DCUO | Hardlight DPS (Might) Loadout & Rotation 2022 | iEddy Gaming

Complete guide on how to DPS with Hardlight in DC Universe Online in 2022 / 2023. This video includes Loadout, Rotation, Skill Points Allocation, Artifacts, Gear Mods, Allies etc. Feel free to ask questions in the comment section below. Enjoy
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[@iEddyGaming]

REAL TALK: 1) Positioning is the "KEY". Always position yourself to hit the most/all targets. 2) If you are into Artifact swapping, replace quinslet/grim with EOG before popping Supercharge. Not necessary though. 3) Always buff yourself with Nitro soder when using might based loadouts, use compounds for extra 5% stats. 4) The overlay on range AOE shows "Hold Melee for Whipthrash", it is a typo, the actual combo is to "Tap Melee for Whipthrash" after minigun or whipthrash power. 5) If you are at full range and can't reach target with your whipthrash, you can also "Tap range for Ram" after mini gun instead. - iEddy

[@devonh117]

decided to switch to hardlight from atomic after being a atomic main for many years and man hardlight feels so much better already, combos are definitely harder since i'm not used to it but its far more enjoyable. My problem right now is clipping timings from hold ranged to tap melee and being able to position well.

[@iEddyGaming]

You will get used to it bro. Just give it some time. Practice on sparring targets. In few days it will be just muscle memory 😊

[@bbdeo.4321]

thank you for dropping this i run hardlight i will be changing to electricity soon but in the meanwhile i need a loadout to run for hardlight

[@pastoryoda2789]

Why are you changing powers?

[@thiagopds13]

Amazing guide as always!

[@JoeyLuGaming]

Eddy so Stronk! 💪 😎

[@batmanfan-wi4ml]

Dude light is such a fun power. Probably because I never really used light.

[@stiles5621]

In my opinion they should Change it to as soon as u are in Combat u cannot Switch artifacts. But hey If U wanna have 10m more DMG in the end for Like 600 or 800€/$ Go for it nice lo Video 💪👍

[@iEddyGaming]

I couldn't agree more. I hate this artifact swapping 😐

[@Keinsinghman]

Can't switch artifacts????? You realize how stupid that is? We have to be able to switch because what's the point in having more than 3 good artifacts in the game if you can't utilize them

[@byVehzo]

@@Keinsinghman seems like you never played ANY other MMO… it’s totally normal that you cannot switch gear in fight, it makes no sense that you can do it with artefacts in DCUO. It’s like you could switch legendarys and trinkets mid fight in WoW, it’s just stupid to even think about it.

[@stiles5621]

@@Keinsinghman They even said its not made for constantly switching :D but hey idm u can waste your money, (just saying what i think is useless ^^)

[@stiles5621]

@@byVehzo yeah but hey maybe they give us an update for that then many players will be pissed xD

[@TheRoreaga]

Nice video. Just a note, your overlay that popped up showed hold melee instead of tap. I mean you explained tap and showed so shouldn't be a problem, but just letting you know.

[@mikespecter3602]

Dope video 🔥

[@fireclash7653]

This video was amazing 🔥 but I disagree with the AoE melee clipping , I think you should use whip trash once and then do the second one into light weight and then use sonic cry before use the chainsaw .

[@mallwilliams8695]

Ive been using strafing run and i swap in piper for strat ...thanks for the update other than u theres only one other hard light lover than us

[@murilofer52]

Great video Eddy! Can we get a video about Hard Light Controller too?

[@iEddyGaming]

Thank you Murilo. I will definitely make a seperate HL troll video soon. But meanwhile, take a look at this, this covers all troll powersets kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn6zYnaZg7iamcU

[@666coldblood]

Thank you Eddy 😁

[@iEddyGaming]

You're most welcome 😁

[@IordanesPromethean]

What styles are the chest and pants in the thumbnail?

[@ciphertext4761]

Good stuff bro 😎

[@iEddyGaming]

Thank you 🙏

[@beda2223]

bro i think its the best hardlight might build in game

[@WOCKANDA4EVA]

Hey eddy I’ve been looking for gloves for my lantern may I ask what style that is that you’re using

[@Justin_North]

Hi Eddy, first thank you for the video. I have been using the AoE version for a few weeks now and have had great success in leveling back up. Still need to work on the single target variation but I wanted to ask are these still your rotations in 2024? Any changes since you posted this video?

