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Psylad - You'd think all those übercorny names would have been snagged already. Then again, maybe it just mean I'm Cornier Than Thou.

Take Mikazushi - I was pleasantly surprised that I managed to transfer him from another server without needing a rename token. I can't be the only guy who played Persona 3 and 4 around here...

Dame Night - Fitting for a Thug/Dark MM... So much so I couldn't believe it was available.

One slight detail that no one mentionned is that being a VIP gives you access to the Incarnate system and the post-level-50 content - which no amount of Paragon Points can unlock for you.

That's a HUGE added value for your 15 bucks a month. Heck, as far as many people are concerned, it justifies staying a VIP. Of course, that may not be your case, but considering how much work the devs also do on that part of the game, I think we're definitely getting our money worth.

Also,

If you don't mind a respec to change APPs, I found recently that the Ice APP, while nice, was not as useful on my Ice/Ice Blaster as I thought. S/L Defense was harder to stack than ranged, so the armor had flaws, Flash Freeze, while a good alpha opener, was... Disappointing at best, and Hibernate, while very nice out of combat, would rarely save my bacon while fighting - because even if it topped my health, as soon as I came out of it I was dead in three hits.

I've recently switched to the Electric APP, and I'm loving it. The resistance armor will synergize very nicely with the Absorb mechanics that i24 will add to the improved Chilling Embrace (and dodging mezzes is not needed on blasters when you have Defiance 2.0, some KB protection from IOs and powers that slow attackers) and either Power Surge or EMP Pulse are great "oh fudge" buttons for really tough fights BUT...

... The REAL gem of Electrical Mastery is Static Discharge. Ice Blast has one weakness in my book : it is fairly light on AoEs. Frost Breath is nice but the cone is pretty narrow, Ice Storm is a LONG DoT and Blizzard doesn't make up for the other two.

My trick on my Blaster was to add an Impeded Swiftness proc to Shiver - it turns a HUGE cone control power into a HUGE cone hybrid control/damage power. Not as reliable as I'd like, but it adds up since Shiver is a power I love to spam, and PPM procs should help on that. And on top of that, Static Discharge is a third cone that recharges fast, covers a much bigger area than Frost Breath and does its damage upfront instead of in two waves.

So now my Blaster has three damage cones, two rain powers, and feels much more useful in big clusters on mobs than before. BEFORE even adding Judgement to the mix.

If you're a veteran, one of the special proc IOs you get at level one (Resistance Tactics I think) also adds a chance for KD to the power it's added to, which could in turn become KB against low-con or KB-weak mobs. I know it's bit me in the rear a couple times against Clockworks.

And of course, Overwhelming Force in a non-KB power would do the same.

Here, finally. I made one change, swapping the Stupefy in Flashfire for a set of Superior Dom ATO. The uncatalized version is nifty too before level 50 of course. It let me pull a slot from Phœnix and slot a fifth Positron in Fireball for better stats and more recharge :

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Katen: Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Assault
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Char -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(3), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(25), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(27)
Level 1: Flares -- Entrpc-Acc/Dmg(A), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Entrpc-Dmg/Rchg(23), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Entrpc-Heal%(43)
Level 2: Fire Cages -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg(A), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(5), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(21), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(21), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(46), TotHntr-Dam%(50)
Level 4: Fire Breath -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(7), Posi-Dmg/Rng(37)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(7)
Level 8: Hot Feet -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(9), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(9), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Oblit-%Dam(46)
Level 10: Fire Blast -- Entrpc-Acc/Dmg(A), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Entrpc-Dmg/Rchg(11), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Entrpc-Heal%(43)
Level 12: Flashfire -- SAotDominator-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear(A), SAotDominator-Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/Rchg(13), SAotDominator-EndRdx/Rchg(13), SAotDominator-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx(17), SAotDominator-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx/Rchg(19), SAotDominator-Rchg/+Dmg%(23)
Level 14: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(15)
Level 16: Embrace of Fire -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 18: Cinders -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(19), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(31), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(31)
Level 20: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 22: Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 24: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), EndRdx-I(25)
Level 26: Tactics -- AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(27)
Level 28: Consume -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(29), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(29), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(31), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(40), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(40)
Level 30: Vengeance -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Fire Imps -- ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(34), ExRmnt-+Res(Pets)(34)
Level 35: Blazing Bolt -- Mantic-Acc/Dmg(A), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(36), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(36), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 38: Blaze -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(39), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40)
Level 41: Rain of Fire -- Det'tn-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Det'tn-Dmg/Rchg(42), Det'tn-Dmg/Rng(42), Det'tn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(42), Det'tn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rng(43)
Level 44: Fire Ball -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(45), Posi-Dmg/Rng(45), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 47: Fire Shield -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(48), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(48), RctvArm-EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix -- Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(A)
Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Domination
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), RgnTis-Regen+(50)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A)
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Personally, if I had to re-design a "crash" to represent the exhaustion at the end of T9s, I'd remove the endurance crash but floor both the recovery and the recharge of my powers for a bit - say 15 to 30 seconds.

