DCUO: Gadgets Updated In-Depth Guide 2021

[@ObsidianChill]

0:00 Start 2:15 PCvsPS4vsPS5 5:40 Might Spec, Gear, Augs & Artifacts 10:16 Might Melee Loadout 11:38 Might Melee *Rotation* 14:59 Might Single Target Loadout 18:17 Might Single Target *Rotation* 21:41 Might Max Range ST *Rotation* 23:48 Might Ranged AOE Loadout 25:44 Might Ranged AOE *Rotation* 27:47 Might ST/AOE *Rotation* 31:53 Precision Spec, Gear, Augs & Artifacts 34:33 Precision Melee Loadout 35:36 Precision Brawl Melee *Rotation* 37:44 Precision 1H Melee *Rotation* 40:15 Precision Single Target Loadout 41:06 Precision Single Target *Rotation* 43:58 Precision Ranged *Loadout* 45:27 Precision Brawl Ranged *Rotation* 47:52 Controller Spec, Arts, Loadout

[@Nai-id1zs]

Chill does might melee do more damge then might range?

[@artificialintelligence0101]

I've uninstalled the game but still watch your videos because I appreciate the attention to detail and the amount of work you put into these guides. Maybe I'll install when DCUO 2 comes out.

[@futureboy16]

Do Update for Munitions please, Acrobat

[@e_hs]

Wanna ask does the extended supercharge chest mod and supercharge head mods work tgt? Or only either of them works even if they are both equipped. This question bugged me for a while.

[@ObsidianChill]

@@e_hs They do yes, the supercharge you gain back stacks with the head mod and chest. The only thing that doesn't stack is the 200 scrap of the soul cloak and the chest mod.

[@mikeyraad568]

I really appreciate all the time you put into these knowledgeable videos.. I've played dc for 5 or 6 years now with breaks in between but your videos have been the most informative than any other I have watched over the years ! Thanks again !!

[@DreskiMisery]

I do that also a lot of the O.Gs Do

[@mistermisanthrope8601]

It's bs that one movement mode has always had a dps advantage. That crap should have been balanced a decade ago.

[@Silvercrypto11]

Stop complaining and get good honestly people that complain kill the game that's why theres no pvp just learn to clip powers and you'll be good at dpsing

[@blue9847]

@@Silvercrypto11 he makes a valid point this has nothing to do with being good, you can have two sick players one flight one superspeed i think you can guess which one would do more dmg, pvp was also a completely separate issue

[@demongodhades135]

@@blue9847 I don't know why Juan tried to use those comparisons

[@Mars_junior]

@@Silvercrypto11 "just learn to cheat" This is why no one does pvp. Clipping is cheating just like taking advantage of animation canceling is. R6 banned 1000s of players for taking advantage of accidental animation cancels. Just because devs mess up or servers can't handle it doesn't mean it's within TOS. I'm glad Ubisoft finally did something right in setting a new standard that just because something is broken doesn't mean you should take advantage of it.

[@cleaved3453]

@@Mars_junior Clipping is all the fun in dcuo. Take that away and you have brainless simulator. This game is not r6.

[@knightrcer]

Glad I saw rbis video because in the first 5 minutes I'm seeing I need to switch to superseded to get max dps which I'm acrobat. Clipping is something more easily achieved on playstation then on pc. I was planning to go with a weapon mastery dps build but this video has helped me decide I'm sticking with acrobatics (saved me $10 from buyers remorse too) as well as switching everything to precision in augments. Thank you

[@Dopedope19]

Thank you for your time and effort, it’s greatly appreciated

[@1RightTurnClyde]

You put slot of work into this GREAT video. I appreciate it as I am a return player. Last I played was like 2012 I think. I have slot to learn. Vids like this are unmistakable one of the best sources.

[@PopoutAD]

Love your vids and the time you put into them. This guys deserves way more like.

