 01 )
Damage Resistance ( 5 )
Damage Resistance ( 11 )
Damage Resistance ( 11 )

Level 01 : Sting of the Wasp
Damage ( 01 )
Accuracy ( 3 )
Endurance Reduction ( 7 )
Recharge Reduction ( 19 )
Damage ( 33 )
Damage ( 39 )

Level 02 : Flashing Steel
Damage ( 02 )
Accuracy ( 3 )
Endurance Reduction ( 7 )
Recharge Reduction ( 17 )
Damage ( 31 )
Damage ( 39 )

Level 04 : Murky Cloud
Endurance Reduction ( 04 )
Endurance Reduction ( 5 )
Damage Resistance ( 13 )
Damage Resistance ( 15 )
Damage Resistance ( 50 )

Level 06 : Death Shroud
Endurance Reduction ( 06 )
Endurance Reduction ( 9 )
Accuracy ( 9 )
Damage ( 17 )

Level 08 : Build Up
Recharge Reduction ( 08 )
Recharge Reduction ( 39 )
Recharge Reduction ( 43 )

Level 10 : Combat Jumping
Defense Buff ( 10 )

Level 12 : Obsidian Shield
Endurance Reduction ( 12 )
Damage Resistance ( 13 )
Damage Resistance ( 15 )
Damage Resistance ( 25 )

Level 14 : Super Jump
Jump ( 14 )

Level 16 : Hurdle
Jump ( 16 )

Level 18 : The Lotus Drops
Damage ( 18 )
Accuracy ( 19 )
Endurance Reduction ( 21 )
Recharge Reduction ( 21 )
Damage ( 37 )
Damage ( 37 )

Level 20 : Health
Healing ( 20 )
Healing ( 42 )
Healing ( 46 )

Level 22 : Stamina
Endurance Recovery ( 22 )
Endurance Recovery ( 23 )
Endurance Recovery ( 23 )

Level 24 : Dark Regeneration
Recharge Reduction ( 24 )
Recharge Reduction ( 25 )
Accuracy ( 29 )
Accuracy ( 33 )
Healing ( 46 )
Healing ( 46 )

Level 26 : Soaring Dragon
Damage ( 26 )
Accuracy ( 27 )
Endurance Reduction ( 27 )
Recharge Reduction ( 33 )
Damage ( 40 )
Damage ( 40 )

Level 28 : Cloak of Fear
Endurance Reduction ( 28 )
Endurance Reduction ( 29 )
Endurance Reduction ( 31 )
Accuracy ( 36 )
Fear Duration ( 40 )
Fear Duration ( 50 )

Level 30 : Acrobatics
Endurance Reduction ( 30 )
Endurance Reduction ( 31 )

Level 32 : Golden Dragonfly
Damage ( 32 )
Accuracy ( 34 )
Endurance Reduction ( 34 )
Recharge Reduction ( 34 )
Damage ( 36 )
Damage ( 37 )

Level 35 : Oppressive Gloom
Endurance Reduction ( 35 )
Endurance Reduction ( 36 )
Endurance Reduction ( 43 )
Accuracy ( 43 )
Disorient Duration ( 45 )
Disorient Duration ( 50 )

Level 38 : Soul Transfer
Recharge Reduction ( 38 )

Level 41 : Conserve Power
Recharge Reduction ( 41 )
Recharge Reduction ( 42 )
Recharge Reduction ( 42 )

Level 44 : Focused Accuracy
Endurance Reduction ( 44 )
Endurance Reduction ( 45 )
To Hit Buff ( 45 )

Level 47 : Laser Beam Eyes
Damage ( 47 )
Accuracy ( 48 )
Endurance Reduction ( 48 )
Recharge Reduction ( 48 )

Level 49 : Swift
Run Speed ( 49 )

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Level 01 : Brawl
Empty ( 01 )

Level 01 : Sprint
Empty ( 01 )

Level 02 : Rest
Empty ( 02 )

[mistawac]

What's funny about that build is that it really doesn't look impressive on paper, but in the game you're unstoppable and virtually untouchable. I hate you Bud...you've mastered Scrappery and I'm desparately jealous...

[Budokai]

I've played 2 of them to 50, another is on it's way, and I've had one going since the second day I played this game. I think I'd learn something by now

My blaster sucked, until he became a blapper...

It's just hardwired in my brain. I couldn't make a decent defender to save my life, but I got scrapping down!

(that's a lie. I could make an awesome defender, I just don't want to.)

[scrum]

Well I don’t know much about Katana but I do know a little about the Dark Armor set with my experience with Kelly and Dark Ale.

The two main things that jump out at me at first glance are: 1) you have picked three of the most expensive toggles in the entire game to run: Death Shroud, Focused Accuracy, & COF. “Ouch”. Looking at the Katana set in the Hero Builder the attacks have some of the lowest end usage I’ve ever seen for an attack set.

Ideas here:

Slot just 1 end in MC, its base end use is only 0.19.

In Death Shroud I slot 2 endred, 2 Acc, & 2 Dam – if you’re going to run it you might as well have it perform at max efficiently.

Dark Regen uses about 34 end per click and is up every 30 Sec. I slot mine 3endred, 1 acc and 1 recharge. I don’t slot it for healing cause with 3 baddies I’m at full health just from its base heal.

