I started my Energy Melee Stalker about a month after City of Villains went
live. I have a level 50 Tanker who uses Energy Melee as his secondary, so I am
no stranger to the set. I solo mostly, but don't shy away from teaming,
especially with my Super Group. One thing I do often, though I hesitate to
admit it, is to just run newspaper missions over and over again for fast
mission reward bonuses. It's an astonishingly fast way to level. I'm a fan of
min/maxxing my builds, though I’m just as happy playing a more varied
character. I suffered my fair share of deaths with this character on his way to
level 40, but I average only about 1 per level (if not less), as I learn from
my mistakes. My motivation for making my first guide, was that there weren't
many to choose from to help me, but that's not the case with Energy Melee
Stalkers. To that effect, I strive to make this guide as valuable and helpful
as possible. With the success of my Martial Arts guide, I was inspired to write
another one. So this guide is about the primary power set of my main character
in City of Villains, Villainous. A fitting name, if ever there was one.

There's only one real approach to this set: fast, high damage to single
targets. Stalkers put Scrapper 'boss-killers' to shame, and EM Stalkers put
OTHER Stalkers to shame in the 'boss-killing' department. I will emphasize this
point several times in the guide, but I can't stress your single-target
uberness enough. One thing that is different between this guide and my last is
the lack of a section for PvP. While I've played a decent amount, there isn't
really anything worth noting in a separate section that can't be said
elsewhere. Since I focused on my 'boss-killing' capabilities, it kind of went
hand-in-hand with my 'hero-killing' capabilities..