If you could have ONE MM, what would it be?

My first MM character was
<- Party Kake

A character I created for the costume alone. I hadn't played a Mastermind yet and was interested to see how well they'd be.

COMPLETELY BY ACCIDENT I created a Bots/Dark Miasma one, and at first I was kinda frustrated at the occasional "miss" when using my heal power, but the frustrations I'd experienced with the class were trivial compared to how much I was doing and how fast (omg!) I was leveling. This character's been my favorite for a very long time, only surpassed (shortly) by a tanker who (omigosh) can solo missions meant for a team of seven (it's a prime number! no I won't do 8) who also has a cool backstory.

Can you tell I'm a flagrant Vorthos?

Yeah it's sorta weird that my Mastermind is one of "those" class builds that's so wildly awesome, overpowered, and dare I say it broken, but I love it for all the right reasons and that makes all the difference in the world.

I have a bunch of MMs and the ones I leveled to 50 are the ones I enjoyed playing the most.

Bots/Traps lvl 50
Thugs/Dark lvl 50
Demon/TA lvl 42
Necro/Therm lvl 25
Merc/Pain lvl 50
Ninja/Therm lvl 36
Bots/Storm lvl 27
Thugs/Time lvl 50

Since I can only choose one, it would be Thugs/Time. It's my most recent, really fun to play. My only MM that can make it through Lambda's lab/warehouse with some or all pets alive from start to finish (Among the 50s, haven't tried with Thugs/Dark). I sometimes participate in Rikti Mothership Raids without joining a team/league and can rack up 600+ v-merits solo (Mercs net me 700+ solo, haven't tried Bots).

Between Maneuvers (x3), IO aura procs and Power Boosted Farsight, pets have softcap defense to all type/positions when near by. Pets are incarnate softcap to enemies affected by Time's Juncture. Get a good recharge on Temporal Selection and cycle a nice damage buff between 3-4 pets. Time Crawl/Slowed Response for EB/GM/AVs, Time Stop for bosses and Distortion Field for everything else makes fights go pretty smooth.

I remember my Thugs/Dark was really strong with all it's debuffs but it's still built on SO's and I never got around upgrading him. But I imagine /Dark to have similar or even better results than /Time. Does Black Hole make crates/containers in a Lambda intangible too? If not, it would be really useful during that phase of the trial.

I have a few MMs as well, but I have to say my favorite is my first Thugs/Dark. Here is a list of my MMs

Thugs/Dark
Bots/Traps
Bots/FF
Demons/Poison
Demons/Therm
Necro/Therm
Mercs/TA
Ninja/Storm

I haven't tried Time yet but want to. I just haven't decided which primary I want to pair with it.

Of my 5 L50 MM's
Bot/Dark
Bot/Trap
Thug/Dark
Thug/Pain
Demon/Time

I would say Demon/Time is the one MM I would play if I could only have one. I have never had so much fun playing a character. Solo I can kill GM's and AV's with relative ease (Still working on how to kill Lusca solo) and run +4/8 missions. On teams its nice to be able to give a "SB" power (Chrono Shift) and +def power to my teammates. It's also a plus to have little baby fire imps around you're already massively loud Demon team.

Personally? Mercs are my favorite set. My merc/pain is my favorite, but the merc/time I am working on is great as well. After that, I like the versitility of Demons, and thugs just have a fun theme. And ninjas...I mean...come on. Ninja's. I enjoy them all, though my 'least' favorite would be necro. I suggest giving them all a shot, and at least building up to level 12 to test your second minion type.

Something interesting to note about necro, I believe it's the earliest MM set to get any AoE. Since the ranged puke from the zombies is a cone attack.

Bots/Storm.

I like my bots/traps, but it is kind of boring. Storm can be a pretty busy set for positioning as such, so I dont feel like I am just dropping a trap and then watching the bots chip away. Pumps out a crazy amount of damage if you can lock the spawns in a corner.

Oh jeeze, I don't think I can do this.

I have a Bots/Force, Bots/Traps, Demon/Thermal, Thugs/Traps, and Necro/Dark and I love them all.