That way no toggles go down, and you get a chance to fire off a couple shots to finish that stubborn almost-dead critter, but you're gonna have to think carefully about what you're doing until you catch your breath, because your ressources are just about to run out. Heck, you'd still have the strength to RUN AWAY if needed, but not enough to start on another, fresh mob right away.

Plus I think that thematically it'd be a closer translation. Just one of those crazy thoughts.

Great guide doctor ! Lots of nice tips I'll be sure to use when I can't find a trial or feel like being an antisocial Incarnate.

One remark though. I somewhat disagree with this bit :

Hey - those are directly from the game. This is my level 50 F3 Dom, and he was my main badger for over a year.

build 1

build 2

build 3

bonuses

I'll try and turn this into a readable Mid's export in a couple hours.

My apologies for bailing on you this week-end - I'm in the process of moving, and I admit I completely forgot I promised you a peek at my build. I'll get you some screen caps and such tonight.

Oh and careful with OF in Bonfire - I seem to remember posts stating that it turned out to be so good in it that they were planning to change procs so they'd only tick once every 10 seconds in patches and rain pseudopets, including and especially things like Caltrops and Bonfire. I haven't seen a Redname post on it but I can't say that little tidbit would surprise me. So have a poke around the forums on the subject before you commit to a soon-to-be-nerfed ubercombo.

True. I knew I forgot to edit a bit out. I stand corrected on that point.

Totally aside from the Rikti lore thing, I think you're overreading the whole "Angels = Battalion" thing.

From what we learn in First Ward and especially Night Ward, it appears that the Talons of Vengeance were likely at some point locked in the same Eternal Prison they are trying to open throughout the Night Ward storyline. (Source : Mistress Nadia in the Ward Arc. See? Some of us can quote sources ! ). This possibility is strenghtened by the fact that Lamashtu, the daemon goddess imprisonned therein, is refered by the ToV as their All-Mother, indicating a strong link. (Source : Magician Arc in NW)

My take on all this is that the Angels are linked to the Prison (possibly its custodians, or the entities responsible for establishing it and setting up the Black Knights as the custodians - the BKs are named as said guardians in Ward's arc) and the "heretics" they are chasing to Night Ward are the ToV - their view on Vengeance certainly is a travesty of what the original Greco-Roman Furies stood for. If the ToV escaped the Eternal Prison as is suggested, the angels could very well be chasing them - but humans defeating both Lamashtu and the Mother Keres in the Dream Doctor arc makes their intervention unneeded.

Note, I have no SOLID proof of that, but it seems less far-fetched to me than saying those guys are Battalion forerunners.

A few things that immediately made me cringe about this build (no offense, it may perform good for you, I just wouldn't do it that way) are the following :

- You have a damage proc in Flash Arrow. That power doesn't notify mobs, and is in fact there to make them notice you less. HOWEVER, the moment that proc goes off, you'll aggro the whole spawn, because you damaged one of them. and considering that it has a HUGE radius, it could very well affect more than one spawn on big-teams maps.

You just effectively neutered that power, turning it from a fantastic perception debuff (which adds up to your stealth and doesn't suppresses) to a measly to hit debuff that shouts "hey, look at me and shoot me!". I don't care what set bonus you're chasing, get rid of that proc ASAP. IT. WILL. GET. YOU. KILLED.

- You have no accuracy slotted in Acid Arrow ?!? Your single best debuffing power beside OSA, the one that IS up every spawn, that helps you kill stuff faster and hit them more often... And you give it no chance to hit often enough to matter. If there is one power I consider mandatory to six-slot in TA (well, after OSA) it's that one. In fact, I'm pretty sure every time an Acid Arrow misses, Nemesis smothers a kitten somewhere. Please, for the love of kittens, at least slot some accuracy in it. Frankly, you want max acc and recharge on this baby, and decent -def to boot, but if nothing else, at least try to make it hit. Think of the kittens.

