This is just a personal opinion but I wouldn't choose empath...agian. I did once and he was my first 50. I had a hell of a lot of fun but that was years ago, he was my first charector after Beta. Now days I can't even play him, it seems like other powersets like Rad, Dark, Kin push heroes or villians over the edge so much that I pretty much haven't thrown out one heal in...god I don't remember when. I haven't gotten into any groups that need me to heal. I also didn't know at the time I created him but for my secondary...I choose Energy. What a living hell, nobody needs my heals, yes the buffs are always nice but also, nobody wants my damange either unless I take a bunch of time to set up my attacks to where it won't disrupt the melees. So sad, I can't bring myself to delete him because he's the oldest toon on my account. But I probably will never play him again. Healing great, if you actually get a chance to use it.