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I have been forgetting to mention one reason why this combo works. Aggro control, the debuffs and oil slick damage are annoying enough that mobs will concentrate on the player not the pets. The player of course has the best defense and resists. You can see it in the Arachnos video where the Bane spider boss is shooting at the player even though six pets are beating on it.

Complicated topic, which more analytical folks will chime in soon. MIDS is really great for giving you a good idea which powers proc well. Non-purple procs will do 71 damage, if you slot into a power and only see 20 damage, then that generally mean it's firing a lot less than half the time. I might be committing a crime against math, so I'll avoid specific percentages. The lower the damage once slotted then the lower the proc rate. I generally do not put procs into powers that show 30 or less damage. One thing to consider when leveling, slotting proc indirectly cause your powers to use more endurance and recharge. Since, you want longer power recharge to increase proc rates you can gimp yourself by accident. Unless you have a lot of global recharge. Also, every proc takes up a spot that could slot endurance reduction. For example, VEAT Mu pool Static Discharge. It takes a ton of procs, but that means it costs the full 18.98 endurance each attack. I will put procs while leveling for low damage builds. Like Trick Arrow: Ice Arrow, it does no damage, but procs very nicely on my controller.

The live character is 50 with some T3s and a hand full of IOs. You will lose pets left and right, mostly genin, no surprise, until you're closer to fully built out. Oni almost never dies, because they don't melee. Having said that, the little monsters buzz saw through stuff. It's fun watching them swarm mobs with a flurry of attacks. Exploding mobs are a real hazard. I have learned to toggle between the return to master and attack target to trigger ranged attacks for the final blow. I have enough immobilization between Entangling Arrow and Oni to pin mobs till they are dead. You'll want to run a lower difficultly than you would like solo until you're built out. I think Dark Astoria will be the best hunting ground, because you'll get the most benefit from level shifts. Definitely, one of those builds that takes a huge power jump in the end, but can be harder than average to level.

Yes, that the CoT pets looked enticing. The debuff is nasty and the spirit even heals.

Which Lore pet provides the best support for MM pets? AOE heals? Buffs? Debuffs? Bonus if you have experience with Ninja. Lore pet list:

I guess they didn't fix this everywhere. This used to plague the last mission of Market Crash, but it was fixed at some point.

At first I was going to redo this fight video, but I figured why not show it things don't do smoothly. I forgot to put the disruption arrow at the start, which allow the Illusion boss to survive and summon. Mobs got spread out and I got chased around a bit. Overall it was a bit sloppy, but I didn't take serious damage and no pets died. And I intentionally didn't use barrier. The new flash arrow is the keystone of the build. Power boost + flash arrow = -24% toHit. EMP arrow provides all the status protection you need. And you don't really need it for many fights. Caveats, this is a completed built character, T4s the works. It's busy to play. Might be rather wimpy until built out. Now, I present a fight against 4x8 carnies.

Build revisions due to game play. I have too many powers, some are getting lost in the chaos due to long recharge. Out: Reason: Poor damage if you don't proc, long recharge if you do, silly long cast time for that type of power Mace Beam Volley Web Cocoon In: Reason: Tactics, just for the +perception. I don't need it, but it's a nice to have. Fistful of Arrows: This thing is a good proc power. I assumed that it wouldn't be. Due to the shortness of the cone, it's proc's well, 271 damage on average. New build tested on beta server. I took out a mission of 4x8 Carnies and only lost one genin. I'll post a video later. Build:

Here is a video from the beta server of the build in action against 4x8 Arachnos. I didn't use barrier to show the effectiveness of the debuffs. Of course, this is a completely tricked out all IOs and T4 build. Running T4 radial musculature instead of cardiac. Usually, the Fortunata Mistress's Psychic Wail takes out 1-2 genin, but she missed entirely this time.

Accuracy is an issue if I don't have acid arrow or Control incarnate running. Since, acid arrow comes pretty early accuracy generally hasn't been an issue.

I am not having this issue. I slotted Cardiac at first, but Musculature is working as well. I see more non full end bars with Musculature of course.

Darkest Night is very under rated for tanking. You can tie up a lot of mobs with taunt and DN.

The struggle is real. If there are a lot of melee or masterminds I don't even bother. Some groups do listen and at the very least some people move away, so the stunner does rez with full health.

Constantly forgetting the rule of five when slotting Luck of the Gamblers everywhere.

You're right. I would miss the game much more than the forums. There are some lovely people here like yourself. I have seen this kind of snarky behavior degrade forums in the past. Slowly, conversations turn into snark contests where folks are more interested in scoring points than having a conversation. It's very discouraging to newcomers. One of the best things about COX is the welcoming community. The link wiki link that @Uun shared is perfect example of how bad it can get. So, bad that it became a ban-able offense to post it. https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki//jranger

Ah yes. Triggering, I was waiting for that to be used. I make a comment that some people are obviously in agreement with about how criticism is done on the forum. And of course it's my fault for being "triggered", because snark is a trump card that is above criticism. Blame the receiver of the message, never how the message was delivered.

Yes, but if you never complain then nothing ever changes. Several times my suggestions have been gunned down. Did I like it, no. I got thumbs down many times and that's ok. This jranger picture just causes confusion. I was not on the live forums, so I have no context. I dislike insular snark. It makes forums less friendly to newcomers.

I hate it, it's just snarky nonconstructive criticism. If you have a problem, then spell it out. Or don't reply at all and let the suggestion die on it's own. Now, before any else does it...

How many umbrages are you supposed to slot into Umbral Torrent for maximum umbrage?

I have finally decided to pull the trigger on my first mastermind. I quite love trick arrow and a challenge hence ninjas. Trick arrow is very good are protecting the ninjas, lots of soft protection like -acc and -damage. The build exists on the beta server. I have solo'ed 4x8 DA radios, PI radios (Council, CoT, Carnies, Arachnos), and a 10 min trapdoor door run. There have been few deaths, but I consider those mostly due to my inexperience. The ninjas are devastating damage wise and heavily debuffed enemies go down quickly. Mostly looking for slotting suggestions. I piece together this build from other MM builds in the forum.

VEATs are made for dual or even triple builds. Night Widow General content/Night Tank Fortunata General content/Fort Tank/Flying dom Bane Mace and nades build/Huntsbane gun build

Aww don't leave. You can hide a post if you made a mistake. Look at the 3 dot menu in the upper right corner. Use the hide option. Someone was nice enough to clue me into this when I duplicated a post several times.

Alas, no. Venom and Frag are only available via the gun for a Bane. Bane mace based ranged attacks suck, except Poisonous Ray, which is ok. Search for "pure mace" in this forum for ideas if you want to avoid the gun. My suggestion is to take the redraw hit, venom and frag are just too useful.

Tell me what you really think about Sentinel. 🙂

You are forgetting AOEs. Without out of combat defense your chances are getting by an AOE targeting one of your teammate goes up. Example, if you are stealthing through a mission at the same time your tanker buddy is running through aggroing everything. There is a reason stalker hide has high out of combat AOE defense. https://cod.uberguy.net./html/power.html?power=stalker_defense.energy_aura.hide&at=stalker