[@iEddyGaming]

No changes buddy. Everything is still same.

[@Jambawrld_]

Really good melee is the chains with weight whirling dervish with side kick and venom boost I used to hit around that before I got 200 arts at 160 so I'm guessing it might be higher now

[@iEddyGaming]

That's my loadout in my 2020 video. 😊 I didn't want to use whirling dervish or any superspeed related power so here we are.

[@Sosa_D_Roger]

People don't realize how hard it is to get that damn helmet in your thumbnail smh I've trying for weeks

[@Xerixyt380]

Ieddy I have a question about ur character can u tell me every clothes u used in ur to me Neil please

[@NotSistly]

Hey Eddy. You probably won’t see this but are there any hard light AOE might rotations that don’t require clipping? Like Electricity’s rotation you shown us but for Hardlight?

[@iEddyGaming]

Sorry man! Light is all about combos and clipping. You can skip the clipping but you will still have to do combos. Damage will reduce overall a bit though.

[@NotSistly]

@@iEddyGaming No worries dude. Any chance we could get a bit more of an in-depth guide on doing the full rotation? Some of it I can’t quite understand but that may just be me.

[@iEddyGaming]

Bro! it's pretty in-depth. Let me know what you are having trouble with? Maybe I can guide you some more. =)

[@NotSistly]

@@iEddyGaming Yeah it is in depth. I just mean I can’t really understand it. Hardlight is quite a strange power lol

[@iEddyGaming]

Understandable. 😁 It is a combo system basically. If you go to your superpower menu, click on each power to see what combos you can do. Then it is all about doing combos for each power you will press from your loadout bar. It might take some time to get used to it but once you will, it is probably the most fun power to play in dcuo. 😊

[@seancross5897]

Nice man great content but Eddy you feeling generous today and wanna buy me the green smoke aura from broker 🤣🙂 haha

[@afrosamuraikai8795]

hey Eddy I have a quick question, what's the chest piece you wear in your thumbnail? and the video is very helpful 👍

[@iEddyGaming]

Hi! It's called "Lexcorp". Im wearing the same style in video as well but it looks different because in thumbnail I have Stealth material on it, while in video I am using Void material. 😊

[@afrosamuraikai8795]

@@iEddyGaming ah, thank you!

[@TungNguyen-ih4lm]

Been a return player and im wondering is light damage significantly increase when we maintain a longer construct combo?

[@iEddyGaming]

Nope. If you will do chain combos, the damage is not increased. That's why we have to do maximum of one chain combo and then use a new power to get the most out of it. 😊

[@catboy9852]

Do you have any guides/loadouts for hardlight controller?

[@iEddyGaming]

There you go, this should help 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn6zYnaZg7iamcU

[@YungSwag001]

How do you get the clipping down?

[@SaylessX]

What are the top tier powers ?

[@iEddyGaming]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oau7Z2OeZaZ7gpI

[@jaredbeam564]

Hey eddy I'm a new player to dcuo and I was wondering when should I change my role? At lvl 10 or should I wait till like cr 100 or something?

[@iEddyGaming]

Hi Jared! I would suggest you stay Dps until atleast CR100. Focus on feats and skill points, getting CR up is easy, you can be above CR350 within few days. But you are gonna need that damage to do so 😁

[@jaredbeam564]

@@iEddyGaming thanks eddy I really appreciate it 😊

[@jaredbeam564]

@@iEddyGaming hey eddy sorry but I have 1 more question, so should I wait until I change my role before I start working on getting armor, artifacts etc for that role lets say tank

[@iEddyGaming]

Yes definitely. Since you are a new player, use the gear which drops and only buy vendor gear to get feats and to push your CR to unlock next DLC. Once you reach end-game / latest DLC, buy the support role gear. Save Nth metal, so when the 2x bonus Artifacts event hit, you can level up your required artifacts more easily.

[@jaredbeam564]

@@iEddyGaming thanks for your help eddy!! Really appreciate it

[@muratdenizakpinar]

Hello, I choose light as a power and also choose staff as a weapon. Was it a wrong choice?

