Let's try this again: Bots/Traps MM build advice.
By
InfamousBrad,
Posted on: 2012-03-05 23:02 in Masterminds
Just had a quick look at it...
I am not sure what the general opinion on Caltrops is now (I know it was awesome when reactive was busted) but does it really need 5 slots and procs now? Your bots with be killing stuff so fast that the tiny dot will only add up on Avs and such.
I'd also say much better to but the pet uniques in tier 1 pets, and lift the healing on protector bots a bit more.
Poison Trap...this WAS crazy good when proc'd out. I know the proc rate was lowered awhile back..might be better off loading this up instead of caltrops. Also..the lockdown hold proc is wtfawesome in there..you want that at least.
It is going t be very hard to get all your defences around 40%...maybe focus on a few? Smash/Lethal and perhaps melee..since you will be in there a lot. Aoe could work also.
Pretty sure that the numi proc in Triage will not buff (with the +regen/rec) others...I'd really try getting it in health.
Also dont forget that your def will be..10? 12? higher than what mids is showing, with the ProBot bubbles. Throw on 5% more from minimum barrier, and your getting close to teh cap.
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Level 50 Technology Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Robotics
Secondary Power Set: Traps
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Chill Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Battle Drones
- (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (3) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (3) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (5) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus
- (29) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus
- (A) HamiO:Endoplasm Exposure
- (39) HamiO:Endoplasm Exposure
- (A) Damage Increase IO
- (A) Karma - Knockback Protection
- (5) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
- (39) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (11) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge
- (11) Touch of Lady Grey - Recharge/Endurance
- (19) HamiO:Lysosome Exposure
- (50) HamiO:Lysosome Exposure
- (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (13) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (13) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (15) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure
- (15) HamiO:Cytoskeleton Exposure
- (29) HamiO:Golgi Exposure
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (31) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (34) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (19) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
- (21) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (21) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
- (25) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (50) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
- (50) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (23) Recharge Reduction IO
- (23) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (25) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Empty
- (27) Empty
- (27) Empty
- (31) Empty
- (31) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure
- (A) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff
- (33) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
- (33) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
- (33) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (40) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (40) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Red Fortune - Defense
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
- (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
- (43) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
- (43) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
- (46) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (46) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
- (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (46) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 50: Spiritual Core Paragon
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Level 2: Swift
- (A) Run Speed IO
- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (A) Jumping IO
- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
- (7) Performance Shifter - EndMod
- (7) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
- (A) Empty
Oh, yay, it worked. I think. Just was having a play around in mids. A lot of hamis in the above. The 4 empty slots in AssBot are for 4 of the ATO mm set..which will get you to perma hasten. With Spiritual Alpha..helps all your rech, heals in probots and triage. Depends if you like the ugly Ice armour..but you also get a personal attack..pew pew. Incarnate capped to s/l. Probotties bubble with get you capped to melee and ranged.
Just some ideas.
Oddly enough, I have a fresh one handy, I was considering respeccing mine today:
http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...02EB3F2381FD60
47.8% smashing/lethal defense, 37.5% energy, everything else around 30%. +132 hit points before accolades. Maxed-out hold in Poison Trap. Both single-target attacks, so I'm not 100% useless on missions that erase pets like the middle section of Lambda Sector. Not as much +rech as I'd like, maybe, but that's what the Alpha slot is for.
Now NOT posted in the Blaster Forums.
The goals:
1. Get as close to the personal Defense softcap as possible.
2. Get pets as close to the Defense softcap as possible.
3. Make pets and traps as nasty as possible.
4. Complete goals 1, 2, and 3 with minimal purples and expensive stuff I can't buy with Reward Merits (Reward Merit-buyable stuff is OK).
Notes:
1. Hami-Os seems to be the best way to get maximal benefits from protector bots, especially with Musculature Core Paragon already buffing damage and Tactics buffing accuracy; it is, however, pretty much the most expensive thing in this set. Another thought instead of using Sovereign Right's Res bonus was to use my Command of the Mastermind special for the +10% AoE defense (or some number), since it would probably synergize better.
