Slotting for Endurance Recovery: A Cheat Sheet

[Vanden]

So you want to maximize your Endurance Recovery, to ensure you never run out of Endurance, with the fewest slots possible? These charts should help you pick the optimal slotting. The Recovery values are given in Endurance per Minute, rather than the typical in-game Endurance per Second, because Endurance per Minute results in nice, easy to follow numbers; Base Recovery is 100 endurance in one minute, and the chance for +Endurance procs operate on procs per minute, so working in Endurance per Minute means everything's using the same units and easy to compare.

 

Universal	End/Min
Base Recovery	100
Numina Unique	10
Miracle Unique	15
Performance Shifter Proc	15
Panacea Proc	22.5

 

Stamina/Inexhaustable	End/Min
Base	25
First and second End Mod SO	8.325
Third End Mod SO	7.0825
First 50 End Mod IO	10.6
Second 50 End Mod IO	10.23
Third 50 End Mod IO	3.94
First 50+5 End Mod IO	13.25
Second 50+5 End Mod IO	10.725
Agility Core Paragon	7.5
Agility/Musculature Radial Paragon	5.5

 

Quick Recovery/Accelerate Metabolism/ Light Form	End/Min
Base	30
First and second End Mod SO	9.99
Third End Mod SO	8.499
First 50 End Mod IO	12.72
Second 50 End Mod IO	12.276
Third 50 End Mod IO	4.728
First 50+5 End Mod IO	15.9
Second 50+5 End Mod IO	12.87
Agility Core Paragon	9
Agility/Musculature Radial Paragon	6.6

 

Blaster Sustains (minus Drain Psyche)	End/Min
Base	50
First and second End Mod SO	16.65
Third End Mod SO	14.165
First 50 End Mod IO	21.2
Second 50 End Mod IO	20.46
Third 50 End Mod IO	7.88
First 50+5 End Mod IO	26.5
Second 50+5 End Mod IO	21.45
Agility Core Paragon	15
Agility/Musculature Radial Paragon	11

 

Physical Perfection	End/Min
Base	12.5
First and second End Mod SO	4.1625‬
Third End Mod SO	3.54125‬
First 50 End Mod IO	5.3‬
Second 50 End Mod IO	5.115
Third 50 End Mod IO	1.97‬
First 50+5 End Mod IO	6.625
Second 50+5 End Mod IO	5.3625‬
Agility Core Paragon	3.75
Agility/Musculature Radial Paragon	2.75

 

Arachnos Soldier and Arachnos Widow	End/Min
Base Recovery	105
Numina Unique	10.5
Miracle Unique	15.75
Stamina base	26.25
First and Second End Mod SO in Stamina	8.74125
Third End Mod SO in Stamina	7.436625
First 50 End Mod IO in Stamina	11.13
Second 50 End Mod IO in Stamina	10.7415
Third 50 End Mod IO in Stamina	4.137‬
First 50+5 End Mod IO in Stamina	13.9125‬
Second 50+5 End Mod IO in Stamina	11.26125‬
Agility Core Paragon (Stamina)	7.875
Agility/Musculature Radial Paragon (Stamina)	5.775

 

I tried to put together charts with the most common options people will have access to. If there's a common, permable +Recovery power I missed, let me know and I'll try to update the charts.

 

One last note, about set bonuses: Since 100 End/Min is the base, Recovery set bonuses are easy to understand as well. For example, a 2.5% recovery set bonus is equal to 2.5 endurance per minute. (They suck, but that's another topic.) It's a little higher for VEATs, with their higher base Recovery, but not enough to really matter.

 

Edit: Tried to improve readability by lightening more significant digits and darkening less significant ones.

 

Edit: Added entries for the ED-exempt portions of tier 4 end mod-affecting Alpha abilities.

Edited August 13, 2022 by Vanden

[biostem]

Do you happen to know how Gamma Boost, from Radiation Armor, works?  Powers like stamina list a % bonus to recovery, but Gamma Boost's power icon shows an amount of end/sec, and the tooltip says that varies based upon your health...

 

Bio armor's "inexhaustible" has similarly cloudy data on its effects in-game. 

 

Thank you!

Edited August 23, 2019 by biostem

[Vanden]

Inexhaustible has the same recovery boost as Stamina, so I just added it to the Stamina chart. It gets another 10% buff with Efficient Adaptation, but that buff ignores enhancements, so you don't have to worry about it when planning your slots. The charts give numbers in a straightforward "you will get this much endurance with this enhancement slotting" way.

 

I'm not sure if Gamma Boost would really fit in this thread. I could make a chart for it when buffing Recovery at its maximum value, but since it can vary so much in gameplay that might not be meaningful information. It's also, like you say, very fuzzy. I checked it in-game and even at 100% health, when the Recovery boost should be at its maximum, it's less than the real numbers in the info window say.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Vanden

[Yoru-hime]

Thank you for posting this. This is very helpful to have.

 

You might consider adding Physical Perfection from the Scrapper Epic Pool as well.

[Hedgefund]

Is recovery affected by +end from accolades and/or set bonuses?

[Tremalion]

56 minutes ago, Hedgefund said:

Is recovery affected by +end from accolades and/or set bonuses?

It is. It'll affect all of the items indicated above proportionally, though, so if one option is more effective than another at 100 max endurance, it will still be better at 105 or 120 or any other value. Endurance recovery plays nice that way.

[Vanden]

4 hours ago, Yoru-hime said:

You might consider adding Physical Perfection from the Scrapper Epic Pool as well.

