Nurse Red Cross Re-Spec

[suburbanhell]

Ok so it seems no one wants to team with an Empath Defender these days, and as you can see below, NRC is PURE empath...

http://home.comcast.net/~patuleia/NRC24.jpg

How do I respec her to be useful for the remainder of her "career"?

[vyxzuw]

Resurrect doesn't need slots. (One Recharge is fine.) If so many people are dying, then there's a bigger problem than power slotting...

Clear Mind also doesn't really need slots. (Put a Recharge or Range in it...)

Absorb Pain is up to you. I don't have it (I have an Emp controller, though).

I would reccomend you put the slots from Res, into RA. (You're overall goal is to get that perma. Or rather, to have it up for use, when it wears off. Since you'll want to gather the troops before using it.)

Other than that...GET ENHANCEMENTS!!! :P

[suburbanhell]

I'd get enhancements if I could afford enhancments, heh...

[The Icy One]

Healing Aura - 6 Slot [ Heal Enhancments Only ]
Heal Other - 6 Slot [ Heal Enhancments Only ]
Absorb Pain - Lose It! [ Any power that puts the Empath at risk puts the team at further risk. Heal Other itself fine six slotted. I suggest taking Irradiate. ]
Resurrect - Remove all the slots from it. [ Only needs one.. if people are dying that often the team is doin' something wrong or having a very hard time. ]
Fortitude - 6 Slot [ Defense Buffs Only ]
Recovery Aura - 6 Slot [ Recharge Only ]
Clear Mind - Fine as it is.
Regeneration Aura - 6 Slot [ Recharge Only ]
Adrenalin Boost - 4 Slot [ Recharge Only ]

Heres Priority Order..

Healing Aura and Heal Other should be slotted equally till lvl 11 till they are six slotted. From there you can begin to slot Fortitude till lvl 17 when you'll have a spare which I think you should invest in either Teleport or a attack. Then begin to slot Recovery Aura at high priority, Regeneration Aura can be slotted slowly and sparsely and Andrelain Boost should be four slotted immediately.. very helpful in duoing.

Thats my suggestion for primary. A empath does not really need to take Fitness if they play carefully, which I hope one would do anyway, but it's up to you. Absorb Pain is a bad idea in my opinion, while it sounds good in theory.. if you go down after using it and HAD to use it, odds are the rest of the team is going down after you cause your not there to heal them anymore.

[Jade]

Uhm, i am a firm believer in keeping AP. It's saved a team mates life MANY times. I dont use it unless I am NOT getting attacked. Its a personal preferance.

I am a firm believer in taking, and slotting your attacks. I most all of my attacks 5 or 6 slotted. Later in the game, you will need yours heals sometimes, but in a good team, not all of the time. Take your attacks so you dont get bored.

I personally dont 6 slot fort, and I dont slot it for all defense. Check out my build if you are curious. It's worked VERY well for me.

-Dee

[vyxzuw]

Fort is really nice if slotted with To hit buffs. (Really helps with sking...) Other ideas is to put some recharge in it (one to three) to buffs multiple people.

AP, a real nice, 'oh crap he's about to die' power. (Which can happen, like when a Controller's mass hold goes poorly...)

Note: RA (Both) can be slotted with two other enhancements, becaure you use Hasten. Also, AB can use end enhancements. (It's a mega Speedboost with end recovery.)

Don't forget, that you can use attacks for TWO things. One: Deal damage. Two: Debuff. Rad has Def debuff, so even without damage enhancers, you can help your team by attacking.

[Extractor]

AP is great dont' skip it. AP has virtually no endurance cost, a small self-damage and a crazy heal (4x the base of Heal Other or maybe even higher). In fact in the late game some empath's drop Heal Other all together!

[The Icy One]

My Heal Other can heal someone almost completely.. alittle under half. Like I said though, some people like the risk.. also, trust me.. slotting Fort with all Defense buffs helps. I don't need To-Hit buffs for it though, I have the Leadership Pool and Tactics..

[suburbanhell]

Should I get stamina or cna I live on RA alone/

[Jade]

I lived all 41 levels with RA, and then 41 - 50 with RA and conserve power. Again, there are people that swear by it, and people that say you dont need it. I personally dont think you need it.

[vyxzuw]

Also depends on if you use Perma-Hasten, and slot RA with a couple end boosters or not.

Stanima can't hurt...but probably isn't needed. (Especially since you don't have any attacks currently...)

[suburbanhell]

Well I plan on adding attacks this time around

[Jade]

I use perma hasten and no stamina. You just have to pay attention to when RA goes down. I suggest using hero stats to know exactly.

-Dee

[suburbanhell]

Umm....*I R N00bish*....What's Hero Stats?

[Remianen]

Umm....*I R N00bish*....What's Hero Stats?


Hero Stats (http://www.herostats.org/)

[Extractor]

One school of thought is to go Stamina and RA until you get to level 42 or so and can keep Conserve Power up between RA casting then respec out of Stamina.

Other way is to go without Stamina but then slot RA with 5 recharge and 1 endurance reduction.

The first way is very low maintenance, the second takes some micro managing. It's up to you depending on how you play.

[Yin]

What the heck do you have Hasten slotted with. :P

[Extractor]

What the heck do you have Hasten slotted with
I don't get it? Who are asking Threshold?

