Discussion: Best Secondary as far as fun and damage

[madatlis]

I always thought that Dual Pistols animations were always fun.. however lacking in a little damage compared to Fire. I was wondering what other people thought or have experimented with.

[Crowcus Pocus]

Unfortunately, nothing beats Fire in overall DPS performance. Now, fun is something that is quite subjective.

 

To you, maybe fun = DPS. To me, it usually means synergy with the primary powerset. To others, it could be aesthetics or concept.

 

Personally, considering fun + performance I tend to enjoy Dark, Water, Rad, and Beam Rifle the most. Sonic is a ST monster, but the sound effects can be annoying after a while.

 

And I should mention DP might feel lackluster but there are records of a few Time/DP soloing ITF on +4/8. Incarnates are that strong.

[mousestalker]

I always thought that Dual Pistols animations were always fun.. however lacking in a little damage compared to Fire. I was wondering what other people thought or have experimented with.

 

I tend to like secondaries that do things in addition to damage. Both /Dark and /Rad provide debuffing as well as damage. In my opinion, a /Rad defeder makes enemies melt faster than a /Fire defender because of the debuffing. YMMV.

[Harrow]

I always thought that Dual Pistols animations were always fun.. however lacking in a little damage compared to Fire. I was wondering what other people thought or have experimented with.

 

I tend to like secondaries that do things in addition to damage. Both /Dark and /Rad provide debuffing as well as damage. In my opinion, a /Rad defeder makes enemies melt faster than a /Fire defender because of the debuffing. YMMV.

 

That's why /Sonic is popular, too. Throwing around -res debuffs with every attack is a pretty nice perk.

[Guffnat]

Well that's the fun part about dual pistols. You can decide between knockback, dot-damage, slow or -dmg depending on your choice of ammo. Sadly I haven't found a fitting concept yet.

 

I always thought that Dual Pistols animations were always fun.. however lacking in a little damage compared to Fire. I was wondering what other people thought or have experimented with.

 

I tend to like secondaries that do things in addition to damage. Both /Dark and /Rad provide debuffing as well as damage. In my opinion, a /Rad defeder makes enemies melt faster than a /Fire defender because of the debuffing. YMMV.

[Zandera]

Water blast has some amazing aoes, and the animations are just fun.

[Hjarki]

Going anything but Sonic tends to be 'sub-optimal' unless you're trying to make a purely solo build due to the -resist debuffs.

 

I think Beam is worthwhile - especially once you hit 50+ and 'AE damage' is largely just ultimates and incarnate blasts. Because it packs both -regen and a bit of -resist, it can be useful support.

 

Dual Pistols has the same benefit - it can debuff resist a bit (as well as damage, depending on your selection).

 

Fire Blast is the highest overall personal damage in most cases, though.

[Kaliselia]

Water blast has some amazing aoes, and the animations are just fun.

 

Created a Empath/Water Hero this past weekend and she can hold her own.

 

Though she did die to Undead puke early on in the sewers while on a mission.

 

Want to get her another level or two and then off to Perez Park and look for nice tight groups of Blues.