Science Ground Build Guide - Star Trek Online 2021

In this video we look at how to put together an advanced ground science build in Star Trek Online. Sci toons rely heavily on their kit module abilities and we will go over how to boost your kit readiness and kit performance on your science character. Playing science on ground maps is a lot of fun. If you have not, give it a try!
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[@Doublebarreledsimian]

Great basic science ground build video. A few changes I would suggest are: 1) Get the Risa kit - you can reengineer it for max Kit performance. Science cooldowns are extremely short so no need for that. 2) Kit modules - Cold Fusion Flash over torment, and the neutronic radiation kit module from the Delta reputation. It is deadlier and has a bigger range than hyperonic radiation. I also prefer using Med tricorder and either the seismic field from Risa, or the universal kit module, resistance is futile over the anti time field and paradox bomb. 3) the sidearm for science doesn't really matter much, but I would suggest a wide beam rifle or pistol. If you can, get the Lobi antiproton projector over the lukari wrist weapon. For maximum carnage. 4) Be aware that the Tholians get healed by radiation kit modules, and the Exothermic kit does barely any damage as well. I wouldn't be surprised if it heals them too since they thrive in extreme heat. I suggest bringing in the Endothermic kit from the winter store or the seismic field from Risa instead when facing Tholians on the ground.

[@MCStu]

This is great info, thank you very much!

[@marhawkman303]

@@MCStu 11:58 Exothermic induction field lights enemies on fire, and is a Damage over Time effect. Endo does the same thing, but slows enemies instead of knocking them.

[@alcibiadesW]

​@@MCStu Neutronic Radiation also has a built-in control effect (-25% movement). So it should also trigger your agony modulator trait. Hyperonic Radiation does not. You didn't cover consumables. Once you get the Kits and Modules school up to level 10, you can craft the Large Kit Overbooster battery. It gives +25 kit performance and a 25% reduction in kit module cooldowns. If you chose the Device Mastery option from the bottom of your ground skill tree, those numbers increase to 37.5.

[@tenalpoen]

Tholians are highly resistant to heat but it doesn't heal them. Nothing however is especially resistant to cold.

[@alcibiadesW]

@@tenalpoen Breen have Superior Cold Dwelling , as do Aenar. And it's a possible trait for aliens. +45 cold resistance. Andorians have standard Cold Dwelling, with +30 cold resistance.

[@raijinmeister]

The Lvl of the created entity, summon, pet, etc, works as the player lvl, it's there to scale the efficiency of them regarding the target's defenses.

[@Grievous-]

This was a great introduction to a ground science build for me as most of my characters are Tactical with only one Science and a couple of Engineering.

[@HGGundamPlays]

As far as replacement traits, I would recommend "Tenavik's Counsel" when you use a AP weapon, or apply any DoT effect it will also apply a 49.3/sec AP DOT to the Target for 10 seconds

[@Stu1701]

Thank for the shoutout, dude!

[@benswowacct]

Mar-key Guy-uhl, amazing video as a new player this really helped me out. Subbed and will be following all your new content. Thanks a million and keep up the great work.

[@tenalpoen]

For borg (and in general) I would highly recommend the gravity containment unit from Disco tier 4. It's physical damage and kills entire groups of normal enemies in one hit with a very short cooldown.

[@kylelantan9220]

I think the part where you were looking at the DOFF's for 20% cooldown reduction means when you use the ability, it rolls 3 times at 20% to reduce the cooldown by 10 seconds. This does not mean that it's 60% chance to win, but 3 20% chances to win each time you cast.

[@kylelantan9220]

Also, in the pheonix store is a Crystal Radiation Projector, which to me has a nice cone attack, that also benefits from the Tzenkethi shields +25% radiation damage. Which I would guess might work on your modules. Might be worth looking into, though you'd have to give up the nakuhl shield.

[@nolgroth]

Exothermic Induction does indeed have an initial burst of damage, followed by an AoE DOT burn. It is a very powerful ability, though the targets will often run out of the AoE burn. Beware! Hyperonic Radiation is nice but it will heal Tholians. Choose a different kit mod for Nukara. Entropy is sort of a marker or condition that some Temporal abilities apply to a target. In and of itself, Entropy doesn't do much. Other Temporal abilities, however, will transform the Entropy stacks into bonus effects or damage. When that happens, the existing Entropy is lost and Entropy-building abilities need to be used to add more. Now on to the rest of the video. Edit: Strategist is Space only. Literally any other Specialization would be better on Ground. Commando or Miracle Worker would buff survival. Command is good for team play. Intelligence is good for ambush style play. Also, upon further consideration, I would recommend Cold Fusion Flash over Hyperonic Radiation. It is somewhat pricey on the Exchange but it is a nice kit module. Some of the Risian kit modules are also really nice. One additional thing is your Away Team abilities. A good Away Team can literally make all the difference. Good video. I learned something from you that I am going to use (Temporal kit module).

