Assault Core or Radial Hybrid, which is Best?

[BrandX]

Is there a better one?  Is it strictly on build?  In this case, it's DB/Elec.

Edited January 13, 2020 by BrandX

[Krazie Ivan]

for /Elec, you should already be at/near the Res cap for SLENFCP ...so Melee Core wouldn't add anything more than +Regen to your overall build stats (aside from Tox Res). Radial would help boost Def along with the +Regen.

[BrandX]

Oh.  You know, I forgot to mention, I meant Assault Hybrid.  *Sigh* 

[Bill Z Bubba]

General rule I've been following is this:

AT Damage Mod 1 or higher, go with Core.

AT Damage Mod less than 1, go with Radial.

Rule seemed to hold up under pylon testing with various alts.

[Krazie Ivan]

9 hours ago, BrandX said:

I meant Assault

oops.

Core for your AT & 2ndary (not a heavy click set) ...unless you have very few attacks, and/or so poor Rech as to have gaps, and/or very poor End ratio as to necessitate rationing attack speed regularly.
(thx to Uber)

[BrandX]

6 hours ago, Bill Z Bubba said:

General rule I've been following is this:

AT Damage Mod 1 or higher, go with Core.

AT Damage Mod less than 1, go with Radial.

Rule seemed to hold up under pylon testing with various alts.

 

Okay, sounds like this is good advice for all the ATs.

 

Does this hold up for Brutes as well, as aren't they lower the Mod 1 (which is just Scrappers, Stalkers, Blasters, Veats, Dominator (melee only or maybe range is close enough to 1, and Sentinels)? 

[Bill Z Bubba]

11 minutes ago, BrandX said:

Does this hold up for Brutes as well

 

My claws/sr brute did test out better with radial over core for pylons.

What I do NOT know is whether this at all holds true in normal gameplay with AoEs against hordes of our enemies.

[Krazie Ivan]

certain out-sized AoEs, esp with Mez or other factors that buck the traditional dmg/rech ratio (TW is calculated w/o Monentum), will prefer Core. but yeah, Radial usually for Brutes.

[Extor Prime]

Here's how it worked out for me.

 

Do you spend a lot of time at or near do damage bonus cap? Radial. Example: brute.

 

Do you spend most of your time way below the damage bonus cap AND have a fast attack chain? Core. Example: illusion controller. Conventional wisdom suggests radial, but your attack chain is very fast and you have no issues having six stacks of bonus all the time.

 

Do you have a slow attack chain? Radial. You will have better return from a damage proc than from inconsistent number of bonuses.