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Mercs/Traps build help

Bronze Knight

By Bronze Knight,
Posted on: 2010-06-25 10:47 in Everything about PvP

 

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Hello every one I'm not much of a PVPer so I'm sure I'm doing it all wrong. In any case I put this build tougher quickly and is mostly just to try and get use to how PVP works and see if its something I want to invest more in.

This is for RV on Freedom, I don't like Arena and I hate exemplaring.

Team TP is there to try playing aregessivly it TP your pets too right?
Is trip mine worth it? I know TP foe was changed to grant 2-3 seks of invincabilty can you still lure people into it?

Web Cocoon worth useing it seams like a more powerfull version of Web Gerneade but its hold insted of immobilization. Isn't hold more resisted than immobilization?

Seeker drones worth useing at all?

Defensive Debuff enchenc in pets worth it?

Agin this is just a cheep build to try out PVP. If it turns out that I do want to PVP more I'll make a better build with set's and what not.

Any other tips for a newb to zone PVP?


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Originally Posted by Bronze Knight View Post
Hello every one I'm not much of a PVPer so I'm sure I'm doing it all wrong. In any case I put this build tougher quickly and is mostly just to try and get use to how PVP works and see if its something I want to invest more in.

This is for RV on Freedom, I don't like Arena and I hate exemplaring.

Team TP is there to try playing aregessivly it TP your pets too right?
Is trip mine worth it? I know TP foe was changed to grant 2-3 seks of invincabilty can you still lure people into it?

Web Cocoon worth useing it seams like a more powerfull version of Web Gerneade but its hold insted of immobilization. Isn't hold more resisted than immobilization?

Seeker drones worth useing at all?

Defensive Debuff enchenc in pets worth it?

Agin this is just a cheep build to try out PVP. If it turns out that I do want to PVP more I'll make a better build with set's and what not.

Any other tips for a newb to zone PVP?
Hi Bronze Knight.

Let me start off by saying that I have NOT played Mercs/ or /Traps at all. And to assure you even more of my vast MM knowledge, I have never played the Mace Epic Pool. But, even with this major ignorance on my part, I see problems with your build. Perhaps my answering your questions on zone play will shed some light on your MM.

Team Teleport. Do not pick this power for your zone PvP build. Just like the other Teleport power, the use of this power is disabled upon taking any damage or using a heal. Its not good when used on your henchmen & the MM, nor is it good when your actually using it on a team.

Trip Mine. I have not used this power, but have had it used on me. I would get it. As a MM in zone you will be Turtling a good deal. This power - when slotted up - will increase your damage output nicely. Additionally, it goes quite well with the TP Foe/Web Grenade tactic.

Web Cocoon. No comment on the power itself. Are you aware that MMs in PvP get no base Resistance? Is the Mace Epic Pool the best choice to address this short coming in your build? When your attacked in RV, chances are that it won't be by a single player. Also, 9 out of 10 players will ignore your henchmen when attacking your MM.

Seeker Drones. I've read that they are not worth selecting and the Mids' stats support this view.

Slotting Def Debuff in Henchmen. No. I would slot a Dam or Debuff proc in the henchmen instead. Or, use the slots somewhere else.

MM tips for RV PvP. The 1st thing you do upon entering the zone - procure a Heavy. The 2nd thing you do - find another MM to team with. Even if the other MM will not team with you, follow him around. In zone, MMs are no big deal when by themselves but once teamed with other MMs they become ... an issue for Heroes/NPC.

Why did I include "NPC" in that last sentence? You will find that your MM will be fighting the zone's NPC just as much, if not more than, other players.