bots/PD

I have not played the game in about a year and wondering how the new incarnate powers would work with a bots/PD MM. Also is it possible for me and my pets to reach soft cap on def or resist with this build. I want to pvp and pve so I've been thinking about a change to maybe demon/PD if i cannot.

I'm not a big fan of Pain Domination, though I have a 50 DS / PD..

PvP wise I did have issues with one DS /PD on these forums. I couldn't kill him, but then again my toon was not a PvP toon. Not making any excuse at all. If PvP were based around PvE toons it would be much more fun. But it is not. I don't see you lasting that long in PvP unless you come across a guy like me in the zone.

Pain is just lacking something.
You can't defense cap with it and you can only heal for so much so fast. it just seems like your always playing catch up with the build.

I would suggest Thermal. I think many others would as well.

I know Bot/Trap is the cliche but I would make that instead, this way you can farm with him and run missions on higher settings. If a team is going to take anything it would probably be a Bots Trap if they know anything about Masterminds.