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I always plan for the worst case scenario when it comes to characters I like. /shrug

The global recharge also allows you to proc an EM/rad more aggressively without worrying too much about gimping your attack chains. Rad therapy and ground zero also significantly boost EM's general clear speed enough to make up for not having offensive mode. The combo definitely is still pretty good without procs, I tested in case of the impending nerf being too heavy handed. EM/BIO will surely melt AVs slightly faster, but I do think rad's the better pairing overall.

Dying.

Because while it may have four insanely good powers to carry the set, they aren't perfect. It's also a pain to solo before VG. The set isn't as safe as cold, and it really should be the debuff king considering the playstyle. Vg shouldn't toggle off when mezzed and should have a larger radius, full stop. Splashes should be bigger and neuro breath should do literally anything useful. Plus, if/when procs get nerfed, I'd much rather have the /traps version of poison trap since it's way better without procs carrying this one.

It stands to reason that the dedicated stealth specializations should have better stealth powers. I don't even think this is even a question. You can debate fort if you want, but NW/Bane should get stalker-level stealth without much of an argument.

Em and Rad play better together in actual gameplay IMO. Em/bio if your only goal is to be a pylon hero. Bio's a great set, but I'd pair it with claws or something else, especially if you hate repeats like I do.

Eh, if I for some insane reason went with a patron pet and the pylon didn't kill it, I'd use it. People overthink these things. There's a difference between a build choice that requires investment, and activating hybrid/lore, which can be thrown on top of anything, and annihilating the pylon in twenty seconds. And yeah, I was very close to getting it on video last night before a miss streak, after like five pylon kills. 😞

I see no issue with using it how I did it, especially considering how I included the activation, which I'd argue I wouldn't neccesarily have to do. In missions I pop it when it's up and against AVs I do the same. In the latter case it can even really help you not get murdered. Not using meltdown would be akin to not using offensive adaptation/evolving armor. If certain sets have an issue for some reason, it's worth investigating said issue. Not using it is just an unnecessary handicap.

@Gobbledegook Ah, that makes sense. What rotation? I've seen people doing tf>et>bs>snipe, with the ato in TF. Seems to kneecap the potential of the set by wasting the most powerful ato.

Oh, did I skim over a top time?

This is pretty representative of the average pylon kill for my Energy/rad. I almost got a 1:05 a little after this, but managed to whiff TF and two ETs when the thing was at 1%, and I'm still kind of mad about it. Doom laughed at me. 😞 1:20ish despite that mistake I made is still pretty damn good for an average, though. I think if a Energy/bio were to run this rotation they could likely be in the running for new pylon record holder.

Considering the general goal of the trapdoor test, I never took issue with yellows or just waiting it out. If it wasn't a timed run I'd just pop GZ/therapy/whirling and laugh like a maniac while waiting it out.

Bill's comment and the whole discussion of what's 'game breaking' is always funny to me, considering how everyone now has easy access to full purple sets, in addition glad IOs that used to cost 3x the inf cap now being affordable with a single mission clear. Even without procs, the majority of people are operating at an endgame level the devs did not balance the game around the minute they hit 50 on every single alt. If you think changing procs will make characters less OP, it won't in the vast majority of cases, really. You can't reign this in without making negative, damaging changes to the game. Honestly, we average what, a patch a year? Make the horrible sets and the weaker ats stronger then everything's dandy.

That's a consideration a lot of people ignore, but I actually test by taking off my alpha entirely for a few hours to see how it goes when I respec.

54% global is more than enough for this build. It was an issue when I was running <30% and had much more procs in the AoE. I play pretty much exclusively on +4.

Procs ignore the rage crash, and you have plenty of resists and heals to endure it in addition to your knockdown. They shine on scrappers and tanks for different reasons. Of course rad doesn't have DDR, it's not a defense set. It has regen and resists to damn near everything else though.

I think rad/ss tank is one of the best builds and broken things you could possibly make in the game if you abuse procs, since it essentially gets rid of all the downsides of doing so and takes full advantage of the tank buffs. Rad/Rad scrapper is pretty scary in terms of clearing, and I'd put it up there with claws/bio in terms of clear speeds. I think scrapper is best because unlike tank/brute, it has notable single target on top of it's horrific(in a good way) aoe damage. Energy/rad is quickly becoming my second favorite scrapper next to the claw/bio, though. It allows energy to make use of achilles+fotg without disrupting it's rotation as much as it would otherwise have to in order to fit them into a chain. Plus, you get some pretty good aoe to make up for how bad power crash is. Whirling hands is actually above average for a scrapper Pbaoe, so that + ball with a crit proc will wipe out groups whenever rad therapy/GZ aren't up. I definitely use meltdown more as an offensive cooldown than for defense. Honestly, you could probably skip GZ, but I don't want to. 😛

I'll post the tank when it's done, there's still a few slots I'm trying to optimize a bit, and I'm weighing the benefit of having kick+boxing for Xpunch over having Darkest Night for tanking things that are an actual threat. My EM/Rad is here, though I'm thinking of changing the weave slotting if I find myself not needing the accuracy anymore. An earlier build whiffed a lot. Fatal Fusion.mxd

Long live Piecemeal! May you fling helicopters wherever the road takes you. Thanks for all the fun content! 😄

I'm still doing some fine tuning on this character, but that run was very much an outlier, which kinda makes me mad shadowplay broke. Pretty much every bonesmasher in the meltdown window gave the proc, but weirdly enough, none of the TFs crit and it still got a good time. I'm kind of wondering if I wasn't paying attention and did something different rotationally, but hybrid was not on. General idea, meltdown + ageless on approach, go full burst god mode and fish for crits between every heavy hitter. It also allows you to get double ETs per rotation more frequently in my experience, and when that happens, you can do something dumb like Bs>tf>et>bs>zapp>et, which is a lot of burst if you get chain procs. I'm still playing around with it and adapting it to double ET when needed, but so far I find it gets close to the tf>et>Bs>snipe rotation while being better when you get lucky. I can post my build in the morning, you caught me getting ready for bed.

@MicrocosmHa, I made this combo recently and it's a favorite. Try a fully procced out bonesmasher with the ATO and a +5 damage heca. I did a 1:09 test and shadowplay decided to break on me doing some variation of bs>tf>et>bs>moonbeam with rad therapy when it's up and crit strikes isn't active. I see a lot of people put the ato in Tf, but I don't think that's optimal for the set reaching max potential. @DarknessEternal I would always use fotg in rad therapy for an energy/rad. You want to maintain it anyway, and scrapper energy doesn't really have a way to fit it into a rotation reliably otherwise. Even for mission bosses, since you hit so hard that the difference is equal to a damage proc at worst, and makes all your other procs hit harder in practice.

First revision of my Rad/SS has proved worth the trouble. Final time of 3:58. And since recording, I think I have an idea that can shave the time down even more.

Was going to post my new Rad/ss test results, but my internet is proving uncooperative on the upload. Will post it once the issue resolves.

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