Secondary for damage

[Kyksie]

So, if your goal is only to max out damage, what would be the best secondary?  I'm guessing it would be either Radiation Armor, which has a recharge buff, and a tier 9 that buffs damage and has no crash; or, Fire Armor, which has a damage buff, Burn, and Rise of the Phoenix. A case could be also made for Bio Armor, which has a damage buff and is Really Awesome. Opinions?

 

[Bill Z Bubba]

I run a fire/bio and I've been very happy with it damage-wise, and I don't dip into psi mastery nor do I overly proc out my attacks. Just hover above the masses, blasting them into oblivion in offensive mode in complete and total safety.

 

But that's not your goal. Your goal will involve psi mastery for mind probe and a proced out dominate, (and probably 2 or 3 other proc bomb attacks,) with bio armor in offensive mode and a hatred of your end bar. Apparently primary doesn't matter.

[Kyksie]

I thought it had already been established that Fire was the top primary for raw damage? Maybe Water if you want the best AoEs.

[Gobbledigook]

I would think Bio would be top for damage. Burn is good if you want to mix it up in melee though but a Brute will do that so much better.

 

Fire/bio/Psi(procced) was the best single target dps as far as i know. Although the new electrical Blast could be up there also.

[Ashington]

20 minutes ago, Gobbledegook said:

I would think Bio would be top for damage. Burn is good if you want to mix it up in melee though but a Brute will do that so much better.

 

Fire/bio/Psi(procced) was the best single target dps as far as i know. Although the new electrical Blast could be up there also.

 

 yeah and a scrapper would make even more damage

 

we were talking about sentinels, please focus

Edited December 13, 2021 by Ashington

[Gobbledigook]

13 minutes ago, Ashington said:

 

 yeah and a scrapper would make even more damage

 

we were talking about sentinels, please focus

And here we go again...

 

That post was about the Sentinel. The extra was about Burn, that was mentioned above, that Sentinels have access to. 

 

You have nothing to offer so i suggest you don't bother posting and use the 👍👎.

[tricon]

9 hours ago, Kyksie said:

So, if your goal is only to max out damage, what would be the best secondary?  I'm guessing it would be either Radiation Armor, which has a recharge buff, and a tier 9 that buffs damage and has no crash; or, Fire Armor, which has a damage buff, Burn, and Rise of the Phoenix. A case could be also made for Bio Armor, which has a damage buff and is Really Awesome. Opinions?

 

 

 

My guess would be Bio.  Let's take a look at the powersets

 

 

Radiation Armor has Ground Zero that you can turn into a proc nuke with 30targets (90sec) and has a flat auto  +20%recharge bonus but you lose the 2nd proc nuke Radiation Therapy that a scrapper has access too. IMO this version is not so good as the melee counterpart.

 

The Sentinel version of Fiery Aura has no Fiery Embrace and damage aura but you gain a dmg proc and a minor +10%dmg buff for it. The fire proc has only a 80% chance  for your attacks to proc, less then the Bio buff. But with Burn you have an extra area dmg power but no taunt  to keep the mobs into the area. So either use the Incarnate Melee Radial Hybrid for the taunt aura or finde some other way like provoke.

 

Bio Armor dmg buff under offensive adaption is larger with 25% then the Fiery version. It has a additional a minor -7.5% dmg resistance debuff and the toxic proc for your dmg attacks does more dmg  then the Molten one.  However no DNA Siphon from the scrapper list that could offer additional procs for a aoe nuke.

 

 

The extra toolkits are a bit different. Fiery has a good heal vs. the absorb shield of Bio. An extra endurance pbaoe and a healing over time power. Bio has good regen with leech even more and can even bringe some endurance with the Theft of Essence back. Fiery has a bit more resistance (vs Fire even way more) but Bio has some extra defense against the elements. 

 

 

 

 

[brasilgringo]

13 hours ago, Kyksie said:

I thought it had already been established that Fire was the top primary for raw damage? Maybe Water if you want the best AoEs.

I think Elec/ is tied with or slightly better than Fire -- esp now with Elec changes -- on Sents due to the way Elec was tweaked (esp Tesla Cage) for Sents, and that it has no annoying Repel like Fire has in the Blaze replacement power.

Edited December 13, 2021 by brasilgringo

[Pzn]

12 minutes ago, brasilgringo said:

I think Elec/ is tied with or slightly better than Fire -- esp now with Elec changes -- on Sents due to the way Elec was tweaked (esp Tesla Cage) for Sents, and that it has no annoying Repel like Fire has in the Blaze replacement power.

Speeding up short circuit makes the aoe feel a bit stronger than fire blast as well.  Definitely my favorite set for them now.

[brasilgringo]

4 hours ago, Pzn said:

Speeding up short circuit makes the aoe feel a bit stronger than fire blast as well.  Definitely my favorite set for them now.

True dat. SC is basically a wide-area proc deliver system now, including -RES.  Fun times!

[Underfyre]

There are some situations, because of slotting requirements, where Fire will be better for one primary than another, like Beam Rifle. It's the only instance I've found, but I also haven't gone poking around for them.

[Saikochoro]

I’m guessing bio armor will be the best armor to boost your damage. My fire/bio sentinel is not lacking in damage and is quite fun. I have an electric/bio that is in process of leveling up so I’ll see how good it is compared to fire/bio.