GrumpyGusten

Hi, I'm (still) rather new to CoH, and never played a fire/ controller before. I have a rad/sonic defender, but as I'm in a permanent team with that char I ended up just focusing on the rad-side, and neglected the sonic powers. I simply love radiation emission!

So, I want a fira/rad controller with decked out defense. I want to be able to solo (I'm slowly progressing through the levels with this char, doing all the badge missions available) as well as team. I haven't slotted the build, and slotting is not what I'm asking for comments on (allthough all advice would be much appreciated!).

My thoughts are that... I want Weave, for defense. I want Acrobatics, for status protection (hate being stunned or put to sleep so I have to re-cast the rad debuffs). I'm not sure, but I have the feeling that I'll be very end-heavy so I want Stamina early. I want Fissure and Rock Armor, mainly because I've heard good things about it. I really like Chocking Cloud (when properly slotted). I don't see what's so good about Cinders, but I took it because everyone else does. Mutation isn't really important to me, but figured I might as well take it at 49. I left out Smoke since /rad debuffs are good enough as it is, and I left out Flashfire because it has alot longer recharge than Fire Cages, and I figured I'd do well enough as it is.

Does my build make sense? Am I missing out on something? Did I get the powers in a strange order, and should get some earlier/later? If I want to, eventually, try to solo AV's, do I need Ring of Fire as well for the ST damage?

I'm not very satisfied with waiting until lvl 35 for acrobatics, 38 for hasten, and 47 for Chocking Cloud. There are just too many goodies to chose from! I do, however, want the rad-debuffs early, as well as some damage potential so I can start soloing.

All advice is much appreciated! Thank you for keeping the controller-forum interesting!

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Name: Grumpy Grampa
Level: 50
Archetype: Controller
Primary: Fire Control
Secondary: Radiation Emission
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01 => Radiant Aura ==> Empty(1)
01 => Char ==> Empty(1)
02 => Radiation Infection ==> Empty(2)
04 => Fire Cages ==> Empty(4)
06 => Accelerate Metabolism ==> Empty(6)
08 => Hot Feet ==> Empty(8)
10 => Enervating Field ==> Empty(10)
12 => Combat Jumping ==> Empty(12)
14 => Super Jump ==> Empty(14)
16 => Swift ==> Empty(16)
18 => Health ==> Empty(18)
20 => Stamina ==> Empty(20)
22 => Cinders ==> Empty(22)
24 => Lingering Radiation ==> Empty(24)
26 => Boxing ==> Empty(26)
28 => Tough ==> Empty(28)
30 => Weave ==> Empty(30)
32 => Fire Imps ==> Empty(32)
35 => Acrobatics ==> Empty(35)
38 => Hasten ==> Empty(38)
41 => Fissure ==> Empty(41)
44 => Rock Armor ==> Empty(44)
47 => Choking Cloud ==> Empty(47)
49 => Mutation ==> Empty(49)
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01 => Sprint ==> Empty(1)
01 => Brawl ==> Empty(1)
02 => Rest ==> Empty(1)

Thanks alot for the build!

What powers in the MM power set do people find to be the best? I keep hearing how good it is, but I can't tell what powers that really make it shine...

No replies, huh?
I'll try to work out how my own char will turn out and post that then, for some possible comments. Only lvl 30 so far, but seems to be doing fairly well. Psi seems do either be doing phenomenal damage, or hardly any at all, rarely ever in between.

Hi,
I'm looking for a Psy/MM build (as subject suggests). I understand that Psy isn't the most popular set of powers out there, but I want it for... call it roleplaying reasons. Psychic Blast and Mental Manipulation is a combo I simply want.

I'm looking for both a PvP build and a PvM build. Separate builds, not one that should be able to do both. So if anyone has advice on this, I'm all ears.
(The only Psy guide I've found on the forum doesn't seem to be working.)

Thanks alot in advance.

I'm not the original poster, but I still want to thank for the helpful input! Ill/rad still sounds very tempting to me, but your comments makes me still have hope for Ill/Kin. The perma-stun cast chain sounds very interesting, for example.

Hi, build looks good to me!
I'm looking to make a general purpose controller, for solo, missions in team, AEing... Even a bit of PvP if possible. The Illusion part seems very allround for me and should help the solo part, but Kinetics looks very inferior to e.g. /rad when it comes to playing solo, and for PvP as well.

Any Ill/Kin controllers out there who can share their experiences with playing solo or PvP? Perhaps anyone could recommend a different controller build that would suit me better? I like many parts of the Ill part, and I've always wanted a /kin, but maybe I'm better off making one Ill/Rad (for example) and one devoted /kin?

Thank you!