Rex_Tempus

The OP clearly needs some real direction, not just build ideas... Unfortunately I can not offer that. Lol.

Personally, I would use hurricane as -tohitt and -range more than anything. :P

An Earth/TA is excellent.

Earth/Dark sounds nasty as well, Tar Patch and Quicksand, very nice.

And yeah, Earth/Rad is amazing.

Interesting. Well alright then.. lol. Necro/Storm then? Spam Life Drain and taunt?

Here's a quick build I made. I didn't actually built for any defense, but I have a considerable amount from powers alone. I could get some defense out of the pets if I wanted to though.

Edit: There's different slotting that could be done for the pets, but as I've never played Necro(or a Storm, fyi), I'm not sure whether or not the procs are worthwhile for them. The chance for -rech would only apply to -tohitt attacks, correct? Thus, the Lich would get the most use out of it since it's attacks are primarily -tohitt. The Grave Knights have a few ranged attacks, but I'm not sure whether I should keep the tohitt debuff IO in there over the Lady Grey proc since they will probably be in melee for most of the fight.. etc etc.


Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.954
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Level 50 Magic Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Necromancy
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Presence
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Zombie Horde -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(5), HO:Nucle(7), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), EdctM'r-PetDef(43), ToHitDeb-I(46)
Level 1: Gale -- KinCrsh-Acc/KB(A)
Level 2: O2 Boost -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(A), Mrcl-Heal(40), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 4: Snow Storm -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(48)
Level 6: Enchant Undead -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Life Drain -- Nictus-Acc/Heal(A), Nictus-Heal(9), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Heal/HP/Regen(9), GJ-Acc/Dmg(45), GJ-Dam/Rech(46), GJ-Acc/Dmg/End/Rech(46)
Level 10: Steamy Mist -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(11), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(11)
Level 12: Grave Knight -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(13), HO:Nucle(13), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(15), ToHitDeb-I(15), Achilles-ResDeb%(43)
Level 14: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 16: Freezing Rain -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17), EndRdx-I(17), Achilles-ResDeb%(27)
Level 18: Soul Extraction -- ExRmnt-+Res(Pets)(A), C'Arms-+Def(Pets)(19), SvgnRt-PetResDam(19), HO:Nucle(21), SCotMastermind-Rchg/PetAoEDef(21), HO:Nucle(23)
Level 20: Hurricane -- DarkWD-ToHitDeb(A), DarkWD-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(23), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(25), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/Rchg(25)
Level 22: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(34), S'fstPrt-ResKB(37), GA-End/Res(40), GA-3defTpProc(43)
Level 24: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(33), LkGmblr-Def(34), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 26: Lich -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(27), HO:Nucle(31), DarkWD-Slow%(33), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(33), DarkWD-ToHitDeb(50)
Level 28: Maneuvers -- GftotA-Def/EndRdx(A), GftotA-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(29), GftotA-Def(29), GftotA-Def/Rchg(50)
Level 30: Tactics -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(31), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(31)
Level 32: Dark Empowerment -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 35: Tornado -- KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(A), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB(36), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(36), KinCrsh-Rechg/EndRdx(36), KinCrsh-Acc/Dmg/KB(37), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB(37)
Level 38: Lightning Storm -- Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(39), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(39), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(40)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(42), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(42), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 44: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 47: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(48)
Level 49: Provoke -- Empty(A)
Level 50: Cardiac Core Paragon
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Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(5)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(3), P'Shift-End%(3)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Supremacy
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run

Indeed. I'm very curious about Necromancy damage though. From what I've read, it's questionable. Grave Knights don't seem like good t2 pets either. :/

I've tried to respond the past few days but between my phone and m connection, I haven't been having much luck.

Anyway, it's somewhat of a tough choice. The storm I had already thought of, the lack of heal bothered me thougb..but if i went mace mastery andp icked up the shield and power boost, it seems like storm would be pretty good. My concern would be the endurance. It does seem like a very end heavy secondary, and the heal is worse than the poison one. However, with PB on, Mids says Hurricane will give off an impressive -50 tohitt by itself, and paired with a nice amount of defense(steamy mist, scorpion shield, maneuvers, weave, steadfast and glad armor procs) i think it could easily stand up tp an MM with no -def, and his heal would be useless. More can be said, but I'm somewhat busy.

Poison was considered, but i eliminated it due to the lack of a major survival tool.

Necro seems weak in damage from what I'be read though, but i have considered it as well.. Life drain is very nice.

I replied to this earlier today, but my phone glitched and the entire post was deleted, but I will try to repeat what I said.

Well, I personally believe without a reliable self heal, I would not be able to stand up to a demon/dark. The bot/TA may bring a lot of carnage to him, but I can't necessarily sustain the carnage long enough for him to die. His heal is overpowered, and as a bot/ta, aidself would be relatively useless against someone with a lot of DoT from his pets and Darkest Night, and his dark servant also has a -tohitt aura. His playstyle deems him to be 'in your face' all the time, and he does have the build capable to do so. I actually made his build, and I know for a fact that he has very high accuracy(.90 from sets, and tactics), though he did edit it and pick up TP foe.
Slowing him would be good, but he could simply walk out of it, or just heal through it. The thing is, he would be able to get me into the thick of it with how he plays, and I would have no self heal that would rise to meet the challenge, unless I took Rebirth. But even then, he relies heavily on -recharge from his Demon Prince, and it works quite well.

Your suggested tactic is worthy, but I believe it would be ineffective versus this particular person. I know this guy, and if I didn't have a line of defense from my secondary outside of the 'circle of pain' TA would give me, I believe I would stand little to no chance.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong. I want input, and I greatly appreciate your thoughts and ideas. I'm just walking around the idea and looking at all the possibilities.. analyze, then bring the pain. Lol.

I undoubtly left out some of my other points, but that's alright, it's been a long day. Honestly, I've always wanted a robo MM, and I've always liked TA, so maybe I'll make one of those just for fun.

Thanks again!

Thank you both for your responses.

Well for starters, one of the things I dislike about a bot/ta is the lack of survivability, atleast in pvp. The MMs playstyle tends to be in your face, and without an effective self heal, I'm not sure if it would take the punishment. I have read up on the primaries, and most agree that bots are one of the best..in PvE. The input is greatly appreciated.

I have this vendetta against this Demon/Dark MM who is the self-proclaimed best MM on my server. I would like to try my luck against him with some of the other power sets. I do not wish to use demons/ or /dark. I am more concerned about the primary, which leads us to my question.

Aside from Demons, which primary would be best in PvP?