Greetings, folks. Having seen some excellent feedback and help on other builds over the years, I was hoping to get some feedback and suggestions for my Earth/Storm controller.
What I'm looking for: This is primarily a toon for fun & teaming, but some solo survivability would be nice so I could nail the occasional Tip mission when I can't find a team. I wanted the flashy pet/pseudo-pet powers as well as lots of aoe crowd control. I fought with the build for a little while, shooting for soft-capped Ranged defense. In the end, I managed that, but the Recovery looks too weak, and aside from knockback/confuse, I've got pathetic Status def/res. I don't know how much more can be managed, but I'm cross-eyed from swapping slots & sets around at this point, so I figured it couldn't hurt to ask for some help. I'm also not opposed to abandoning the soft-cap effort in favor of decent M/R/A levels of defense... and I'm also toying with a full on offensive build, designed to kill mobs faster in lieu of making a stand, but I'm not even sure that's practical with these power sets.
Note that the slots have been juggled lots, so the level assignments may look like silly choices. I was planning to do a clean level-up redux after I found my target build.
Any help/feedback would be appreciated
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Dark Pharoah 2: Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Earth Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Stone Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Fossilize- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (5) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (5) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (7) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (11) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (11) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
Level 1: Gale- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
Level 2: Stone Cages- (A) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Recharge
- (3) Trap of the Hunter - Endurance/Immobilize
- (3) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Endurance
- (9) Trap of the Hunter - Immobilize/Accuracy
- (9) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
- (23) Trap of the Hunter - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 4: O2 Boost- (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (7) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (21) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (21) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (42) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
Level 6: Quicksand- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Slow
Level 8: Hover- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (29) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
Level 10: Steamy Mist- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (29) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (50) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 12: Stalagmites- (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge
- (15) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun
- (15) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance
- (25) Stupefy - Stun/Range
- (34) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
- (39) Stupefy - Chance of Knockback
Level 14: Fly- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (46) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
Level 16: Freezing Rain- (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
- (17) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
- (17) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
- (23) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
- (31) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (31) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
Level 18: Earthquake- (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
- (19) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
- (19) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
Level 20: Salt CrystalsLevel 22: Hurricane- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 24: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 26: Volcanic Gasses- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (40) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (42) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (43) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (43) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (43) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
Level 28: Thunder Clap- (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge
- (31) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun
- (37) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance
- (40) Stupefy - Stun/Range
- (40) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
- (46) Stupefy - Chance of Knockback
Level 30: Snow Storm- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Slow
Level 32: Animate Stone- (A) Call to Arms - Accuracy/Recharge
- (33) Call to Arms - Accuracy/Damage
- (33) Call to Arms - Damage/Endurance
- (33) Call to Arms - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Call to Arms - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Call to Arms - Defense Bonus Aura for Pets
Level 35: Tornado- (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (36) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
- (36) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
- (36) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets
Level 38: Lightning Storm- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (39) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
Level 41: Fissure- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (42) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
Level 44: Seismic Smash- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
- (45) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
- (45) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 47: Hurl Boulder- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (50) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
Level 49: Super Speed- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (50) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
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Level 1: BrawlLevel 1: SprintLevel 2: RestLevel 1: Containment
Level 4: Ninja Run
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