Best Lore pet for a Kin/Sonic Defender?

[Story Archer]

Obviously I spend the vast majority of my time teaming, but it'd be nice to be able to solo effectively as well, so I'm thinking probably a damage dealer with a little bit of survivability - maybe one that can pull/hold some of the aggro?

 

If it matters, my other Incarnates are:

• Alpha: Nerve Core Paragon
• Judgement: Ion Core Final Judgement
• Interface: Diamagnetic Radial Flawless Interface
• Destiny: Barrier Core Epiphany
• Hybrid: Assault Radial Embodiment

 

Build, for those interested:

 

[K-D1VA] with Inc.mbd

 

Edited July 16 by Story Archer

[Linea]

a) Anything but Seers.

b) I'm fond of Carnies

c) It's an old post, but try:

 

 

[Thraxen]

Banished pantheon or long bow is what I pick u less it’s theme related. 

[Uun]

Carnies, Knives or Talons are good if you want normal sized lore pets. Polar Lights or Robotic Drones if you want something small and unobtrusive.

[MoonSheep]

i use the polar lights or whatever they’re called on my 5+ year kin/sonic def, they have good both ST and AoE damage when hyped up by FS

[Story Archer]

On 7/19/2024 at 6:39 AM, Uun said:

Polar Lights or Robotic Drones if you want something small and unobtrusive.

 

I think it's down to these two if I go with theme... what makes Polar Lights good?

[Story Archer]

On 7/21/2024 at 4:18 AM, MoonSheep said:

i use the polar lights or whatever they’re called on my 5+ year kin/sonic def, they have good both ST and AoE damage when hyped up by FS

 

What would be the difference (if you know) between robotic drones and polar lights? I think polar lights will fit best theme-wise but the drones would be good as well, so I'm torn...

 

[Uun]

15 minutes ago, Story Archer said:

I think it's down to these two if I go with theme... what makes Polar Lights good?

Comparing the T4 boss pets, Polar Lights has 4 attacks while Robotic Drones has 3, and the recharge of the more damaging ST attack is 5s vs. 8s. Overall, Polar Lights has higher DPS (both ST and AoE). On the flip side, the secondary effect of Polar Lights is -def while Robotic Drones is -regen, but I don't think this moves the needle in Drones favor. 

 

	Polar	Robotic
ST	300.7	347.0
ST	379.4	379.4
Cone	231.3	247.5
AoE	208.2

 

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/entity.html?entity=incarnatepets_lore_lights_boss_buff

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/entity.html?entity=incarnatepets_lore_drones_boss_buff

 

[Story Archer]

4 hours ago, Uun said:

Comparing the T4 boss pets, Polar Lights has 4 attacks while Robotic Drones has 3, and the recharge of the more damaging ST attack is 5s vs. 8s. Overall, Polar Lights has higher DPS (both ST and AoE). On the flip side, the secondary effect of Polar Lights is -def while Robotic Drones is -regen, but I don't think this moves the needle in Drones favor. 

 

	Polar	Robotic
ST	300.7	347.0
ST	379.4	379.4
Cone	231.3	247.5
AoE	208.2

 

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/entity.html?entity=incarnatepets_lore_lights_boss_buff

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/entity.html?entity=incarnatepets_lore_drones_boss_buff

 

 

Thank you for providing that!

 

I wouldn't be so quick to discount the -Regen... in my experience, if you counted the health not regained, it tends to equate to a substantial amount of additional damage.

[Uun]

4 hours ago, Story Archer said:

I wouldn't be so quick to discount the -Regen... in my experience, if you counted the health not regained, it tends to equate to a substantial amount of additional damage.

Keep in mind that AVs heavily resist -regen, so 50% becomes 7%.

[Story Archer]

6 hours ago, Uun said:

Keep in mind that AVs heavily resist -regen, so 50% becomes 7%.

 

True. I presume that's the same with the Incarnate -Max HP proc?

Edited August 2 by Story Archer

[Uun]

2 hours ago, Story Archer said:

True. I presume that's the same with the Incarnate -Max HP proc?

No, that's not one of the debuffs AV resist.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Archvillain_Resistance

[MoonSheep]

On 8/2/2024 at 3:10 AM, Story Archer said:

 

Thank you for providing that!

 

I wouldn't be so quick to discount the -Regen... in my experience, if you counted the health not regained, it tends to equate to a substantial amount of additional damage.

 

i wouldn’t overthink it, if you have a good fulcrum shift going and have launched off 2-3 sonic attacks you’ll be doing fine

 

my def is slotted with mostly generic IOs and some SOs, the attacks mostly just have accuracy in them

 

some builds need a min/max approach to get the most out of it, kin/sonic just needs the player to regularly cast SB and hit FS at the right time