With those new pool powers, origin pools, pools customization... Make petless MM worthy?

I had an idea. I dont think its going out of my mind till I give it a try.
Wanted a fiery ninja with the whip attacks from MM Demon summoning.
Could take the 3 personal attacks, a secondary like TR, TM or TA...
Then fighting power pool with new cone fifht power, also fifht power from leaping pool, for more AoE goodness, Sorcery pool with the ranged attack, buffs and also the Heat Mastery that looks cool.
Some Incarnate flavour and...
Could be a total waste or something funny enough?
I dont need this character to be overpowered, just wondering if could be something worthy enough to give it a try with all that new pool powers, helping a lot filling concept and customization holes.
I mean, there are even more origin pools coming. Hope the natural one includes some weapon attacks.

You'll still be a petless mastermind.

Don't see why you can't give it a try as an alternate build. If you already have a Demon Mastermind, just twink a new build and mess around with petlessness.

Just keep in mind you can only take one 'Specialized' pool per character. So you'd have to pick one origin pool.

if you think you'd have fun with it, go for it. That's why we have alternate builds and the like.

I know its not going to be OP in any way.
This is a crazy idea.
I just think its cool we have some new pool powers and customization and tough about this again.
Im afraid people would not like to team with this character.
But I think I will give it a try, I like this kind of crazy stuff.
I dont have any MM, the idea is to play like a blaster/melee using pool powers.

Yes, you can make a petless MM with a solid attack chain. On the other hand those attacks are still tied to the MM's anemic damage scalars so a Corruptor with the same secondary will be providing stronger buffs/debuffs and dealing more damage.

I kinda understand what you are trying to do, but I also want to reach through the internets and slap you too.

Just play a fiery ninja with a whip who also summons demons. Geeze, is that really hard?

I still want Whip Assault for Dominators.

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I say a petless mastermind would be a viable option, if their three attacks were given more base damage and recharge, and if an MM's Supremacy inherent buffed those attacks just the same as it buffs minions.

Solution: Make your petless mastermind. Solo to 15 or whatever level it is dual builds unlock. Make an alternate build that's actually useful (read: has pets and upgrades) for teaming. Solo with your gimped build on +0x1, switch to alternate build if you feel like involving yourself with other players.

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.

I'm the resident expert on petless Masterminds!

Buffing the damage of the attacks yields less of a return than stuffing a bunch of damage procs on the build. You can cram four of the things into Brawl and get a greater return for each one than you would with a damage IO... At least, that's how it was with the old flat-rate procs. I haven't run the numbers for the I24 changes yet. Boxing is another good candidate for its low damage and fast cast cycle.

Although the powers that focus on protection are limited for Masterminds, the Archetype happens to have the same protection scalars as Tanker, meaning +Res and +Def toggle shields work better on Mastermind (and Tanker) than any other Archetype. Between Tough and, say, Shark Skin, you can get a good 66-70% resistance to Smashing and Lethal, out of a hard cap of 75%, which is probably going to be possible with the new set bonuses.

I have a Necromancy/Time Manipulation character in the works for my next petless Mastermind. The features that have become available between this one and my last one should make for quite a dandy improvement.

Performance-wise, my previous petless Mastermind was able to solo many of the Elite Bosses in the game without Inspirations or Temporary Powers. These include, among others, Black Scorpion, Romulus Augustus, Lt. Sefu Tendaji, Adamastor and Snaptooth.

I welcome any and all video evidence as proof of claimed exploits regarding the prowess of a petless MM.

all I'll say is that leaves me hopeful for a gun-based power pool so that I can do a swords woman armed with a pistol without having to keep up a revolver temp power