I need help for my future defender setup

So I have been playing speeder ever since I play the game. Now in MK5 State I wanna try out defender as well, should be really relaxing from time to time.

So now my problem is, what weapons to play?! So far I've been playing Flare Gun/Explosive or Mine/Explosive.

Now my question is which weapons should I equip on my defender?? I could go explosive blast and flare but that sucks because explosive and blast cannon don't match in the talents.. Should I buy myself a cannon and try to get it up to tier 4 at some point?? Is cannon even worth when I already have flare/explosive?? Should I get napalm launcher? What should I get as third weapon guys??

I really need help on this decision

 

Most defender roll with a short cooldown weapon like a cannon ,carronade(only fast defenders) ,switf torp ,trip torp ,long ,ball,or standard mortar and a heavy hitter like mines ,big berta , blast or explosive cannon ,high crit sniper ,big torp and in somecases the railgun. It all heavy rely on how close you play(camper ,neckbreather,sniper,ect and what blue item u equip eg .neckbeather play very close to the opponent so they use alot of turbo to sneak up close do heavy damage making torp and mortar useless ,they sometime use the carronade debuff to torture you and makesure u dont get away,they also use gear lube and rudder to stay on target.

 

Rock a grenade man, it is GODLY
Otherwise use a railgun. Simple

 

Flare gun + 2x ex cannons

 

If possible use blast+explosive+naplam (you should have a naplam which does 100+ damage)

 

This is 1000 percent correct!

To player who posted this question. Quickly go to the global leaderboard. Locate the 10 highest defenders. All use setup. Flare and 2 x ex cannon. It's deadly. And creates tons of damage.

Except for myself. Lol
Mine is 1 ex cannon and 2 snipers cannons.
But that plays into my style and which ships I hunt. Usually faster players trying to speed away. So sniper helps me.

The only cannons I think that get close to the firepower of ex cannon would be blast cannons. So that can be substituted. For a flare and 2 x blast cannon setup.

Realize when defenders are rolling flare and 2 x ex cannon. The goal is for u to get right into unfriend. Fire the flare. And then start wailing the ex cannon.

Maximum damage

 

My worst nightmare. Triple duct tape can't heal against 2 ex cannons and a flare cuz the stupid flare cancels all healing. I can go 1 to 1 with your build tho LOL

 

flare gun and ex is solid. then here is my guide for thrid one. for dps damage, cannon>blast>snipe because cannon shot 2 time in the rotation. for hit chance cannon>snipe>blast because waves is sniper unfriendly. and dont think about range, defender need to go face to face for damage, 90% of the time u find ur self firing snipe face to face so why dont u go cannon or blasr for more damage. double ex is best, but hard to build duo weapon