Controller Benchmarks

[BRADICAL]

After all the updates to Controllers and the new set, I decided to take on a fun (and sometimes very not fun) little project using personal criteria to parse and benchmark all of the controller primaries except Mind, because without a pet it'd be so far behind the rest there just isn't a point.

 

I started with Marine first because it's the most well-rounded damage-oriented secondary, pretty much guaranteed to have the fastest times for Controllers, and it's my favorite support set to play. I'll slowly add the other options to this over time and/or by request. 😄

 

⭐ Controller Benchmarks (Google Sheets) ⭐

A few notes:

• Every attempt is the best of a minimum of 10, but some sets like Symphony took a lot more effort to optimize due to the pet. I might also revisit some of these if there are better ideas out there.
• No insps, and the only temp power used is Recovery Serum in all the runs. The builds should be functional in general content.
• Mace is used in every build for the -res and Tarantula, which Marine has no issues keeping alive. Personal clear times might be slightly higher with Earth on some primaries, but I think the utility of Poisonous Ray is the better choice outside of a solo benchmark environment.

[LastHumanSoldier]

Seems like a ton of work. 
Posting to say someone appreciates it.

What are you thoughts that all the top pylon performers has Shifting tides as the top of the parse logs?
Does it say you are testing the primaries, or how much they can utilize shifting tides?

 

 

 

[BRADICAL]

1 hour ago, LastHumanSoldier said:

What are you thoughts that all the top pylon performers has Shifting tides as the top of the parse logs?
Does it say you are testing the primaries, or how much they can utilize shifting tides?

A little of both! Pet damage output was the main thing I was interested in parsing, and Marine is the obvious first choice for minmaxing DPS—Storm can compete, but the ramp time makes it slower to peak and it's not as good for clearing. The data does show that Shifting Tides benefits some sets noticeably more than other ones, specifically the ones that have extra allies to trigger procs... or the Gremlins on clear, for mysterious reasons. 🤔

[dukedukes]

Nice work! It's disappointing grav parses so poorly, you'd hope it would be closer to the top for single target given its "damage" powers and not so hot for 4x8 naturally.

Edited Thursday at 01:37 AM by dukedukes