You never forget your first Giant Monster.

Gah, I can't wait to bring my namesake against GM's like this. Bots/Traps should be able to do this, right?

I just dinged 50 (first one redside w00t!) last night and slotted my first purple enhancement EVAR! Before long and with a lot of farming, I'll have a build capable of ****** GM's. (In case you're wondering, Ragnarok: Chance for Knockdown in caltrops.)

I would've sold the knockdown proc for more infamy than the proc itself is worth in caltrops. Bots/Traps is usually the highest success chance build for downing GMs, and I consider it the "Easy Mode" for soloing such enemies. Taking a step down from a build like that will be a smack in the face when attempting to down GMs, especially with melee-type mastermind primaries such as Zombies or Ninjas. The reason Bots/Traps performs so well is its high amounts of defense, good regen debuffing, ranged strikes, and the ability to hold an enemy in place using Web Grenade.

While Bots/Traps my have an amazing amount of "well-rounded" utility, Bots/Dark will floor the GM's Regen while providing absolutely devastating damage debuffs, so much so that a GM's regular "lolz I smashed ur petz" attack that does eye-popping damage will be debuffed to the point that you'll be shrugging off the damage as if it was listed "Minor". Of course this takes skill as well because Dark does, in fact, lack the extra utility, defense buffs, and rooting power of Web Grenade.

I've seen Ninjas/Dark down Gms, and on VERY RARE occassions seen a /Poison down a Giant Monster, but that's only if you've got great endurance, well slotted pets, well slotted upgrades (basically shunting the costs down to possibly 19), a LOT of patience, and a good amount of anger control. Anyways, good luck to you.

That's what she said...

If any mods are looking over this thread, these guys are crazy, kidding and/or drunk. Everybody knows that if an archetype could solo GMs it's probably overpowered. Clearly this is not the case here; It's still impossible for a Mastermind to solo a GM. Please feel free to accept this free muffin on your way out.

*hopes they bought it*

Remember that not "every" Mastermind combo can solo Giant Monsters. I still think Traps and Dark Miasma need a looking at, maybe Storm as well.

Yeah, I quit playing my MM completely when I came back to game, as it feels like they gutted */poison.

I remember watching a huge group trying to take down deathsurge, back when regen on GMs was insane. They didn't put a dent in him. I strolled up, popped my debuffs, and down he went like he was nothing at all. Used to duo AVs with my gf's brute. Now, it just feels lame in comparison. Gonna look at his build, see what I can do with him, but not holding out much hope.

I made that toon during the preview weekend before the release of CoV, was my first 40, first villain 50, and now, my first ret. villain.

I have Stamina. I just have Autopowers hidden on my UI.

It's the money.