Defender and Swap Ammo

So for you defenders out there playing with dual pistols quick question, are the secondary effects of swap ammo enhanced as a defender (e.g slow, -dam)?

Do you feel it's worth it?

Planning out a defender with pistols and traps, and deciding what stays and what goes.

Thanks.

I'm fairly sure the slow, hold, and -dam numbers use Defender modifiers and thus are higher than corr/blasters.

I had a DP/Traps Def on test... she was fun, but slow. Though that wasn't taking into account the solo damage boost, so maybe it won't be so bad!

Yes, they're better on defenders. Toxic ammo is pretty useless on a blaster, but on a defender it can be great, especially if you can stack it with another source from your primary.

Blasters and Corruptors both do 15% slow, while defenders do 18.75%
Blasters do 7% damage debuffing, while corruptors do 10% and defenders do 12.5%

The strength of the debuff is the same on all powers except hail of bullets, which has a more powerful debuff. However, the duration of the debuff will vary based on the power. Here's a list of them, but keep in mind these are the corruptor numbers.

dual wield- 1.67 seconds
25% knockback
15% recharge for 8 seconds
10% damage for 6 seconds

executioner's shot- 2.57 seconds
70% knockback
15% recharge for 10 seconds
10% damage for 8 seconds

piercing rounds- 2.5 seconds
knockback replaced by -res
15% recharge for 8 seconds
10% damage for 6 seconds

empty clips- 2.5 seconds
10% chance for knockback
15% recharge for 8 seconds
10% damage for 6 seconds

bullet rain- 2.4 seconds
50% chance for knockback
15% recharge for 10 seconds
10% damage for 8 seconds

hail of bullets- 4.17 seconds
10% chance for knockback followed by guaranteed knockback (5% and 60% respectively outside of standard ammo)
20% recharge for 10 seconds
10% damage for 8 seconds

I never found DP slow and I took Swap Ammo at 10. Then again, I'm a kin, so I get a nice speed boost.

I have a lowbie traps/pistols defender (only 18 so far), and I'm planning on getting swap ammo at 30. The first three attacks out of DP are all I have at the moment, I've slotted them up well, and they work out OK because of good recharge. That's allowed me to take and slot up primary powers quite early, making my defender more survivable and a better contributor on teams.

Thus, primary powers taken at 18 include (with slotting all being level 20 DOs at the moment) ...

caltrops (1 recharge)
acid mortar (1 acc, 2 recharge)
FFG (3 defense)
poison trap (2 recharge)
seeker drones (1 acc, just taken)

I'll want swap ammo eventually because toxic ammo will stack nicely with seeker drones to floor mob damage done, and also for fire ammo to increase kill speed against heavily lethal resistant foes. I don't want to take swamp ammo early, though; traps has so many nifty powers that can be taken early instead, and which require relatively few slots to make a noticeable difference in-game, while solo or teamed.

You'll end up in a good place in a lot of different ways, though, and if swap ammo early looks good to you, by all means go for it.

Something else that hasn't been mentioned:

Supressive Fire changes from a mag 3 stun to a mag 3 HOLD if you are using any of the special ammo. This can actually be pretty useful if you've got other holds at your disposal.

The corruptor numbers I got from in game, while the other numbers I got from mids. As far as I know, mids is accurate on all of the archetypes.

The debuffs will always stack, regardless of who used them or which power was used. Keep in mind that pistols doesn't get a slow debuff with cold ammo or a damage debuff with toxic ammo though.