Best power set for new player

AV · Feb 7, 2019

mattyice said: ↑

“Tried this out and it is pretty cool. Definitely easy to use and let’s me get used to the game again. Was hesitant about the staff but it seemed to work out very well.”

Glad you like it! If you keep your tank geared a lil behind your DPS that same method makes for an instant "oh ****" button in endgame content via in-combat armory switch, as with that approach it's effectively unkillable vs anything that isn't a raid boss. Most fun way I've found to play the game, personally.

kalnelh · Aug 2, 2019

Crash Allen said: ↑

“I strongly feel it all comes down to a) playing what feels right to you, b) not neglecting your support role.

DCUO has an absolutely insane number of potential and viable playstyle permutations so the more important thing is to just play what you enjoy. That said, probably the easiest role for soloing/feeling things out is tank, which is true for most MMOs, so any tank power would give you an "easy mode" button for solo content while you're learning. Theorycrafting your loadout is invaluable as well as checking to see what other people are using online but in the end it has to come down to personal preference.

IMO, Superspeed + Fire + Staff is the easiest and most n00b friendly combo in the game, capable of soloing a goofy amount of stuff. This has access to multiple stackable 360 pbaoe knockups (by stackable I mean both clippable and that the physics/effect stacks) as well as self heals. Enflame, clipped to Burning Weapon, followed by double overhead smash clipped to Flashpoint, followed by double overhead smash clipped to Backdraft lets you fight a basically limitless number of enemies by keeping them perma-CC'd while healing yourself for an extremely low power cost while everything burns and dies. This also leaves you with two slots for w/e you want (Phase Dodge is a great clip for early game and while you're learning and Reignition is a good beginner SC self heal + knockup that has good synergy, ie. your "oh ****" button until you get comfortable enough to replace it with something better. That's 3x 360 pbaoe juggles in a row and 1x 360 pbaoe pull+heal to ensure the cycle never ends since nothing will ever actually get knocked too far away from you. You're effectively Neo from the fight scene in Matrix: Reloaded where he's soloing a bajillion Mr. Smiths. Can use that all the way to late game (basically as long as you can CC the enemies on DPS and forever on Tank) but Backdraft is replaceable as soon as you can out-DPS everything and don't need the extra CC+heal. This approach gives you a solid foundation until you're comfortable to try out serious raids where you'll need to switch to a dedicated ranged DPS loadout or pure tank loadout.

Note: For Tank, the above combo remains optimal forever even for pre-boss raid content in endgame. I use that for clearing trash on the way to the boss then change to turtle tank, a/r, for serious bosses.”

I know this is a big necro but how would you go about adapting this juggle strategy to Acrobatics instead of Superspeed?

TITAN ephemeral · Aug 7, 2019

Crash Allen said: ↑

“Is it as mindless as it seems? Since I got back I've had the impression the DPS with it is **** simple.”

yes...thus the easy to use part

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