Rad/Rad Defender Build Help
Posted on: Wed, 08/06/2008 - 8:28am
So after playing my Rad/Rad Defender last night, I decided that he was in desperate need of a respec. Plus, almost all his SOs are red, so I really need to invest in some IOs to make him more playable. I'm trying to come up with a build to 50 and I'm having some problems with power choices later in his build. Here's what I have so far ...
1 - Radiant Aura
1 - Neutrino Bolt
2 - Accelerate Metabolism
4 - Radiation Infection
6 - Irradiate
8 - Mutation
10 - Electron Haze
12 - Hover
14 - Fly
16 - Swift
18 - Health
20 - Stamina
22 - Hasten
24 - Lingering Radiation
26 - Enervating Field
28 - Cosmic Burst
30 - Aim
32 - EM Pulse (?)
35 - Neutron Bomb
38 - Atomic Blast
I'm pretty happy with the build up to this point. I haven't had alot of experience with EM Pulse yet, but from what I understand it's a great hold nuke. What do you guys think? Is this skippable?
So far I've skipped ...
Choking Cloud - I have this power now and I have mixed feelings. With all the PBAOEs of the set I like the chance of hold but it seems sort of ... meh.
Fallout - I'm thinking of taking this at the end ... see below.
Proton Volley - I think it's safe to say that the snipe is skippable on a Defender.
X-Ray Beam - I cry a little that I can't seem to fit this in my build. I really want to shoot lasers from my eyes.
My problem is I don't know what to take for my last 4 powers. I'm thinking of taking the leadership pool (Assault, Tactics and Veng) and adding on Fallout. I'm thinking the combo of Veng and Fallout could be fun. If I take the leadership pool and have Tactics should I skip Aim?
I'm also wondering if I should take the Power Master APP. Is Power Build Up any good?
Any suggestions or help would be most welcome.
1 - Radiant Aura
1 - Neutrino Bolt
2 - Accelerate Metabolism
4 - Radiation Infection
6 - Irradiate
8 - Mutation
10 - Electron Haze
12 - Hover
14 - Fly
16 - Swift
18 - Health
20 - Stamina
22 - Hasten
24 - Lingering Radiation
26 - Enervating Field
28 - Cosmic Burst
30 - Aim
32 - EM Pulse (?)
35 - Neutron Bomb
38 - Atomic Blast
I'm pretty happy with the build up to this point. I haven't had alot of experience with EM Pulse yet, but from what I understand it's a great hold nuke. What do you guys think? Is this skippable?
So far I've skipped ...
Choking Cloud - I have this power now and I have mixed feelings. With all the PBAOEs of the set I like the chance of hold but it seems sort of ... meh.
Fallout - I'm thinking of taking this at the end ... see below.
Proton Volley - I think it's safe to say that the snipe is skippable on a Defender.
X-Ray Beam - I cry a little that I can't seem to fit this in my build. I really want to shoot lasers from my eyes.
My problem is I don't know what to take for my last 4 powers. I'm thinking of taking the leadership pool (Assault, Tactics and Veng) and adding on Fallout. I'm thinking the combo of Veng and Fallout could be fun. If I take the leadership pool and have Tactics should I skip Aim?
I'm also wondering if I should take the Power Master APP. Is Power Build Up any good?
Any suggestions or help would be most welcome.
You definitely want to grab EM Pulse, it's a great AoE hold and has some other nifty things like -Regen. Combined with Power Build Up, it's an extremely long hold as well - it used to be potentially like 3 mins long when PBU was used.
PBU by itself is a great power because it affects so many things, it's a combo of Build Up, Aim and Power Boost, so it will help your attacks as well as buffs and debuffs.
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I'd say you won't need Aim, with all the debuffs (plus Tactics but not because of it). And Fallout+Vengeance is a win button for most battles
I noticed you took Enervating Field at lvl 26. I like to have that one sooner, but it's a personal preference.
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Any opinions on Choking Cloud?
It's looking like I won't be able to fit in X-Ray Beam in my build.
You could ditch Irradiate and pick up X-Ray Beam, since most of your powers are ranged you really wouldn't be in melee to fire off Irradiate.
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Is PBU so useful for a rad? I can see it being great for an empath and a kin, but for the rad it would be useful only for AM, right? Maybe having X-Ray Beam will be more fun to play.
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About Irradiate, I like it because it debuffs 50% more and is an AoE.
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Thanks for all the helpful advice guys.
Glad to hear that, I had Choking cloud for a total of 5 mission before respec out of that crap. It has to be in the top 10 worst powers of the game. hmmm interesting poll idea