Cap's AA Build 2.15 captain america dps leveling pve pvp
Guide by oxytini Last update at Feb 7th 2014, 11:55

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Introduction


This is alternative build to Vibranium Bash build, as I really don't like it-mostly because of lack of any survi synergy.

Skills



Living Legend tree:



Heroic Strike
Obv 20 points. Nice DPS. Basic. Restore Spirit.

Shield Strike
Deals more dmg than HS and grants additional Crit just for this skill, but got lower atack speed-lower dps. Lower Attack Speed -Lower healing on hit from Costume Afixes and Excalibur. No points, but still good skill.

Combat Prowess
Great passive. Obv 20 points. Dmg + survi.


Super-Soldier tree:



Fighting Spirit
Signature. Great buff. But does not scale well. 1 point MUST HAVE .

Finest hour
CC breaker! 1 point MUST HAVE. Low cost and no cd, no improvment with points. For PvP, Magneto, etc.

DPS Shout
1 point MUST HAVE .Great boost for both speeds.

Patriots Challange
1 point MUST HAVE. Low cost and no cd. Now it gives also dmg vs. atacking. Problem is that taunt is affected by mobs' tenacity and we can't agrro them all the time, so Darkhold Scroll isn't so efficient. If u use Darkhold Scroll it can be worth putting here more points. It will give us more dmg and and more effective time ofr Darkhold. But I'm not sure whether it's worth points.
If one day they remove mobs' tenacity it will be again for sure worth just 1 point.
We are not taking this:


Spirit Shout
Skill probably made for neverending dashing through the map while looking for any kind of quest aims. DPS Shout grants +mobility to, so this one is worthless to us.

Tank Shout
HP+Def? Nope. Not enough. Before with the HP Regen instead of Def it was a decent skill, at least 1 point, but now it's much worse than DPS Shout.


Shield Slinger tree:


Indestructible Shield
Awesome skill. Obv 20 points. Our largest boost to def.


Shield Bounce
Great skill. Obv 20 points. On normal and heroic cleanse most of the trash without our effort. Reason why we use Idol of Khonshu. Spam till the end of the world!

Shield Expertise
Obv 20 points. Another reason why we love Shield Bounce. The huge bonus is up most of the time.



Itemization



Medallion



Now we should choose our aim:

Invulnerability: Madam Hydra, Juggernaut
Those Medallions let us to take a break in jumping around and tossing our shield. We have 2 seconds to come in and punch them in the faces!
Jugger gives us tiny amount od Def which is deniable, some HP which is allways good, but when it comes with something more worthy.
Madam Hydra gives us similiar Invu, but for a whole group! And instead of worthless amount of Def it gives Dmg Rating for our party! And some Spirit Regen on enemy defeat wchich is also nice bonus.
In this category Madamy Hydra is a winer! Also in any grouping at least 1 Medallion is a must.

Taunt Status: Modok
Looks great! But now think abount the same way as the Darkhold Scroll. Those numbers are great. But effective time isn't that good. For Solo it's a really nice addition to our DPS, but never take it for groups.

Allaround: Kingpin, Taskmaster, Blob
Blob gives us Dmg vs atacking and HP. Both great stats when we solo.
Taskmaster is a allways a good choice. We use all of the stats. If u drop Cosmic feel free to use it. But it won't give you an effect which u can notice.
Kingpin is great for trash cleaning and bosses with many adds. Grants us much healing together with HP makes us more tanky and that amount of Dmg bonus is really noticeable. Still I believe that Madam Hydra is better. Invu is a better suvi and its Dmg is allmost same high as Kingpin. It also affects ranged skills and party members. But again Cosmic Kingpin is better than any other normal Medallion.
This category isn't something worth considering unless u got a Cosmic.

Thare are more medallion which we can use on Cap, but what for? We've alredy got all we wanted.

Personally I like Elektra which is also must have if u lack Boondockers, it gives us everything for our charge build.
Again Madam Hydra is best medallion for grouping, ask your mates if they wear it. If no, put it on. Be the good guy!


Relics


1. Lemuria - probably the best relic for everybody.
2. Asgard - more Dmg on all your skills except Shield Bounce is a nice bonus, but not that significant.
3. Subterranea - more Def - more Effective HP, not much but still an option.

Artifacts



Offensive:

Idol of Khonshu
MUST HAVE. It does proc every bounce of the shield. It affects Heroic Strike and Heroic Charge. Allways the same amount of +Dmg. +1 skill. I'm wondering when they nerf it.

Darkhold Scroll
Again it's lottery with the taunt tenacity. But also grants us Anti-lag, Anti-mum-getting-into-the-room, Anti-whatever protection. It revives us to puch more faces!

Matensory Array
Nice +Dmg and +Attack Speed. Good if u like just meele punching much, but we should care about dimnishing returns. With our shout it can be too much. Remember this game is Taskmaster oriented. Stack everything in equal amounts. The second half of this artifact is +1 skill.

Hand of Doom
Next thing for boxers. Do I need to say how good is it? But IMO Cap isn't best hero to use it, so if it's one of your many chars don't worry. It works pretty well without it.

Deffensive:

Starstone Tooth
+Dodge to combain with Elektra Meddalion. +Some HP, as said, allways good. +Chance to heal. The best part. The best pure Survi artifact. Worth a bless.

Repulsor Field
Not sure whether stack with our passive. But together with Perseus Shield we could be like a Neo!

Super-Soldier Serum
Before I used it, but now without HP Rege it is worse than others artifacts which we can get.

Mixed:

Pym Growth Serum
+HP +Dmg +Size! Just good.

Crimson Crystal of Cyttorak
+HP(less) +Dmg +Size! +Invu!!! For sure gonna bless a good one.

Legendary


For DPS and Solo Excalibur.
For hard tanking(is there anything to tank?) Shield of Perseus

Shield


Both are great and hard to say which to choose.
Uru got +1 Durability and HP Regen on basic.
Zero-Point got +x% deflect chance and attack speed.
It is more about playstyle. More basic punching-Uru. More charging Zero-Point, because we have higher chance to meat o projectile when we jump through the screen.

Boots


Boondockers is a MUST HAVE. It is mostly about movment bonus. It gives Utility, Survi and Dmg for charge. What do u want more? I believe that's Dev's suggestion to play Dash build.

Costume Affixes and Core


Def affixes life when using basic. I know it is hard to get it, but at least grade 1 and 2. Never take flat HP. Others are much better.
Core +Str and Life steal.


Chest, mask and belt


Chest and mask unique. Belt cosmic, try to get HP Regen on it.

Updated 05.01.2014
-Removed Super-Soldier Serum and point in Tank Shout.
Both now do not grant HP Regen
-Removed points from Vibranium Bash.
It lacks Survi Synergy.
-Maxed Combat Prowess.
Now it gives DMG, not DMG vs. Attacking.
-Thinking about leveling Patriot's Challange.
-Added Costume paragraph.
-Added paragraph about shields.

Updated 07.01.2014
-Some thoughts added.
Decided to max DPS Shout as the last skill.
-Some stuff written better.
-Medallion paragraph enlarged.
Added more Medallion Options.
-Artifact paragraph enlarged.
Added some descriptions.