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Reactive is so good that it is hard to take anything else. You already have -Regen in Lingering Rad and EM Pulse, and that's probably enough. If you are using the fast attack chain of Blind-SW-Fire or Ice Blast-SW, then Reactive will have lots and lots of chances to hit.|
Originally Posted by Gelu_Procellus
So I took the Cardiac alpha and Degenerative interface proc on my Ill/Rad that I want to set up as an AV/GM hunter. I was looking at Paragon Wiki and it tells me that the Degenerative proc only does -150 Max HP to AVs and above. Not really worth it I'm thinking.
Should I just go ahead and take the usual Reactive or would something like Diagmetric (-regen) be better? |
Cardiac is a good Alpha choice if you are having endurance issues. I went with Spiritual for the reasons explained in my Ill/Rad guide, but those reasons weren't all that strong -- once you have perma-PA, then more Recharge only helps a little bit. And I made that choice before the new options came available. The new Agility is worth considering if you have sought Defense in your build. Musculature and Intuition also have some appeal, depending upon your build goals and the status of your build.
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I took Spectral Interface for the exotic damage type, the immobilize and the fact that I am still running trials a good bit to fully tier4 him.
I went with Spiritual and Reactive, but am thinking about something else for the Alpha slot now that Dreamshine is up to 182.5% recharge just with her Hasten auto-firing. Alternatively, I could swap out Ageless destiny for something else, but it's popular with groups, and sensibly so, and I do like it.
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Originally Posted by MriBruce
I went with Spiritual and Reactive, but am thinking about something else for the Alpha slot now that Dreamshine is up to 182.5% recharge just with her Hasten auto-firing. Alternatively, I could swap out Ageless destiny for something else, but it's popular with groups, and sensibly so, and I do like it.
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Oh, I know. It's mostly a matter of how much I want to bother with more trials right now.
I use Superior Core Spiritual Alpha and Cognitive Core Flawless Interface.
The former since it now reduces the recharge time on pet attacks, which means that not only are you increasing their DPS, but procs fire more often in their attacks (such as the Build-Up unique in PA), as well as a more comfortable buffer on PA/AM activations.
The latter since the XP-reduction due to Confusion doesn't matter at Incarnate level, and it makes dropping PA or Spectral Terror into a spawn reduce their effectiveness drastically, as well as having the second-least Resistible secondary damage type.
On that note, I also slotted Spectral Terror with five Glimpse of the Abyss and the new ATE proc, so it's a decent AoE attack on it's own, especially with the Cognitive bonus and increased fire rate of it's single-target Terrorize attack due to the Alpha. It's very effective! :-)
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Originally Posted by Waveform
I use Superior Core Spiritual Alpha and Cognitive Core Flawless Interface.
The former since it now reduces the recharge time on pet attacks, which means that not only are you increasing their DPS, but procs fire more often in their attacks (such as the Build-Up unique in PA), as well as a more comfortable buffer on PA/AM activations. The latter since the XP-reduction due to Confusion doesn't matter at Incarnate level, and it makes dropping PA or Spectral Terror into a spawn reduce their effectiveness drastically, as well as having the second-least Resistible secondary damage type. On that note, I also slotted Spectral Terror with five Glimpse of the Abyss and the new ATE proc, so it's a decent AoE attack on it's own, especially with the Cognitive bonus and increased fire rate of it's single-target Terrorize attack due to the Alpha. It's very effective! :-) |
(a) Pets do not receive a Recharge boost from Spiritual or Global Recharge or even Recharge slotted in the power itself. The Recharge will help the pet casting power come up more quickly, but has no effect on the pet's attack cycle. This was a change made quite a while ago.
(b) If you know what you are doing, there is no loss of XP from Confuse powers at any stage in the game. While the damage done by a confuse foe may slightly reduce the amount of AVAILABLE XP per foe, there are always more foes. You can't "lose XP" once you have earned it. Confuse powers actually let you get some XP that you haven't earned by your direct (or your pet's direct) damage. If you know what you are doing, confuse powers result in more XP over time.
Sorry, but I thought something needed to be said.
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on my ill/cold i went with the agility alpha since that benefits me the most (rech, end mod, defense), and i have reactive for more -resist and DoT
So I took the Cardiac alpha and Degenerative interface proc on my Ill/Rad that I want to set up as an AV/GM hunter. I was looking at Paragon Wiki and it tells me that the Degenerative proc only does -150 Max HP to AVs and above. Not really worth it I'm thinking.
Should I just go ahead and take the usual Reactive or would something like Diagmetric (-regen) be better?