I also, once upon a time, had a Mercs/Traps and Ninja/Poison, but due to excessive frustrations with Mercs/ and both Ninja/ and /Poison, deleted them both long ago, so I guess that tells you which sets I wouldn't choose to be The One, at any rate.

I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

one that has proper working pets

I have two.

Hellen Dark - Demons/Dark
Dead Ken - Necro/Poison

Love them both to bits. They both have little back stories and they play very differently.

If I had to start one over, I think I'd go with Bots/FF or Thugs/Arrows. Hmm... Altitis just started to kick in...darnit.

Thugs/Traps or Bots/Time. If I HAD to choose one...well, that's just insanity. I refuse to answer that question.

Merc/Storm, because 'controlled' chaos is for pansies. Send those mobs flying and let a bullet catch 'em in the *** on the way out the door.

I've been on a MM creation spree as of late;
Bots/Traps
Bots/Time
Bots/Sonic
Necro/Time
Demons/Storm

Along with my existing Necro/Poison, Bots/FF, Demons/Thermal and Thugs/Traps, I have to say the Demons/Storm has been the most fun and felt the most powerful by far - actually, the only one I feel is a bit "meh" is the Thugs/Traps but I have an aversion guns in this game so it's probably a theme issue.

So my vote, for only having 1 MM, goes to my Demons/Storm - Storm Daemon.

@ Mordakar

Your right I had to know

I love the MM AT and as a result can't take just one.

The two different playstyles I've seen (and use myself) are aggressive and passive. My Necro/Dark MM is very pro-active, throwing his numerous offensive powers (yes, my MM has offensive powers!) around to assist his pets with some light damage, Immobs and Holds and lots of -To Hit. He's never bored in a fight...always has something to do. Necro/Dark is perfect for this. /Sonic also seems to be great with any Primary since you can never have too much -Resist.

Passives MMs like to let their pets do more of the work while they buff/debuff/heal/draw aggro. My friend uses the ReadNewspaper emote while his Force-Fielded robots dash about blasting everything in sight. I get bored too easily doing this so I only have one Bot/FF MM but for a defensive set I like Demon/Thermal.

If I were restricted to ONE MM I would have to go with Thugs/Time. I don't CARE that S/L is the most resisted damage type...the set is FUN! I get a Brute to act as a baby Tank, that I can buff, while throwing an AoE debuff and ST debuff on the enemy, oh and it has a PBAoE Heal AND Gang War. And coming up with a theme (very important for me) is easy since you can justify almost anything with /Time.

50 Necro/Dark ... gave her some damage potential with IOs. However, I'm not fond of zombies ... they're so stupid! Harder to control, imo. But, between Dark and Heat Mastery, I find the number of holds to be helpful.
50 Merc/Dark ... not much damage so far but getting him up there with IOs. A little tough to control because I have to keep calling them back to me (of course, I think all pets keep running up on their targets instead of staying where I put them).
3 Thug/Poison ... this is the third attempt to create this toon (deleted twice), but there's a chance this one may stick. The potential of sticking strictly to pet support is pretty good.

I once had a bot/ff, but got tired of playing him.

If I could have ONE ... it'd would definitely be a kin ... but since that option's not available, I'm not going to make that call. Right now, my necro/dark is my best one.

Necro/Poison
Demon/Poison

Too tough to choose. I'd have to close my eyes and point to one at random to keep it.

My highest MM is currently a Demon/Pain, and I LOVE playing him.

I also have a lvl 40something Robots/FF, a 22 Thugs/Traps, and a 14 Zombies/Time

My bots/traps, no question. The thing is so stupidly powerful that it may as well be its own AT. My current build is posted on my blog, but even on SOs, he was a powerhouse.

I'm going to perform a bit of thread necromancy and change my answer from robots/force fields to robots/traps. More encompassing of possibilities.

After coming back to this game from a long hiatus, I decided to start up an MM and chose Bots/TA. I'm actually quite surprised as to how much I am enjoying Trick Arrows as a secondary, even to the point where I would actually keep him over my Thugs/Poison who was my first ever 50.

Trick Arrow is one of those easy-to-underestimate sets that does a whole heck of a lot when you use it well.