Broken_Wings

Originally Posted by slythetic

Hmm since you don't seem to be committed to any set let me just point you to:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=284356

later on the boards. Might help with some ideas. It depends partially on what you're looking for, solo mostly, group mostly, active, passive, leveling curve, incarnate abilities, etc. I look for chars that can do large groups early with a good leveling curve but that's me.

The general corruptor advice i see for new corruptors is

fire/dark
ice/time
fire/time
fire/cold
fire/kin

still see some fire/traps ... see the commonality? Really most sets you can make work, it really depends on what you want, and what you need, how patient you are, your budget, etc.

Edit: Also worth noting so I don't sound like a total min/maxer. Character concept and really what just seems fun or cool is important too, my chars live longest when I have some investiture in them creatively and I know who they are as a person as well as a mids export. I'm not a dedicated enough to play a nearly ineffective char just for concept but it's nice to have some balance.

Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight

Unless it's been changed recently, Poison Trap requires you to actively be on the ground (hovering right above the surface doesn't cut it).

Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar

If you were a Corruptor? Yes, I'd say go Fire Blast and enjoy double-scourge rain.

Defenders, however, got a specially-nerfed version of Rain of Fire; meanwhile, they keep the full Blaster-level power of Ice Storm and Blizzard in Ice Blast, making it one of the best Blast sets on a Defender (the other being Sonic, in my opinion, for the -20% res/all secondary effect on almost all its powers).

Originally Posted by InfamousBrad

From best to worst: Demons, Robots, Thugs, Zombies, Mercs, Beasts, Ninjas.

Demons: Ungodly damage in seldom-resisted damage types, near-capped AoE debuffs. So completely over-powered that if the pets weren't so huge and the noises so annoying, everybody and his dog would be playing them.

Robots: OK damage through level 31, insane AoE damage after that, nigh-unkillable.

Thugs: Excellent damage, okay survivability, and Gang War is fun and very useful, but the Bruiser's AI is moronic.

Zombies: Start out as total garbage, but get awesome once you get to level 32.

Mercs: OK survivability, excellent (if oft resisted) damage, really stupid AI problems. Also, Serum is the single stupidest power in the entire archetype.

Beasts: Nearly impossible to keep alive prior to level 26, damage is merely okay, would be dead last if the mastermind attacks weren't the best in the whole archetype.

Ninjas: God himself could not keep the genin alive, and getting decent damage out of Smoke Flash is chancy at best. Definitely the most difficult set to play.

Originally Posted by Justice_Reaper

Which is really sad, cause as the above poster said, TW has some awesome aerial visuals.

Originally Posted by Deacon_NA

I've thought for a while now that a Fire/Cold corr was "the best" at the most things.

For aoe - Sleet + Fireball(s) + Rain of Fire kills the masses

For st - Benumb (for -regen on high HP foes) + Sleet + Blaze + Fire Blast gets the job done

Survivable? Def is easy enough to build up. Fog provides some level of resists, throw Tough in there too. No native heals but Aid Self if that's required. Personally a couple of columns of greens suffices.

Melee damage? No, not sure why this matters unless you're fighting Hami yellows.

Crowd Control? Sleet's knockdown and other Cold effects to slow enemies keep them in Rain of Fire while they attempt to flee.

Team Contributions? In addition to the above, there are Cold shields for teammates and Arctic Fog's +def, +res and underrated slow resists.

Anyway, out of my 50s (which include many of those mentioned above, like bots/traps, ss/fire, or ill/rad (not mentioned yet, but someone will)), this is the one I regard as the most flexible and not as a "Jack of all trades, master of none", but rather a master of many trades.

Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect

Complaining about it repeatedly on the forums does nothing to change how difficult it is going to be to change.

Originally Posted by Grendar

Not surprised that Ninja/FF is good though, FF is great for keeping minions alive.