Yet another robo/FF mm build. Take a peep
Looks fine, the toggles shouldnt be a problem with the amount of end reds in there. You may have to pop a CaB whenever you try to use force bolt a lot.
Couple of points on slotting:
1)Prot Bots - get a heal in there, my slotting is 1 Acc, 1 Dam, 1 Def Buff, 2 Heal and 1 dis dur. The heal is great because it means that the battle drones can be brought back from little to no health up to nearly full. Def buff helps with defense as the amount of toggles means that you wont be able to buff all your bots with shields.
2)Suggest you change recal friends slot to either an end or a recharge. The range shouldnt be a problem.
3) Not sure on det field as I havent got it yet but it looks ok although an extra accuracy might be useful against a red/purple boss.
Hiyas, thought I'd chuck my 2 pence in as well
Looks like a solid workable build to me, you may want to tweak things later after playing with it in reality and deciding what playstyle you like though
Few points:
1) With 5 Toggles running and no stamina, your endurance is going to take a serious hammering (even with those endurance rdx). I had problems with 3 toggles running and 2 end rdx SO's in each one if I wanted to bubble teammates or my bots. (I respecced into Stamina at lvl 37 before force bubble, at the expense of invis, grant invis and repulsion bomb which i never used lol. I don't regret it 1 single bit, as it allows me to resummon mid fight with toggles running when things go Pete Tong )
2) Aid other was really really useful for my MM Repair and Prot bots heal is great, but the cooldowns are long even with 3 recharges.
Nothing else major springs to mind in honesty
Give it a go, and see what you enjoy playing with!
Thanks for the replies guys.
Braindamage, I think I'd rather specialise the bots and since they have 2 powers which disorent (seeker drones, photon grenade) I find it best to stick to that. I am tempted to go 2acc 3dis 1dam on them to be honest.
Good point about recall friend, it'll help with gathering up the bots with a recharge in there. Mind you, I have had trouble with it's range before, but that was either going from one end of Ind. Port to the other, or in the Shadowshards.
Kalgoras, yup I'm worried about end usage too. I currently run 3 toggles, occasionally turning one of those off but I don't really have much trouble so I think I can handle it. However I did contemplate taking aid other and I might still do that, swapping it with maneuvers.
Suggested slotting for aid other?
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Depends how many slots you have left
I think I went with 2 recharge, 3 heals and an interrupt I think, as I had plenty of slots spare.
For reference I'll chuck my current build in as well:
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Name: Kalg
Level: 41
Archetype: Mastermind
Primary: Robotics
Secondary: Force Field
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01) --> Battle Drones==> Acc(1)Acc(3)Acc(3)Dmg(5)Dmg(5)Dmg(11)
01) --> Force Bolt==> Acc(1)Acc(11)Rechg(37)
02) --> Deflection Shield==> EndRdx(2)DefBuf(7)DefBuf(9)DefBuf(29)
04) --> Insulation Shield==> EndRdx(4)DefBuf(7)DefBuf(9)DefBuf(29)
06) --> Equip Robot==> Rechg(6)Empty(23)
08) --> Recall Friend==> Rechg(8)
10) --> Aid Other==> Heal(10)Heal(17)Heal(19)Rechg(19)IntRdx(39)
12) --> Protector Bots==> Acc(12)Acc(13)Dmg(13)Dmg(15)DefBuf(15)DefBuf(17)
14) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(14)EndRdx(37)Range(40)Range(40)Range(40)
16) --> Swift==> Run(16)
18) --> Health==> Heal(18)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)EndMod(21)EndMod(21)
22) --> Dispersion Bubble==> EndRdx(22)EndRdx(23)DefBuf(25)DefBuf(34)DefBuf(34)
24) --> Repair==> Rechg(24)Rechg(25)Rechg(33)
26) --> Assault Bot==> Acc(26)Acc(27)Dmg(27)Dmg(31)Dmg(34)
28) --> Assault==> EndRdx(28)EndRdx(31)
30) --> Personal Force Field==> EndRdx(30)DefBuf(31)DefBuf(39)
32) --> Upgrade Robot==> Rechg(32)Rechg(33)Rechg(33)
35) --> Tactics==> EndRdx(35)EndRdx(36)TH_Buf(36)TH_Buf(36)TH_Buf(37)
38) --> Force Bubble==> EndRdx(38)EndRdx(39)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Supremacy==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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The order I took the slots is off as I respecced pretty late at 37, but that's pretty much it
Just my angle on the protector bot slotting: I went 2 Acc 2 Damage and 2 Defense, as I felt their heal was pretty decent already. The bubbles are up all the time so I thought to get best use from them.
