Need Advice on Power Pools


Adeon Hawkwood

 

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Trying to figure out what powerpools to use. I am looking toward being a Bots/Traps tankermind and also being useful in the new Incarnate content.

I know to reach my goals it will take a lot of investment of inf and time. But I really want a build that I can grow into and that can eventually do what I want. So... what I want is to do the following:

#1: Fight as wide a variety of Giant Monsters as possible. Ideally any/all of them.
#2: Be useful in the big groups of new Incarnate content.
#3: Able to do TFs, AVs, Heroes, etc.

Being able to solo or farm a bit would be nice but the first two are the most important to me.

The pools I am leaning towards taking are Speed (Mostly for Hasten), Leadership (Tactics, Assault, Maneuvers), Presence (Provoke), and Medicine (Aid Other, and Aid Self).

Was curious on getting opinions on those choices. Is provoke enough to keep whatever he is fighting on him? Taking none of the attacks from the Bots pool, taking all but Detonator from Traps. Also likely will be going Mu for the shield and aoe immobilize.

Hasten is mostly to try and keep the traps up as much as possible. Though I am curious how difficult it is to keep up poison trap, triage beacon, and acid mortar. And how difficult is it to manage perma-hasten, if it is even possible with all I've said above?


 

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You definitely want hasten, with enough recharge you can have 2 or even 3 acid mortars out at once, and the effects stack.


 

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Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
You definitely want hasten, with enough recharge you can have 2 or even 3 acid mortars out at once, and the effects stack.
How easy/difficult is it to get perma-hasten for a bots/traps? And is it possible to stack poison traps?


 

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Originally Posted by Sloshed View Post
How easy/difficult is it to get perma-hasten for a bots/traps? And is it possible to stack poison traps?
It depends on what you're willing to sacrifice. If you go for the Spiritual Alpha you should be able to get it without sacrificing defense. If you want it without spiritual alpha then you probably need to either sacrifice some defense or take Fighting (which means you don't have rooms for attacks which hurts building aggro).

To answer your initial question definitely take Leadership to get Tactics.