Procs work on pets the same way as on players, except for a couple of things:
- Pet recharge rates can no longer be buffed or debuffed by any means. That means the Chance for +Recharge proc is utterly worthless in a pet. It also means that sets with recharge enhancement placed in a pet power only increase the recharge of the summon power itself, not the pet's attacks.
- IOs of any kind placed in a pet only affect individual powers by that pet that can be enhanced by that set. For instance, if you slot a Kinetic Crash Knockback/Accuracy IO in Assault Bot, it only applies to attacks that can do knockback. Even the Accuracy part doesn't apply to attacks with no knockback. Note that Pet Damage sets only boost damaging attacks, so pets with non-damaging controls (like the Lich) need other forms of accuracy enhancement.
Procs work the same way: they only have a chance to fire when the pet uses a power that could use that set. For instance, if you slot your Spec Ops with the Achilles' Heel resistance debuff it can fire off when they use their rifle bursts, but not when they use their snipe or melee attacks (since those have no -defense component).
In general, I'd suggest Pet Damage sets for any Mastermind pet except Lich. Pets with defense debuffing attacks (pretty much any that use a gun) do well with an Achilles' Heel proc, but most other procs are of limited use. If you have a Lich, be sure to slot a common Accuracy IO (or a Hami-O) so his controls don't miss. A full set of Blood Mandate is a nice way to get a good defense buff, or you can grab Acc/Dam and Acc/Dam/End IOs from multiple sets to save slots.
And be sure to get the Resist Aura and Defense aura IOs if you can... they make all nearby pets tougher and harder to hit.
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Thank you StrikerX for the input. It was most valuable.
Err, another question regarding the subject:
The bonuses provided by set IOs are applied to the pets, the MM or both?
set bonuses only apply to you, the MM.
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Thanks once more.
what are the defense and res aura IOs called?
Technically even the pet auras apply to you... it's just that they grant you an aura that only effects pets. The aura is centered on you, though, not the pet you slot it in.
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I don't mean to be a burden but:
By these auras do you mean the last enhancement on the "Edict of the Master" and "Sovereign Right" IO sets (Defense Bonus/Resistance Bonus)?
Yes. There are also Defense Bonus and Resist Bonus IOs in the Recharge Intensive Pet sets (I forget the names of the exact sets), and those do stack with the standard Resist and Defense Bonus IOs. You can't slot those in normal pets, but Gang War and Tornado take them so if you are Thugs or Storm you can get a double bonus. Gang War is especially nice since you can slot all four auras in it and save all your slots in the main pets for other things. (Technically Tornado is the same, but unlike Gang War you're going to want to slot that for damage.)
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Hi everyone. I am to embark on the MM voyage and have been doing some research on the forums, wich actually got me confused. As I have seen it, there has been changes as to how procs work with MM's pets, but I haven't been able to find out what this changes were exactly.
So, I would humbly require that some more experienced MM would enlighten me as how procs and IO sets generaly work on pets these days.
Thanks in advance.