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The most popular proc to use in Radiation Infection is the Achilles Heal Chance for Resistance Debuff. Instead randomly doing a small amount of extra damage, that proc allows you and your teammates (and your pets) to do 20% extra damage for any attack that hits while the debuff is active.

My favorites from Shakespeare are mostly Falstaff, like this one.

Then there is Parolles, from All's Well that Ends Well, talking about virginity . . . It should get some chuckles while at the same time showing you have culture, because it is Shakespeare.

That site, by the way, has tons and tons of monologues.

I thought it was a fun episode. Mama Bartowski can kick some major butt, but you knew that was gonna happen when they cast Linda Hamilton. Dolph and Harry Dean Stanton were fun to add to the mix, although I thought the Repo Man was a bit gratuitous. Olivia was nice eye candy, but I don't recall much of an explanation of "Gretta." I might have missed it, as stuff was going on at home during the show.

With the "new" Buy More, it will be interesting to see how they mix in some of the old Buy More crew.

It's better, but still needs some work -- Remember that Recharge is the key. Siphon Speed should be slotted with 2 Acc, 2-3 Rech. You want to be able to stack it!

Blind: Change the common Acc to an Acc/Dam from some set. Blind has a 10% accuracy bonus, so a little bit more is enough.

Siphon Power: Range? Kinetics is an "Up Close and Personal" set, so you'll want Recharge, not Range. Even better, put that slot with a Recharge in Siphon Speed.

Health: Rather than a common Heal, try to get a Numina's Heal for a nice Regen bonus.

IR: I think a single Jump may be enough. Use that slot for another Recharge in Siphon Speed.

Repel: Lots of folks will tell you to skip it. I kind of like it, but acknowledge that it is situational and skippable -- I only took it on my Kin Defender, not on my Ill/Kin. Repel is the only real "defensive" power in the secondary, but it is an offensive secondary. Slot it with a single EndRdx. Another Recharge slot for Siphon Speed! However, it can certainly be moved back -- this could easily be your level 49 power if you leave it in at all.

Transference: I prefer the Efficacy Adaptor set.

Fulcrum Shift: The EndRdx really isn't needed.

Fissure: This is an important damage power -- slot it for Damage. 1 Acc, 3 Dam minimum, then Recharge. An IO set gives you more of everything.

Seismic Smash: Again, this is a Damage power -- slot it for damage! The hold is a nice secondary effect.

Rock Armor: Do you understand what "Frankenslotting" is? Here, two Defense/Endrdx from two different sets will give your better numbers than a Defense and an EndRdx.

Speed Boost: This is a hot topic. My opinion is that a kinetic should take this soon after it is available for teaming -- so at level 22. It is one of the best team buffs in the game. Many people hate having to re-cast it on everyone every two minutes, but I think you should have it and use it for the benefit of the team. It can be slotted with a single EndMod. If you are ONLY going to solo, it is skippable.

With my Elec/Rad, Jolting Chain is part of the overall mitigation in the set. Static Field - Jolting Chain - Chain Fences, then I keep alternating JC-CF. It keeps the foes on their tails about 30-50% of the time.

Another few benefits to Teleport:

(a) You can teleport out of Slow areas and you can move while Immobilized. Every time my Stone Tank is hit with Caltrops, I am thankful I have Teleport. It is the only travel power that lets you move while Immobed or slowed.

(b) If that doorway or hallway is blocked, you can teleport past the blockage.

(c) I have Teleport on one of my builds for my Ill/Rad . . . he can teleport past Rikti Drones without being seen while invisible.

(d) If you are stuck somewhere, you can often teleport out without having to use the /stuck command.

(e) You can sometimes teleport around corners.

(f) You can sometimes teleport through small openings where your character would not be able to fit through.

And a negative that can be offset:

In those open-air "find the glowie" or "find the citizen" missions, Teleport is hard to use to search -- you generally have to plan to land on a building. This can be overcome with Hover or any of the many Temp Fly pack powers.

We have something to work with, and it needs some work. Take a look at the Illusion slotting from my Ill/Rad guide, linked in my sig. That will give you an idea of slotting for your Illusion powers.

Transfusion: It needs Accuracy. The Accurate Healing IO sets (Touch of the Nictus) were made for this power. Another option is a single Acc and 5 Doctored Wounds. The Numina's proc should be in an "always on" power like Health.

Siphon Power: A Membrane is a waste here -- this power will only use the Recharge. You need Accuracy and Recharge, and you would do better using common IOs.

Blind has a lot of options for slotting, but you don't need to worry so much about healing -- Transfusion is one of the strongest heals in the game. Think about slotting 4 Basilisk Gaze, and then adding some Damage and a little extra Accuracy -- you want this to hit, as it sets up Containment for Spectral Wounds.

Superior Invis: You want to slot as much endRdx here as possible. Great slotting is the LotG Recharge, and then 5 Red Fortune trying to maximize EndRdx. You get 12.5% global Recharge in one place.

Siphon Speed needs some Recharge in addition to the Accuracy.

Deceive: Personally, I take it earlier and delay Siphon Power. Replace the Confuse with the Contagious Confusion proc. It is wonderful in this power.

Health: Use the Numina proc and a Numina Heal here -- but a Kin doesn't really need them as much as other builds.

