puppetmaster merit's

[s_white62]

Would love some suggestions for how to properly merit a Puppetmaster. Any help/builds would be appreciated.

[Dawezy]

Atleast 1 point into Role Reversal and Ventriloquy is a awesome thing to have. Depending on which frames you find yourself focusing on is how you throw your merits about~

Automaton Magic Skill 5/5
Automaton Melee Skill 0/5
Automaton Ranged Skill 5/5

Role Reversal 1/5
Ventriloquy 1/5
Fine-Tuning 3/5
Optimization 5/5

^ how I spent mine; I find myself on Sharpshot most of the time, in and out of Abyssea.. Armor Shatterer is crazy - thus focused on the Ranged and Magic, for Spiritreaver and Soulsoother for those quiet solo times I have ^_^

These will vary from player to player though, that is how I distributed my merits.

Situational is situational, etc.

[Tetsujin]

Role Reversal 1/5
Ventriloquy 1/5
Fine-Tuning 3/5
Optimization 5/5

same, but I went 4/5 Optimization and 4/5 Fine-Tuning.

[Thango]

Optimization > Fine-Tuning

I prefer 5 and 3 than 4 and 4

Optimization is % and Fine-Tuning is +x

[Dfoley]

Thanks to voidwatch:
Automaton Magic Skill 0/5
Automaton Melee Skill 5/5
Automaton Ranged Skill 5/5

Role Reversal 1/5
Ventriloquy 1/5
Fine-Tuning 3/5
Optimization 5/5



Before voidwatch I was:
Automaton Magic Skill 0/5
Automaton Melee Skill 5/5
Automaton Ranged Skill 5/5

Role Reversal 0/5
Ventriloquy 0/5
Fine-Tuning 5/5
Optimization 5/5

Never really needed role reversal or ventriloquy myself as I always have a real whm with me, but that is just my play style. Then came the joy of voidwatch triggers and pet onry fights

[Dawezy]

My apologies but I left Activate Recast and Repair Recast out of my initial list.. (since they are in the Tier I list on the Merits menu for PUP)

...but has anybody actually put points into these?

( ￣ノ∇￣)￣ー￣)

[Dfoley]

No one I know of ever used activate recast, and with Deus Ex Automata, even less used it.

Repair isn't a terrible option if you only use mage frame, because then melee/ranged skill aren't important, but again I dont even know of anyone who ever used it personally. According to the census almost no one got either of them.

[Kristal]

I used to have some Activate merits, but replaced them with skill merits when we got Deus.

[Yoky]

5/5 on Automaton Magic .. you have to be crazy not too, you lose spells if you dont

I'm 2 on melee and 3 on rng... but whatever doesn't really matter... 4 rng isnt a bad option..

0 on RR.. dont ever use it so i demeritted it.
1 on vent.. proc
4 on Fine tunine
5 on Opt (again no reason to not go 5/5 on Opt)

[Camwin]

False, with the level cap at 99 now, there is no benefit of having magic merits Other than the minute Macc. So at this point of the game you can merit 5/5 ranged and 5/5 melee. Or if you really wanted to, you could merit any of our other abilities.