Obsidian Beacon

Notes:

The primary focus for this build is Kinetic Support. As such, I am differing from the normal energy weapons on supports (Disruptors). Altamid Plasma has a chance of -15 Kinetic and Plasma DRR. The Altamid Omni (Lobi) that I have always procs on a critical hit, so this has pretty good uptime. The Experimental Romulan beam still has the disruptor proc available, while still doing Plasma damage. This would be a more budget-friendly way to mimic this build with Plasma weapons. The Lukari Plasma beam has a 5% proc for healing in an AoE. The Dark Matter torpedo is a "token" torpedo. What this means is that it's there to trigger many other abilities. You'll see many supports not wanting a torpedo to not "steal" Concentrate Firepower. However, this one has a DoT that triggers Atrophied Defenses, will use Torpedo Spread so I can use Entwined Tactical Matrices as a way to get 100% uptime on Fire at Will, and trigger the Gamma Deflector. The Nukara Mines are more on theme than anything, but the hold will benefit anyone running the Tholian Webspinner. 

For the Drive Train, I went for the Gamma 3pc for the team Kinetic damage, but also the deflector for the -DRR kinetic damage when firing torpedoes. The other pieces are mostly just there for the set bonus. The 4pc wasn't strong enough for me to slot all 4 pieces, so the shield was the easy choice to replace with the Tilly shield, which increases shield damage. 

Devices are pretty standard, and most are situational for when I am not primarily supporting. Deuterium Surplus is for when I need maneuverability and Evasive Maneuvers and Emergency Power to Engines are on cooldown. The Exotic Batteries and Beam Batteries are extra damage when needed. The Large Auxiliary Batteries are specifically for the web cannon, since I lose a lot of damage due to using Aux2Batt and draining my Aux. I make sure to use one of these before firing the Web Cannon. 

Each piece of equipment is covered in the table below, but the highlights are the Torment Engine and Web Cannon as these are some of my favorites for this build. 

Finally, the pets are exclusive to Tholian ships, but they each have Attack Pattern Beta III so they are tough to beat. 

Meta Notes

Bridge Officer Power Selection is something that has the largest swing in any build. If you don't pick your BOff powers correctly (and drag them to tray), you won't do anything. Each one of these has been hand-picked to interact with every aspect of the build for maximum performance. You'll see no duplicates here, cooldowns are managed so that maximum uptime is achieved with one copy of each power. There's not room for more than one!

...well, except for Auxiliary to Battery, but that's simply how that power works best as a cooldown

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