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h4forumsh4forums Posts: 268 Arc User
edited November 2022 in Power Discussion
While these things have been greatly nerfed from their past versions, some information might be useful for players to decide if they can still make use of the devices as-is. I ran a few of them on pts on a naked level 40 character to compare combat log results. Some of the attacks are aoe, but I only consider the damage on dummy for totals. Damage will vary depending on crits, but these combat log examples still serve to show what each backup will do. Retro variants share device cooldown with their normal counterparts, and seem identical. Backups do not seem to be affected by player auras. I tested with support AoED and AoPM. In both cases neither the buff icon appeared on the backup, nor was there any appreciable change in damage.

Defender
Your Defender deals 2294 (2753) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Chest Beam.
Your Defender deals 528 (634) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 472 (567) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 491 (589) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 539 (647) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 461 (553) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 465 (558) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 499 (599) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 516 (620) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 450 (540) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 2322 (2787) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Chest Beam.
Your Defender deals 485 (582) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 479 (575) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 519 (622) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
Your Defender deals 536 (643) Particle Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy C with Concussor Beam.
=11056
Chest beam is cylinder aoe, concussor beam is single target. He fades out in the middle of the second concussor duration.

Ironclad
Your Ironclad deals 4387 (5264) Sonic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Unleashed Rage.
Your Ironclad deals 2102 (2523) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Annihiliate.
Your Ironclad deals 1642 (1970) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Brimstone.
Your Ironclad deals 2094 (2513) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Annihiliate.
=10225
The unleashed rage comes out fast, is appreciable burst aoe damage, and applies fear. Brimstone is also aoe, Annihilate is single target.

Kinetik
Your Kinetik deals 4366 (5239) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Dragon Kick.
Your Kinetik deals 2002 (2403) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Crashing Wave Kick.
Your Kinetik deals 144 (173) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 143 (172) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 142 (171) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 143 (172) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 142 (171) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 142 (171) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 143 (171) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 143 (172) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 143 (171) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 142 (170) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 144 (173) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 144 (173) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with One Hundred Hands.
Your Kinetik deals 1981 (2377) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Crashing Wave Kick.
=10064
He wastes a bit of time at the start to to do a running animation before charging up dragon kick. All of his attacks are aoe.

Nighthawk
Your Nighthawk deals 2777 (3332) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Throwing Blades.
Your Nighthawk deals 2213 (2655) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Ricochet Throw.
Your Nighthawk deals 2215 (2658) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Ricochet Throw.
Your Nighthawk deals 2775 (3330) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Throwing Blades.
Your Nighthawk deals 2226 (2671) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Ricochet Throw.
=12206
Both the throwing blades and ricochet throw are aoe.

Nighthawk (In Melee Range)
Your Nighthawk deals 2746 (3295) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Throwing Blades.
Your Nighthawk deals 263 (315) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Blade Tempest.
Your Nighthawk deals 310 (372) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Blade Tempest.
Your Nighthawk deals 2183 (2620) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Ricochet Throw.
Your Nighthawk deals 330 (396) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Blade Tempest.
Your Nighthawk deals 286 (343) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Blade Tempest.
Your Nighthawk deals 2754 (3305) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Throwing Blades.
Your Nighthawk deals 2203 (2644) Slashing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Ricochet Throw.
=11075
He does some blade tempest instead of one ricochet throw, still all aoe.

Sapphire
Your Sapphire deals 4397 (5276) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Force Cascade.
Your Sapphire deals 1098 (1317) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Force Detonation.
Your Sapphire deals 2106 (2528) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Force Blast.
Your Sapphire deals 1092 (1310) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Force Detonation.
Your Sapphire deals 2109 (2531) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Force Blast.
Your Sapphire deals 1109 (1330) Crushing Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Force Detonation.
=11911
Long windup time for the force cascade/blast, but the detonations are quick. Cascade and Detonation are aoe, blast is single target.

Witchcraft
Your Witchcraft deals 566 (679) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 495 (594) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 572 (686) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 569 (683) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 574 (689) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 574 (689) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 574 (689) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 568 (681) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 573 (688) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 567 (680) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 572 (687) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Skarn's Bane.
Your Witchcraft deals 285 (342) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Pillar of Poz.
Your Witchcraft deals 2550 (3061) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Eldritch Blast.
Your Witchcraft deals 125 (150) Magic Damage to Regenerating Test Dummy B with Ebon Lightning.
=9164
Provides AoED aura to player (maybe allies too?). Skarn's can apply bane, which can apply poison. 1 stack of poison was 21 (26) Toxic, and 2 stacks was 43 (51). I removed the poison lines to declutter the log. In this example there was a total of 450 toxic damage from poison. Bane can also apply clinging flames for 39 (46) fire damage. The healing rune from pillar of poz despawns with witchcraft, so it isn't out for very long. Skarn's and Poz are aoe, Eldritch Blast is single target.
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Comments

  • warcanchwarcanch Posts: 1,069 Arc User
    Thank you for this information.

    That's a decent amount of damage coming from a device pet.

    Still sucks for them to have a 5 minute cooldown, which isn't affected by cooldown gear/abilities.​​
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