Flavour of the Month: Power Percentages

[Cipher]

After torturing our database servers some more, I decided to generate a searchable and sort-able table of all of the powers in the game (Primary and Secondary power sets that is) along with the number and percentage of players that took them relative to the number of players that have the power set. Note that this data was pulled from level 50s only and that every variation of each power set (e.g. Scrapper and Brute's Fiery Aura) are isolated.

 

The table can be found at https://forums.homecomingservers.com/fotm-powers/

 

Edit: Some powers still have shortened or internal names rather than their full names. Just search a bit and you should find what you're looking for 🙂

 

Enjoy!

[Yoru-hime]

Wow, all those desperately unloved ST Taunts. I'm honestly surprised the numbers on those and the Intangibles are as high as they are.

 

Thanks so much for sharing this data, it's so much fun to look through.

[Cipher]

Updated the data / table to swap out internal names for display names and add the level that each power becomes available at.

[nihilii]

Interesting to see the number of people who skip kinetics Repel and superstrength Hand Clap, even though these powers are now great mitigation tools with KB-to-KD IOs. Old habits die hard. Even Bonfire only has a ~60% pick rate, and that's with AoE immobilizes suppressing KB now.

[summers]

Thanks Cipher! And since I can't help myself, here's a few observations I found interesting...

 

Most desirable T9 (Primary or Secondary)

These are the least skippable T9s according to how people select their powers, and I've picked those >98%. Special note to Pendulum for Battle Axe which appeared twice; once for Brutes and again for Scrappers.

 

 

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Power Set	Category	Power	Count	Level Available	Percentage
Battle Axe	Brute Melee	Pendulum	69	32	100
Broad Sword	Stalker Melee	Head Splitter	127	32	100
Ninja Blade	Stalker Melee	Golden Dragonfly	146	32	99.32
Nature Affinity	Defender Buff	Overgrowth	182	32	98.91
Staff Fighting	Scrapper Melee	Sky Splitter	226	32	98.69
Broad Sword	Scrapper Melee	Head Splitter	287	32	98.63
Time Manipulation	Defender Buff	Chrono Shift	248	32	98.41
Street Justice	Tanker Melee	Crushing Uppercut	186	38	98.41
Katana	Scrapper Melee	Golden Dragonfly	370	32	98.4
Street Justice	Stalker Melee	Crushing Uppercut	289	32	98.3
Electrical Blast	Blaster Ranged	Thunderous Blast	392	32	98.25
Assault Rifle	Sentinel Ranged	Full Auto	55	32	98.21
Stone Armor	Tanker Defense	Granite Armor	474	32	98.14
Battle Axe	Scrapper Melee	Pendulum	50	32	98.04
Temporal Manipulation	Blaster Support	Time Lord	737	38	98.01

 

Least desirable T9 (Primary or Secondary)

These are the most skipped T9s out of the level 50s; for this selection, I'm showing those powers which were picked less than half of the time. Special note goes to Time Bomb which is the bottom three, claiming that spot with every support archetype that can play Traps: Defenders, Controllers and Corruptors!

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Power Set	Category	Power	Count	Level Available	Percentage
Traps	Defender Buff	Time Bomb	8	32	18.6
Traps	Controller Buff	Time Bomb	10	38	19.23
Traps	Corruptor Buff	Time Bomb	16	38	30.77
Fiery Aura	Brute Defense	Rise of The Phoenix	3205	38	31.79
Night Widow Training	Widow Training	Psychic Scream	127	32	32.32
Traps	Mastermind Buff	Detonator	75	38	32.33
Ice Manipulation	Blaster Support	Frozen Aura	111	38	33.74
Widow Teamwork	Teamwork	Elude	151	38	37.19
Plant Manipulation	Blaster Support	Spore Cloud	176	38	37.53
Fiery Aura	Stalker Defense	Rise of The Phoenix	18	38	41.86
Trick Arrow	Controller Buff	EMP Arrow	22	38	44
Ice Blast	Sentinel Ranged	Blizzard	96	32	46.15
Super Reflexes	Sentinel Defense	Elude	84	38	49.12
Radiation Emission	Corruptor Buff	EM Pulse	250	38	49.31

 

 

Least popular anywhere

Here's the list of all powers taken less than 15% of the time. There's quite a few named Confront, and a few others that do the same thing but with different names.

