Stay off my planet! - Crabsterminding

Tonight I solo'd all the Pylons in RWZ and boarded the ship.

http://i.imgur.com/0s3I1.jpg

I've posted some pretty fast times on a single Pylon before but there were a few mentions that my Crabstermind method doesn't accurately reflect DPS and that a better measure would be to take down 3-5 pylons. Whatever the case, I knew that the damage was there and that I had a good chance to pull off the solo run.

I made some mistakes early on which slowed down my progress and was on the verge of restarting later, but I just went for it. I ended up accidentally flying in to the ship and getting ported back to base twice. Annoying! On a couple of pylons, I had some additional aggro from nearby groups which slowed me down as the spiders weren't focus firing on the pylon so I had to clear them out first. These set backs ended up making me 20 seconds short of clearing out all pylons without respawn (dang Mothership teleporting me!) so I ended up having to play catch up. In total I took out 22 pylons in roughly 35 minutes or so.

I did use inspirations and also used about 20 envenom daggers (I kept forgetting to use them so I ended up with 10 leftover). I ended up going with Destiny Incadescence to port around my Spiders which was nice, but this ended up leaving me without Barrier or Rebirth to protect them during the Pylon fights. I just had to make sure that my position was just right so they received my leadership buffs but were out of AoE range.

In terms of Lore I stuck with my Robotic Drones because they're just what I normally use for everything else. They fly so if they ended up grabbing aggro they're normally out of AoE range from the Spiders. Also, they have some -regen on all their attacks so that helps speed things up.

Interface, I went with Degenerative because the -Max HP adds up pretty nicely when coming from multiple sources. Less Max HP means less regen and less overall damage I have to pump out on each pylon. With Alpha, I go musculature because damage is king!

Overall, it was a fun ride and a good test of strength for my crab build. The last few minutes were pretty exciting as I rushed to put them down before the next one respawned. I was really tempted to just bring out an HVAS but that would've felt like a cheap victory so I'm glad I didn't resort to it. I'm pretty confident that I can do it next time without respawns now that I know where I made mistakes, but I'm in no huge rush to do this again.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

nicely done

Seriously... that's pretty cool.

Really well done. Do u mind posting your build? I'm interested to do a crab but not sure what to take and slot. It will be a later project as i am focused on my dark/dark controller at the moment.

Outstanding!

This is the build I'm currently running. I'm considering a minor tweak or two, but it's finalized for the most part.

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Jinrazuo: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Crab Spider Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Crab Spider Training
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Single Shot

• (A) Apocalypse - Damage: Level 50
• (3) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (5) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 50
• (7) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff: Level 14

• (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All): Level 17
• (7) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 16
• (37) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection: Level 30

• (A) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (9) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (9) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (11) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (11) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

• (A) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
• (13) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
• (13) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
• (15) Superior Dominion of Arachnos - Recharge/Chance for -Dmg and Terrorize: Level 50
• (15) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 33
• (17) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff: Level 11

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25
• (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
• (19) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50

• (A) Ragnarok - Damage: Level 50
• (19) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (21) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (21) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown: Level 50
• (23) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (23) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
• (25) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range: Level 50
• (25) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance: Level 50

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

• (A) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
• (27) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
• (27) HamiO:Centriole Exposure
• (29) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
• (29) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 47
• (31) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff: Level 11

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff: Level 50
• (31) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50
• (31) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (33) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (33) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 50

• (A) Flight Speed IO: Level 50

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance: Level 40
• (33) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge: Level 40
• (34) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
• (34) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25
• (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
• (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50

• (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal: Level 50
• (36) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 50
• (36) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 50

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
• (37) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

• (A) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (43) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (43) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range: Level 50
• (50) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50

• (A) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage: Level 50
• (37) Soulbound Allegiance - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (39) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (39) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up: Level 50
• (39) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus: Level 40
• (45) Call to Arms - Defense Bonus Aura for Pets: Level 30

• (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (40) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (40) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (40) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (42) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (42) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus: Level 40

• (A) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold: Level 50

• (A) Hecatomb - Damage: Level 50
• (45) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (46) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (46) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 50
• (46) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50

• (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (50) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (50) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets: Level 50

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

• (A) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 50

• (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

• (A) Flight Speed IO: Level 50

• (A) Jumping IO: Level 50

• (A) Miracle - +Recovery: Level 20
• (42) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery: Level 30

• (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 43
• (43) Endurance Modification IO: Level 50
• (45) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 48

• 20% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 20% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 20% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 20% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 20% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 20% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 20% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 20% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 6% Defense(Melee)
• 10% Defense
• 6% Defense(Smashing)
• 6% Defense(Lethal)
• 6% Defense(Fire)
• 6% Defense(Cold)
• 8.19% Defense(Energy)
• 8.19% Defense(Negative)
• 7.88% Defense(Psionic)
• 10.38% Defense(Ranged)
• 6% Defense(AoE)
• 2.25% Max End
• 95% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 63% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% FlySpeed
• 140.6 HP (13.12%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -4)
• Knockup (Mag -4)
• MezResist(Confused) 5%
• MezResist(Held) 5%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 5%
• MezResist(Sleep) 5%
• MezResist(Stun) 5%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 5%
• 14.5% (0.25 End/sec) Recovery
• 84% (4.5 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 20% Resistance(Smashing)
• 20% Resistance(Lethal)
• 26.62% Resistance(Fire)
• 26.62% Resistance(Cold)
• 21.26% Resistance(Energy)
• 21.26% Resistance(Negative)
• 20% Resistance(Toxic)
• 20% Resistance(Psionic)
• 5% RunSpeed

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About time someone did it, I've been telling people to use all they have on this mothership challenge instead of whining about lore pets in the pylon thread.

Well done sir, hopefully you are the first of many.

Nice!

Awesome job, blueruckus!

Lol, now I feel like such an underachiever. I don't think my own Crab Spider can take down even one Pylon.

Nice, congrats.

congrats on your victory

That's so crazy that I wouldn't even bother quibbling over temp powers or incarnate pets. Instead, I'll just blame all future nerfs on you. Even if someone else did it first and I didn't hear about it, it's still all your fault.