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How To Figure Out Final Toon and Bot Def and Bots/Traps Build

DarkInvado

By DarkInvado,
Posted on: 2010-04-27 13:50 in Masterminds

 

Posted

Hey,

When figuring out my final Def values, and the values for my bots, what should I be doing? I have the feeling that the final Def value is NOT the final in game value after the Protector bot shields you. Is this correct? How much will the bot be adding? How can I figure out my bots final def values w/o making the build and then seeing in game?

I am finding Bots/Traps to be some pretty complicated builds with all the options that are out there that seem to work. What do you guys think of this build for single target? (E.g. AV, GM etc...)

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Dark Meta: Level 50 Science Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Robotics
Secondary Power Set: Traps
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Presence
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Battle Drones

  • (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
  • (3) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
  • (3) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (5) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (5) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
  • (7) Blood Mandate - Damage
Level 1: Web Grenade
  • (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (7) Enfeebled Operation - Endurance/Immobilize
  • (9) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (9) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range
  • (11) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
  • (11) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
Level 2: Caltrops
  • (A) Eradication - Damage
  • (13) Tempered Readiness - Damage/Slow
  • (13) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
  • (15) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
  • (15) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
  • (17) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
Level 4: Triage Beacon
  • (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
  • (17) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
  • (19) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
  • (19) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  • (21) Miracle - Heal/Recharge
  • (21) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
Level 6: Equip Robot
  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 8: Combat Jumping
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  • (23) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  • (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 10: Acid Mortar
  • (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
  • (23) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
  • (25) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (25) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  • (27) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (27) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
Level 12: Protector Bots
  • (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
  • (29) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
  • (29) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (31) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (31) Blood Mandate - Damage
  • (31) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
Level 14: Super Jump
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  • (33) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 16: Hurdle
  • (A) Jumping IO
Level 18: Health
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  • (33) Miracle - Heal
  • (46) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 20: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (33) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
  • (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  • (34) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 22: Force Field Generator
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
  • (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  • (43) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 24: Poison Trap
  • (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
  • (36) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (36) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
  • (36) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (37) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (37) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
Level 26: Assault Bot
  • (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
  • (37) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
  • (39) Soulbound Allegiance - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (39) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up
  • (39) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (40) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 28: Seeker Drones
  • (A) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
  • (42) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  • (42) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (48) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
Level 30: Boxing
  • (A) Accuracy IO
Level 32: Upgrade Robot
  • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 35: Tough
  • (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance
  • (40) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 38: Weave
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
  • (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  • (43) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 41: Provoke
  • (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
  • (42) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge
  • (45) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range
  • (45) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (46) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range
  • (46) Mocking Beratement - Recharge
Level 44: Scorpion Shield
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  • (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 47: Web Envelope
  • (A) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
  • (48) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
  • (48) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (50) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Endurance
  • (50) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize
Level 49: Web Cocoon
  • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
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Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Celerity - +Stealth
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Supremacy
Level 0: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:
  • 3% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Fire)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Cold)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Energy)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Negative)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  • 3% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  • 11.1% Defense(Smashing)
  • 11.1% Defense(Lethal)
  • 16.1% Defense(Fire)
  • 16.1% Defense(Cold)
  • 14.9% Defense(Energy)
  • 14.9% Defense(Negative)
  • 3% Defense(Psionic)
  • 11.8% Defense(Melee)
  • 18.3% Defense(Ranged)
  • 18.9% Defense(AoE)
  • 5.85% Max End
  • 26% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  • 6% Enhancement(Heal)
  • 57.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  • 2.5% Enhancement(Held)
  • 3% Enhancement(Immobilize)
  • 5% FlySpeed
  • 57.2 HP (7.13%) HitPoints
  • 5% JumpHeight
  • 5% JumpSpeed
  • Knockback (Mag -4)
  • Knockup (Mag -4)
  • MezResist(Confused) 5%
  • MezResist(Held) 9.95%
  • MezResist(Immobilize) 5%
  • MezResist(Sleep) 5%
  • MezResist(Stun) 8.3%
  • MezResist(Terrorized) 5%
  • 18.5% (0.31 End/sec) Recovery
  • 68% (2.28 HP/sec) Regeneration
  • 2.52% Resistance(Fire)
  • 2.52% Resistance(Cold)
  • 1.88% Resistance(Negative)
  • 5% RunSpeed



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Posted

You're massively overbuilt for defense. With two defense IOs, the protector bots will give you about 11% defense to all. At the same time, your pets are underbuilt for defense, at less than 30%. I'd try to work Maneuvers from the Leadership pool in somewhere, and place the Edict of the Master and Sovereign Right uniques in one of your pet summons.

Unless you want Mace Mastery for thematic reasons, I'd drop it for one of the Patron Pools with a resistance shield (resistance is applied before bodyguard mode, so the effects are magnified). Mu Mastery has an anti-knockback AoE immobilize, so it's popular among bots masterminds.

 

Posted

I didn't really read through the post fully as I'm about to go out but the protector bots give around 7.5% def I believe.

 

Posted

You need 33.8% def to be softcapped once the pro-bot shields you (assuming two def IO's in it)

Each probot only gets one casting, but all others get two castings so they need 22.6% def to be softcapped

FFgen is good for 15-16%, pet IO is good for 5%, manuevers (if you go that route) is good for 4%

 

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Can someone please help me soft-cap this build in positionals?
My only request is to keep teleport as the travel power. It's my favourite form of travel. I know its easier with other pools, in fact I already have soft-capped builds, but I never managed to pull something together with Teleport. Hope someone here with superior build-fu can manage it. Thanks for your time

 

Posted

Incidentally, if you want to see exactly how much defense the protector bot shields are giving you, you can find that information in your detailed numbers window. (Also, if it's like the shield from the Ember Demon, your bots probably get more defense from it than you do.)

-Morgan.