[@iEddyGaming]

Hi! Since you will be all damage with your light powers, it doesn't matter what weapon you choose. 😊

[@SecretPlays.]

should i switch too hardlight? i was just muntions, water and gadgets. does hard light overpower them in numbers?

[@iEddyGaming]

Gadgets is top. Munitions is great too. If you have maxed out stats, gear and very high SP, then yes, Hardlight will overpower them in numbers if used correctly. 😊

[@DarkMrJ]

Hey iEddy do you have a hard light controller video

[@iEddyGaming]

Hello! I don't have just the Hardlight troll video but I did make this sometime ago which covers everything on controller role, with all troll powersets. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn6zYnaZg7iamcU

[@DarkMrJ]

Ok thank you

[@JanahanBalasingham]

One question. When I'm doing Light Blast or Mini Gun, I need to wait for the animation to start ticking right? Which takes a few seconds. But those powers don't stun or neutralize the adds. And I get hit by the adds while I wait for the power to trigger and start damaging. Any workaround for it? I notice it often during Death Metal open world missions when I'm attacking the Ultraviolet adds and while I wait for the mini gun to start blasting, the lanterns start damaging me badly. I need to pop the hardlight shield to protect myself but it's not really effective (due to shield cooldown).

[@iEddyGaming]

Animation kicks in instantly but the damage is done slowly, like almost a tick per second. But when you are soloing, you can quickly go into whip thrash from Minigun to do burst damage and kill the adds faster. Or use Melee loadout for openworld solo missions. Hope this helps =)

[@JanahanBalasingham]

@@iEddyGaming I also wondered about the actual damage when you transition/clip. For example, when you clip Minigun with Whipthrash, Minigun damage doesn't keep ticking. So a normal minigun damage does 5 ticks. Clipped does 2 ticks. Similarly, Whipthrash does 4 hits. Clipped does 2. And Lightblast animation can't be clipped for the 35% damage to keep ticking right? The adds can attack while you're standing there. What do you think of this rotation for Range attack? Snap Trap -> Light Blast -> Mini Gun -> Snap Trap and keep on doing that. It will keep the toon in a distance and do the range attack. Would you be able to compare that damage with the range AOE you proposed and see the damage comparison?

[@iEddyGaming]

Hardlight is chained combos power but you need to understand that its not about getting all the ticks but to get the best damage in quickest rotation. First few ticks are always better, crits more. The chained combo minigun will do less damage than superpower minigun. Its how the developers have changed it over the years. I have been playing hardlight for over 8 years now so it's a muscle memory for me. The fluidity in switching between different combo powers is great. You can go from melee to range and mid range to melee all from chaining, without having to have the powers on your bar. My Range loadout's main damage components are Light Blast and Mini Gun. It depends on you how you switch from one power to another. My damage parser numbers are on the screen, you can compare them with yours. Your loadout is similar but snap trap is ST now AoE so you will be losing damage in add situation.

[@JanahanBalasingham]

@@iEddyGaming So getting through the rotation has more value than waiting for the ticks to complete? Trying to do it right. I tested with Snap Trap and seems your rotation does higher damage than my suggestion. But I waited for the ticks to complete in my rotation including doing whip thrash twice.

[@iEddyGaming]

Some animations you need to let them tick, some you can clip. First 3-4 ticks of miniguns are more than enough. Whipthrash can be clipped. Light blast, let it finish the animation. With practice and time, you will automatically switch and clip powers and u will know exactly when the animation is about to end.

[@samddrums]

What about the Chompers DoT? I used it as the engage as it dazes enemies

[@iEddyGaming]

Chompers DoT doesn't trigger strategist card for some reason and kills the crits. Light weight is burst and does more damage.

[@SumOfManGaming]

Is there a difference between using a power from your bar and comboing into it?

[@iEddyGaming]

The powers from bar does more damage than comboing but if you will only use powers from bar, you will loose damage instead. So have to use both.

[@SumOfManGaming]

@@iEddyGaming 😮😮😮 Do effects proc on combos or just from the bar?

[@iEddyGaming]

Crits proc on both. But mostly from the bar they hit big numbers.

[@SumOfManGaming]

@@iEddyGaming Mmm. What about status effects?

[@iEddyGaming]

Status effect?

[@KeepitSteady.]

Is it normal to lose power so quickly at an early level doing combos?

