Amy_Amp

Of the ones listed, Elec/nin.

My Earth/storm still remains my favorite run to 50 on a controller although the others are really close.

Here's a very quick and dirty unslotted Earth/fire up to 22. You ultimately are looking for a four power attack chain. Fossilize, Fire Blast, Stone Prison, and Blaze should give you that. If you can get it down to three, then by all means try to have Prison not be apart of it. Add in the other controls as needed. Cages comes later since you are mostly using it to compliment Stalagmites.

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EarthFire: Level 23 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Earth Control
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Assault
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Fossilize -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(5), Empty(7), Empty(9), Empty(17)
Level 1: Flares -- Empty(A), Empty(9)
Level 2: Stone Prison -- Empty(A), Empty(3)
Level 4: Fire Breath -- Empty(A), Empty(5), Empty(7), Empty(15)
Level 6: Quicksand -- Empty(A), Empty(19)
Level 8: Combat Jumping -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Fire Blast -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(11)
Level 12: Stalagmites -- Empty(A), Empty(13), Empty(13), Empty(15), Empty(17)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Embrace of Fire -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Earthquake -- Empty(A), Empty(19)
Level 20: Hasten -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Stone Cages -- Empty(A)
Level 24: [Empty]
Level 26: [Empty]
Level 28: [Empty]
Level 30: [Empty]
Level 32: [Empty]
Level 35: [Empty]
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Domination
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(21)
Level 4: Ninja Run

Blasters do their best damage in melee, so a blapper styled blaster may work. I like my Ice/ice blaster a lot and will likely be my first blaster to 50. A variation of this would be a dom since their bigger attacks are in melee as well, but they get raned attacks and controls and dom mode refills their end and helps them fight against being mezzed. Which one depends on what kind of play style you want. Mind/fire can be done vastly at range. Elec/stone will be right up front.

The defender AT is the one I know the best. Melee based squishy is best done on a Kin. With the new AoE buffs coming, it will be a lot easier to play a Kin. If you like faster sets like Claws, Kin might be right up your alley. I would go Fire/kin corr though. Ice/kin if you want to be safer. Dark is really good for being effective and low maintenance. /sonic and /ice are the two best defender secondaries although I like /dark with debuff sets and all the more so with ones that don't have a heal since /dark gets a blast/heal power. Since I have sworn off making defenders outside of the hardcore SG, I need to break down and make a Dark/traps. There's just a lot of potential with procs in that build. Biggest advantage of going corr for me is not only scourge, but you have Fire as an option. If you really want a ranged option, TA/a and then remind yourself, yes, you actually are defending as you sit back and just shoot arrows.

Plant/storm and Earth/storm are my favorite rids to 50 for controllers. My Ill/rad is right behind them and it's level of power is certainly not incorrectly advertised. The usual suspects for secondaries work for controllers. Besides the three, I would add in Mind control for fun primaries. I'm still undecided on Fire. Ice and Grav are ok.

The problem with a control heavy set is those are the ones that will more likely lack in damage. I think Plant is a nice balance of damage and control. I would also second the recommendation of a dom. A Mind dom might suffer the same issue you had with the controller though. If I didn't have a level 50 Plant/storm, I would have made my dom a Plant/fire/ice.

It's also much easier for a brute to keep things in Burn due to their better ability to taunt mobs even without using Taunt.

The only issue Claws/elec has is using Shockwave to knock things away from your damage aura. This would be the same, or similar issue Claws would have with /dark, /fire, /invul, and /wp. Now, if it was before Energize got added in then I can see why people didn't like */elec. Claws has been, and always will continue to be awesome.

I would look at /ta. It's like /storm in that it's debuff heavy and adds in damage. The general difference of -tohit isn't that big and /ta's is better against EBs/AVs. To me, we are only talking difference in -regen which is only really a factor on some bosses and EBs on up. I just think tossing everything you can with Plant/ta on a mob and then putting down a lit Oil Slick is really sick and wrong in a funny and good way.