 

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Widow Training Widow Training Confront 25 18 4.18 Sonic Resonance Corruptor Buff Sonic Repulsion 6 28 8.96 War Mace Scrapper Melee Confront 12 12 9.23 Dark Miasma Corruptor Buff Black Hole 31 35 9.57 Radiation Melee Scrapper Melee Confront 25 12 9.62 Titan Weapons Scrapper Melee Confront 53 12 9.64 Arachnos Soldier Arachnos Soldiers Pummel 51 1 9.86 Kinetics Controller Buff Repel 245 4 9.98 Electrical Melee Scrapper Melee Confront 50 12 10.04 Darkness Affinity Controller Buff Black Hole 73 35 10.22 Arachnos Soldier Arachnos Soldiers Bayonet 60 12 11.61 Sonic Resonance Mastermind Buff Sonic Cage 7 10 11.67 Fiery Melee Scrapper Melee Confront 18 12 11.92 Luminous Aura Peacebringer Defensive Group Energy Flight 82 16 12.06 Sonic Resonance Defender Buff Sonic Cage 14 6 12.28 Dark Melee Scrapper Melee Confront 41 12 12.31 Broad Sword Scrapper Melee Confront 38 12 13.06 Spines Scrapper Melee Confront 65 12 13.66 Katana Scrapper Melee Calling The Wolf 52 12 13.83 Martial Arts Scrapper Melee Warriors Challenge 52 12 14.36 Street Justice Scrapper Melee Confront 43 12 14.53 Dark Miasma Defender Buff Black Hole 28 26 14.58 Kinetics Corruptor Buff Repel 135 4 14.74 Psionic Melee Scrapper Melee Confront 42 12 14.84 Kinetic Melee Scrapper Melee Confront 16 12 14.95

 

I think it's broken badge

Has two eligible:

1. Martial Combat - Reach For The Limit, with 990 examples of it and 193.74% of all Blasters taking it! Assuming that it grants the power twice (per the customisation screen), there's more like 96.87%.

 

2. Secondaries, in general. Somehow, not all level 50s have their Level 1 Secondary. For instance, there's a Tactical Arrow Blaster without their T1. Your guess is as good as mine...

 

You might be doing it wrong badge...

A tongue in cheek poke at the 'When you think someone is playing their AT wrong' thread located here... (caution, it's flamey)

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...there's just a few Stalkers who somehow missed taking their assassinate power at level 50. There are:

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Street Justice - Assassin's Strike: 99.66%

Psionic Melee - Assassin's Psi Blade: 99.61%

Savage Melee - Assassin's Frenzy: 99.29%

Staff Fighting - Assassin's Staff: 99.15%

Electric Melee - Assassin's Shock: 99.13%

Radiation Melee - Assassin's Corruption: 99.11%

Dark Melee - Assassin's Eclipse: 98.8%

Claws - Assassin's Claw: 98.73%

 

These aren't the only exceptions though. Here's the list of Tanker Defence powers that were taken 100% of the time - if it's not on the list, there's someone at 50 without it. That means there's Willpower Tankers without Rise to the Challenge (98.65%), or Invulnerability Tankers without Invincibility (98.25%)

 

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Shield Defense Tanker Defense Battle Agility 376 1 100 Dark Armor Tanker Defense Dark Embrace 250 1 100 Super Reflexes Tanker Defense Dodge 96 8 100 Super Reflexes Tanker Defense Focused Senses 96 1 100 Radiation Armor Tanker Defense Gamma Boost 463 1 100

 

Blaster Quirks...

Here's some unusual observations:

• There's not a single Blaster primary power taken 100% of the time. The closest is Disintegrate, with 99.1% of Blasters taking it.
• The least popular Blaster primary power is Scramble Thoughts, with a mere 18.61% of level 50 Blasters taking it.
• As per the earlier note, there are some T1 secondaries that were somehow skipped. I don't know how 100% of the Blasters don't have their T1 secondary.
• The least popular secondary power is Devices - Taser, which has a mere 15.03% of level 50 Blasters taking it. I wonder if the buffs will change this!

Petless Masterminds...

Just how many out there are skipping their T1, T2 or T3? Unfortunately we can't tell how many are skipping all of them, only how many skip them individually.