Phantom Army: By far, this is the most important power in the Illusion set. You want to maximize Recharge, then try to get as much damage in it with decent Accuracy. SO slotting is 3 Recharge, 1 Acc, 2 Dam. The Recharge Intensive Pet sets were made for this, but the Resistance and Defense procs are mostly useless. Try slotting Expediant Reinforcement, all but the Dam/End and the Resist proc, then add the two Call to Arms Triples, or at level 50, you can use Dam/Rech and Chance for Build Up from Soulbound. That will cap your Recharge and Damage.

Stamina: EndMod and the Proc from Performance Shifter. Add a common EndMod if you stay with 3 slots, or EndMod/Acc and EndMod/Rech if you go with 4.

Drop Aid Other and Aid Self, as Ketch said.

Flash: Look at 4 Basilisk Gaze, plus some more Acc/Hold/Rech if you can fit it in. I like it after Spectral Terror for the reasons in my Guide.

Spectral Terror: The only reason to slot up this power is for bonuses, as it works great with no slots at all. A 5th Glympse of the Abyss will get you 6.25% Recharge.

Inertial Reduction: I haven't checked it, but how does the Stealth proc work in this power now? I-18 changed these procs to only working when the toggle power is on (a change I dislike), when they used to work for 120 sec after. In IR, I suspect that the proc only works when you click the power and then you are visible again . . . but I haven't tested it.

Phantasm: Need more recharge, so 4 Expediant Reinforcement and an Acc/Dam Hami-O to finish it out.

Transference: I like 6 Efficacy Adaptor in here. Gives more Recharge.

Fulcrum Shift: Range? You want to get up close and personal with this buff.

APP: The main reason to take the Psi Pool is the mez protection of Indomidible Will. World of Confusion stinks because the AoE is so small -- the best reason to take this is as a mule for IO confuse sets. Consider the Earth APP set for Fissure and Seismic Smash -- Fulcrum Shifted, those attacks do a lot of damage.

If you are going to take Teleport Foe, you have to slot it with some Accuracy. Very few people actually take this power, and using 4 slots on it is extravagant.

There is no question that Illusion's most popular pairing is with Radiation, and for good reason. Radiation is the only secondary that provides a Recharge buff (in Accelerate Metabolism) and strong debuffs that can make Phantom Army better. Phantom Army (PA) is the most important power in the set, and Radiation makes them better. PA cannot be buffed, so the only way to improve their Damage and Accuracy are through Resistance and Defense Debuffs. Ill/Rad is one of the strongest sets in the game, even if you don't try to get Perma-PA. Illusion is single target focused, so don't expect a farmer.

Kinetics has a Recharge buff, but no debuffs. Trick Arrow, Storm, Cold, Therm, Sonic all have some kind of debuff, but no Recharge buff. Empathy and Force Field don't have either a Recharge buff or any debuffs. Not to say that the other secondaries aren't great, as Illusion works great with ANY secondary. Similarly, Radiation works great with ANY primary. But the two of them together have a synergy that no other pairing has.

After Rad, my personal favorites are Storm and Trick Arrow -- I've taken all three of those to 50. Both of those combos have extra damage from the secondary. Cold has extra single target debuffs that may help it be stronger against tough single targets like AVs -- I'm tempted to try that combo. Ill/Kin has great team buffs, but it also has some synergy problems -- especially with Phantasm, since he likes to knock anything in close range of you back. Ill/Emp is a great team healer/buffer, able to distract foes to get in there to be a field medic, if that's what you want to do. Ill/Therm also has those benefits, but can also debuff.

Take a look at my Ill/Rad guide even if you choose a different secondary -- click the link in my sig. It has a lot of help with slotting and strategy for Illusion. And if you go with Ill/Rad, the guide will have a ton of information for you.

So you are relying upon RI to provide the damage mitigation that I use Choking Cloud to achieve? I certainly understand that method . . . I talk about it in my Earth/Rad guide. But I don't find it the same as Choking Cloud. A foe-anchored ToHit Debuff + Immob is not as good in my opinion. It doesn't travel with you and you need to make sure your anchor doesn't die or your mitigation is gone. Plus, you lose your ability to mitigate damage at range . . . while I stand in one place with CC + HF on, I can Fire Cage and RI another group while we kill off this one. Flashfire only lasts so long, and the Fire Cage + RI combo can provide pretty good mitigation at range . . . and I still have Cinders and EM Pulse in researve.

I think you are in the minority of experienced Fire/Rads on this one. Giving up Choking Cloud means giving up an effective control option on one of the few builds that can make best use of it.

Another suggestion that might keep you from getting kicked from teams; Prepare a macro (or series, if necessary) explaining that you are playing a concept character, so therefore you do not have the key powers that most folks would expect a Grav/FF to have.

If someone invites you to a team expecting bubbles, you might end up getting kicked.

A movie I have recommended over and over, and yet so few people know about it. Most of those who see it get back to me grateful that I pointed it out. And it is perfect for a young college class:

The Emperor's Club. Kevin Klein and Emile Hersch. Klein is a teacher in a boy's boarding school where they hold an annual competition. Certain moral choices are made. Twenty years later, the same people get back together at a reunion, re-live the competition and the impact of those choices are seen. It is a lot better than it sounds. The DVD even has a college ethics class discussing the issues. 103 min. Came out in 2002. I thought Klein's performance was outstanding. It is not depressing, but it is definitely thought provoking.