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The Psyker - Telepathy DPS
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"But wait Spinny, Telepathy is terrible, everyone says so, the only thing it's good for is CCing dogs at Kiga and nothing else! The devs hate it and made it a bad powerset!" - Some crazy lady who lives next door to me and yells stuff about CO even tho she doesn't even know what a video game is o3o
So this one was easy cause I used to play a Telepathy DPS toon way back when and it's only gotten better cause now it actually has a Form it can use. That form being Mental Precision. That, along with TK Shield are the only powers being borrowed from TK, since Telepathy doesn't have it's own dps form or a block. Otherwise it's all Telepathy baby!
I love this build. I loved it back then, and I still love it now. It's basically exactly what I look for in a build: It does lots of things, it has lots of buttons to push, and there's lots of ways to use it. Due to that it feels like this build has a high skill ceiling. For an example, when I was recording me beating up the Nightmare Demolisher I ended up rerecording it and managed to do it about 30% faster just because I changed how I was using my powers. Most of my other builds don't really have that kind of variation in how you can use the build, so that's pretty cool. Telepathy is pretty cool. uwu
Not perfect though. It can run into energy and stacking issues, so to use the build well you have to be really aware of how you can stack, how you can get energy, and make sure you're doing those things, which can lead to slow starts. Also the single target dps rotation is kind of annoying because you're tap spamming pretty much non-stop.
"But wait Spinny, Telepathy has bad dps, I was told so by some guy who is always mad, and some lady who is always perfectly calm! ...and others!"
o3o Okay, weird, but I did 4200 dps on a training dummy with it using blue primaries and determined secondaries, and no damage mod ( since Telepathy doesn't have one ). So... I dunno... that seems like fine enough single target dps to me. It also has a bart-ton of utility that lets you do neat things like help heal people during Kiga's snowstorms, or debuff the damage that big monsters do by a fairly okay amount. Mind Break also makes for a really great burst of damage for dino DPS checks.
Enough blabber bloo! On to the video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPu_PNKzguI
And here is the build.
The Psyker Any / Multiple
v3.26:30
Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Presence (Secondary)
Talents
Level 1: The Hexslinger (Dex: 10, Int: 10, Ego: 10, Pre: 8)
Level 6: Showmanship (Ego: 5, Pre: 5)
Level 9: Finesse (Dex: 5, Pre: 5)
Level 12: Shooter (Dex: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 15: Indomintable (Ego: 8)
Level 18: Intimidating (Pre: 8)
Level 21: Agile (Dex: 8)
Powers
Level 1: Psi Lash
Level 1: Ego Blast (Rank 2, Mind Opener, Rude Awakening)
Level 6: Ego Sprites (Rank 2, Slave Mentality)
Level 8: Ego Sleep (Rank 2, Plagued by Nightmares)
Level 11: Mental Precision
Level 14: Telepathic Reverberation
Level 17: Mental Leech
Level 20: Mental Storm (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Ego Form (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Ego Storm (Rank 2, Malevolent Manifestation)
Level 29: Mind Drain (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Telekinetic Shield (Telekinetic Reinforcement)
Level 35: Mind Break (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 38: Shadow of Doubt
Adv. Points: 36/36
Travel Powers
Level 6: Superspeed (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Teleportation
Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (2/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (3/3)
Avenger: Ruthless (2/2)
Avenger: Round 'em Up (3/3)
Avenger: Surprise Attack (2/2)
Avenger: Relentless Assault (3/3)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Initiative (1/2)
Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Mastery: Avenger Mastery (1/1)
Devices
So this one was easy cause I used to play a Telepathy DPS toon way back when and it's only gotten better cause now it actually has a Form it can use. That form being Mental Precision. That, along with TK Shield are the only powers being borrowed from TK, since Telepathy doesn't have it's own dps form or a block. Otherwise it's all Telepathy baby!
I love this build. I loved it back then, and I still love it now. It's basically exactly what I look for in a build: It does lots of things, it has lots of buttons to push, and there's lots of ways to use it. Due to that it feels like this build has a high skill ceiling. For an example, when I was recording me beating up the Nightmare Demolisher I ended up rerecording it and managed to do it about 30% faster just because I changed how I was using my powers. Most of my other builds don't really have that kind of variation in how you can use the build, so that's pretty cool. Telepathy is pretty cool. uwu
Not perfect though. It can run into energy and stacking issues, so to use the build well you have to be really aware of how you can stack, how you can get energy, and make sure you're doing those things, which can lead to slow starts. Also the single target dps rotation is kind of annoying because you're tap spamming pretty much non-stop.
