Bots av soloing questions


Bookkeeper_Jay

 

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Hey guys, working on a bots/traps to solo avs/ sfs!
looking for some pointers, build suggestions, and any ios that i must have thank you to all who reply


Jordon Justice

 

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Well the good thing about Bots/Traps, is that they can do all that with SOs alone.

With build help for soloing AVs you have to remember one thing: immobilization. Spamming web nade and Poison Trap are key to defeating AVs on your own, except sometimes spamming web nade and other assorted traps (I.E. Acid Mortar, Poison Trap and Seeker drones) can leave you hurting for endurance.

Be sure to drop a couple endurance reductions into Acid Mortar and Web Nade at the least, but if you wanna be extreme drop some into Poison Trap.

As for powers everything except Trip Mine and Detonator can be taken/should be taken.

On soloing SFs: You'll want your bots at the soft cap, which means dropping a defense SO/IO or two into the Protector Bots, while also investing in the Pet Defense Bonus IO (and possibly maneuvers from leadership if you can).


Taking Aid Other, while not necessary, can be a big helpwhen soloing certain SFs or AVs where the bots start to take a beating to the point where Triage doesn't work.

If you still have room in your build I'd suggest grabbing Black Scorpion for the AoE Immobilize and Self-Defense Shield.


That's all the advice I have currently.


 

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I've never soloed a SF, but for AVs I find the best strategy to be immobilization + taunt. Stay in Bodyguard (with the pets parked out of AoE splash range) and keep the AV stuck in a burn patch unable to use melee. Add in your various debuffs and it's not too hard to solo many of them, though some just plain cheat.

I'd strongly recommend high personal defense and softcapped bots (other than the Proterctors). If you slot the 5% pet defense IO and put a couple of defense IOs in the Protector Bots then Maneuvers should get you the rest of the way there, or at least close enough. It'll also help your own defense. Also, be sure to slot plenty of endurance reduction in Web Grenade, since you'll be spamming that a lot. The Trap of the Hunter set works well since it has a nice ranged defense bonus.

Also, be sure to get plenty of recharge on Acid Mortar and Poison Trap... the -resist and -regen help a lot on AVs. I'd also go with Stamina... I don't have it on my Bots/Traps but I do lose endurance in long fights, and in a SF you won't always have enough blue pills. Alternately, you could slot Aid Self with and Aid Other with a recovery unique each (plus five Doctored Wounds) and always use each once every two minutes... having the Miracle and Numina's recovery buffs should be enough to skip Stamina.


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I would never drop trip mine... A mine field is the best way to say "I Love you, I'll kill you" to an AV. And a few dropped here and there during a fight help too.

I am a fan of challenge. While I can maintain an AVs attention on webnade alone, I find that challenge minimalized the job and slotted with the psi damage proc gave me... becomes an end free chance at bonus damage...


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I soloed my 1st av, Barracuda, at level without trip mines (obviously) but I find there is no better way to make a dent on an av than a mine field mixed with three poison traps.

Not to mention the nice -damage seeker drones do. I'm sure Infernal would have been easier with them, as a few others.


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