Bots/Storm is my favorite character, ever. The kb doesn't bother the energy blast bots at all. I think a critical technique is to pickup teleport, for positioning in missions. Use your combat teleport while the bots are in defensive mode, most of the time they should be in 'stay' stance. During the TP animation queue up Gale on your pre-selected target to blow the spawn into the desired corner or wall. This also breaks up the AoE while your mastermind takes the alpha shot prompting your bots to defend. It may sound complicated, but it is fairly easy to pickup. Steamy mist will also help in your approach to the foes.
Triumphant Defenders Forever
Psylenz FF/Psi, ArticQuark Storm/Rad, Symon BarSisyphus Bots/psn, Max VanSydow Thugs/Dk, Cyclone Symon Bots/stm, Blue Loki Ice/Cd, Widow 46526
HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
Thanks for the reply Psylenz. I've been playing around in the Mids builder while at work a bit. Any suggestions? And thanks for the recommendation about teleport, I had not even considered that strategy.Kaellan
I Usually save all my builds, but it seems my Cyclone Symon, I leveled up by the seat of my pants. I did level very fast. The powers are in the right order I am fairly certain, but the slots are a bit wonky except in total. I don't remember when I picked up the second slot in Gale, and my sixth slot in Assault Bot has a useless force feedback proc for -recharge. Ah, the good old days 
Take the bots as available, that goes without saying. Take Freezing Rain ASAP, so take your stamina powers in relation to that. You can flip Stamina and Hurricane in order, but don't take Hurricane later than 22 IMHO.
This is a fast moving build, and on top of that, most of my levels my Bots/Storm teamed with a Necro/Storm. Good synergistic teammates will help your leveling. Don't overlook the value of the Soldiers of Arachnos - any flavor will do in keeping you moving along quickly.
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Cyclone Symon: Level 50 Natural Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Robotics
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Battle Drones -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(3), Empty(5), Empty(5), Empty(9)
Level 1: Gale -- Empty(A), Empty(33)
Level 2: O2 Boost -- Empty(A), Empty(7), Empty(9), Empty(33)
Level 4: Snow Storm -- Empty(A), Empty(7)
Level 6: Equip Robot -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Recall Friend -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Steamy Mist -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(11), Empty(37), Empty(40), Empty(43)
Level 12: Protector Bots -- Empty(A), Empty(13), Empty(13), Empty(15), Empty(15), Empty(25)
Level 14: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Freezing Rain -- Empty(A), Empty(17), Empty(17), Empty(19), Empty(19), Empty(31)
Level 18: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Hurricane -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(21), Empty(25), Empty(34), Empty(43)
Level 22: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(23), Empty(23)
Level 24: Teleport -- Empty(A), Empty(34)
Level 26: Assault Bot -- Empty(A), Empty(27), Empty(27), Empty(29), Empty(29), Empty(50)
Level 28: Thunder Clap -- Empty(A), Empty(33), Empty(43), Empty(46), Empty(46), Empty(46)
Level 30: Hasten -- Empty(A), Empty(31), Empty(31)
Level 32: Upgrade Robot -- Empty(A), Empty(34)
Level 35: Tornado -- Empty(A), Empty(36), Empty(36), Empty(36), Empty(37), Empty(37)
Level 38: Lightning Storm -- Empty(A), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(40), Empty(40)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- Empty(A), Empty(42), Empty(42), Empty(42)
Level 44: Web Envelope -- Empty(A), Empty(45), Empty(45), Empty(45)
Level 47: Web Cocoon -- Empty(A), Empty(48), Empty(48), Empty(48), Empty(50), Empty(50)
Level 49: Super Speed -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Supremacy
Level 6: Ninja Run
Triumphant Defenders Forever
Psylenz FF/Psi, ArticQuark Storm/Rad, Symon BarSisyphus Bots/psn, Max VanSydow Thugs/Dk, Cyclone Symon Bots/stm, Blue Loki Ice/Cd, Widow 46526
HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
Awesome. Thanks for all the help mate.
Yes, Hurricane is huge mitigation. Not only from the knockback but from the -tohit. That stacks with your robot's sheilds, giving them massive surviveability.
Thunder Storm is iffy. It's titanic endurance cost makes it a strange power. It hits somewhat hard, but, boy, even after 3 Endurance redux, it's endurance cost is rediculous.
Tornado is amazing though.
Also, taking mace's AoE immob is more powerful than most people realize. Sometimes you don't wan to knockback your enemy. This is the attack to prohibit the chaos a little bit (why you would want to is beyond me).
Whining about everything since 2006.
Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=135484
Hello all. I've played CoH/CoV several times over the course of the years but never for more than a month or two (something always managed to drag me away, damn responsibility). Anyways, I'm back at it again and this time around I feel I want to try my hand at a Master Mind (max I'd gotten one to before was a level 20 Necro/Poison) and feel that Bots/Storm strikes my fancy. Any suggestions on a course of action for leveling as this? Or reasons why this would not be a good combination?
Any and all help would be much appreciated.
Kaellan