Pyro - thoughts on great secondaries?

[Force Redux]

Hi fellows,

Now that pyrotechnics had been out for a few weeks ... I'd love to hear some thoughts on pairings with various secondaries.

 

I've tried /Rad, /dark, and /time and I enjoy them all, very familiar with them.... But indecision is generating interest in others' opinions. Thoughts, experiences, meta gaming?

[BRADICAL]

Pyro/Marine is the best it's gonna get in terms of DPS, and is a very desirable secondary across the board while also keeping things fast paced on both sides. Procced-out with the right build, it handily dispels the myth that trollers do low DPS—I've clocked a 38 second average pylon time, and cleared a benchmark +4/x8 mission with an average time that's neck and neck with my Demons/Marine MM, and the blasters and tankers on the same list.

 

Other secondaries have their own utility, some of them more niche than others (like doubling down on the -tohit auras with Poison or Time might seem synergistic, but it's unnecessary in my opinion).

[Force Redux]

@BRADICAL curious what kind of theme you came up with? 🙂

 

Thanks for your feedback! 

 

Any others want to share?

[BRADICAL]

40 minutes ago, Force Redux said:

@BRADICAL curious what kind of theme you came up with? 🙂

Literally Just Magic™️ which worked out better after I modded all the sounds and animations! 😆

[TygerDarkstorm]

I haven't played mine yet, but rolled with /kin, though it was really tempting to go with /time. And Marine's just such an amazing set that it's hard not to go that route.

[Renatos1023]

I also rolled with /Kin and just hit 37. So far, it has been really fun. Pyro/ reminds me of Earth/ with the sheer number of controls I can toss out -- always seem to have something up to throw at a mob, and the +recharge and +dam that /Kin offers are always boon to any team. Once I picked up Transference any and all endurance issues just magically disappeared.

 

I went /Kin for a kind of energy control theme. Plus, I know /Kin likes to be in melee and I thought the PBAoE aura from Pyro/ would provide a little bit of extra protection for that. 

Edited 14 hours ago by Renatos1023

[Force Redux]

Really appreciate these answers - Pyros seems to be a great set, I just need to not make a Jubilee knockoff... I need that vital idea... (and to pick a secondary past level 22) 

[Force Redux]

3 hours ago, BRADICAL said:

Literally Just Magic™️ which worked out better after I modded all the sounds and animations! 😆

 

I find Marine to be very busy set... and Pyro is a bit busy IMO... are the two together even busier than I imagine?  As much as I loved Arsenal/Trick Arrow, it was a beast to just use the plethora of abilities!

Edited 12 hours ago by Force Redux

[arcane]

Of course any high damage secondary like Marine or TA or Storm is gonna be a slam dunk, but Time and Poison are also appealing for toggle debuff aura stacking synergy.

[Octogoat]

/storm looks like cottom camdy

[Force Redux]

1 hour ago, Octogoat said:

/storm looks like cottom camdy

If only storm had a self heal...

And I wasn't so clumsy with hurricane 😂

[Octogoat]

6 minutes ago, Force Redux said:

If only storm had a self heal...

And I wasn't so clumsy with hurricane 😂

That just makes the chaos more fun, force!