[@aka-47k]

another thing you may want to look into is disco rep armor/EV suit, that one is generelly better AND cheaper then the lobi armor he showed, while the stats on disco rep armor cant be seein instantly it has +10% crtH and 40% crtD and 10% run, run makes sure you arrive fast enough before enemys die from ur teammates, and the crit chance and crit dmg outperform the kperf. ps exothermic also heals tholians...so endothermic which does same stuff but ice from winter shop is usually preferred. but yeah with risan kit and disco armor you would loose 100 kit readiness, wich would increase the cooldowns from 11-13 sec to 13-16 sec...

[@MCStu]

I think I might have Cold Fusion Flash, Ill have to check. Thank you for all your feel back!

[@marhawkman303]

@@MCStu Yeah Endothermic is one of the best Science kit modules in the game... and one of the OLDEST event kit modules.... and nearly free since it's winter trinkets that you can get from doffing for 5 minutes...

[@SternenruferinPatchouli1]

tried it out and these modules with all stuff is OP :) still fun in 2022!

[@cagesto5231]

Great video Stu

[@MatthewBluefox]

I usually take the Cold Fusion Flash with Exothermic Induction Field, Endothermic Induction Field, Hyperonic Radiation and one of those reputation "radiation" modules. Paradox Bomb looks like fun though, I'll try it out. :)

[@gallendugall8913]

Science is far and away the strongest "basic" ground class. The large amount of base level available AOE for mobs and debuffs for bosses means you can have a very strong ground character without needing to touch fleet or reputation gear, let alone lock boxes or event items. On top of this they have the most powerful basic ground healing and debuff removal. Science toons never have to draw their weapons. Science is also strong in space but much more complicated. Tactical is the weakest on ground which is consistent in STO with how little it makes sense.

[@AugmentedDictatorGames]

Tactical and engineering are actually strong on the ground. Before the last record wipe, the whole board was engineering and tactical characters.

[@Doublebarreledsimian]

Actually Tactical is now the most powerful on the ground since last year. I can one shot bosses with my tactical if all my kit mods are ready. They've become a pain in the ass in Dino land since a lot of people who have figured it out, have been one shot killing the T'rexes. Science is still the best basic ground class and are a good second. Engineers are the weakest except against Iconians. Sabotage makes them Gods in Brotherhood of the sword elites.

[@aka-47k]

@@AugmentedDictatorGames yeah esp ambush+bioessence+mudds+motivation make any tac into boss melter, 10k dps easily for the 5 sec on a big boss. and when your dealing with groups just take the other disco kidmodule, the vakuumcleaner! with ambush and mudds cd you can use it 1 per sec and it deals 6k dmg to groups easily, and FAST, its insta dmg, compared to many kits that take a while till they do dmg like agony or the protobombardment from tzenketchi. and the vakuumcleaner also deals full dmg to invulnerable nakuhl that have that shadow atm active, yeah the vakuumcleaner just ignore that invul and kills them anyway.

[@thunderstar6997]

Just a note, the Lukari Piezo-Electric Wrist Apparatus has two modes to fire. The second mode with heal you as you damage that your opponent and adds to your survival. For a non-engineering character, this mode can also be useful for the ground heal Endeavor.

[@marhawkman303]

Also I would argue that the Lukari shield is probably better than the Na'kuhl shield if you have the Lukari wrist device as main weapon. One flaw to his logic about why to use the Na'kuhl 2-piece... is that AFAIK it only applies to weapon attacks. If you're running around fireballing everyone to death with kit modules it doesn't matter one iota. Also while the Lukari shield doesn't make you temporarily immune, it does have an exceptionally high regen rate. Of course the Lukari 2-piece doesn't help most kit module damage either.... only the ones that do electrical damage. Such as the Lukari rep item Peizo-electric lattice.(one of my favorite science kit powers actually) It also increases the damage of WEAPONS that do electric damage though: like the wrist apparatus. Which he's using... in this video. :p

