I'm taking a different tactic. I'm not big on fighting part of the game and don't really go after other slayers. I used to find that once I got to higher levels, I was getting hit all the time. So, I started to use Ambush, Booby Trap, etc. That got expensive.
Then I went another route. I stopped anything on defense. I'm approaching level 600 and my defense is only 621 and that's most likely where it's going to stay. If you don't want to be attacked, don't waste points on defense, and instead, get your health up to 10,000. Then, as long as you are below 2,000 health, you cannot be attacked. I make sure that I spend my Stamina in such a way that I only briefly have more than 2,000 health. I know how many 20 point attacks I can make on a boss to go from full health to under 2,000. It's 6 or 7 attacks, so I wait until my Stamina is 140 or more points before I spend any of it.
When I'm ready, I grab a boost, open the boss screen, bring up the boss and move the slider to spend 20 points. Then I power attack. It says I need to heal, so I hit the heal button. It then takes less than 10 seconds to hit the boss 6-7 times to drop me down below 2,000 again.
By not putting anything extra in defense, on the very rare occasion that someone does attack me during that 10 seconds, they can only make 1-2 hit on me and it drops me below 2,000. The 2,000 is a nice buffer. Even if I was at 2,001 health when they hit me, they only do enough damage to drop me down to maybe, 400, but usually in the 500-900 range.
I got the all the stat achievements and now I pump everything into attack. That way, when they do hit me with that single hit, they take massive damage back.
And, the energy is most definitely not a waste. I'm considering going higher than 1,000 but doubt I will (with the refill cap being 1,000). I'm leveling much, much faster because that energy is filled every time I level along with another 1,000 energy a day from the boost. Especially when you frequently get big XP boosts from your top squad when doing outbreaks. That helps me to level very quickly. I'm going up 1-4 levels a day (depending on when a death deal/shooter ends, world boss, regular boss ending, etc.).
Last edited: Feb 10, 2011