What are some applications of Tranquilize?

altavista

I started wondering about the Tranquilize ability now that we have Mantis and Kate Bishop with the ability..

To me, it primarily seems to be Defensive focused. With Mantis, she at least gains an official benefit on Offense since she'll gain Mixed Emotions. But with Kate Bishop, there isn't anything specific in her kit where she benefits from a neutralize proc'ing.

The benefit on offense that comes to mind is if an unavoidable debuff gets placed on you (such as Void). But for Kate, since the tranquilize is only 40%+/-25%, it doesn't seem 'worth it' compared to just doing combos and using the other trick arrows for damage output.

Is this primarily a Defensive ability or are there some other applications when using them on Offense?

Pikolu

1 perfect release sp2 with tranquilize shuts down void, shuts down sandman, shuts down hazard shift/caltrops/insert any node that applies debuffs to you. Basically is there if you don't want debuffs on you.

CyborgNinja135

Mantis' tranquilize has 100% potency against science champions so she can avoid any debuffs that would be placed on her as long as the player slows down their combo. It's a very strong ability as long as the opponent doesn't have increased AA or is immune to AAR

Magrailothos

altavista said:

I started wondering about the Tranquilize ability now that we have Mantis and Kate Bishop with the ability..

To me, it primarily seems to be Defensive focused. With Mantis, she at least gains an official benefit on Offense since she'll gain Mixed Emotions. But with Kate Bishop, there isn't anything specific in her kit where she benefits from a neutralize proc'ing.

The benefit on offense that comes to mind is if an unavoidable debuff gets placed on you (such as Void). But for Kate, since the tranquilize is only 40%+/-25%, it doesn't seem 'worth it' compared to just doing combos and using the other trick arrows for damage output.

Is this primarily a Defensive ability or are there some other applications when using them on Offense?

Like @Pikolu says, having two stacks of Tranquilise is what you really want, on offense. Then you can start to ignore all kinds of nasty nodes...

altavista

Thanks. I suppose conceptually it is similar to thinking of it as Purify / Cleanse but avoids some of those counters while being countered itself by AAR immune.

Ortoun

It also surprisingly applies to Kingpin's rage debuffs when purifying. He will still shrug the debuff, it just isn't replaced with a rage. At least that is my experience from last month's side quest.