[EDIT] Alright, I finally noticed you're going for permasnipe, so your +ToHit should compensate for the lack of accuracy. My bad, the kittens should be somewhat safer than I thought. But still, I find Acid underslotted. and Tactics with no end redux will be HARD on your blue bar, so permasnipe will not be easy to maintain with all those toggles and no Cardiac. As it stands, I fear the main weakness of your build, independantly of any playstyle choice, will be endurance management. No way to maintain permasnipe and softcap when all your toggles go *poof*...

- Since I'm on a roll, I'll add a tip - a damage proc in Glue Arrow turns it from a positional debuff to a potential AoE - and an auto-hit at that, so the damage chance is up to the proc only. Since it notifies mobs anyway, you won't care about additional aggro like you would in Flash. With PPM, it might get even better considering its base recharge. And its duration gives it a chance to proc several times.

- Every thread about PPM ATO procs that I've read seems to indicate that they are not best used in AoE attacks. If you want to maximize its returns, I'd move that ATO set to Blazing Arrow and slot a set of Positrons in RoA. Unless I missed some planned change, that is.

- Max damage on OSA. Trust me, it IS one of your main damage dealer post-36. Heck, on my A/TA magic corruptor I made a macro JUST for the purpose of lighting it up easier, and the orange numbers are GLORIOUS. Blazing arrow or an Interface proc will to the job on a Natural toon.

- Go Intuition for your Alpha. Screw the X% defense Agility could give you, the across-the-board debuff and damage boosts Intuition gives you on Radial will be INFINITELY more important. Heck, the -ToHit boost to Flash can even help make up for the lost defense a bit.

Frankly, I hate to appear so negative, since you obviously put a lot of thought in that build. If soft cap is your thing, then by all mean go for it. Personally, I'd never play a build that gimps major powers so. But I know my playstyle is not yours.

If you don't believe me on all that (no reasons you should, after all) go read Luminara's "Trick Arrow Enchiridion" in the Defenders guides, or "Silas plays support and so can you" in the Corruptors Guides. Both have extensive sections on TA and how it relates to Archery.

Thanks for the reply, Arcana. It seems I did read correctly so far.

It's clear that without some hard number and real testing, deciding which goal is better is, at the present time, pretty much moot. But you'll notice I didn't mention aiming for a better goal, just a more interesting one.

I think we can agree that at the present time, soft capping a Blaster to anything else than S/L/E (with Scorpion Shield) requires some VERY hard choices, and pigeonholes you into some very specific builds. Not to mention that it forces you to run a bevy of toggles which will not only severely limit your recovery, but will require set up time after each mez that goes through. Of course, with high def those mez don't hit often, but when they do hit you're toast.

On the other hand, the absorb, while limited to 10% of your health every 3 seconds, stands against every and all damage type. It makes building for resistance much more palatable, where before there was no way to measurably add to the protection of Tough and the APP resist armors. So those powers will probably see much more use, and not having to take the def-enhancing pool powers will lend more flexibility to blaster builds.

In the case of my current planned build (and assuming values stay as planned), with Tough and Charged Armor fully enhanced I'd take only half of the S/L damage that gets past the absorb. Assuming a Cimeroran hacks me for half my health, I'd only take 20%. For Energy, I'd take about 28% of my health out of an attack meant to hit me for 50%. And when I'm running Power Surge, I'd take only 10% of my health on those attacks and about 20% for every other damage type except Psi. Of course, that's assuming the absorb gets to refresh, but still. That's pretty damn tough for the "King of Glass Cannons" Blaster archetype, wouldn't you say? Surviving alphas is gonna get easier. Not easy, of course, but much easier.

Also, there's no DDR available to Blasters anywhere, so even a measly Carnie Fencer with some luck can make all your careful defbuild-planning go *poof*. While resist shields, if I remember correctly, inherently resist debuffs by their base value. So while you get rebuffed, your resists almost never get floored.

Of course, they don't do squat against mezzing, so you could get slapped by an Illusionist anyhow. Pros and cons on both sides, but it definitely opens up options. And that's what I find interesting.

I can't access the game right this second but I got one of those at level 50 - it's a Fire/Fire/Fire even. I can get you its build later this week-end of you want, but I'll admit here and now that I build him with permadom in mind, so there are a couple mule powers and such in the build. He's also almost exclusively built for ranged action. If you're ok with those caveats, I'll post the build tomorrow.

I'm working on my Ice/Ice Blaster. Now, I used to try and get as much defense into my builds as I could, because that was the only worthwhile mitigation I could get.