 

T1:

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Robotics Mastermind Summon Battle Drones 1087 1 99.72 Thugs Mastermind Summon Call Thugs 469 1 99.58 Ninjas Mastermind Summon Call Genin 205 1 99.51 Necromancy Mastermind Summon Zombie Horde 322 1 99.38 Beast Mastery Mastermind Summon Summon Wolves 442 1 99.1 Mercenaries Mastermind Summon Soldiers 179 1 98.9 Demon Summoning Mastermind Summon Summon Demonlings 642 1 98.62

T2:

 

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Ninjas Mastermind Summon Call Jounin 206 12 100 Necromancy Mastermind Summon Grave Knight 322 12 99.38 Robotics Mastermind Summon Protector Bots 1079 12 98.99 Thugs Mastermind Summon Call Enforcer 466 12 98.94 Mercenaries Mastermind Summon Spec Ops 179 12 98.9 Beast Mastery Mastermind Summon Summon Lions 438 12 98.21 Demon Summoning Mastermind Summon Summon Demons 637 12 97.85

T3:

 

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Mercenaries Mastermind Summon Commando 178 26 98.34 Ninjas Mastermind Summon Oni 202 26 98.06 Beast Mastery Mastermind Summon Summon Dire Wolf 435 26 97.53 Robotics Mastermind Summon Assault Bot 1063 26 97.52 Necromancy Mastermind Summon Lich 315 26 97.22 Thugs Mastermind Summon Call Bruiser 457 26 97.03 Demon Summoning Mastermind Summon Summon Demon Prince 622 26 95.55

Most and least popular buff effects

Here's the least popular (taken by less than 15%) of all Corruptors, Defenders, Controllers or Masterminds:

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Sonic Resonance Corruptor Buff Sonic Repulsion 6 28 8.96 Dark Miasma Corruptor Buff Black Hole 31 35 9.57 Kinetics Controller Buff Repel 245 4 9.98 Darkness Affinity Controller Buff Black Hole 73 35 10.22 Sonic Resonance Mastermind Buff Sonic Cage 7 10 11.67 Sonic Resonance Defender Buff Sonic Cage 14 6 12.28 Dark Miasma Defender Buff Black Hole 28 26 14.58 Kinetics Corruptor Buff Repel 135 4 14.74

 

And the most popular taken (100%, excluding forced choices which are the T1 secondary buffs from Corruptors, Controllers or Masterminds)

 

Spoiler   Power Set Category Power Count Level Available Percentage Traps Controller Buff Acid Mortar 52 10 100 Traps Controller Buff Force Field Generator 52 16 100 Trick Arrow Defender Buff Acid Arrow 52 12 100 Traps Defender Buff Force Field Generator 43 8 100 Sonic Resonance Defender Buff Sonic Dispersion 114 12 100 Sonic Resonance Defender Buff Sonic Haven 114 2 100 Trick Arrow Mastermind Buff Acid Arrow 31 20 100 Sonic Resonance Mastermind Buff Sonic Barrier 60 2 100 Poison Defender Buff Envenom 168 1 100 Pain Domination Defender Buff Nullify Pain 145 1 100

 

It's interesting to note that not a single Corruptor power outside of their requisite T1s is seen on 100% of Corruptors at 50.

 

And that's it!

I hope you've enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed looking through random facts! If you have any requests or queries please let me know!

Edited September 4, 2019 by summers

[Thunder Frog]

Thanks again for doing this.  

[Zepp]

Just a reminder, these are measures of popularity, not efficacy.

[Yoru-hime]

A special shout out to the 9 Empathy Defenders without Healing Aura and the 17 without Heal Other. No one is going to pigeonhole them as "healers".

 

Credit to them for thinking outside the box. We're not sure just WHAT they're thinking, but it's definitely outside the box. 😉

[Without_Pause]

What level 50 Kin doesn't have Fulcrum Shift? It breaks my brain.

[Yoru-hime]

I find the disparities in Placate usage among the Stalker Primaries really interesting. Some Stalker sets lean on it very heavily, others are under 50%, and there's a nice spread between so it's not like it's heavily influenced by one FotM build.

[Waypoint]

Hope this helps the devs figure out what powers could use a little love! Confront is pretty worthless, from the looks of it.

[Uun]

15 minutes ago, Waypoint said:

Hope this helps the devs figure out what powers could use a little love! Confront is pretty worthless, from the looks of it.

Way back in the depths of time before the proliferation of freebie ranged attacks (origin powers, veteran powers), confront could be the only ranged power available to a scrapper and was useful for pulling. Pretty sure I tried it in my build at some point back around 2005-2006. Agree it's pretty useless now.

