[Experiment Bld + Test 2] +130% Health-All Red Core/"Haunted House" /#Gameplay #Division2 #TomClancy

An interesting build, and can get the job done in Heroic, but I think it's time to experiment in other directions. We sacrifice too much damage for too little survivability.

The idea behind this build is that *maybe* you could tank with Health (instead of Armor) and still use all Red Cores and also not care about the Fragile Armor directive. So far, I'm not impressed with the build but I'll give it a few more tests in Solo play. Co-op tends to hide a build's weaknesses. This character's health is 792,000 with this build, which isn't enough to tank anything.

Tanking is "sort of" possible with Defender Drone and Firewall specialization (to gain back health per kill). The build begins fights with comparable damage to an all Red Core build, but the Ninja backpack definitely reduces damage at 100 and 200 stacks. If we use Striker pieces with +Health modifiers, health can reach around 900,000 at the cost of LOTS of potential damage.

Probably the build that makes more sense is simply two pieces of Palisade Steelworks and then use the Striker's backpack instead of NinjaBike backpack. Should yield around 500,000 health.

Build Breakdown:
Firewall

Main Weapon: St. Elmo's Engine w/ CHC 3rd Attribute
Secondary Weapon: Banshee w/ Preservation
Pistol: 93R

Mask: Striker's Battlegear (CHC)(CHD)(CHD)(Red Core)
Chest: Striker's Battlegear (CHD)(CHD)(Red Core)
Holster: Palisade Steelworks (CHD)(W. Handling)(Red Core)
Backpack: NinjaBike Messenger Backpack (CHD)
Gloves: Aegis Gloves (CHC)(Red Core)
Kneepads: Striker's Battlegear (CHC)(Red Core)

Crusader Shield
Defender Drone