Pyrotechnics!!! 🎇🧨🎆

[BazookaTwo]

So I'm digging my new Pyro/Energy Dom. Power Boost adds some oomph to the already great secondary effects. 

 

What else is everyone seeing as strong? 

[skoryy]

My Pyro/Arsenal might be my first dom to break level 30 and make 50. Pyro is legit that fun. Though I do admit the powerr combo is purely concept (and page 2 isn't on Mids yet), so I'm not too worried about performance. Watching mobs sporadically go flying makes me wonder if I should make her alt build all knockup sets. XD

Edited June 18 by skoryy

[TygerDarkstorm]

1 hour ago, skoryy said:

My Pyro/Assault might be my first dom to break level 30 and make 50. Pyro is legit that fun. Though I do admit the powerr combo is purely concept (and page 2 isn't on Mids yet), so I'm not too worried about performance. Watching mobs sporadically go flying makes me wonder if I should make her alt build all knockup sets. XD

All dom secondaries are Assault sets--did you mean Arsenal? I was debating doing that for a secondary. 

 

On beta I went with Pyro/Sonic since Pyro has an aura that wants you to be in melee and Sonic does as well, but I didn't get to push it very far due to a lack of time. Pyro/Energy looked like it might be good too.

[skoryy]

23 minutes ago, TygerDarkstorm said:

All dom secondaries are Assault sets--did you mean Arsenal? I was debating doing that for a secondary. 

 

On beta I went with Pyro/Sonic since Pyro has an aura that wants you to be in melee and Sonic does as well, but I didn't get to push it very far due to a lack of time. Pyro/Energy looked like it might be good too.

 

Shows how much I play doms. XD Yeah, I meant Arsenal.

[TygerDarkstorm]

4 hours ago, skoryy said:

 

Shows how much I play doms. XD Yeah, I meant Arsenal.

I suspected as much, but my ADHD brain was like "needs clarification." xD

 

I haven't played with the Arsenal secondary much; my brain tends to want to make it more ranged than melee, but with the aura on Pyro, I imagine you'd want to use the melee attacks. Do you use Trip Mine on yours? If it's anything like the one in Traps/Devices, seems like an easy skip to me.

Seems like it might be a fun pairing and now I want to try one lol.

[skoryy]

28 minutes ago, TygerDarkstorm said:

I suspected as much, but my ADHD brain was like "needs clarification." xD

 

I haven't played with the Arsenal secondary much; my brain tends to want to make it more ranged than melee, but with the aura on Pyro, I imagine you'd want to use the melee attacks. Do you use Trip Mine on yours? If it's anything like the one in Traps/Devices, seems like an easy skip to me.

Seems like it might be a fun pairing and now I want to try one lol.

 

She's only at 18 and Mids hasn't updated yet for me to think on her full build. I'm thinking maybe, but I'm gonna need some pool power slots and it's gonna be hard not taking the whole Pyro list.

[Psy-Kid]

Mids is updated, but you have to download and replace the files (the updater is having an issue I think).  If you go to their discord page, there is a link to get the files.

 

[BlingBaby]

I'm waiting to see someone running a pyro/sonic called "Flashbang" or something, lol. 

 

I've traded my fire/ice for pyro/ice. Pyro has a little better control, and I love layering debuffs. The damage isn't as good from the controls and no hot feet, but ice assault is pretty good. 

 

Does anyone know if Catherine Wheel is worth it? I just don't care for pets in general. Anyway, looking forward to everyone else's ideas.

[Johnny Dynamo]

I don't have Mid's (technical challenges), but I'd love to see a solid Pyro/Fire build posted here if anyone is so inclined. I have a Plant Dom that I love, and started playing with the Pyro powers yesterday and really like them (so far).

[Macrabre]

Would love to see or read thoughts on a Pyro / Psi build.  

[nightchrome]

Catherine Wheel does bonus damage to any enemy it sees who has been Blast Off.

It does not care where the Blast Off condition comes from.

So more Pyros on one team means more bonus damage.

[Kielfinn]

I started leveling a Pyro/Dark Dom yesterday and have been really enjoying the ride so far. He's only lvl 28 but /Dark lends itself to melee well and I've been focusing on layering on the to hit debuffs to help keep myself alive when I solo. Teaming with other Pyro doms and trollers (which there are a ton of) is also a ton of fun.

 

I was surprised when I saw that the Dark Control primary doesn't have a lot of focus on to hit debuffs (The description of Dark Grasp and Heart of Darkness are the only two powers that state that they apply a to hit debuff but Mids doesn't have any to hit debuff values for the powers at all) and Pyro has two powers that lend itself well to to hit debuffs. 

 

Glittering Column is a 22.5% to hit debuff and Incendiary Aura is another 12.5% at base unenhanced. All of the /dark assault powers (with the exception of Gather Shadows ofc) add another 5-8% of to hit debuff unenhanced. I currently have both Hypnotizing Lights and Multipurpose Missiles but feel like I could drop Hypnotizing lights due to the small max target restriction of six. I just haven't been using it much but it's good for longer battles when my other powers are on CD and need some soft control to throw out. 

 

Currently my attack chain goes like this:

Glittering Column > Gather Shadows > Sparkling Chain (once the mobs are grouped up due to the taunt) > Multipurpose Missiles (or Explosive Bouquet) > jump in and hit Engulfing Darkness > position myself for best cone hit of Night Fall > mop up who is left alive.

 

It does feel very clicky and I burn through end like no other but this has been working for me so far. You end up with a few chances for Blast Off to happen for extra damage from Catherine Wheel and mob knock down plus those who didn't get hit with Blast Off struggle to hit you due to the to hit debuff. I'll be going for permadom of course and then seeing where I can add in extra to hit debuffs without sacrificing too much damage. Will definitely be selecting the Dark EPP for Darkest Night.

 

Edit: Corrected to hit debuff values. Mids shows Glittering Column to be 45% and Incendiary Aura to be 10% but checked in game and that is wrong. Changed to correct values. It doesn't change my current strategy h/o.

Edited 12 hours ago by Kielfinn