Splitting Sets

[Slayde]

I've seen some videos where people split a set across two skills... say 3 pieces in two skills for a total of 6 pieces.

 

When you do this, do you get two 3 piece bonuses, or the full 6 piece bonus?

 

Edited February 7 by Slayde

[Luminara]

2x 3-piece.  Bonuses only accumulate for IOs in the same power.

[biostem]

12 minutes ago, Slayde said:

I've seen some videos where people split a set across two skills... say 3 pieces in two sets for a total of 6 pieces.

 

When you do this, do you get two 3 piece bonuses, or the full 6 piece bonus?

Usually, this is done with the archetype-specific enhancements, as you can only slot 1 of each per build, and some players prefer getting 2 of the bonuses for slotting 3 of them instead of the ones for slotting all 6 in one power.

[Clave Dark 5]

Depends on what you want to do.  I have one toon I wanted to build for as much damage as I could so I ended up "frankenslotting" a number of sets just to reach the "+2% damage" or something, then slotting up the rest to make sure it still had accuracy or whatever.  Other than the ATOs though, as stated, it's not too common a practice as I understand it.

[Water]

Yes, it's always a possibility. Might just as well be economical and get a full set of six but I've split sets years ago. I tend to not do these days but it is always an option at the sacrifice of 2 set bonuses which may not be so beneficial if slotted.

 

[Ironblade]

19 hours ago, Slayde said:

When you do this, do you get two 3 piece bonuses, or the full 6 piece bonus?

 

You get the two-piece bonus twice, and the three-piece bonus twice.  This is sometimes called frankenslotting and it can be very effective.  Back on live, I built an invuln tank with over 350% regeneration from set bonuses.  Since +regen is always the first bonus, and many of the sets are cheap, it was a very inexpensive build.  It cost me under 30 million influence BACK ON LIVE.

 

I had Brawl six-slotted with two pieces each from three different sets, as an example.  I had the 12% bonus five times, 10% bonus five times, 8% bonus five times.  I think you get the picture.  No recharge buff, no defense buff but as much regen as a /regen scrapper, but on a tanks hit points.  It was shockingly effective.

[Slayde]

On 2/8/2024 at 1:31 PM, Ironblade said:

I had the 12% bonus five times, 10% bonus five times, 8% bonus five times.  I think you get the picture.  No recharge buff, no defense buff but as much regen as a /regen scrapper, but on a tanks hit points.  It was shockingly effective.

 

Impressive idea.  Why not slot the 12% regen 15 times?

[MoonSheep]

On 2/8/2024 at 6:31 PM, Ironblade said:

 

You get the two-piece bonus twice, and the three-piece bonus twice.  This is sometimes called frankenslotting and it can be very effective.  Back on live, I built an invuln tank with over 350% regeneration from set bonuses.  Since +regen is always the first bonus, and many of the sets are cheap, it was a very inexpensive build.  It cost me under 30 million influence BACK ON LIVE.

 

I had Brawl six-slotted with two pieces each from three different sets, as an example.  I had the 12% bonus five times, 10% bonus five times, 8% bonus five times.  I think you get the picture.  No recharge buff, no defense buff but as much regen as a /regen scrapper, but on a tanks hit points.  It was shockingly effective.

 

this has me intrigued - going to see what i can achieve on mids in the morning

[MonteCarla]

46 minutes ago, Slayde said:

 

Impressive idea.  Why not slot the 12% regen 15 times?

 

Each bonus can only be claimed five times.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Enhancement_Set_Bonuses#The_Law_of_Fives

[ZekeStenzland]

IMO, the big winner for this is the Masterminds, who are otherwise shafted in ATO bonuses.  The 2-piece bonus is a big global recharge bonus. Getting 3 copies of that is worth losing out on the other 4 set bonuses.