[@aka-47k]

another good personal traits are from 15 kit r&d you get the +100 kperf for 8 sec after activating a kit module, great one imho also dulce et decorum est, +10% all dmg. after death it resets to +resistence...which is easy, dont die with nakuhl shield its very hard anyway. vicious gives stacking dmg and crtD dualist gives +5% dmg per killed enemy for 15 sec up to 3 times..... doffs, there is a Explosives_Expert doff that improves on exothermic induction field, good that you can buy a 6th doff slot XD this one is good for anybody : Assault_Squad_Officer 10% chance for 10% crtD for 15 sec, up to 3 stacks, so 30% crtD if you use your wep.

[@MixfantGaming]

I know it's not your typical type of video...but I'd love to see an overview of the visuals in the game, since we're talking about ground here. I'd like to see what the various "free" ground tailor visuals are for characters. I play on console...I'm not sure if it's different one the PC - but at least on the console you have no idea what the visuals look like before purchasing a Rep item. I've seen other videos out there on the free ship visuals, but I haven't found anything showing the ground ones. I wish we could see the item before using rep/elite marks - especially if you're just getting it for the visual.

[@captainrobert962]

I think it may be a good idea to think about getting the Risa kit frame from the store because you can re engineer the mods on it. Just something to consider. Thank you for the video and keep them coming.

[@aka-47k]

yea risan kit can have a Kperfx4 in total, but it doesnt has kit cooldown, so it would be trading one kit cooldown for one kit performance.

[@marhawkman303]

@@aka-47k If you're using Risian kit modules(some of which are actually really good) it has bonus effects that are useful.

[@geminijustgemini7784]

Technophile would be a good trait to try

[@sagenyc6470]

great video

[@brianriley5108]

Pronunciation: Maquis Guile = Mawkey Gile (like file, bile, etc, but with G)

[@geminijustgemini7784]

The say it all the time in DS9 and Voyager. Now we know how its spelled. :-)

[@edwardcruz6233]

Exothermic Induction Field isn't available as a Mission Reward. Perhaps you were thinking of "Fek'lhri Chaos Blaze" from the mission "Doomed to Repeat?"

[@Grazysworld]

I prefer Engineering, maybe lazy but I like it the most... I have a Fed Science but still trying to figure it out... there is so many stuff.. Also they missions with the nakhul is broken, especially with that general vosk that guy spammed the one plasma grenade after the other... So there are more missions just broken where they use stuff they don't suppose to use, or maybe they changed that. Thanks for the video by the way.. And The Dutch community The Defenders say HI !!!

[@kylelantan9220]

Also the bit you couldn't say in there at 26:20 or so is the name of the faction Chakotay is from in Voyager. Ma Ki and then it's just guy il

[@alaingloster4405]

whats the tailor set? Maybe a tailor guide for obscure cloths

[@SternenruferinPatchouli1]

what would you recommend as a 6th elite captain module slot? i did Universal Kit Module - Gravity Containment Unit which is pretty funny

[@brianriley5108]

Science Ground is the best way to do Physical dmg endeavor's

[@kitkami]

I cant get a couple of the things you use but just with the ones i could my builds so much better.

[@kenduxbury7122]

Im partial to the full Temporal ground set on my Science main. The 2 piece and 3 piece are great for Science ground. BUT. I'm really eyeing that Borg exoskeleton in the lobi store for serious Exothermic Induction Field, Cold Fusion Flash and Hyperionic Radiation face-melt-spam. Why is Science so AWESOME?!?!?!? And then I run BO Lego Scimitar or Lego D'D in space, with my skill tree Tac Ult (much like Auggies, but I shift 4 points of his science into engineering...same tree I've had for 4 years now), so oxymoron. But anyone that says Science captains can't do good in tac boats/builds in space is WRONG. As for the ground traits, I'll look at mine tomorrow. Can't remember exactly what's in there.

[@SternenruferinPatchouli1]

whats the uniform you wear? kinda wanna have it

[@ericstaples7220]

The P in psionic is silent, just like in psychic.

[@XManium]

I know this has nothing to do with the build, but is that a Vedek robe bottom you're wearing?

[@simonwillis1529]

Crazy this popped up on my recommended after I just started a science shit build

[@SternenruferinPatchouli1]

or maybe Kummarkes Set full with Sompek Lightning :) electric Witch hahah

[@Mordakar]

Did they reduce the visual spam accompanying that set? Last time I tried it out it was just pink and purple puke everywhere, all the time.

