Ice/Storm starting off was painfully slow (about as bad as Gravity). I had intended to make a scraptroller out of her, haven't quite done that.
Soloing up to the teens is possible for small (2-3 in each) groups. In general it was about the same to solo Reds as it is to take Blues just takes a bit longer.
Taking Jump Kick and possibly another power pool attack helps a ton - they use less stamina and do as much damage equally slotted as primary pool attacks.
However lack Stamina makes the fights and mishes pretty long. Haste is nice for bigger groups or bosses, but not really necessary (and trust me you burn through end like a fat kid through ice cream til you get stamina).
Now at 25 and the power swing has been huge. Stamina along with IS and FR and I can solo small mobs (5 or 6) of +2's with a couple of Lts with out too much risk.
This is by far the nastiest Controller I have had at L25. I'll see if it holds up for later levels.
My build:
- 1 Chilblain
- 1 Gale (I'm convinced this power is a Dev's joke... glad they threw in an Acc Penalty on it just to make it truly crap)
- 2 Block o Ice
- 4 Jump Kick
- 6 Kick
- 8 Sprint
- 10 Steamy Mist
- 12 Ice Slick
- 14 SuperJump
- 16 Health
- 18 Arctic Air
- 20 STAMINA!!!!!!!
- 22 Hasten
- 24 Freezing Rain
- 26 Glacier
- 28 Maneuvers
- 30 Tactics
- 32 Jack Frost
- 35 Tough
- 38 Lightening Storm
@ L 25 I typically keep SM up IS, FR, BoI the worst of them and then go into melee dropping IS and FR as they come up. If things are going badly, throw up AA and run off to regroup.
Frostbite is not quite rewarding enough, plus the immobilization seems to counter some of the knockdown that makes that IS+FR combo so effective.
Also since you want to keep baddies in melee and on your IS, Hurricaine loses out to AA.
This is mainly for soloing, but works well it teams. If you want to be even more team friendly, Sub in O2 Boost or Recall Friend or add Assault. Or if you want more defense try and fit in Weave or Acrobatics.
