Bots vs. Necro?

I have a ninja/ta and was wanting another MM. Not sure which one though. I'm thinking bots or necro. Also is the air with 2ndaries. Thinking /storm or /poison. Clueless about /Poison though.

Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

Bot/storm or necro/poison are optimal pairings imho.

Here's what we're looking at here:
Bots: Slow attack chains, but powerful attack chains. They are durable, and packed with AoEs post 32
Zombies: great, mostly melee, damage in mostly single target farm. The have some debuffs packed into their attacks, and the lich is a great debuff/control pet. They retain a rather Single Target focus through their career.

Storm: a Field disrupting set who's only similar counterpart is probably /TA. packed with great debuffs and mob controlling powers. I say go with Bot/Storm cause the AoE debuffs mesh very well with BoTs, and the sheer carnage it will ensue is very very intense.
Poison: A debuff centric set, mostly single target. Very click heavy, but potent. I say go with zombies/ cause of the way debuffs stack and the already single target nature of zombies is well combined to make a sheer ST killer.

Nice break down. Thanks.

For Poison, Necro/Poison is good, but Thugs/Poison is better; the Tier 9 power works better on a higher tier pet like the Bruiser. And having a single tough pet to open fights with meshes well with /Poison's single target heal.

Also; you will definitely want stamina at 20 with /Poison; plan your build accordingly.

I had thugs once before. I was just wanting to try something new. It was a thug/dark and i got bored by level 32 because it was too easy.

I also take stamina with every build i've ever made. I haven't seen a disadvantage to having it.

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I also take stamina with every build i've ever made. I haven't seen a disadvantage to having it.

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Same here; the difference is that with Masterminds I often put it off until later; with /Poison, you want it at 20. Poison's a real endurance pig.

Storm is also a "get stam at 20, period" set.

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Storm is also a "get stam at 20, period" set.

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I usually put it off to get Hurricane though. It's just that good.

Same. I just hit 20 on an Ill/Storm and got Hurricane. lol.

As much as my Necro/Storm NEEDED stamina at 20, I couldn't bring myself to settle down and get it until 22. There's just too much awesome going on in the late teens. Freezing Rain, Grave Knight, Soul Extraction. Gah!

To each thieir own I guess.

I am 24 right now with my Thugs/Poison and dont have any endurance issues. I slotted endurance reduction in Envenom, Weakon, Nb and 3 in Alkaloid. I elected to go the Stim, Aid Self, Provoke route in early 20's so I dont have to spam my heal the whole fight. I can now provoke > debuff > debuff > provoke > heal and let my pets kill without constantly dieing to mid 20's AoE. ( Demolitionist suck )

I have Stam in my build for 30, right before Upgrade Equipment.

bots vs. necros is no contest - bots. or thugs. or even mercs.

necro is fine solo. but in a team it's a royal headache dealing with huge spawns, most likely spread out spawns and melee pets that are awfully squishy.