[@_shinga]

Is there anything besides the cooldown reduction that makes Exothermic induction Field superior to Endothermic Induction Field?

[@brianriley5108]

I don't think so. Exothermic was the first one to come out and had more support for a longer time (more Doffs). Endothermic was a secondary thought when they started adding modules in the Events (winter, in this case). Edit: The main difference is the enemy being fought. For example, Tholian's don't respond to Fire dmg. So endothermic has relatively no effect on them. Cold dmg, however, does decimate them. Use Endothermic or other cold dmg to kill them faster. Personally, I like Cold Fusion Flash (exchange) better than Endothermic. It does less dmg, but has a larger AoE.

[@geminijustgemini7784]

Is the Exothermic Induction Field a wise item to use against the Nukara?

[@MCStu]

No, I believe it heals

[@Redshirt007]

It's not "Pah-sonic" damage 9:36 it's, "Sci-Onic"

[@marhawkman303]

21:18, [Regen] is out of combat only... and thus WORTHLESS, since the base regen rate is too high for it to matter. Now, the skill for improving armor? THAT is good! Aside from Kit relative ground skills, I usually just get the tier one skills, as the tier two skills are weak. So, like you, the tier 2 kit skills, and whichever tier 1 skills work for that character. which there's 7 options and 6 skill points, soo... in practice it's mostly a choice of shield resistance or weapon crits.

[@marhawkman303]

This is not the same as the passive regen buffs you see on Armor. The Jem'hadar armor actually gives you such high passive regen you can shrug off pretty much all chip damage. I use in in QWW for the snowball fights since it makes me nearly unkillable there.

[@marhawkman303]

Field Researcher: this seemingly counts the effect of the Biochemist doff. Yes, really. Proper space magic builds can stack truly obscene damage resistance penalties.

[@marhawkman303]

Speaking of Doffs... I don't like Neal OR Geologists. Why? Well... Neal's Damage bonus only works on Borg(including space for reasons). I don't like things that only work on certain enemies. Sure.. it's a common enemy, but even so. The Elder Malik'itan doff you get as a Gamma Recruit reward does something similar... but works on ALL enemies. Geologists? Well... it's 20% chance. Sure, stack 3 and it triggers more often than not... but the base CD isn't that high to begin with. Also, it only works with the BASIC Exothermic, and Hyperonic. NOT altered versions like Endothermic or Neutronic. I don't know why, it just doesn't. Most doffs work with variant powers... but not this one. Note: this doff reduces the current CD of BOTH modules when it triggers, so... 20% chance *3 *2... IE each attack cycle you could roll 6 times for the effect. But given that the CD is already a few seconds? Enh... only if you wanna be able to stand around and use JUST those two abilities. And that's 3 empty slots... One option is to use Nurses/Medics. This seems weird for good reason. It has nothing to do with improving DPS, but it's a doff that you can proc simply by using the Pahvan healing crystal. Or that teleporting Saurian doff from the new lockbox. He's good because he's triggered by activating kit modules. All it does is summon an NPC, but it's an NPC who attacks with space magic. However, as a science captain, you also can use Biologists to enhance your class power Tricorder scan. This merely increases duration and doesn't make it more powerful. But since it's a class power it is an ability you always have. Yeah... non-weapon based builds get weird with Doffs. A lot of doffs are specific to certain kit powers, and just don't work in most builds :/

[@marhawkman303]

Oh, and if you really wanna use Exothermic, there's a doff to make it more powerful. IE it starts spewing fireballs from the fire patch. It's a Risian Geologist though... and the purple version requires you to earn Master Relaxer. Have fun with that. :p

[@stygiansabyss]

Mah-Key = Maquis

[@QuetzalInvictus]

Those level numbers do sound arbitrary

[@bjack1547]

2 live Stus

[@MCStu]

Yep LOL

[@potatoguns7989]

Mock-key guy-L

[@devilhell69]

dude it not that hard at all to build a ground build 43 min for crap what you need it readiness and kit performance max with aoe kits for max damage all my toon has same build on ground and all has 265 reading and 474 kit performance and im not even a cash whale

[@LuciousDeMorte]

First?

[@aguirregodswrath4858]

such bad info

[@needparalegal]

No one plays science toons, just tac....