Any ATOs not worth it?

[Arbegla]

I've been playing in MIDs a lot and building different characters (mostly Blasters, Brutes, and Scrappers) and I notice that 1) Mids doesn't really have a tooltip on the various ATOs procs and 2) I haven't been able to find good information on them to see if they are worth their salt or not.

 

With the fact we can get the ATOs with reward merits (and the AH has them for pretty cheap anyways) are any of the ATOs NOT worth slotting in any archetype or combination of powersets?

[Yomo Kimyata]

My answer is:  no they are all worthwhile, but then again there are a lot of ATs I don't play very much.  Also, I don't think that 8mm inf or even 100 merits is a lot to pay, so there is that as well.  (Generally you are better off buying them on the /AH rather than spending 100 merits for them.  You are probably better off buying a random Hero pack, getting one or two random ATOs, and converting them directly to the one you want as well.)

 

They fit in many AT powers, have good bonuses (sometimes even good 2 or 3 bonuses) in comparison to other IOs, and they are purty.

[Maelwys]

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Archetype_Enhancements

 

They tend to have very powerful set bonuses; and most of the Procs/Globals are worth it.

 

Of the ATs you mention...

The Scrapper ones are excellent, but need careful consideration where to place them (see here).

The Brute ones are traditionally considered to suck. Although at least one of them has a spot on AFK farming builds.

The Blaster ones are decent. The Mez Protection one is generally considered worth sticking in your T1/T2 blasts so you can use them whilst mezzed.

 

 

I gave a summary of my thoughts on most of them here:

 

 

 

[Championess]

The ATOs are generally good things to slot since you can slot them very early without having to replace them.  Typically for a character I intend to play through most of their levels I look to slot them to a recharge bonus value along with winter sets so I don't have to fuss much with enhancements.

 

Most sets are good, the ones with +recharge I aim for, if it doesn't have that and the proc isn't worth its salt I wont bother with the set.  For instance dommies Ascendancy is a great set but the other ATO of theirs doesnt get you any recharge bonuses and building for perma-dom thats no bueno.  Stalker ATOs with their proc imo is the best followed closely by a lot of others that do right by their AT.  There's very few ATs with subpar sets but there are a few sure.

Edited 4 hours ago by Championess

[Major_Decoy]

I tend to skip the one set without a recharge bonus on my dominators.