Must take powers on pyro/time and epp/app suggestions

[Octogoat]

I have been playing a pyro/time all morning and I took dazzle as my t1 and every power after for primary I took everything but time crawl for my secondary. What should I take?

[Uun]

If you're going to skip anything from Time I would skip Temporal Selection. It's a ST buff that's pretty underwhelming and you can only maintain it on 2-3 allies. While Time Crawl is also underwhelming, it's your primary source of -regen and it doesn't require any slots. It also increases the strength of Time's Juncture, Distortion Field, Time Stop and Slowed Response.

 

You're going to want Energy Mastery for your Epic in order to get Power Boost (to combine with Farsight).

[Psyonico]

Time Crawl + Time Stop is your -regen in Time, so I wouldn’t skip either.

 

 I’ll agree that temporal selection is underwhelming

 

 I’ll also agree that you want power boost.

[Octogoat]

3 hours ago, Psyonico said:

Time Crawl + Time Stop is your -regen in Time, so I wouldn’t skip either.

 

 I’ll agree that temporal selection is underwhelming

 

 I’ll also agree that you want power boost.

Gonna get those then. Also looking at slotting Glittering Column, Incendiary Aura, and Times Juncture with 4x Dark Watcher does this seem right to you?

[Psyonico]

If you’ve got the slots for it, probably.  I’m not sure if Glittering Column’s to-hit debuff requires a to-hit roll, if it does, I’d probably go 4x the lower level accurate tohit debuff set (cloud senses?) since that gives recharge.

[BZRKR]

Yeah, 4xCloud Senses all the way.

[arcane]

On 6/18/2025 at 10:50 AM, Psyonico said:

Time Crawl + Time Stop is your -regen in Time, so I wouldn’t skip either.

 

 I’ll agree that temporal selection is underwhelming

 

 I’ll also agree that you want power boost.

I never take those powers anymore. -100% regen isn’t even worth the DPS drop from not attacking for two seconds IMO. Good -regen powers do -500%.

 

There’s a well known player on Excelsior that keeps bringing a Time/Beam to 4 star runs and insisting it functions as a Cold substitute when you add up all the numbers. But this doesn’t hold water when you look at activations etc. In the time it takes you to unload multiple slow activation bad damage tiny regen debuffs in hopes of creating one good regen debuff in aggregate, the Cold you’re subbing for has already dropped all their debuffs AND delivered several proc bomb attacks.

 

My Pyro/Time/Fire grabbed 7 Pyro powers (no st immob no aoe hold) and 5 Time powers (no crawl/selection/stop/field). Loving it so far.

 

I have finally opted for the first time to make a Time build without Power Boost because I have transcended defensive building 😄 and because the controller APP that has Power Boost does nothing of value for your offense.

Edited 5 hours ago by arcane

[ExeErdna]

I can agree on skipping the -regen picks due to they're too slow, yet keep Temporal Selection because you can buff the pet out with it when it's off CD most allies will be fine with the healing/buffs Time can provide as is. Yet dumping a Temporal on the Wheel makes it better. When Pyro is up on mids I did plan on making Pyro/Time since the -to hit is around 40% with the auras.