I'm trying to make a 2 handgun build that is viable and can hold its own in dps. i dont mind going a bit off theme for accessories (mini mines) but not for sniper rifles and such. I took force eruption to get some space and the 20% damage boost while using lead tempest, Evanescent Emergence for the enrage bonuses i get with bullet ballet. any advice is quite welcome. I'm 37 atm so the order of powers aint rly an issue.

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2 Handgun: Level 40 Champion

Superstats:
Level 5: Super Ego
Level 13: Super Dexterity

Powers:
Level 1: Gunslinger
Level 1: Two-Gun Mojo -- Rank 2, Accelerated Metabolism, Rank 3
Level 5: Killer Instinct
Level 5: Superspeed -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 8: Lock And Load -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 11: Smoke Grenade
Level 14: Lead Tempest -- Rank 2, Tread Softly, Accelerated Metabolism
Level 17: Evasive Maneuvers
Level 20: Regeneration -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 23: Resurgence -- Rank 2, Evanescent Emergence
Level 26: Masterful Dodge -- Unfettered Strikes, Rank 2
Level 29: Mini Mines -- Rank 2, Wall Of Fire
Level 32: Force Shield
Level 35: Mindful Reinforcement
Level 35: Teleport -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 38: Force Eruption -- Gravitational Polarity

Talents:
Level 1: Quick Trigger
Level 6: Agile
Level 9: Indomitable
Level 12: Energetic
Level 15: Shooter
Level 18: Accurate
Level 21: Daredevil

1) Force Shield without Force Sheathe advantage is a waste. Take the one point off 2-Gun (Acc Meta) and put it into Force Sheathe; it will do more for you energy-wise.

2) In your explanation you mention Bullet Ballet, but don't actually show it in your build. If you do take it, I hear that the Not WIthout Incident advantage turns it from a weak into a mediocore power.

3) You spend a lot of advantage points on click/long cooldown powers (Lock and Load; Masterful Dodge; Resurgence) and also 4 points to rank up both travel powers, but don't rank your block enhancer up. I'd look to take Force Shield to rank 3, especially with regen as my passive.

4) Do you have experience with Lead Tempest after launch? In CB it was a lot of fun, but not exactly a stellar AoE. Or are you using it primarily to get the enraged buff?

Dual pistols is a very viable theme when used with a crit heavy build. My lv 40 character is dual pistols for damage, sorcery for support. Two gun mojo, bullet ballet, and lead tempest can all do major damage.

Bullet Ballet upped to rank three can be a great single target attack as long as you perform it's full sequence. At 40, The final hit can, and often does, crit for around 1500 damage. The 8 previous hits are for around 200, 350 when they crit. On average, it's around 3000 damage for a three second attack with spikes of over 4000. The fact that it can apply a root as well means you usually don't have to worry about what you're attacking moving away.

I have Two Gun Mojo at rank 2 with Crippling Challenge on it in my current build. On it's two second maintain, it'll hit for around 2000+. It's usually my secondary single target attack, which I mostly use to grab aggro if I'm tanking in PvE, or to break shields and gun down people that I can't lock down in PvP.

Rank 3 Lead Tempest will hit for around 200 each tick, 400 when they crit. One 3 second maintain is almost always enough to wipe out a group of minions, so it ends up being a rather effective AoE.

If I run in my offensive build with Focus of the Unleashed Tempest as my passive, these numbers go way up as well.

I would definitely agree with Scarlyng that Force Sheathe for Force Shield is a great way to spend an advantage point. It makes that block way better and will definitely return more end overall than AM on a power.

This is my current build, which I've tried to stick rather close to my concept for. It's specced for PvE primarly, with a couple PvP pick ups. Don't pay too much attention to the order I picked things, since this was respeced into. My leveling build was a little different, as it didn't include things like Circle of Primal Dominion and Focus of the Unleased Tempest.


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Scatha: Level 40 Champion

Superstats:
Level 5: Super Dexterity
Level 13: Super Ego

Powers:
Level 1: Gunslinger
Level 1: Two-Gun Mojo -- Rank 2, Crippling Challenge
Level 5: Killer Instinct
Level 5: Acrobatics -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 8: Regeneration -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 11: Bullet Ballet -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 14: Eldritch Shield
Level 17: Resurgence
Level 20: Circle Of Primal Dominion -- Rank 2, Rank 3
Level 23: Masterful Dodge
Level 26: Lead Tempest -- Rank 2, Rank 3, Accelerated Metabolism
Level 29: Sniper Rifle -- Tungsten Rounds, Rank 2
Level 32: Bountiful Chi Resurgence -- Resurgent Reiki, Rank 2
Level 35: Binding Of Aratron
Level 35: Teleport
Level 38: Focus Of The Unleashed Tempest -- Rank 2, Rank 3

Talents:
Level 1: Quick Trigger
Level 6: Acrobat
Level 9: Agile
Level 12: Indomitable
Level 15: Shooter
Level 18: Ascetic
Level 21: Enduring

I’m uncertain whether you want to PvE or PvP, but for PvE, TGM is excellent and great fun. Your build looks fine the way it is but I would advise getting something for an alpha strike just to shorten kill time or to even up the odds a bit.

Also for PvE, TGM doesn’t lock you down. I tend to forget about that. Basically if the melee mobs can’t touch you then their dmg is reduced significantly. So good fun to dance around them while throwing tons of lead at them :D

Does EVERYONE take regeneration? Starting to remind me of CoX. Is lightning reflexes a bad choice?

Not speaking from much experience but from what I understand LR doesn't start shining until higher levels... my lower level munitions alt saw more survivability from Killer instinct boosting my DPS than LR >_>.. Regen also seems to be the flavor of the month power... almost everyone takes it.

My pistols guy uses two gun mojo (TGM) while charging into range for bullet ballet, getting enrage in the process to buff up the not without incident advantage. Not locking you down is a very nice feature! Since I like my melee abilities, I haven't really tried to stay away from the melee mobs, but I'll have to give that a try too. :)