My PUP has been Master for quite a while. So, was talking from that standpoint. Without Overdrive, Automaton WSD is extremely lacking. Think last thing I did was VD Antlion Ambuscade, my Automaton WS dmg ranged from 1.5 to 5k. And that was with GEO giving frailty and torpor.

Charges are on a timer, which are reduced with gifts and gear. You are able to gain one charge per ten seconds with appropriate gear. You start with three. Alongside the fact you get Pet TP Bonus gear, even having no TP on bst you are actually using ready with over 1000 at minimum. So, you are doing 10-20k every 10 seconds on BST, if the ready move is one charge. While, summoner can do 10-99k every twenty seconds. Automaton output is not anywhere close to either of these.

And, to the last point. PUP's highest damage weaponskill is either Smite or Raging Fists. Using the Valoredge frame, smite will cause it to use Stringing Shredder which is mostly awful. Requiring you to use Spiral first to force Bonecrusher for light, then Smite for double light/radiance.