[@iEddyGaming]

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, it is normal. In the beginning, you power pool is very small because of the gear you are wearing. Once you get stronger, get higher gear, get maxed out artifacts, get maxed out augments, highest level power base mods, league buff and atleast 480 skill points, all these things will contribute towards a big power pool.

[@nickfoort5797]

Use bombshell Harley Quinn, its better than zoom

[@bryanafshar1082]

May I ask how good is hard light dps, I haven't played for 5 years and does and light continues to have alot of power issues?

[@iEddyGaming]

Here is the current DPS Chart: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oau7Z2OeZaZ7gpI For me, Hardlight is easily in TOP 3 powers. If you enough skill points, maxed out artifacts, maxed out base mods/augments. You will never need a troller or have any power issues.

[@bryanafshar1082]

@@iEddyGaming thank you so much

[@danielmolina2570]

Okay real question though. How do you guys get so many skill points? Every time I want to start a new character we have to start over again with the skill points. Seems impossible to be able to have over 200 let alone 600 lol. Any advice?

[@iEddyGaming]

This should help kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6G3onSIfKiZl68

[@HabibKaramoko-if7bw]

What’s the avatar style in this thumbnail

[@jeremywashington4889]

Is there anything we can substitute ram out for? It works fine functionally speaking. It's just an akward power (for me) that I don't like using.

[@iEddyGaming]

You can use Impact instead of Ram. Impact power, hold range for light blast combo.

[@mrcesars4013]

Eddy can I have the AOE Rotation in DPS loadout and the single target on control to switch as needed it?

[@iEddyGaming]

You can buy armories and imprint dps loadout in one and then controller loaodut in 2nd. That way you can switch between them with a press of a button.

[@mrcesars4013]

@@iEddyGaming i can do that as F2P?

[@iEddyGaming]

Unfortunately, no. As F2P, you only get one armory. For more armories, you will have to purchase them from marketplace with real money.

[@Nutronic]

I know how to reassign points but I do I change to Rifle from hand blasts etc?

[@iEddyGaming]

Once you have unlocked the weapon under the skill tree with skill points, make sure you own the weapon which you want to switch to. If you don't have it, you can buy it from the Episode vendor or hope for the weapon box to drop from the boss fights. Then simply equip it.

[@Nutronic]

@iEddyGaming Thanks, I've gone for brawling but it still says shield.

[@meremortals9960]

How do you keep from moving forward on your mid range aoe loadout

[@iEddyGaming]

Because of the whipthrash combo

[@adriel_grt]

Eddy i am grinding for the style you use, its called the headguard of omnipotent/kriptonian malitia helm. Is it posible to get it in regular phantom zone? Im asking cuz ive been playing phantom zone ALOT and the headguard doesnt appear.

[@rafkamoda5065]

It drops in PZ Elite for me it droped there

[@iEddyGaming]

It drops in both regular and elite. But more chances to get it in Elite. Drops usually at last boss. Trust me I ran 100+ times to get it while my friend who ran with me, got it 15 times. Its RnG. Good luck 😁

[@jslumpz2k80]

I eddy quick question I been looking at the feat and I have a question I look at artifact and some of the feat say yo wear eyes of the dust for a artic feat

[@iEddyGaming]

Step One; Get an Assassin Time Capsule. Time Capsules drop roughly every 20 minutes in the game when you defeat ANY enemy NPC in the game. Step Two; Open Assassin Time Capsules until you get an Artificer Capsule. There is a random chance to get one of 3 Capsules in the Assassin Time Capsule.... one Abyssal Gear Capsule for the Black Manta Gear.... one Collection Capsule for the Collections for the Court of Owl Mask/Shadow Cloak/ and one Artificer Capsule The Artificer Capsule is the one you want if you want the Eyes of Dusk and the New Artifacts. Step Three; Open the Artificer Capsule The very first time you open an Artificer Capsule you will gain a feat..... then you will need to wait. After a while.... you will receive a Mail by your friend Ra's Al Ghul where Ra's will give you the Eyes of the Dusk. The Eyes of the Dusk come as an attachment in the Mail.... so get the Attachment. Step Four; Consume the Eyes of the Dusk Once you get the attachment from Ra's Mail..... the Eyes of the Dusk should be in your inventory. So.... just consume it. Step Five; Equip the Eyes of the Dusk style Once you have consumed the Eyes of the Dusk.... you need to equip the Eyes of the Dusk style on your character to be able to get the components you will need to get the new Artifact. Step Six; Go defeat enemies Once you have the Eyes of the Dusk style equipped.... go defeat ANY enemy NPCs until you get the components for the Artifacts. There is 3 components... one for each new Artifacts.... and you can only get one of each component per day. You must equip the Eyes of the Dusk style to get the Components for the Artifacts. Step Seven; Get 10 Components for each Artifact One you get 10 of each Components..... you should get the New Artifact that goes with that Component. Since you can only get one of each component each day..... it will take you 10 days before you do get the Artifact.

