Page 5 Robotics question: Upgrade Robot, Healing enhancement does what?

[tidge]

I suspect that as with everyone else prior to Page 5 I only had an Endurance reduction piece slotted in Upgrade Robot. The patch notes say only this:

 

Upgrade Robot

• Now grants Repair to Protector Bots
• Can be enhanced by slotting the power with Healing sets and enhancements.

 

I grok that the power could be used as a mule for something like the Preventive Medicine %Absorb proc, but

1. Does enhancing the Healing actually provide a benefit to the Protector Bot's Repair?
2. Does the Endurance cost reduction do anything for the Protector Bot(s)?

 

I see a lot of casual mentions of "slot Upgrade Robot with an HO Golgi (Heal/End)" which is 33.3%/33.3% at level 50, boostable to 38.3%/38.3% with a level 53 combined Golgi... and at least one comment that a boosted 50+5 Panacea Heal/End can give 33.1%/33.1% boosts (26.5%/26.5% boosts at level 50).

 

If the Endurance cost enhancement is only affecting the Mastermind's casting of Upgrade Robot, why not just go with a boosted 50+5 Panacea Heal (a 53% boost)?

 

If the Healing enhancement isn't doing anything, why not just stick with with a 50+5 boosted Endurance reduction IO?

 

[Sovera]

It buffs the Protector's heal. The end mod seems to be a leftover.

[tidge]

21 minutes ago, Sovera said:

It buffs the Protector's heal. The end mod seems to be a leftover.

 

Ah, so if not "spamming" Upgrade Robot (presumably only occuring when spamming resummons of henchmen) the better option for a single-slot appears to be to use a boosted 50+5 Healing and not sweat the Endurance cost.

[Hedgefund2]

And don't use a Panacea heal (7-8M oh AH) when a basic heal IO (300k for lvl 50) has exactly the same effect.

[tidge]

17 minutes ago, Hedgefund2 said:

And don't use a Panacea heal (7-8M oh AH) when a basic heal IO (300k for lvl 50) has exactly the same effect.

 

Of course. I only casually mentioned Panacea because of the potential stand in for multi-bonuses if the Endurance actually did anything.

[Arbegla]

Hmm, I thought it would also reduce the value of the endurance that the protector bot uses to cast their heal, but if that isn't the case, then I might have to revert back to a straight Heal IO.

I use a heal/end HO just to have endurance reduction on the upgrade, but I've noticed that I'm not upgrading as much in combat anymore, so getting more Heal value out of the protector bots would be useful.

[Wavicle]

On 11/17/2022 at 9:55 AM, Arbegla said:

Hmm, I thought it would also reduce the value of the endurance that the protector bot uses to cast their heal, but if that isn't the case, then I might have to revert back to a straight Heal IO.

I use a heal/end HO just to have endurance reduction on the upgrade, but I've noticed that I'm not upgrading as much in combat anymore, so getting more Heal value out of the protector bots would be useful.

 

Slotting the Prot Bots themselves for End Red should do that.