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HOIL vs Crest of Alpha Lupi

What are your thoughts in this debate regarding Fireteam Support? I am planning a Void Build that utilizes Choir of One, Controlled Demolition and Bastion for the build. The primary goal is constant Volatile Detonations via Choir and the Artifact (split between NPA and Tablet, both have access to consistent Volatile). The secondary goal is constant Overshields via Bastion. Right now the healing component of Crest seems largely excessive. The main appeal there is the intrinsic Class Energy returns for more Overshields. However, HOIL offers greater uptime with abilities regarding Volatile spreading, in addition to greater supplements for high health targets (ie HOIL x2 Grenades/Melees). These seem very close in terms of gameplay potential, but I am at a loss for which to settle on. Any insights?

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  • Well here's my retort to that, see I'm a big hoil fan, even despite the nerfs, hell my little brother put it on and he's never taking it off. But what I have to ask is what is the four piece armor set you're using? If you're not using the coda set from the prophecy dungeon, then you're doing things kind of half baked, honestly depending on your weapons it might even be better for you to use the coda set and not the heart of in most light. See you call the healing excessive and I say; okay but are you sure about that? What kind of content are you running? The healing might seem excessive now but you know you get into an activity like a raid or something and you try to sherpa five knuckleheads through an encounter that should be easy but somehow they just keep messing everything up, you're going to wish you had that extra excessive healing. Sometimes it gets to a point where ability uptime which is normally a thing that you absolutely should strive for is not even the thing Worth striving for. That being said I don't disagree with the idea of using the heart of inmost light instead, the question really just becomes a matter of where are you getting your healing? If you're getting it from a shotgun or glaive that has destabilizing rounds and repulsor brace, then you probably don't need the extra healing, and in case you're wondering there's two different shotguns that have that role and there's also two different glaives that have that roll, the Heron, glaive which you can get in the tower right now can get that exact roll in fact.

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    • 100% Crest of Alpha Lupi

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      • Could u put on the build

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