Lastly, They are only -1 to you and they have a decent AoE attack and good damage, so didn't want to lose that potential, so I like making sure they hit, and hit hard
- Kal
I jiggled the build about to fit aid other in (3 heal, 1 interrupt, 1 recharge). I didn't think another 5% def from maneuvers is worth the 5 slots it needs.
Also, I tested Repulsion Bomb and Photon Grenades. I decided
a)there is such a thing as too much knockback
b)repulsion bomb may be bugged - the actual target never got disoriented, only the ones around it
c)I want to stack disorients sometimes, so being synchronised with the bots is nice
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Aye, I didn't find repulsion bomb any more useful with the changes tbh.
It has a horrible long animation, then knocks back a whole group and splits them up...I want them all in a big lump to AoE the crap out of them
- Kal
My main concern is the number of toggles I'll be running without stamina - a whopping 4 or 5, but on the plus side dipersion bubble, maneuvers and the probot bubble give me an OK level of defence - 17% in all. Things that I slap my buff bubbles on will have a juicy 30% ish. Very nice!
To be honest, the toggles isn't a huge issue since I rarely do anything but order the bots around, or throw an extra stun attack into the fight.
A couple of questions: is detention field slotted well enough? Does the stun on repulsion bomb really last longer than photon grenades?
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Name:
Level: 41
Archetype: Mastermind
Primary: Robotics
Secondary: Force Field
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01) --> Battle Drones==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Acc(3) Dmg(5) Dmg(5) Dmg(7)
01) --> Force Bolt==> Acc(1) Acc(7) Rechg(9) EndRdx(13)
02) --> Deflection Shield==> DefBuf(2) DefBuf(9) DefBuf(11)
04) --> Insulation Shield==> DefBuf(4) DefBuf(11) DefBuf(13)
06) --> Equip Robot==> EndRdx(6)
08) --> Recall Friend==> Range(8)
10) --> Detention Field==> Acc(10) Acc(15) Rechg(40)
12) --> Protector Bots==> Acc(12) Acc(15) DisDur(17) DisDur(17) Dmg(19) Dmg(19)
14) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(14) EndRdx(21)
16) --> Personal Force Field==> DefBuf(16) DefBuf(21)
18) --> Repair==> Rechg(18) Rechg(23) Rechg(23)
20) --> Dispersion Bubble==> DefBuf(20) DefBuf(25) DefBuf(25) EndRdx(29) EndRdx(31) EndRdx(31)
22) --> Assault==> EndRdx(22) EndRdx(39)
24) --> Tactics==> EndRdx(24) TH_Buf(33) TH_Buf(33) TH_Buf(34) EndRdx(40)
26) --> Assault Bot==> Acc(26) Acc(27) Dmg(27) Dmg(31) Dmg(33)
28) --> Teleport Foe==> Acc(28) Acc(29)
30) --> Maneuvers==> EndRdx(30) EndRdx(34) DefBuf(37) DefBuf(39) DefBuf(39)
32) --> Upgrade Robot==> Rechg(32) Rechg(34) Rechg(36)
35) --> Repulsion Bomb==> Acc(35) Acc(36) DisDur(36) DisDur(37) DisDur(37)
38) --> Force Bubble==> EndRdx(38) EndRdx(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Supremacy==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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