coming back after a long hiatus, some questions on MM
By
Dz131,
Posted on: 2010-08-09 19:06 in Masterminds
Demons are better becuase the ninja oni is the dumbest looking thing ever
I will try to make this brief.
Basic rundown on the Demon Summoning:
The three first tier demonlings do three types of damage. That's a plus when you get all three at level 18. They have a variety of ranged and melee attacks. They are fairly sturdy for first tier pets. The cold demonling likes to run into melee, but I theorize it's because his ranged attacks are ice blast and animate quickly so he runs in for the next available attack which is melee.
The second tier lieutenant rank gives you two very different critters. The ember demonling is based on a thermal healer and also does good fire damage. All allies, masterminds, pets, teammates get a thermal shield from the ember demonling. Before level 32 the pets and even the mastermind at times will get a single target heal from the ember demon. At level 32, the ember demon picks up additional attacks and an PbAoE heal that would make lolhealzors jealous. This guy is basically a fire/thermal corruptor with certain limitations.
The Hellfire Gargoyle is a beast. He does fire and toxic damage. He also does resistance debuffing. The hellfire gargoyle gets a PbAoE damage aura around him at level 32 upgrade and does even more resistance debuffing.
The Demon Prince has no equal on the villainside. He is basically an Ice Brute. He has PbAoE attacks, cone ice attacks, and at level 32 upgrade he gets the PbAoE cold/slow aura. Coming from background of playing defenders, I would urge you not to underestimate the effectiveness of a slotted slow aura on your Demon Prince. Stacking this with another Demon Mastermind, the slow effects from Storm's snow storm and/or freezing rain, glue arrow from the TA set, tar patch from Dark Miasma will cause foes movements to grind down so slow you need a calendar to time their advance.
I have played and become frustrated with Ninjas in the past. If you like Ninjas, thats fine, but in my opinion, the Demon set is head and shoulders above Ninjas.
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ah thanks thats what i was really looking for was a rundown of the demons, and yea they sound alot better than ninjas right now. thanks buddy 
They're also funnier.
Well I havent played COH/COV since issue 10 I believe and I'm interested alot in giving MM a shot again. I'm currently interested in the new demon summoning but i cant find much info about how there are. Are they really good DPS? or are they more crowd control type?
I'm currently deciding between making a ninja mastermind or demon summoning, I would just like some insight from the people currently playing please. I'm gonna shoot for storm summoning or traps as a secondary I know for sure.
TLDR version
pro's and cons of ninjas vs. demons please for someone out the loop