[suburbanhell]

What the heck do you have Hasten slotted with. :P

My chars are the product of The Winter Lord invasion -- great for EXP, bad, bad, for inf -- thusly they're all 14+ with like nooo money, and for that matter, no enhancements, so I take what I can get...

[suburbanhell]

Hero Stats (http://www.herostats.org/)

O_o Why didn't anyone tell me about this before? I'm dying to go home and try this out now, heh...

[Tsarmina]

O_o Why didn't anyone tell me about this before? I'm dying to go home and try this out now, heh...
Let me tell ya... damn useful it is. Tells ya when your bubble is gonna wear off, how long build up lasts... I'm lovin' it! And I don't even use the saved stats since it's all greek to me.

[The Icy One]

If you need some inf for the enhancing up, just tell me.. I can help ya out.

[suburbanhell]

Sweet, I'm sure I will, ty :)

[Yin]

I don't get it? Who are asking Threshold?

Surban of course.

[suburbanhell]

Uhm, i am a firm believer in keeping AP. It's saved a team mates life MANY times. I dont use it unless I am NOT getting attacked. Its a personal preferance.

I am a firm believer in taking, and slotting your attacks. I most all of my attacks 5 or 6 slotted. Later in the game, you will need yours heals sometimes, but in a good team, not all of the time. Take your attacks so you dont get bored.

I personally dont 6 slot fort, and I dont slot it for all defense. Check out my build if you are curious. It's worked VERY well for me.

-Dee

Cool, where can I find your build?

[suburbanhell]

Also depends on if you use Perma-Hasten, and slot RA with a couple end boosters or not.

Stanima can't hurt...but probably isn't needed. (Especially since you don't have any attacks currently...)

Soo...this perma hasten ra thing -- 6 slots hasten 4 slots RA? Trying to figure out the caps so I don't over-slot...

[The Icy One]

Recovery Aura isn't perma capable.. you have to six slot both, and there will be minor downtime.. which usually is easy to deal with.

[suburbanhell]

Ok, so Respec is finished. Cept I have a slight problem:

http://home.comcast.net/~patuleia/NRC24PostRespec.gif

[vyxzuw]

Recovery Aura isn't perma capable.. you have to six slot both, and there will be minor downtime.. which usually is easy to deal with.

Aw, poo. (Well, I'm thinking of AM...)

[Jade]

I posted my build in the pimp up your defender thread (http://www.cohguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=177). I see that you took the leadership pool. I didn't take it. I didn't want the end drain, since I understand that they are pretty end intensive. My personal suggestion is that when RA is down, turn off your leadship toggles.

I would slot your attacks some next if I were you. It will make a HUGE HUGE difference if you try to solo. Dione, for the most part, is soloable. Don't neglect your sniper shot. Rad's sniper shot is a good one, 6 slot damage is my suggestion. It will come in VERY handy.

-Dee

[Remianen]

My chars are the product of The Winter Lord invasion -- great for EXP, bad, bad, for inf -- thusly they're all 14+ with like nooo money, and for that matter, no enhancements, so I take what I can get...


Burby, my offer still stands. Let me know when you usually play and I'll corner you and fork over inf for ya. Are you still in Greece or no?


I've been on Victory bringing up my MA Scrapper but I did spend a few hrs on Virtue last night. Spiritshrike's parked at Subgenetics in Steel Canyon at the moment, if it matters any.

[suburbanhell]

I posted my build in the pimp up your defender thread (http://www.cohguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=177). I see that you took the leadership pool. I didn't take it. I didn't want the end drain, since I understand that they are pretty end intensive. My personal suggestion is that when RA is down, turn off your leadship toggles.

I would slot your attacks some next if I were you. It will make a HUGE HUGE difference if you try to solo. Dione, for the most part, is soloable. Don't neglect your sniper shot. Rad's sniper shot is a good one, 6 slot damage is my suggestion. It will come in VERY handy.

-Dee

Yeah, luckily in a mere 10 levels she can respec again, heh...

[suburbanhell]

Burby, my offer still stands. Let me know when you usually play and I'll corner you and fork over inf for ya. Are you still in Greece or no?

I've been on Victory bringing up my MA Scrapper but I did spend a few hrs on Virtue last night. Spiritshrike's parked at Subgenetics in Steel Canyon at the moment, if it matters any.

Cool I'll have to start parking my toons there as well. I'm back from greece -- usually on around 4pm-11pm EST on the weekdays that I play and all over the place as far as playing time on the weekends. When's good for you?

[Remianen]

LOL you play at the same times I do. Well, close enough (7p-4a EST). I'll annoy you when I log on tonight. :)

[suburbanhell]

Thank you again SOOOOO much for the Inf -- took her for a test spin with all new 25's yesterday, got her from 24-26 in 5 1/2 hours with this team I was on, she healed for almost 600k hp, and watching RA come up over and over and over again so fast was awesome. Turns out I don't need Stamina afterall :)

Unfortunately, all her SO's went from green to white, LOL.

[Remianen]

hehe I know how big a difference it is going from TOs to DOs so I'm sure it was enormous going from no slots to +2 SOs.

Lot more fun when your powers are firing on all cylinders :)

[Inferno Nemisis]

Hero Stats (http://www.herostats.org/)

where do i install it to? straight to COH folder?