COF = high end (0.65end a sec) and minimal effect IMO. Oppressive Gloom is much better and cheaper (0.26end sec).

For OG I just slot 2 acc and I’m good to go, one endred should help, but 3 is way overkill IMO.

Focused Accuracy uses 0.59 end per sec. If you really want it and run it slot 3 endred rather than 2.

All of your attacks really don’t use much end consider dropping the end reduction out of each one and put an accuracy in its place. Then drop FA.

You also might consider the Leadership pool for Tactics. It’s not as much of an accuracy boost as FA but it’s cheaper to run and you get a +perception bonus.

Your whole build and slotting revolves around taking FA. Once you make that decision the slotting can be decided.

I have never taken FA on any of my toons and I rarely miss. My typical slotting for all attacks is either (2 Acc, 3 dam, 1 rch) or (3 Acc & 3 Dam) depending on the base recharge.

[scrum]

Never mind the leadership pool for Tactics. Fully slotted with 3 ThBuffs only gives a 11% acc boost for Scrappers. But still FA is like 30% or so slotted & expensive. It looks like you may have some slots to spare if you do away with it + COF. Those slots could be additional Acc in your attacks.

Another very nice power is that Dark Ale has was Howling Twilight same as your Soul Transfer. Yes Its a Rez but it is also an AutoHit PBAO Stun that will detoggle everything around you in PvP "everything". You don't have to be dead to use it either. It is also usefull against AVs to slow down their Regen Rate (Regen Scrappers too).

I slot my Howling Twilight with 3 Recharges.

[Budokai]

Actually, Soul Transfer requires me to be dead to use it, which is the one set back. The only thing I can't stun is a PB/WS Dwarf. I've tried against anything, and it's such a high mag stun that it'll go through almost anything and everything.

I know OG is the better of the "mitigation" shields, but OG+CoF is just freakin' too good to resist. Ask stat how much of a pain in the ass it is. Some may resist one, and some may resist another, but with both of them running, I'm truly annoying (and hopefully deadly).

I'm not using FA for the tohit buff, I'm using it for the +perception, it's helpful against stalkers and such. That's why I only put 1 tohit buff into it, and I might shuffle a endred over there from MC. (I was thinking MC was a higher end user than the numbers you've got for some reason).

Also, my CoF has 2 Hami-os in it, which makes it very scary.

I'm trying for a maximum efficency as far as end is concerned, and even though katana has a low end usage, /DA is obscenely high, and I want to be able to keep on going....and going....and going.

One thing I've noticed is that I'm destroyed by things that are -recharge. Being able to keep all of those mitigaion shields up (which do not have to worry about a recharge) helps add to my survivability tremendously.

I wanted to slot soul transfer with more recharge reducers, but I'm spread pretty thing as is, and I'm *hoping* I won't need it that much.

[scrum]

Well for PvE both OG and COF are not needed. In PvP OG and COF will not do anything to a Tank or a Scrapp. If your using it for Squishies your better off using your Katana.

Does COD have a +Preception??

My mistake on Soul Transfer then.

Probably the most End Important suggestion I gave was for Dark Regen - 3 EndRed, 1 or 2 Acc and or 1 Health or Recharge. Also the Slotting For Death Shroud.

Two or three slotting swift isnt a bad idea either for offsetting Slows.

[Budokai]

I went with cloak of darkness instead of focused accuracy, and I feel like the biggest idiot ever.


I nerfed myself. I'm teh suck in PVP

[noble]

I love CoD.. gives me perception for the stalkers/stealthy people

[Budokai]

And the end usage is less than FA. But there's no +acc, and without it, those shields are a little ugly, even slotted with acc enhancers.

[scrum]

Even with 3 Accuracys in your attacks?

FA is only = to 1 SO

[Budokai]

If I slotted 3 accuracy enhancers, I'd be in trouble. The -recharge of slows would really kill me. Not to mention I'm trying to save on end as much as possible.

My attacks are okay, but my shields are where I could really use that extra accuracy.

[scrum]

Accuracy in Shields? I never heard of slotting Accuracy in Shields.

[Budokai]

By shields I meant CoF and OG.

[scrum]

I pulled this off the Scrapper Forums.

Realize COF has been nerfed twice a lot of it came about because of PVP (plain and simple people cried to holy heck because of fear in the arenas and we got a nerfed a little deeper because it is tied into spectral terror some how according to the red names back when this all went on) But a lot of the biggest nerfs where pvp related

COF before the nerf had a 95% chance to hit now it is 50% (lower than OG)

COF use to be able to fear bosses and LT then just LT's and now just minions

COF is good, but unless you have another source of Fear it does nothing to Lts or higher Ranked Critters.

The fear duration was reduced significantly to make it harder to keeps mobs feared

The tohit debuffs has been reduce several times it is not what it use to be by any means

CoF at least always puts some To Hit Defbuff on all Critters that it hits so it improves the security of everyone in your Team.

OpGloom is good, but unless you have another source of Stun it does nothing to Lts or higher Ranked Critters.

The issue with COF it takes 6 slotts to be ok where OG is good off the default 1 acc in it I run 2 acc myself