Awakened Collector Adept - Dark Sphere

Damage, recharge speed (5a is badly bugged), unstable (the DoT part is bugged too iirc but not the radius one so it's still worth it).

I was tempted to try that spec, going BBA on dark sphere, but I thought it'd be pointless because it's a slow projectile and the 7m radius looks too good to pass up. It's probably an L2P issue if it's the case where I can't handle the 4.50m detonation radius. 

The bug is on the DoT part, not radius or direct detonation damage.

I use 4B, 5B and 6B for the widest area priming and explosions. In larger maps 6A has very limited efficiency.

In the end I want to get the most I can out of the Collector Adept. I do know one thing for sure is that I won't bother trying to use dark sphere with both damage evos because it's detonation radius of 2.5m is like a pain to deal with that's comparable to using sticky grenades except dark sphere has a long cooldown alongside it.

I'm sure with practice I can get used to the radius reduction from 6A.

I usually begin by throwing Dark Sphere down a narrow corridor (if possible), following that with Dark Channel to add more DoT, then detonating the BE with a Seeker Swarm. I'll detonate the sphere whenever it seems appropriate - though I cannot generalise it, depends on the situation entirely. Shooting things with the CSMG until Dark Sphere comes off of cooldown. Swarms and Ascension Mode get refreshed in soft cover whenever the situation allows it.

With good knowledge of the battlefield layout, I find that 6A suits me fine considering radius of DS. Though I definitely need to play him more often to get it really down.

Similar build, except I go with full weapons damage instead of power damage. CSMG does most of the work for me. The Sphere and Swarms are just primers to get the Warp ammo bonus going. 

It is appropriate that the bug's trademark power is a bugfest.

U can hide DC cast and CD during SS summoning (not the opposite afaik), summoning which should be done during a DS DoT before exploding it so that u kill the SS CD by detonating the sphere.

With a power build, as far as math goes if u cast DS wait for 5 sec before detonating it
BBA gives : 130 DoT damage ticks ie 2600 damage and 3650 on explosion over 4.5 m
BBB gives : 53.6 DoT damage ticks ie 1071 damage and 2650 on explosion over 9m

And Target cap is 3 ...


Test by corlist

Kalence gives total damage for the announced DoT duration (after detonation) and it s false if this duration is extended. So u have to divide by twice the announced DoT duration to have damage ticks (one every .5 s), then it last 5sec after detonation

One of my favorite kits, he's far from some of the DPS monsters in the game but he's unique and potentially plays radically different from any other kits.

DS is a must for me (without it he's a lot less unique and starts to play very similarly as other kits, which makes him far less interesting).

I always go with Unstable DS on rank 6, the DoT is bugged but without the extra radius he will suffer a lot on the larger open maps like London or Condor. Sure you could go with Dark Matter if you know that you only will play smaller and tighter maps like Glacier, but I want builds that can take on anything at anytime so Unstable DS is a must for me.

Do U SS DS or DC for BE BVSau ?

I ll try unstable sphere next time, but i think i prefer to focus on one or 2 target close to me with Higher damage and Biotic booms

BBA for a more weapon based build, and BBB for 200% cooldown on host combo fun.

Playing the combo style off host doesn't always work as intended, because you can't always shoot your swarms in quick back to back succession (same issue as how it happens with the Volus balls too). So if that happens off host, it really takes a lot out of the fun if you can cause 3 instant biotic detonation and forced to wait in between combos. Putting a serious damper of your killing powers before the pugs steal your precious kills.


Also, 5A is bugged, never pick it. Always go 5B.