Oddball request: Advice for a pet-oriented crab

I know, blasphemy! Anyway, I rolled up a crab-soldier so that I could eventually make him into something of an Arachnos-themed mastermind. I know it won't be perfect, but as a way to just have fun and enjoy a silly concept character I'm interested to know what you all think is possible.

The one thing I'm most concerned about is whether it's doable to get the three pets available perma, or at least nearly perma. I plan to go Mace Mastery for the third spider-bot pet and to fill out the mastermind set so to speak. I'd like to have a decent amount of attacks available to me as well, might drop the crab versions of powers for the Soldier versions due to faster attack speeds, or I might go with the crab versions for concept, would that affect anything beyond attack speed really? If I need to sacrifice some attacks for something that could slot a recharge set or something I'm willing to make that sacrifice, but I'd want at least three basic attacks.

I'm obviously planning to slot spiritual alpha boost for the big recharge boost, and I'm thinking I'll slot a LotG 7.5 recharge into any power that'll take it, up to the five boost limit. The question is, will that be ENOUGH recharge stacked with the boost from Mental Training to get the pets to perma, or will I need to look for sets that give big recharge boosts and take powers I might not necessarily need to slot them?

Don't have a solid build yet beyond the fact that the three pets will be taken and mace mastery will be my patron pool. Also I tend to prefer ranged damage so unless there's a really good bonus to be had that can only be slotted to a melee attack I'd prefer range.

So, lay it on me experts, do you think this is (semi-) doable? And if so what do you think I'll need to do to make it a reality? Willing to take mule powers if needed so anything goes really.

i dont have a build avail for what your planning, but i know it is definitly possible to get perma for all your pets

I'm a crab using gun attacks and have my 3 pets perma. Pets put out a lot of damage and gun attacks are a lot faster than crab attacks. You're definitely thinking along the right lines. It's the most efficient approach when it comes to crabbing, IMO.

The only 'useless' power I have is Boxing which I had to take to get Tough. Every other power I use all the time. Slotting for recharge means you don't need to take as many attacks because everything recharges quicker. I have 3 AoE attacks and 3 ST attacks. Less attacks means more leadership picks and pets.

It all ends up working out very well.

Alrighty, that's definitely helpful. I hadn't thought about the "more recharge = fewer needed attacks" angle either. I suppose the only real reason to take extra would be if they have a desired effect. Frag/Venom Grenade are gonna be good to have obviously, and I suppose the rest are just gonna be taken as they're the only picks available at early stages. Cool. Plus with the abundance of defense powers available I shouldn't want for anything to slot LotG in, and if I do I can always just grab a superfluous power from stealth.

Awesome info, thanks much. If anyone else has any hints/tips or tricks I might not have thought of I'd love to hear them. I'm still new to VEAT territory and always looking to try out new things. Especially with the intro of the third build I could really make this toon versatile with a "mastermind" build, a Huntsman style build and even a pure Bane build.