It's not that crap. It does quite a bit of damage, assuming you don't sacrifice a tier 1. The damage it does depends on the tier of the henchman you blow up. Bonus if you play Zombie/Traps: Detonator leaves a corpse for you to Soul Extraction from. Lead your Lich into melee, blow him up, and let your Wraith go nuts.
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Originally Posted by Waylorn
With stamina being soon inherent and such, I was thinking about this power.
How crap is it? Reading the description it sacrifices one henchman. Bots and zombies will blow up instantly, other pets will take seconds to activate. How does it work exactly? |
Yes, with this you can set a pet to go to a specified location, and blow up (although Ninja/Thugs/Mercs will try to escape, they never can. Don't know about Demons...) However, the explosion's strength is based on the henchman used - and the tier 1 and 2 henchmen have some pretty pathetic booms. You only get an explosion greater than what Trip Mine is capable of, by sacrificing your tier 3 Henchman... which is usually not worth the trade off.
I've heard that some Bots/Traps MMs can make decent use out of it, sacrificing a nearly dead bot for extra damage. However, I still don't think its worth the power choice. There are other things of more value you can take.
For example, on my Bots/Traps, I've got the personal attacks (Photon Grenades are likely), Repair, Aid Self, or Vengeance that I could take. I think I will find any of those much more useful than Detonator.
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Read that post real quick. It has its merits. 
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It's a crap power with costs that people often don't consider. It costs the end to activate, plus the end to summon the pet you exploded, plus the end to rebuff that pet. In addition, it inherits the slotting of the pet, so slotting detonator with damage does nothing. It's not as bad as Repair or Poison trap from the poison secondary but it's right up there for things not to take on a MM.
With stamina being soon inherent and such, I was thinking about this power.
How crap is it?
Reading the description it sacrifices one henchman. Bots and zombies will blow up instantly, other pets will take seconds to activate. How does it work exactly?