[@Guitarz_fan]

He do theres like a lot of people watching him for some tipz

[@Hudsonvanlife]

Way more like for what play in a game all day and posting videos lol yea give this man a medal not people that do like the NHS ffs it's a game

[@little_error295]

@@Hudsonvanlife are you good

[@Hudsonvanlife]

Yea I am good thanknun

[@danielwilhite9061]

Hey can we know about other movements every one says super speed and I don't like super speed

[@Pe3We3Man]

Super speed is the only one to use with prec because of working durvish cancel

[@FoulPet]

@@Pe3We3Man 99 percent of builds require super speed. As a new player, It would be nice to see alternatives to what IMHO is a 💩 movement only taken for a specific skill.

[@lonewanderer_9312]

I'm currently on an acrobatics character myself so I'd like to know as well.

[@teegrove8237]

Thank you for this great content, your voice is really easy to listen to and the information is amazing for me as a new player, thanks again...

[@UltraAseel]

Been waiting for this

[@sin9477]

When will there ever be a point in time where you don’t have to use suppressor turret for clipping purposes only and actually summon the full turret?

[@nanoUSBx]

I'm a little sad to be honest, that battery trolls don't really seem to be a thing anymore, now that I've decided to try it out again (last time played gadgets troll during Origin Crisis). Makes you feel redundant quite a lot; and coming at it with a Healer's mindset, it's almost depressing how hard it is to keep most people powered. Still, Gadgets remains one of the most fun powers in my opinion, and as you said, it's incredibly versatile.

[@Daemon1995_]

well they nerfed revamped gadget, battle drone used to explode and be useful as a battery but now its just mainstream like the others with a shield

[@petermitchell165]

Nah be I just troll on my toon. Been off cause skill points are not thing for players and they kicked me out a raid. Imagine being 25mil to the 2nd highest is 9mil. Told the group get skill points got kicked stayed trolling 🤣

[@Ookami20]

Dude not all heroes wear capes bless you your vid is amazing

[@DavidSantos-ix1hu]

I like skimming its like super speed where you can yank enemies close or stack in a group while having more movement options .

[@nkmaniiac]

DPS Munitions Might or DPS Gadgets Might?

[@ObsidianChill]

gadgets will be better in melee and single target but not in ranged aoe.

[@torvarravenfeeder89]

It seems like the other movement powers need to be made a lot more equal to super speed.

[@ObsidianChill]

they certainly do :(

[@seiya209]

How good is gadgets this days? DPS OR CONTROLLER?

[@Prime-ri5oe]

Yo thanks for this. Changed to gadgets about a week ago and not going to lie I been kinda lost lol. Amazing vid, liked and subbed keep it up!

[@little_error295]

Gadgets is probably the hardest dps power in the game lol all the clipping it’s fun

[@Prime-ri5oe]

@@little_error295 I been trying to learn gadgets troll u think as I’m starting out I should focus on a buff troll or regular power troll?

[@little_error295]

@@Prime-ri5oe honestly for Trollingh I’m not the guy to ask 😅 kind of a 1 trick pony for dps

[@Prime-ri5oe]

@@little_error295 oh ok bro I’m the same tbh but people been tellin me to learn troll which I can see why so I been trying it out. Thanks anyways tho 🙏🏽

[@ThumbsOP]

Now what do we do since patch?

[@FloppyDisk007]

Bruh all I want is to get these feats... so I can get SP

[@SuperDoggy99]

Superspeed ... the biggest crutch in the game.

[@meremortals9960]

Why is gadgets the only power that doesn't seem to change or get phased with any changes in the game...if anything it seems to get stronger whereas other powers get affected..even with arts or anything..it seems nothing can phase this power..nice vid

[@Artghostwriter]

True it’s the most consistent power throughout dcuo history

[@pibmarty7147]

i have robot sidekick on stealth and it still blows up any other suggestions?

[@plomyde6170]

i think if not using am for ST 35% gunna do way more. parses the same with 160 arts. if boss gets to 35% omg it just does so much more after that. Nice vid by the way

[@adolfocanul1]

Is having battle display for the 2% crit even worth it,tho I am might base? How does it benefit might? Neo supercharge mod worth it over battle display?

[@ayorand3541]

Been waiting so so long for this lmao

[@davidbaker3921]

Nice. Thanks for this.