[@jslumpz2k80]

@@iEddyGaming thanks I eddy ur the best

[@sohngohan8652]

I'd like to See a guide about allys and what might recommended for each role and power May i ask the electricity Power, what do you Prefer? Aoe or single build

[@iEddyGaming]

Hey man! I would definitely work on that ally video. For Elec power, it depends on the situation, AoE for adds, Single build for boss fights. 😊

[@himmyneutron8931]

Can you plz do celestial again?

[@DeathFire73]

How are you moving backwards during minigun?

[@iEddyGaming]

When you press the minigun power, you cannot move but when you are in chain combo doing the minigun, you can move.

[@DeathFire73]

@@iEddyGaming I have to be doing something wrong, I feel like I’m doing the chain combo but I still keep on turning when I do minigun

[@iEddyGaming]

Chain combos are when you press a power for example, light blast and then do hold range for mini gun instead of pressing another power. And your movement keys or stick can move you the way you wanna go while doing chain combo of minigun. But if you keep on turning, as in camera angle moves, thats something I have never heard of 🤣 so I have no idea whats happening 🙏

[@DeathFire73]

@@iEddyGaming it’s not the camera, Its when I clip light blast into minigun when I try to walk backwards like your doing my character turns around instead of walking backwards

[@iEddyGaming]

Wow haha I have never experienced that. Check one thing, under settings, targeting.. See if the WASD mode is off or on. Mine stays off.

[@CujoKelly]

Does all elite gear say Elite in the title, like do any pieces register as Elite but doesn’t say Elite in the name?

[@gr33dyglutton]

All elite gear says elite in the title. Some things like rings, neck, weapons and utility pouches aren't available in elite versions.

[@CujoKelly]

@@gr33dyglutton okay but like the cosmic necklace when you level it up to the max it says something in the description about placing it with other elite gear to get the affinity mod bonus but it doesn’t say elite anywhere in the title, something with the guitar for the newest episode.

[@gr33dyglutton]

@@CujoKelly The items you level up are called omnipotence gear, or OP gear. There's a new piece of OP gear released every DLC. The OP gear counts as a piece towards the affinity mod bonuses from your generator, but they aren't considered elite gear. The OP gear is much better than elite gear and will (when fully leveled) be relevant for a couple/few DLC's. Where as elite gear will be useless when a new DLC is released.

[@CujoKelly]

@@gr33dyglutton ah gotcha..ok last question I swear, is it kinda pointless trying to level up stuff like the time traveler gloves for save the universe or the android legs for BOP once the later DLCs come out with much higher stats, I mean besides the feats attached to them?

[@gr33dyglutton]

@@CujoKelly You are correct, the only point of levelling up old OP gear is for the feats. I wouldn't say it's pointless to do, but there are much easier feats to get for less effort/money. It all depends on where you're at. If you're new with low SP buying styles from the Archive room in the house of legends is a quick way to get SP.

[@zhakalagama9258]

bueno video la verdad, creo que deberias quedarte mas tiempo de linterna verde. te saluda pig :)

[@BITAMIH_]

How to fast get "Stat Points" Pls help me 🥺❤️

[@iEddyGaming]

For more stat points, you need more skill points. Here's how to get more skill points: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6G3onSIfKiZl68

[@BITAMIH_]

@@iEddyGaming uhh my god thx u 😊

[@Enginor]

Still enjoying DCUO?

[@iEddyGaming]

It's a job 😭

[@frootsnacks7566]

I like the aoe and the st but I refuse to use heat vision.

[@iEddyGaming]

That's alright. You can use miniguns instead of heat vision. 😊