Hi All - So I have a few questions I hope you all can help me with.
First I'm sure I'm somehow not playing my MM correctly. Case in point I'm getting my a$$ handed to me by the Night Widow when I try to solo her on +1/4x (no AV) settings. The most recent attempt left me dead not by the Widow, but one of her spiders. It was a psionic hit for around 515 hp.
My goals (like most of the other posts I've read) are to solo AV/GM content and contribute to TF missions. I might not be a good enough MM player to solo AV/GM content, but I want to at least try. My typical "tough mob" tactic is to lay some traps, poison, acid mortar and caltrops, send in seekers which hopefully pulls the mob through my traps and into the poison at which points the bots attack. The caltrops should keep the easier folks from getting to close to the bots and I might also lay down bonfire to keep most baddies away as well until the tougher folks are dealt with, finally clean up the rest. For easier mobs I send in the seekers, after they go off run into the center of the mob and lay a poison at which time the bots engage and then do what ever else I feel like doing next. I'm sure there are glaring errors with my "tough mob" tactics. I play both in and out of BG mode but honestly I find it frustrating when the bots just sit there and don't attack because I'm not being hit even after provoking, this usually causes me to tell them to attack and then back to BG mode. Not really sure I'm utilizing BG mode correctly.
My current "low cost" build is below which I mostly copied from Plainguy (because starting a build from scratch gives me a headache and I liked his "soft capped without prot bubbles" idea) with a few recent changes. I'm over the defensive soft cap when fully bubbled, something around 52-57% on everything except Ranged (48%), Energy and Neg Energy (both 45%). Psionic is 31%. Lilbots and Assbot defenses are 46% for everything except Psionics which is 24%. My S/L resistances are sitting at 17% (not great).
With all that being said:
- What can I do to make my build better (increase damage, decrease power recharge time)?
- Should I be increasing my resistances or focus on defenses, can I do both?
- What IO's am I missing that would contribute to better procs, and where should they be put?
- Where could slots be better utilized?
- I'm currently playing hero but should I move to Villain to grab a better APP (Mu Mastery)?
- How can I change my tactics to solo higher level foes?
Assume money is no object (even though it is) as I would like to understand what my final build might look like even if I have to take a budgeted road to get there.
Thanks for your help!
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Group 9: Level 50 Technology Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Robotics
Secondary Power Set: Traps
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Presence
Ancillary Pool: Heat Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Battle Drones- (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
- (15) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
- (15) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
- (19) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (19) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus
- (25) Blood Mandate - Damage
Level 1: Web Grenade- (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge
- (3) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance
- (3) Enfeebled Operation - Endurance/Immobilize
- (5) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range
- (5) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
- (7) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
Level 2: Caltrops- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Chance of -Recharge
- (7) Impeded Swiftness - Chance of Damage(Smashing)
- (9) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
Level 4: Triage Beacon- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (9) Miracle - Heal/Recharge
- (11) Harmonized Healing - Heal/Recharge
- (27) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Recharge
Level 6: BoxingLevel 8: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 10: Acid Mortar- (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
- (11) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
- (13) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
- (13) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (46) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (46) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
Level 12: Maneuvers- (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (27) Red Fortune - Defense
- (33) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
Level 14: Tough- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (45) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection
Level 16: Force Field Generator- (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (17) Red Fortune - Defense
- (17) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
Level 18: Tactics- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 20: Poison Trap- (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (21) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
- (21) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
- (25) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (23) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (23) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
Level 22: Weave- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (48) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 24: Provoke- (A) Perfect Zinger - Taunt
- (43) Perfect Zinger - Taunt/Recharge
- (43) Perfect Zinger - Taunt/Recharge/Range
- (45) Perfect Zinger - Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Perfect Zinger - Taunt/Range
- (48) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage
Level 26: Equip Robot- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 28: Seeker Drones- (A) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff
- (29) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
- (29) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
- (31) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
Level 30: Protector Bots- (A) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage
- (37) Sovereign Right - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Endurance
- (39) Defense Buff IO
- (39) Defense Buff IO
- (40) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus
Level 32: Assault Bot- (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
- (33) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
- (33) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
- (34) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up
- (34) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (34) Blood Mandate - Damage
Level 35: Trip Mine- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 38: Upgrade Robot- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 41: Bonfire- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
Level 44: Fire Ball- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (50) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage
Level 47: Super Jump- (A) Unbounded Leap - +Stealth
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
Level 1: SprintLevel 2: RestLevel 1: Supremacy
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: SwiftLevel 2: HurdleLevel 2: Health- (A) Miracle - Heal/Endurance
- (50) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Stamina- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (40) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
- (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod
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