Your Current Personal Favorites?

[Chalkarts]

I don't know how long ago this sort of thing has been asked but it's the kind of question I feel should be thrown out there once a year or so just to get a feel for trends.

 

Which is your personal favorite set?  I assume many of the players here have run through Multiple combinations before settling on a favorite to go long with.

 

Who constitutes your personal favorite cadre of minions or miscreants?

 

What makes them your favorite? Is it the aesthetic? Maybe a specific set synergy? or Perhaps a deep psychological desire to lord over that specific type of critter until it sacrifices itself in your name?

 

Who is your army?

[SeraphimKensai]

Honestly I really like necro, despite not carrying about zombie lore much at all, necro mm's just make great mm's.

 

I have 4 robots, 3 necros, 2 demons, 1 thugs, and 1 ninja at this point. Maybe one day I'll finish off a beast and a merc.

[Chalkarts]

3 hours ago, SeraphimKensai said:

Honestly I really like necro, despite not carrying about zombie lore much at all, necro mm's just make great mm's.

 

I have 4 robots, 3 necros, 2 demons, 1 thugs, and 1 ninja at this point. Maybe one day I'll finish off a beast and a merc.

I've got a beast that I really like but I just borked her base and am trying to resolve the disaster.

[Warshades]

My top 3 favorites are Demons, Mercs, and Necro. I like to play in melee and prefer melee pets in general. I also like how well all 3 pair with marine affinity which is one of the main reasons I've started playing MMs more often.

[TygerDarkstorm]

Geeze, how to pick my favorite MMs? lol

My Demons/Storm is still quite a force to be reckoned with. My Bots/Nature is also good fun and synergizes pretty well. I have a rather massive collection of MMs, so it's hard narrowing it down. Notable mentions are any primary with /Marine because Marine feels made for MMs and pairs well with basically all of them--even Beasts, which are at the bottom, feel good with Marine.

 

Necro is a great primary that pair well with just about anything--necro/thermal gives you zombies on fire; necro/kin gives you zoombies; necro/cold for zombie pops; necro/dark is classic; necro/sonic for wraith/banshee vibes, etc. etc.

 

Mercs are also strong after the last MM pass and also pair well with anything and are a good choice for newer MMs since they play primarily at range. Bots can also fall in with this.

[Meknomancer]

Bots/dark

Mercs/time

Demons/marine

Necro/ff

Thugs/traps

Ninjas/storm

 

Random picks i think i have every primary with every secondary except empathy and pain. I just remember having fun with those and bots/dark is still my goto as it was on live. It'd be easier to list the worst. Beasts with anything except /marine. They are almost playable with /marine.

[Maelwys]

For me, the all-round most mechanically effective MM has to be Bots/Marine.
Marine works well with any MM Primary due to Shifting Tide procs and Power of the Depths... about the only thing it's lacking is noteworthy -Regen debuffs and ST healing.
Bots/ provides -600% Regen and reliable henchmen ST spot healing.
(Also Whitecap, Brine and Shifting Tides more than cover for Bot's Single Target DPS issues... plus Barrier Reef + Protector Bot Bubbles + the usual culprits will hit the softcap...)

[TygerDarkstorm]

15 hours ago, Maelwys said:

For me, the all-round most mechanically effective MM has to be Bots/Marine.
Marine works well with any MM Primary due to Shifting Tide procs and Power of the Depths... about the only thing it's lacking is noteworthy -Regen debuffs and ST healing.
Bots/ provides -600% Regen and reliable henchmen ST spot healing.
(Also Whitecap, Brine and Shifting Tides more than cover for Bot's Single Target DPS issues... plus Barrier Reef + Protector Bot Bubbles + the usual culprits will hit the softcap...)

Oooo, with Bots having Maint Drone, does this make Shoal Rush more preferable to take over Soothing Wave?

[Maelwys]

1 hour ago, TygerDarkstorm said:

Oooo, with Bots having Maint Drone, does this make Shoal Rush more preferable to take over Soothing Wave?

Soothing Wave is still useful for healing you and non-henchmen allies... but it's not like Shoal Rush is a bad power.
If you're not taking anything else that can slot an Achilles' Heel proc (like Weaken Resolve)? Sure.

[Chalkarts]

On 5/13/2025 at 7:52 PM, TygerDarkstorm said:

Geeze, how to pick my favorite MMs? lol

How do you feel about Necro/Traps?  Sending a zombie into a room with a bomb strapped to it sounds fun.

[TygerDarkstorm]

23 hours ago, Chalkarts said:

How do you feel about Necro/Traps?  Sending a zombie into a room with a bomb strapped to it sounds fun.

I haven't tried that combo yet, so I can't comment to it. I think a few others around here have tried it. Necro got a big boost with the MM pass, so I'm sure it works fine together. 🙂

I'm not entirely sure if Detonator got an upgrade (I can't remember if it was included when the devs reworked some of the bomb powers) to make it worth taking, as it's had kind of notoriously meh damage for the price of sacrificing a henchman.

 

At the moment, I think my only /Traps MM is a Merc/Traps who just hit 50 and is in bad need of a respec, and I skipped Detonator on her, and probably will in the respec. Hopefully some others here can help out. 🙂

 

[Psyonico]

1 hour ago, TygerDarkstorm said:

I'm not entirely sure if Detonator got an upgrade (I can't remember if it was included when the devs reworked some of the bomb powers) to make it worth taking, as it's had kind of notoriously meh damage for the price of sacrificing a henchman.

If I remember correctly, Detonator lost its countdown timer on pets when traps got its pass, so everything just instantly-explodes.

 

also, if I remember correctly, detonator does more damage the higher rank pet you put it on.

[TygerDarkstorm]

2 minutes ago, Psyonico said:

If I remember correctly, Detonator lost its countdown timer on pets when traps got its pass, so everything just instantly-explodes.

 

also, if I remember correctly, detonator does more damage the higher rank pet you put it on.

Thank you. I was being lazy about looking up when the devs made the traps pass, and what it entailed for MMs.

[twozerofoxtrot]

The MM i can really stand to play is my Demons/Dark.

 

A lot of -Res plus the AoE stealth helps reduce the amount of stray agro they pick up.

 

[High_Beam]

Mercs (1), Demons (2), and Beasts (3).  Fun and at times frantic make for enjoyable MM play time for me

 

Bots (4), Ninja (5) and Necro (6) are fine but bored me so they were retired at 50

 

I effing hate my Thugs (7).  Annoy the crap out of me.  haven't played that one in years.  Going to delete w=once I get off my tail and strip her down.

[Six-Six]

It's a tie between Doggos and Bots. Bots with group fly is just awesome. And I just like dogs. 😃

I've been going petless past few months. without pets, my favourites are Necro because of the spirits that pop up with the 3 primary attacks. Demons for the iconic whip. And Thugs for the more down to earth wielding of dual pistols.

Secondaries, I'm partial to Time, Traps and Poison... because who doesn't like spitting powers.