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Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn

It looks as ridiculous as it sounds, much as it was with Claws on a Brute before they pulled the option for looking ridiculous. It is pretty fun to play, as long as you know that it will look absolutely bonkers.


Edit -> From a mechanical standpoint, I would think that the only thing that would hurt it is that you won't get much out of Storm Kick. It gives positional defense, whereas Stone Armor mainly gives typed Defense. However, the extra damage buff from Eagle's Kick would help to negate some of the debuff from Granite.

Originally Posted by Ironblade

hmm... I've taken both to level 50, but not on the same toon. I can't think of any reason why they wouldn't play well together unlike, for example, Street Justice. The -recharge from Granite would kill your ability to build your combo level. But martial arts should be fine.

I think that doing the martial arts moves in granite armor would LOOK weird. I saw a guy in granite armor with dual blades and it was pretty funny.

Originally Posted by slythetic

Hmm since you don't seem to be committed to any set let me just point you to:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=284356

later on the boards. Might help with some ideas. It depends partially on what you're looking for, solo mostly, group mostly, active, passive, leveling curve, incarnate abilities, etc. I look for chars that can do large groups early with a good leveling curve but that's me.

The general corruptor advice i see for new corruptors is

fire/dark
ice/time
fire/time
fire/cold
fire/kin

still see some fire/traps ... see the commonality? Really most sets you can make work, it really depends on what you want, and what you need, how patient you are, your budget, etc.

Edit: Also worth noting so I don't sound like a total min/maxer. Character concept and really what just seems fun or cool is important too, my chars live longest when I have some investiture in them creatively and I know who they are as a person as well as a mids export. I'm not a dedicated enough to play a nearly ineffective char just for concept but it's nice to have some balance.

Originally Posted by slythetic

It means a lot of people will tell you it sucks because it isn't fire.

Hmm probably unfair.

A lot of people would tell it sucks even if fire didn't exist.

I like AR it has nice aoe in my eyes and I don't mind redraw.

But the mostly s/l the somewhat lacking single target, the lack of aim, full auto vs rain of arrows. Are all stuff that makes people suggest other things.

It's not my intention to talk you out of only that I didn't want to try to debate with others about whether the set sucked or not.

Originally Posted by slythetic

As someone who is trying to make two cone heavy characters work, primarily solo

ar/traps

fortunata

I can tell that it's much easier to use cones if you can make mobs hold still, preferably away from melee.

So, rad is good

Ar is ar

But, it might be frustrating for a while trying to line up all those tasty cones with all the mobs rushing to melee you.