How to slot Transfusion for -regen
Recharge is your only option. I don't know if Heal enhancements actually increase -regen. I would be suprised if they did.
You can also use Siphon Speed as much as possible in order to get the +recharge bonus as high as you can.
@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.
I'll give it a go with transfusion on 2 Acc, 2 Heal and 2 Recharge. Siphon i get triple stacked sometimes and double stacked most of the time plus i have hasten.... i'll see how it goes
Cap for siphon power/speed is 3.
2accuracy 3 recharge 1 heal just so you can spam it -regen.
It's pointless to use transfusion for the -regen imo. The -regen just lasts at the instant transfusion hits, the same duration as the immobilize.
Kinetics is NOT effective against AVs for -regen.
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Cap for siphon power/speed is 3.
2accuracy 3 recharge 1 heal just so you can spam it -regen.
It's pointless to use transfusion for the -regen imo. The -regen just lasts at the instant transfusion hits, the same duration as the immobilize.
Kinetics is NOT effective against AVs for -regen.
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I beg to differ...took down Nemesis the other night. Got Siphon Power quadruple stacked on occasion and the -regen from transfusion mainly affects end for about 5 seconds.
The group I joined was stuck in a stalemate till i arrived...then I drained him for all I was worth and we took him down. Just my humble opinion of course.
From what I've managed to work out, having played with my Kin for over 400 hours now, it's not possible to slot for -regen, it just happens, so try and make sure you put recharges in, use siphon speed whenever possible and also consider Hasten.
With regard to siphon speed and power, I believe it's NOT possible to stack more than 3 siphon power's onto yourself (if you watch, unless it's been changed, the 4th one appears for only a brief amount of time then disappears leaving only 3), however, the debuff on your target can be stacked as many times as you can spam it. Stacking more than 2 siphon speed's is hard work though!
As for Kinetics not being suitable for AV's, this is patently [censored]. A team I joined the night I7 was released (5 of them, tank of some sort, Empathy Def, 2 scrappers and a controller I think, all either 50 or SK'd to 49) were 25 minutes into a fight with Dominatrix, lvl 49, I was 50. They swore blind her HP bar hadn't even budged at all. I joined and once I'd hit her a couple of times with transfusion her HP bar started to edge down, once I'd stacked my siphon speeds double and I could spam it quicker she started to go down and went down a few minutes later. They all said that without me it would have been a long fight that was nothing more than a stalemate. Kinetics is very useful for AV fights, as is a Rad.
Also, don't forget, -recovery is endurance recovery, -regen is HP regeneration.
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@Miss Chief
sorry i should have said, kinetics is not THAT effective, for AVs, its not in a league with radiation. You are forgetting -res, is a very important factor for AV fights, not the -regen.
With kinetics its good in AVs because of other factors aside from transfusion -regen, siphon power drastically lowers the damage of AVs along with buffing the teams damage.
I wouldn't use a kinetic defender for just the -regen specifically.
Fair point
@Alan_P
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Kinetics is very useful for AV fights, as is a Rad.
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Kin has +/-dam ( about +100% buff = x1.5 damage, -90% debuff ), -regen and -recharge ( -0.75 ish ). Kin gives a +0.5 recharge buff too. However these take a minute or so to stack up, not an issue in an AV fight.
Rad has +/-dam ( +25% buff = x1.12 dam, -30-40% debuff ), -regen and -recharge ( -0.375 ), but also has -res ( -30-40 perhaps? ). So it has 1.12*(between 1.3 and 1.4) damage boost. That is in the same league as Kin. It gives a 0.25 recharge buff too. It also provides a decent to hit debuff.
The disadvantage is that a Kin really has to spam their powers excessively to benefit the team and they have to be in range of the kin so they all get the Fulcrum shift and Siphon Powers.
A Rad on the other hand has to hit 2 powers at the beginning, hit AM every 2 minutes and LR every 30-60 seconds ( can't remember the recharge on it ). The rest of the time can be used for attacks.
So assuming that the -regen is as effective, basically a Kin has is more at risk and has to be more active in order to get similar results to the Rad.
Replied to Everclear for no sensible reason, I was going to reply to this.
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sorry i should have said, kinetics is not THAT effective, for AVs, its not in a league with radiation. You are forgetting -res, is a very important factor for AV fights, not the -regen.
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With something like this
+damage providing you aren't capped is as good as -res, see above.
@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.
That wasn't one of my quotes!
It wasn't was it? <activates time machine>
@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.
hehe.
AH but your forgetting the AV's resistances, and of course the amount of HP they have.
-res is a very powerful thing in AV fights!
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Also, don't forget, -recovery is endurance recovery, -regen is HP regeneration.
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I know that....
Transference doesn't have any -recovery components to it, it just does endurance drain, it does not effect the rate of endurance recovery. Off the top of my head the powers available to a defender that can do -recovery are short circuit and thunderous blast.
Jus thought i'd point out that siphon power CAN be stacked 4 times on occasion. The rule is 3 but occasionally it double stacks from one hit, even the noise does the double crack (well did) although i think the 2 at once is a bug
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hehe.
AH but your forgetting the AV's resistances, and of course the amount of HP they have.
-res is a very powerful thing in AV fights!
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Resistance doesn't matter because -res doesn't exactly debuff resistance ( the targets resistance protects against the resistance debuff ). So Resistance debuff is twice as good ( numerically ) as damage buffs.
However the amount of +damage a kin can generate against a single opponent is about the same ( as my previous post stated ) as the -res and +damage a rad can make.
-Resistance is very good in all fights, but so is +damage.
@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.
Now that i've thought about it, yup your totally right.
Well in unthing
On my Kin/Psi I have Transfusion slotted 2 acc, 3 heal, 1 recharge. With hasten and siphon speed slotted for recharge I can completely halt a regen scrappers regen rate (before using Power build up > Transferance to be really annoying)
Teaming with two other Kins another defebder and a controller, with two SBs plus five Siphon Speeds we managed to stack 6-7 Siphon Powers. I can't say if the actual effect of the powers was magnified by 6-7 tims or if we just got the extra icons through succefull applications of the power. This was tried with a very low level mob who must have been bricking himself. But trying with even conning minions was much less satisfactory due to an increase of misses, the other defender was only 13 and hadn't really slotted her Siphon Speed or Power for accuracy. Or obviously slotted with SOs
I would really love to try an all Kin team, mixture of controllers and defenders.
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Teaming with two other Kins another defebder and a controller, with two SBs plus five Siphon Speeds we managed to stack 6-7 Siphon Powers. I can't say if the actual effect of the powers was magnified by 6-7 tims or if we just got the extra icons through succefull applications of the power. This was tried with a very low level mob who must have been bricking himself. But trying with even conning minions was much less satisfactory due to an increase of misses, the other defender was only 13 and hadn't really slotted her Siphon Speed or Power for accuracy. Or obviously slotted with SOs
I would really love to try an all Kin team, mixture of controllers and defenders.
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It's fast, very fast
Being on a team with 2 is bloody good fun, being on a team with 3 or 4 would be immense!
AFAIK other people's Siphon Power's will stack, but self applied ones will only stack on you 3 times, although the effect can be applied on your target to drop his damage down to 10% if you can stack it enough.
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@Miss Chief
As per title really, wondering if i need to change anything or not. Also is the -regen for HP and End? Reason i ask is that i'm just starting Bastion TF so obviously i'm wondering if the Av will be do-able