[@souljahsquad4447]

Okay so I just had a conversation that continues to blow my mind and I’m directed to you as the source of this information... the question is who’s ACTUAL job is it to crowd control? Now I think this is the dumbest question because the answers in the question. Controllers. But more n more elitist Tanks (for now I’ll not put anyone on blast) but they keep saying it’s the tanks job because a troll messes up a tanks rotation and can take Afro from the tank Nd they say you tell ppl this absurd nonsense. No one can take a tanks Agro other that another tank and tbh a tanks only job is to establish agro and counter the boss. But because of stylistic change and preferences people are telling new players incorrect information which makes them bad because the don’t have the ability of an elitist tank or the stats so the try their play style in pug groups and look squishy. Ppl are being set up for failure that way.

[@ObsidianChill]

If its a bad tank the controller should stun adds but if its a good tank you should avoid it. In the past it was fine because the breakout profiles were normal but now after stats revamp they are a disaster and a controllers stuns are largely useless unless the tank isn't paying attention. If we cc the adds they can break out at awkward times and they may completely resist tank cc's

[@HappyJoyKill]

its the frame timing between second and third button presses. You are clipping ability two with ability 3 faster than you are clipping the first ability with the second. I'm not sure if its to do with the first or second concept, whether or not you are just pressing the third button two fast for the clip to 'work as intended' or whether it's cause it was faster than the first spell to the second spells clipping.

[@ObsidianChill]

The speed I clipped using the keys stayed the same, I even tried to macro it and still had the same results it would be intermittent where I’ve seen players on PS5 do it consistently each time. Ping may play a factor as well

[@knightrcer]

Forgot to mention I've been told by my league leader to use solar amplification, quislet, and transformation card. Wait until I pick up tactical card until I can max it out because the payoff is weak until I can get it to max rank. What do you think?

[@ObsidianChill]

for gadgets you don't need solar amplifier, gadgets doesn't need to use heat vision. Trans-strat-eog ideally

[@AbdijovskiA]

This was so helpful but not helpful at all if that makes sense. I’m dual wield and acrobatics so already can’t do the precision one which is the one I wanna do second I didn’t even get close to understanding the rotation or the clipping this was probably very helpful for others but I couldn’t understand anything. Can someone please help out? Oh and what can I use expect Whirling Dervish

[@AbdijovskiA]

Hey can someone help me out I’m still lost as to how to set my loadout i keep trying different thing but it’s seems like you have to have all the things in this vid to be able to compete

[@RaymondReddington007]

@ObsidianChillDCUO I would love input on how to make the best Batman loadout. I understand that it would not be the maximum damage possible but did want to know what you would suggest to at least maximize what’s doable. Thanks in advance

[@joestalin5303]

You could always troll. And that's a nice piece of ass you got there

[@Tubsalts]

@@joestalin5303 holy shit lmao

[@JanahanBalasingham]

@ObsidianChillDCUO How are you managing to clip Suppresser Torrent? Unless it is deployed, it never attacks. And when it is deployed, Robot Sidekick gets destroyed. So how are you able to keep Robot Sidekick alive and trigger Suppresser Torrent? Does it actually do any damage?

[@ObsidianChill]

you jump cancel the summon of suppresser turret to clip powers. If you hold it and summon the turret yes it would destroy robot sidekick but if you cancel it before it does RSK will be fine. Also make sure RSK is on your stealth loadout as well so when you go into stealth it doesn't auto destruct

[@JanahanBalasingham]

@@ObsidianChill But when you jump cancel, does it actually do the damage though? I tried jump cancelling and I don't see a tick of it doing any damage. Neither does it do any power interactions.

[@ObsidianChill]

@@JanahanBalasingham you don't get any damage from turret if you cancel it, the point is to cancel the longer animation of other abilities with turret to save time

[@JanahanBalasingham]

@@ObsidianChill Ah. I get it now. I thought it was something that still does damage even if it is not active. Thanks.

[@Not-Grady]

its so shitty on pc you can't play with return to normal at your advantage xD good vid chill :D

[@PlusUltraBrando]

I’m on ps5 and to me it’s a 50/50 whether it all procs or not, not sure.. if pc is really any worse, maybe ps4 it’s good ? Idk lol but then again ps4 comes with more cons than pros dealing with other lag.

