The same secondary for both?
2 come to mind right away for good stacking:
Pain Dom
Traps
Pain Dom because of Suppress Pain (+Regen) and World of Pain (Resists to all and more). If you get both pet resist ios and both pet defense ios, your Thugs will have very high def (assuming 2 maneuvers from the MMs), high resists and high regen. Even the Arsonist(s) might survive a whole mission.
Traps because 2 FFGs + 2 Maneuvers get you each to 38% def to all before you start adding bonuses and other def boosts. 2x Acid + 2x Poison means things die FAST. What things? ALL THINGS - AVs, GMs, etc.
Another consideration would be 2 Storms, just because 2 Freezing Rains is that much win.
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Perfect, just the kind of advice that I'm seeking. The same secondary isn't necessary if there's a combination that will work better together than two of the same.
Thugs/Dark and Thugs/Poison would be a good combo. The /dark is enough to provide effective mitigation with the paired thugs leadership. With /poison you get an extra 'kick' of burst debuff for hard targets and noxious gas is so pretty on a bruiser.
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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.
Try Thug/FF. Without question, the henchmen of both yourself and your friend WILL be softcapped to anything, and you guys will have immense defense as well. From there, it's all smash and flatten.
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I like my Thugs/FF for the new incarnate stuff. With PB bubbles my pets are running around 71% def iirc, which is over the new softcap! WOOP! IN YO FACE TRAPS!
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My friend and I are getting back into City of Heroes. We plan on playing two MM builds when we're both on at the same time. I know the thugs primary compliments teaming with other thugs due to the Enforcers leadership powers, are there secondaries that similarly compliment each other?
I'm hoping there are a couple of simple thug builds that work nicely together.
Thanks for any assistance.