After Carravaggio questioned me about my Generic Inv/SS build, and my use ff aid self, I figured I'd throw up a build designed for what I assume most of you guys who play Invulnerability and Super Strength are going for; an old school Superman build. Personally, I'd almost suggest taking willpower to achieve that nowadays, but Invul is thankfully still a pretty good set for tanks. I weep for brutes and scrapper, but tanks can make do. So here's the build that I'm now going to reccommend to anyone making an Invul/SS tank. You'll be able to take it, dish it out and be overall awesome.
You'll notice a liberal sprinkling of single set IO's in there. The ones I selected for the toggles are relatively cheap and allow you to only have to 3 slot them. Quite frankly any res/end or def/end IO over level 35 combined with atleast one 40 and one 35 generic IO will give you the 55% total that you should always shoot for in defense and resistance powers. As for the single IO's in the attacks, that was to allow you to hit the 95% damage number you should always shoot for and enjoy an extra % of endurance reduction, something Inv/SS can always use. Remember, when trying to cure endurance problems, always look at end reducers in your attacks first. The beauty of IO's is we can now frankenslot to achieve high levels of the 4 major areas of an attack, Accuracy, Damage, Recharge and Endurance. Take a look at IO sets, and the numbers on them, and with a little bit of math, you can get great numbers to all 4 aspects.
One other thing of note, thanks to Rage a toon using SS can afford to forego some accuracy in their attacks, especially if Rage is slotted for some to-hit buff. The way I have rage slotted here just a simple accuracy SO, or even a dual aspect IO with atleast 20% accuracy on it would easily suffice so long as you ran Rage perma, as you should. There's almost always one set in each type of attack that caps out at level 40 or 50 that is relatively cheap, has crappy set bonuses, but allows you to frankenslot out for maximum efficency. Never a bad idea to do some research into it. Hell, just ask me for a build and I'm more than happy to come up with something.
I used level 50 io's in this for simplicity sake, so's work fine for most things, as do any io's over 30. I do, however, reccommend shooting for 35 as your IO level base point. Only by that level do the numbers start to make so's look less attractive. Just remember, always shoot for 55% enhancement on defenses and 95% on any damage powers.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.4006
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Ver's Superman: Level 50 Natural Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Super Strength
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery
Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Temp Invulnerability
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(5) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(11) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance: Level 50
Level 1: Jab
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(3) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(25) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(33) Focused Smite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
(37) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(42) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 2: Punch
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(3) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(17) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(33) Focused Smite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
(36) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(43) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 4: Haymaker
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(5) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(15) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(33) Focused Smite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
(34) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(40) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 6: Dull Pain
(A) Healing IO: Level 50
(7) Healing IO: Level 50
(7) Healing IO: Level 50
(9) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(13) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(17) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 8: Unyielding
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(9) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(11) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance: Level 50
Level 10: Swift
(A) Flight Speed IO: Level 50
Level 12: Air Superiority
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(13) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(15) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(25) Focused Smite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
(34) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(37) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 14: Fly
(A) Flight Speed IO: Level 50
(43) Flight Speed IO: Level 50
Level 16: Health
(A) Healing IO: Level 50
Level 18: Invincibility
(A) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
(19) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
(19) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
Level 20: Stamina
(A) Endurance Modification IO: Level 50
(21) Endurance Modification IO: Level 50
(21) Endurance Modification IO: Level 50
Level 22: Knockout Blow
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(23) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(23) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(31) Focused Smite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
(34) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(37) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 24: Taunt
(A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 26: Tough Hide
(A) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
(27) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
(27) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
Level 28: Rage
(A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(29) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(29) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(48) To Hit Buff IO: Level 50
(50) To Hit Buff IO: Level 50
Level 30: Hasten
(A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(31) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(31) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 32: Unstoppable
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(43) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(46) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
Level 35: Resist Physical Damage
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(36) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(36) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
Level 38: Foot Stomp
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(39) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(39) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(39) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
(40) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(40) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 41: Conserve Power
(A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(42) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(42) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 44: Laser Beam Eyes
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(45) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(45) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
(46) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(46) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 47: Resist Elements
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(48) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(48) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
Level 49: Resist Energies
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(50) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
(50) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
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Level 1: Brawl
(A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
(A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
(A) Empty
Level 1: Gauntlet
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