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VS is an untargettable pet. Any aggro it generates goes directly to you.
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Originally Posted by Comicsluvr
Or use it like Seeker Drones and summon it into a mob to take the Alpha?
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Which isn't a problem if you're solo. Which means it's adding to your DPS, allowing you to double-team the spawn and take down enemies faster.|
Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
VS is an untargettable pet. Any aggro it generates goes directly to you.
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I don't know if Voltaic Sentinel is "worth" it from a damage point of view, but I get it to be able to slot Expedient Reinforcement for the 6.25% recharge bonus and the 3.13% ranged defense bonus.
Since it's perma without any enhancements I just put it out as needed, usually right before attacking a spawn. Its only real downside is the fairly hefty end cost.
All that said, VS isn't high on my list of priorities, and I'll skip it if the build can get more bang for the buck from another power.
If memory servers VS also gives a very large Defiance boost for however many seconds.
+20.5% Dmg(All Types) for 10.6s, if Red Tomax is correct.
My SG leader uses it as a mini BU on his Elect/elect.
It can be cast around corners and used as a pulling power, too. Since it only shoots one target, sometimes it will pull a spawn apart, one by one, or so my SG leader has said in build discussions about elec/elec.
Finally, what else in Electric Blast are you gonna take. You are kinda stuck with Sparky. If you skip VS, and are a Snipe hater too, you are down to just 7 powers in main, one of which is a crashing nuke.
I love the look of my Elect/elect, and am sentimental about that alt as it was my first to 50 , but it is a very frustrating combo to perfect, compared to so many others. It wants to blap but sure has survival issues, or so it did for me. Good luck.
Jak
VS got a boost to damage and recharge some issues ago. I'm working from memory so cannot remember exact details but it's better than it used to be.
Once summoned it cannot be dismissed, so if you don't want it drawing aggro let it expire first. I have mine 4 slotted with Soulbound Allegiance, so when it's out it works well for me.
Thelonious Monk
I have an elec/devices blaster, it's pretty handy for extra damage. Since it can't draw any aggro to itself, my usual plan when taking on a spawn I need to drop it for is to drop it -behind- me, lay a trip mine, then fire my snipe at the hardest target and let them run to me. Has worked pretty well so far, honestly.
I'm working on an Elec/Elec Blaster and VS is coming up. I don't usually like the 60-second recharge pets, however I feel I may be using it wrong. My question is how do YOU use it? Do you try to have it out all the time? Or summon it only for the tougher mobs? Or use it like Seeker Drones and summon it into a mob to take the Alpha?
Thanks in advance.
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