[@Mars_junior]

Anyone with acro care to share what you do for skill points instead? I don't care for clipping or animation canceling even if it gives an advantage.

[@alexandercooke4201]

11:38, 25:44 (You can ignore this, I'm just using it as a bookmark)

[@tonyphills6075]

😂😂😂

[@batmanfan-wi4ml]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kinglyatticus]

Can i use solar amp instead of grim and have heat vision on single target loadout?

[@phillipbell8166]

Turret isn't clipping right with fear gas it stalls b4 it lets me hit fear gas

[@oldfoil3298]

Your connection might also have something to do with stealth into pdart on pc.. Never really had tht much trouble doing it when I was gadgets. I play on wifi and it's not the best.

[@SkyeDCUO01]

How do you stop from being interrupted while in stealth? When it works it’s great but quite often you’re hit before you get a chance to rotate and forced to miss.

[@ObsidianChill]

You have to use the improved stealth hand mod

[@SkyeDCUO01]

@@ObsidianChill does that not affect the damage output?

[@ObsidianChill]

@@SkyeDCUO01 its 2% vs having a large shield, immune to cc, a stealth damage proc and hitting 2+ abilities and supercharges in stealth.

[@TopBoyBish]

Does it matter how many sp u have when switching to gadgets?

[@westernrev9628]

Is this video still valid, since the suppressor turret has been nerfed? Therefore, wouldn’t it be better to now use power instead of health mods for your gear and base, because of all the power use? Good video!

[@ObsidianChill]

Yes, still valid but you are correct to have a easier time maintaining the rotation with power mods over health

[@westernrev9628]

@@ObsidianChill Thank you! Are the loadouts shown in your video, better than the loadouts of iEddyGaming‘s Gadget video for might?

[@JAS0N_M00RE]

Gadgets seem more like tech than it does Meta imo

[@Viss27]

What can I use if I’m not super speed tho

[@markedelen3763]

Why not use venom wrist despenser for precision DPS?

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

Why do you have the bomb and whirling dervish for ranged? Those 2 powers would hit nothing and do 0 damage ranged.

[@grimb8kn748]

What power/weapon combo would you recommend for a new player looking for something that’s not necessarily technically the “best” but a good solid choice for a player learning the game?

[@MarcioSilva-ng4cz]

Im not the owner of this video but when i first started, i started with ICE and one handed and i ended up trying all the powers slowly

[@Daemon1995_]

the one you have fun ..

[@meghansmith7884]

Like ur King crown heheh. I just started the game, umm little bit confused on items and leveling up part, but i'll get used to the game with ease heheheh.....Meow

[@JayFlackoTV]

Which one is your multi target load out

[@user-fp7to2hp3x]

Still the same LO and arts after turret fix?

[@ObsidianChill]

you would yes, I would change your generator mods to power though, and even power efficiency in the chest to help with the power cost on turret

[@DeepBoxGames]

What would the Generator mods be for a controller Gadget character?

[@ObsidianChill]

health for blue and vitalization for yellow

[@DeepBoxGames]

@@ObsidianChill Thank you, I appreciate it.

[@bretleversha]

Which load out should I be using with larneas amulet artifact?! Thanks

[@raducon]

Can someone tell me what the rotation is? He never says what the order actually is.

[@markedelen3763]

What artifacts do you use for debuff and power trolling?

[@oje7924]

Please do HL next🙏

[@futureboy16]

What 3 Arts work best for Munitions?

[@xdrfantasyxxx5304]

What must i do to get handcuff attack/gadget???? Can i buy it somewhere??? What is that called????

[@DenialTank]

I'm very new, and just 50~ CR, my Battle Drone is taken down immediately, like in 3-6 seconds. Is that normal? Will it change as I lvl up? Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

[@e_hs]

The suppressor turret is for jump clipping instead really using it to damage in this video. It's coz when you use another power like cyclone push, it got an animation after you casted it, by pressing suppressor turret then jump immediately after casting the power, the animation will be cancelled with the damage still being dealt, but in a shorter time which increases ur dps. AND IFFFF you really wanna use a suppressor turret for damage, place it in ur stealth loadout as well, so that it wouldn't explode when you stealth.