Good call.

[Teirusu]

@Vanden

 

I'm pretty certain that your calculated number for the Panacea Proc is showing it as nearly twice the effectiveness then it actually is.  It's nearly a Proc version of the Numina Unique in both HP and END, it is slightly better though.

 

The Panacea is a PPM 3 while the Performance Shifter is a PPM 1.5 but, while the Shifter is a 100% chance of 10 percent of your END bar.  The Panacea is a 50/50% chance of either HP or END, which it's only 7.5% of your END bar.  So, you actually get ticks of END at about the same rate as the Shifter proc, but less total END.  So, it's actually 11.25 END/Min, slightly better then the Numina.

If I calculated the HP/min of the Panacea correctly, its also pretty close to the Numina unique too, which makes sense.

Edited August 31, 2019 by Teirusu

[Vanden]

I suspected the same thing, which was why I sought out help on the subject, and testing revealed that the +HP and +End are both 3 PPM in the Panacea proc.

[Six-Six]

Sorry, noobishly noob query:

So according to the chart, do I understand it correctly that it's better to slot WP's Quick Recovery with Perf Shifter proc, 2x 50 SOs, 2x 50 IOs (assuming I can only allot 5 slots and don't want to spend for Boosters)?

[Vanden]

The charts assume you're not mixing SOs and IOs. You can't bypass ED by doing that, so if you do, ED will just reduce the enhancements effectiveness, hard, once you start going over 95% enhancement, same as always.

[SmalltalkJava]

Nice info!    While it isn't that common to see.   Nature for defenders, controllers, MasterMinds has "Lifegiving Spores" the ground target toggle.   it has endurance regen in it.

[Vanden]

Lifegiving Spores isn't a good fit for this cheat sheet, since you can't really perma it; it only affects a small area and you have to toggle it off to move it, and wait for it to recharge, so it can't be a consistent, reliable source of endurance.

[Redlynne]

A base recharge time of 4 seconds does not make for that big of a wait on recasting Lifegiving Spores ...

[Vanden]

Oh, my bad, I thought Pines said it was 40s. Still, what with it having an endurance cost muddling the math, needing to recast it constantly, and the fact that I don't know how often it ticks, I don't think I could make a very good chart for it.

[Olly]

What about the Ageless Destiny Incarnate power?

[Vanden]

For the Ageless destinies that give +Recovery, it's 100 end per minute even at the lowest level of the buff. That's pretty much "you will not run out of endurance, period" levels of Recovery for many characters. You can get another 33 or 45 end per minute by also equipping the right Agility or Musculature alphas.

Edited September 20, 2019 by Vanden

[Frostweaver]

Um...theft of essence proc, Mids states it has twice the chance for end that Perfshit does (58% vs 25%) and it has the same boost (10%). Does this equate to more end? Frigid protection permits this proc, but I do not know if it requires hitting a target to proc.

[Vanden]

Well, I'm not the proc math guy, so I can't give you solid numbers, but I tested Theft of Essence in Frigid Protection. It can go off with no target, but the proc rate is very low from what I can see. It has additional chances to go off for every enemy in the AoE at proc time, which will make it slightly better in actual gameplay than while hanging out with Ms. Liberty, but since I don't know the proc math for AoEs offhand that's about as specific as I can be.

[HeidiMarquedt]

God I really love this game, but more often than not when I try to go really deep into its intricacies to master a certain aspect, (such was my motivation for diving into this post) I end up feeling just plain dumb... lolol Ugh! 

[Apoptosine]

Is Dynamo considered a Blaster Sustain?

[Vanden]

As an example of how these charts can be useful, I'm currently leveling a Brute, and in the early 40s I realized that my endurance issues were basically solved; this character is simply not running out of endurance. My build calls for Physical Perfection, however, and a quick consultation of the chart showed that Physical Protection gives more +Recovery than a second level 50 EndMod IO in Stamina. That means that when I pick up Physical Perfection, I can replace an EndMod IO in Stamina with a Power Transfer proc, and put another Power Transfer proc in Physical Protection instead of the originally planned Performance Shifter proc. A nice boost to survivability. 😄

[Scarlet Shocker]

I may be missing something here  - but I cannot see the recharge interval.

 

OP has spoken in terms of recovery per minute (RPM) but do all these powers recover your end at a specific interval?  I seem to recall there was a proc that gave a health boost every 20 secs or so and I have it in my mind that the Performance Shifter Proc works every 15 (open to correction on this)

 

My point here is that it's theoretically possible to have plenty of recovery but the time interval could still leave you gasping for the proverbial breath for an important pause.

 

 

Also some powers, notably Electric, drain End from foes "and a portion of that Endurance may be returned to you" is how I remember the phrasing. Is there any data on that?

Edited August 2, 2022 by Scarlet Shocker
missed a bit

[Crasical]

On 8/2/2022 at 3:40 AM, Scarlet Shocker said:

Also some powers, notably Electric, drain End from foes "and a portion of that Endurance may be returned to you" is how I remember the phrasing. Is there any data on that?

 

https://cod.uberguy.net/

The electric blast is pretty hard to parse, for me at least, since it got the Shocked status where it does more effect when the enemy's endurance is low, but it seems to refund a portion of the attack's endurance cost per power.

[lemming]

One thing I find that helps my Endurance issues are the set bonuses that have End Reductions.  Combined with Vanden's suggestions, you'll be swimmng in end.  (And probably find where you can trim a slot or two for other use)