But if I read everything about i24 correctly (especially the various posts by Arcanaville) it would seem that resistance might be a more interesting goal now for an /Ice Blaster. So, I came up with a new build, based around
- the Elec APP for charged armor and Power Surge,
- Tough,
- no Weave, no Hover or Combat Jump,
- no Leadership,
- and the Medecine Pool.

Altogether I'm probably around 35% resist to S/L, 25% to E, the possibility to go to 75+ in those three and around 50 for everything else except Psi with Power Surge, and the Absorb shield to leverage as well. I'l be using Cardiac Core Paragon for Range, End red and Res boost. I got the Eye of the Magus Accolade for emergency def boosts and I'm planning on getting Watchman over the Invasion weekend.

Also, I admit I never took the time to understand Hybrid so far, so I'm kind of lost as to what branch might be more useful for this toon. He has damage AND control, so I get confused by the choices.

Any thoughts? Comments are very welcome

I can't believe this thread hasn't been stickied yet. I still run into mac users who don't even know we have access to MIDs now.

Sooo... Who do I ask for a sticky?

I'm trying to put together a fairly balanced build for a level 50, not-yet-incarnate Archery / Trick Arrow Corruptor. The only "rule" is that the budget is somewhat limited, so the only purple set the set can afford is a cheap one (hence the Fortunata Hypnosis). I could use some constructive critics.

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Kelvren: Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Archery
Secondary Power Set: Trick Arrow
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Power Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Aimed Shot -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(15), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17)
Level 1: Entangling Arrow -- TotHntr-Dam%(A), TotHntr-Immob/Acc(43)
Level 2: Fistful of Arrows -- Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg(3), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(13), Posi-Dmg/Rng(37)
Level 4: Glue Arrow -- ImpSwft-Dam%(A), ImpSwft-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(5)
Level 6: Blazing Arrow -- SMotCorruptor-Acc/Dmg(A), SMotCorruptor-Dmg/Rchg(7), SMotCorruptor-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), SMotCorruptor-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), SMotCorruptor-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), SMotCorruptor-Rchg/Dmg%(11)
Level 8: Aim -- AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 10: Ice Arrow -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(11), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(15), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(31), Lock-%Hold(40)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(13)
Level 14: Flash Arrow -- DampS-ToHitDeb/Rchg(A), DampS-ToHitDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(40)
Level 16: Poison Gas Arrow -- FtnHyp-Plct%(A), FtnHyp-Sleep(17), FtnHyp-Sleep/Rchg(43), FtnHyp-Acc/Rchg(45), FtnHyp-Sleep/EndRdx(45)
Level 18: Explosive Arrow -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(19), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(19), Posi-Dmg/Rng(29), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 20: Acid Arrow -- Achilles-ResDeb%(A), AnWeak-DefDeb(21), AnWeak-Acc/DefDeb(21), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg(23), AnWeak-DefDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(25), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(27)
Level 22: Snap Shot -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(27), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 24: Ranged Shot -- Mantic-Acc/Dmg(A), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(25), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(31), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx(42)
Level 26: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(29)
Level 30: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(31), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), LkGmblr-EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 32: Rain of Arrows -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(33), Posi-Dmg/Rng(33), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), Det'tn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rng(34)
Level 35: Oil Slick Arrow -- Achilles-ResDeb%(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg(36), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(36), Posi-Dmg/Rng(37), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37)
Level 38: EMP Arrow -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(39), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(39), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(39), G'Wdw-Acc/Hold/Rchg(40)
Level 41: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(46)
Level 44: Power Build Up -- AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Temp Invulnerability -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(48), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(48), S'fstPrt-ResKB(48)
Level 49: Force of Nature -- ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(50), ImpArm-EndRdx/Rchg(50), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A)
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Those are very good points, and I fully endorse them. TA is a very busy set, and the playstyle won't fit eveyone. I'm hooked on it, but I'm sure others find it a pain.

However, one of the weakness of click VS toggle powers turns to a strength when you consider that none of the major debuff sets (with the exception of Traps) has a mez shield for the player. And once you get mezzed, all those nifty toggles that keep your team alive, like Darkest Night or Radiation Infection, go *poof*.

So not only will you have to reapply them all once you get unmezzed (even if it's a hundredth of a second later) but there's a good chance that the aggro those same debuffs bought you will make you very very dead. With TA, the persistent nature of the debuffs means that you stand a somewhat better chance to get over it and survive. It's not perfect, but it bears mentionning. I know PGA's cloud and Glue's patch have given me the time to use a Break Free and shoot a life-saving Ice Arrow countless time.