[Without_Pause]

Highest/lowest average percent taken per primary and secondary would be interesting. Time seems to do quite well so I think it would rank rather high. Some sets are good enough to focus heavily on, and others you use it since it gives you just what you need and you can spend those slots elsewhere.

[nihilii]

8 hours ago, summers said:

...there's just a few Stalkers who somehow missed taking their assassinate power at level 50. There are:

I'd placate you, but I skipped that too.

[Myrmidon]

On 9/4/2019 at 5:47 AM, summers said:

These aren't the only exceptions though. Here's the list of Tanker Defence powers that were taken 100% of the time - if it's not on the list, there's someone at 50 without it. That means there's Willpower Tankers without Rise to the Challenge (98.65%), or Invulnerability Tankers without Invincibility (98.25%)

Of course there are...

[Myrmidon]

20 hours ago, Without_Pause said:

What level 50 Kin doesn't have Fulcrum Shift? It breaks my brain.

Not to mention a level 50 Rad that doesn’t have the debuffs.

[Without_Pause]

28 minutes ago, Myrmidon said:

Not to mention a level 50 Rad that doesn’t have the debuffs.

Also note the AT to least take Flucrum is MMs. Let that sink in.

[Lazarillo]

On 9/4/2019 at 1:20 AM, nihilii said:

Interesting to see the number of people who skip kinetics Repel and superstrength Hand Clap, even though these powers are now great mitigation tools with KB-to-KD IOs. Old habits die hard. Even Bonfire only has a ~60% pick rate, and that's with AoE immobilizes suppressing KB now.

Many people may not be able to (or may assume they're unable to) acquire such enhancements reliably.  Also, Repel with KB->KD is kind of dangerous to ye olde bluee bare.

 

On 9/3/2019 at 8:53 PM, Yoru-hime said:

Wow, all those desperately unloved ST Taunts. I'm honestly surprised the numbers on those and the Intangibles are as high as they are.

It's interesting to me because I take the ST-taunts on most of my Scrappers, just to have a good, easy power pick that can be situationally useful without any enhancement slots added.  This is especially the case for weapon sets that can't use a ranged attack without forcing redraw.

 

And by a similar token, it's surprising to me to see self-rez powers don't get taken as often, since they are also nice situational powers that aren't slot hungry.

[swordchucks]

I love this data. 

 

Would it be possible to get filters or have it dump to a csv/excel file? 

 

Also, I'd love to see this kind of breakdown for pool powers and epic pool powers, too.  I'm curious about the use (and not use) of certain pools.  Like, what percentage of people at fifty have Hasten?  How many bother with anything else out of the Speed pool?  What about epic pools?  Are there some there that are clear winners and losers? 

[Jon]

Glad to see how few people actually go petless on Masterminds. It's such an annoyingly bad concept to build around, so clearly it's more of a joke than anything else.

 

Also Confront is clearly a pretty useless power. Would love to see it changed.

[justicebeliever]

25 minutes ago, swordchucks said:

I love this data. 

 

Would it be possible to get filters or have it dump to a csv/excel file? 

 

Also, I'd love to see this kind of breakdown for pool powers and epic pool powers, too.  I'm curious about the use (and not use) of certain pools.  Like, what percentage of people at fifty have Hasten?  How many bother with anything else out of the Speed pool?  What about epic pools?  Are there some there that are clear winners and losers? 

Already here:

 

[Zepp]

A quick question, in the powerset combo choices, there were several powerset combos with zero level 50s omitted. Were there any powers with 0% selected that were omitted?

[Cipher]

4 hours ago, Zepp said:

A quick question, in the powerset combo choices, there were several powerset combos with zero level 50s omitted. Were there any powers with 0% selected that were omitted?

No, this table includes every primary and secondary power in the game 🙂

 

[MunkiLord]

Why is Blizzard skipped so often on Sentinels? Is it for PvP purposes?

[Bossk_Hogg]

On 9/4/2019 at 7:36 AM, Zepp said:

Just a reminder, these are measures of popularity, not efficacy.

Yeah, but it IS a good indication of what should be under the rework microscope. Intangibles are almost universally viewed as worthless, as are single target taunts.

 

Both should be reworked into something else entirely. The cottage rule was a guideline to prevent a power SET (not power!) from being changed too much. It was in fact ignored several times, most notably when Fear powers were completely changed.