[@joeytedesco9032]

Hey Obsidian, is this still the best stuff to use for Gadgets in 2023?

[@ikerestamark]

would u still recremend these artifact for gadget(might dps) or would quislet be add or?

[@rhufnagel]

is there any way to actually use suppressor turret and replace robot sidekick with a power?

[@Xurxo1234]

ObsidianChillDCUO can you do a video of best weapons

[@markedelen3763]

What if your not super speed? I'm flight, flight doesn't have cyclone push.

[@rmn1784]

Can someone help me? I want to know how can i get replay badgets

[@JAS0N_M00RE]

For a Controller is it still best to be super speed or could you be any of them since you aren't focused on doing damage

[@kolofqux]

What would you recommend for returning a player i was think single target bc I'm use to rage

[@kingyah3055]

Hard Light next pls

[@ObsidianChill]

that is the plan

[@louishunt1466]

What base item is that you have on the floor in the sparing target area

[@ObsidianChill]

which timestamp do you remember? I was in a few different league halls in this guide

[@passingthefuckout]

@ObsidianChill thank you brother

[@osacry-identityv7238]

Ty for this, but one question, why use absorption adapter?

[@gabeonofrei526]

You should do a updated rage video... please and thank you

[@thomashafner8487]

does he have the rotaions written out anywhere, i dont know the animations so the rotation shows are not helpful

[@lPepsiplunge]

don't have super speed though

[@kinglyatticus]

Good job sir

[@rahsanw9003]

I have a question..about power interactions...does other players consumable attacks add a pre-buff for your toon?

[@ObsidianChill]

Technically yes, depends on what powers you use. If a player sets up daze for me if the first powers I use don’t benefit from a daze pi I won’t have any increased dmg then at that point I would have set up my own pi etc

[@Joker-ik1sp]

U r using the gas head mod do u use the gas rather than neo venom boost?

[@belikebrett]

So would you be missing out on not going AOE in a lot cases, so is the ST & AOE loadout the most efficient be all loadout without switching it around constantly for different scenarios lol?

[@Daemon1995_]

depends on how many armories you got and how dedicated as a dps you are, most ppl would have one for st and aoe or hybrid

[@Viss27]

what if you werent on super speed tho

[@Naij_]

Welp time to change to super speed

[@barnstorming4535]

Speed force ring from anti dailies

[@DarkKnightwing]

For those of you that want a gad lo that parses waaaay better than this and doesnt have jump canceling lmk. Also- please do not spec like this for buff trolling if you are not in the 575+ sp, 200 art category. You will need a 2nd troll in the grp and your group will fail. For the most part, i agree with chill on most dps stuff, but not gad and not trolling.

[@ObsidianChill]

Artifacts dictate buff trolling, skill points even 400-600 mean absolutely nothing when compared to artifacts and augments. If a player didn't have enough vit from running dom augments replacing the adaptive and you have another 6% vit in content. Needing a second controller is also entirely dependent on your group, i've done COUE with my league in dps gear as a controller with a completely minimal pot tick and its been completely fine. Healers have artifacts like purple healing ray which return 20% power back to them, you have precision dps who rarely use any power, which is why everyone is switching back to prec for survival mode coming up. In a gemini spam meta you have dps constantly dropping circles on trash mobs which grant 2% power every second back to them. You can have a different opinion than mine but it doesn't mean your opinion is an educated one lol

[@DarkKnightwing]

@@ObsidianChill def disagree. Ive been in groups with ppl who follow your lead and it ends in failure. Cuz you are the only one in this community that does videos and is ok, not best, the lazy ppl in the community flock here. The ones that find their own lo usually end up out parsing the numbers you put on here. The trolling in general is the thing that you can see the players in the community that actually do the elites all the time and have no problem are the players that do not do this. 99.9 percent of the community do not have maxed sp. Or arts. And yes sp does matter to some extent. To just say its all arts is ignorant. Maybe your league is mostly ppl with maxed stuff but most ppl out there do not have leagues or even a lot of friends that have maxed stuff. In the end, youre still a troll and you still need to worry about power. The way you do it is not good enough for groups. Think about healers who have to heal ppl with amulet. They have to spam. If youre not giving more than 4k pot, your group will fail. I guarantee you that you dont have that kind of pot. Group power>group hitting really hard for 10 seconds.