2. I was waffling as to put Build Up on either my Assbot or my Drones. I still am. But I'd rather have the extra AoE Defense from Blood Mandate than the 3% health, like Desch's build gets by putting 3 blood mandates and 3 Soulbound Allegiances in Assbot, and both Acc and Damage will hit the ED anyways. This was my thought process.
3. Not enough global Recharge to get permaHasten. Not sure what to do about that; less sure if I should give a damn.
Thoughts? Comments? Post please!
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****** McShitterton.: Level 50 Technology Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Robotics
Secondary Power Set: Traps
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Presence
Power Pool: Medicine
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Battle Drones -- BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg:50(A), BldM'dt-Dmg/EndRdx:50(3), BldM'dt-Acc/EndRdx:50(3), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(5), BldM'dt-Acc:50(5), BldM'dt-Dmg:50(7)
Level 1: Web Grenade -- TotHntr-Acc/Immob/Rchg:50(A), TotHntr-Acc/Rchg:50(7), TotHntr-EndRdx/Immob:50(9), TotHntr-Acc/EndRdx:50(25), TotHntr-Immob/Acc:50(27), TotHntr-Dam%:50(50)
Level 2: Caltrops -- Posi-Dam%:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(9), ImpSwft-Dam%:30(11), P'ngTtl--Rchg%:50(11), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(13)
Level 4: Triage Beacon -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:40(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg:40(13), Numna-Heal:40(15), Numna-Heal/EndRdx:40(15), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:40(34), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg:50(48)
Level 6: Equip Robot -- EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 8: Assault -- EndRdx-I:50(A), EndRdx-I:50(48)
Level 10: Acid Mortar -- Achilles-ResDeb%:20(A), ShldBrk-DefDeb/EndRdx/Rchg:30(19), ShldBrk-Acc/Rchg:30(23), ShldBrk-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:30(23), ShldBrk-%Dam:30(25)
Level 12: Protector Bots -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(19), HO:Cyto(21), HO:Cyto(21), EdctM'r-PetDef:40(27), SvgnRt-PetResDam:40(29)
Level 14: Provoke -- Mocking-Rchg:50(A), Mocking-Acc/Rchg:50(36), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng:50(36), Mocking-Taunt:50(36), Mocking-Taunt/Rng:50(48)
Level 16: Force Field Generator -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A), DefBuff-I:50(17), DefBuff-I:50(17)
Level 18: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(31), LkGmblr-Def:50(31), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(33)
Level 20: Poison Trap -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(33), RechRdx-I:50(33)
Level 22: Tactics -- GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx:50(A), GSFC-ToHit:50(29), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx:50(31)
Level 24: Vengeance -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A)
Level 26: Assault Bot -- BldM'dt-Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg:50(37), BldM'dt-Acc/EndRdx:50(37), S'bndAl-Build%:50(37), BldM'dt-Dmg:50(39), BldM'dt-Acc:50(39)
Level 28: Seeker Drones -- RzDz-EndRdx/Stun:30(A), RzDz-Acc/Rchg:30(39), RzDz-Acc/EndRdx:30(40), RzDz-Stun/Rng:30(40), RzDz-Immob%:30(45), RzDz-Acc/Stun/Rchg:30(45)
Level 30: Aid Other -- IntRdx-I:50(A), Heal-I:50(40), Heal-I:50(42)
Level 32: Upgrade Robot -- EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 35: Trip Mine -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:50(43), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(43), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:50(43), Sciroc-Dam%:50(45)
Level 38: Scorpion Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A), LkGmblr-Def:50(46), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(46), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(46)
Level 41: Aid Self -- Heal-I:50(A), Heal-I:50(42), IntRdx-I:50(42)
Level 44: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 47: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(50), RechRdx-I:50(50)
Level 49: Super Speed -- Clrty-Stlth:50(A)
Level 50: Musculature Core Paragon
Level 50: Barrier Core Epiphany
Level 50: Reactive Total Radial Conversion
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Supremacy
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I:50(A)
Level 2: Health -- Heal-I:50(A), Heal-I:50(34)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I:50(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I:50(A), EndMod-I:50(34)