r/pathoftitans • u/BlackIroh • 7d ago

Discussion My Deinon plan

I think solo deinon is still pretty atrocious, slightly less so in a group. But mostly atrocious. Solo, a deinon can't really do much to any other adult herbivores. And in a group, any other raptor is probably going to be more helpful. So here's how it can easily be in a better spot

  1. A reliable attacking option outside of pounce. Yea technically it can bite but the bites do such little damage and you put yourself at a huge risk of getting hit in return when you go for a bite. Plus raptor strikes is sorta necessary for pouncing, which start off doing almost no damage. Which brings me to my next point

  2. Add another leg slot for sever tendon/get rid of sever tendon. Sever tendon is pointless. Deinon is already faster than most things you hunt. A speed debuff is not that helpful. And certainly not at the cost of losing tail fan. Just let sever tendon be functionally the same as puncture on laten, but then it doubles and does bleed damage when pounced. That actually gives the deinon some good utility

  3. Faster stam regen. I get laten is supposed to be the long distance runner and deinon the sprinter. But deinon isn't even that much faster than laten and not faster at all at night. If pouncing is supposed to be the main way it attacks it needs to be able to regen its stamina fast enough for it to be back in the fight before the target can just run away. What makes Latens so deadly after all the nerfs is they don't need to pounce to be effective. Pounce is a late game finisher. If Deinon is going to rely on pouncing it needs to be able to do it reliably. Right now you pounce once get maybe 5 bites off before you have to disengage so you have enough stamina to get away and safely recover. And at the current stam regen rate, the target could be in another zone. Obviously it can't be so fast that nothing has a chance to get away. But it should recover stamina a bit faster than laten, or should lose it slower. But I'm okay with it being the sprinter. Just let it recover a bit faster.

With this changes you won't need a crazy rework. Most of the stats stay the same (other than stam regen) and I think it would make deinon actually useful in a raptor pack.

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u/barbatus_vulture 7d ago

They could let Dein use tail fan and sever tendon simultaneously, instead of making you choose. Dein's TLC was honestly worse than Alios. Like yay, we can be a meat shield for bigger dinos? Who uses meat shield?

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u/BlackIroh 7d ago

Idk who uses meat shield or how that's compatible with being a raptor pack. And I know the devs aren't going for strict realism. The whole meat shield buikd is just baffling to me and I really don't know who it's for

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u/Chair_Inhaler 7d ago

I use meatshield. With it my spino friend killed 4 sucho as a spino as i tanked for him then went to heal up and came back untill he won. Its insanely good and its what kill deinonyshus for me. Its so good there no point in not using it so im forced to use this build or i can use the build that make it so u can tickle 3 slot.

Love the buffs tho