"But wait Spinny, Telepathy has bad dps, I was told so by some guy who is always mad, and some lady who is always perfectly calm! ...and others!"
o3o Okay, weird, but I did 4200 dps on a training dummy with it using blue primaries and determined secondaries, and no damage mod ( since Telepathy doesn't have one ). So... I dunno... that seems like fine enough single target dps to me. It also has a bart-ton of utility that lets you do neat things like help heal people during Kiga's snowstorms, or debuff the damage that big monsters do by a fairly okay amount. Mind Break also makes for a really great burst of damage for dino DPS checks.
Enough blabber bloo! On to the video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPu_PNKzguIAnd here is the build.
The Psyker Any / Multiple
v3.26:30
Super Stats
Level 6: Ego (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Presence (Secondary)
Talents
Level 1: The Hexslinger (Dex: 10, Int: 10, Ego: 10, Pre: 8)
Level 6: Showmanship (Ego: 5, Pre: 5)
Level 9: Finesse (Dex: 5, Pre: 5)
Level 12: Shooter (Dex: 5, Ego: 5)
Level 15: Indomintable (Ego: 8)
Level 18: Intimidating (Pre: 8)
Level 21: Agile (Dex: 8)
Powers
Level 1: Psi Lash
Level 1: Ego Blast (Rank 2, Mind Opener, Rude Awakening)
Level 6: Ego Sprites (Rank 2, Slave Mentality)
Level 8: Ego Sleep (Rank 2, Plagued by Nightmares)
Level 11: Mental Precision
Level 14: Telepathic Reverberation
Level 17: Mental Leech
Level 20: Mental Storm (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 23: Ego Form (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Ego Storm (Rank 2, Malevolent Manifestation)
Level 29: Mind Drain (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 32: Telekinetic Shield (Telekinetic Reinforcement)
Level 35: Mind Break (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 38: Shadow of Doubt
Adv. Points: 36/36
Travel Powers
Level 6: Superspeed (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35: Teleportation
Specializations
Ego: Force of Will (2/2)
Ego: Insight (3/3)
Ego: Follow Through (2/3)
Ego: Sixth Sense (3/3)
Avenger: Ruthless (2/2)
Avenger: Round 'em Up (3/3)
Avenger: Surprise Attack (2/2)
Avenger: Relentless Assault (3/3)
Vindicator: Merciless (3/3)
Vindicator: Initiative (1/2)
Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3)
Vindicator: Focused Strikes (3/3)
Mastery: Avenger Mastery (1/1)
Devices
Comments
- Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
Those specs, and even Pre primary, are certainly of interest with this build.
Tap spamming Ego Blast, and rotating Ego Sleep and Mental Storm 7 seconds apart, while keeping Ego Sprites stacked.
Another issue I forgot to mention is that at Cosmics you sometimes just don't get Telepathic Reverberation. Keeping your face buried in the cosmic seems to make this happen less frequently. I'm not sure what causes it... might be other people with TR there or something else. When I notice that happening I start doing full charges instead which still yields a decent 3200 dps.
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Thanks for the rotation outline too. It kinda makes sense the dps can still be decent despite being blast-heavy, since it can also use Mind Opener, and MStorm and Sprites are nice attacks on their own.
- Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!
As for Telepathy DPS, it's always been possible I helped Cyrone and others make their DPS versions. My own PTS Telepathy DPS builds usually took PRE/DEX/EGO or PRE/EGO/REC Sent/Over (cause why not), but I do think the build would probably be marginally easier to use with "throwable" Ego Sprites instead of reverting it back to original form for tank builds, but clearly both work (especially since enemies swarm in close now).
As for TP Reverb, the fix they created seems to be creating an invisible entity which grants TP Reverb somewhat more reliably, but I think because of it's shareable nature, it is a bit problematic, probably needs to be standardized so it can be more reliable unless a way can be found to make it work as is. Also very VFX reliant for energy which can be to your detriment in Cosmics.
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Had a feeling you would like that ^_^
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I swear you did one for the Ego Blades too right?, if so, feel free to show me
I am a HUGE sucker for Psioinc stuff (Just ask Flow) lol
Yes I did, and it's the girl you see dabbing in my sig. Someone would have to be nuts to claim the devs hate Mentalist powers after watching my videos of me rolling the warzone with Mentalist toons O3O
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/championsonline#/discussion/1211294/tk-assassassin
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Another issue seems to be that the TP Reverb thingies come from the target's head, which means that something really tall like a Cosmic adds a lot of travel time for the sprites to get to you, meaning you count as being too far away much closer than you would with shorter things. That's why being as close as possible seems to solve the issue.
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You could use Life Drain. It'll be less damage and won't proc your energy unlock, but otherwise will perform the same function.
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
This build seems kinda close to this: https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/championsonline/#/discussion/1216094/psion-envoy-telepathy-build
Keep in mind that my builds tend to shy away from the "Meta" so it's not gonna be a fully updated version of the excat build (Given some powers are old and new).
@flowcyto can help you out if you need it. I'm sure they'll help you out.
Has TK been updated?
No I'm serious, has it?
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
- Be safe and have fun, champs - for science!