[@DarkKnightwing]

I 90 percent of the time do not need a second troll. That is the difference.

[@ObsidianChill]

@@DarkKnightwing which is simply changing out your claw artifact for parasite or scrap, power trolling bs buff trolling the rotation itself doesn't change at all. If pug group is struggling that bad that they require a full power troll spec then that is something the group should look inwards to itself. Are you just going to let that Orb healer spam priority at a 20k powercost because they believe they have to clip it every 1.5 seconds? or are you going to say something in chat? Are you going to let the electric healer just clip all powers off cooldown even when there is nothing to heal just because that healer thinks that's what they need to do? Power trolling isn't a cop out for other roles not knowing how to play the their own role. Even tanks like rage and atomic don't need any extra power besides POT and only run into issues when the actual troll dies. You also take into account the bottled city soder which grants 100% power return vs a player running a percentage based one, and just having to hold out for 60 seconds until they get a full power bar again. You're also welcome to try out your much higher parsing rotations against the gadgets in our league anytime, Pitch is always up for a pane st run or my league runs coue all day

[@DarkKnightwing]

@@ObsidianChill if you put in parasite instead of rao then youd be fine. Spec vit. Easy 5 to 6k pot.

[@blackpegasus7125]

So now gadget players who like Bat-family characters have to run around like the flash🥴

[@ObsidianChill]

depends if you care about your damage, if its not a priority and the character immersion is then you can stay acro :)

[@1nputted]

Red death is part of bat family

[@nickisgnarly6746]

You can substitute a mine for dervish

[@PlusUltraBrando]

Dual wield is the beat weapon for weapon taps?

[@Profitcial]

Is this still viable now in 2023 and will I still use grim or just change it for quislit I don’t mind I have both just curious

[@ObsidianChill]

grim will help on your power if you use robot sidekick but if power is no concern quislet will be better

[@PTWSHAWN203]

Precision single target is so hard on ps4

[@jayoux1188]

@ObsidianChillDCUO quick question, what is the significance of dervish if it doesn’t hit?

[@ObsidianChill]

just timing wise so you know when to jump clip after the 4th tick of flurry shot

[@osacry-identityv7238]

How do you get affinity bonuses?

[@gggg-uy1sh]

In the hall of doom you get them from the tech wing

[@westernrev9628]

My robot sidekick gets destroyed when I get out of stealth. Did they recently implement this?

[@davolthe1261]

You need to have it in both of your loadouts, damage and stealth

[@awesomeerr8765]

This is complicated. I'll stick with rage tank lol.

[@markdias5636]

Which Rotation is your "default" Like what would you suggest a default to guy with only 3 Armories so 1 for troller, and two others for.... Also can heat vision sub for 22:41 spot 4? I spent so much time leveling Solar Amp seems like a waste.

[@sam-if5wh]

What’s better might or prec which does more damage

[@ObsidianChill]

The prec side of gadgets will at the moment

[@cashtrip777]

Nice!

[@najeesmith1952]

Fire next?

[@YungSwag001]

What if you’re acrobatics?

[@Jerry_417]

At 45:46 can someone explainn to me how the hell his termite mine is elxploding from that distance? Ty

[@ObsidianChill]

it isn't exploding, I am using the animation of the summon of the mine to clip brawling weapon mastery. If you jump clip a cast bar animation ability it stops and restarts the cooldown

[@---xk8cp]

Whats with all the jumping ?

[@DRKALX]

Braaa, how do you do rotation on ps4 is that even possible?

[@adaptiveandroid2685]

What can I sub cyclone push for on an Acro Gadget DPS?

[@masterwork-9692]

Sonic cry

[@mizeducated2792]

any recommendations on what abilities to replace the super speed ones with for acro?

[@Moeru_Jigoku]

super speed is a must for prec build

[@mizeducated2792]

@@Moeru_Jigoku i dont have the money to spend on this game to buy a respec token