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I think the basic damage index for blasters is still 1.0 ranged, 1.0 melee, so that would be yes.

Acrobatics gives better KB protection than Grounded, so taking it instead is a valid option.

I think it's 65% ranged, 75% melee.

I'm not a huge expert on Fire or Mind i'm afraid. I've seen them used and read what people say, but haven't gone to high level with either.

I would try both and see which you get on with best for a couple of levels.

I'm afraid dying often is an occupational hazard for dominators though.

DnD spell Magic Missile is pretty much an energy blast.

I think Magic is as easy as mutant.

"How do your powers work?"

"It's magic."

Call youself Red Fire Wizard.

single target hold, slot 1-2 acc, 2-3 hold duration and 1-2 rechargerec. No damage.

aoe hold slot 2 acc, 2 duration, 2 recharge.

If you take fire primary you are best with fire secondary, for Fiery Embrace and Consume. Fire/Fire aims to kill faster, whereas other builds aim to hold longer (Power Boost increases hold duration).

I havn't tried Mind, but as far as I can tell it is not significantly different to the other Dominator sets solo. Plant and Fire/Fire are maybe a little stronger than the other dominator sets solo.

"Native" EBs have mez protetion similar to bosses, so can usually be soloed quite easily (unless they have stupid regen, Biff). However downgraded AVs have AV mez protection, and are difficult for a solo dom.

Disruption Arrow can be 3 slotted with recharge reductions. If you have hasten as well you can stack 2 of them (just) for double debuff.

Oil Slick Arrow can be slotted for damage, this is not shown on the planner.

I'm a jumper too.

I'm my current build I have Hasten at level 6 to make the Ice Slick downtime more acceptable.

I think Health is more useful than Swift, for the little bit of Sleep resistance.

Power Boost affects travel powers, so you get a nifty turn of speed if sprint is on when you click it.

I disagree about AA, unless you have stamina, a big tray of blues and SOs it will drain your endurance before you can think, and the aggro it attacts will get you killed as often as it saves your butt.

The downtime on Ice Slick with 3 redrecs and hasten up is only a few seconds.

I would put at least 1 more recharge reduction in BoI. I don't know that acrobatics needs so many endreds, and I would try and give Jack a few more slots (his hold is good). On the whole it looks good though.

I think in now needs a to hit check for the damage component but the taunt/slow component autohits.

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Oh, and wasn't there something about some dom attacks using rage instead of melee, or vice versa? Or am I just making sutff up again?

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I think you are making stuff up again.

Certainly in Icy Assault Ice Sword, Ice Sword Circle and Greater Ice Sword use the melee value and the others use the ranged value.

I had Ice Blast up till level 40, when I felt I neaded more aoe power.
I use Ice Sword (the most end efficient power in the set)and Ice Bolt on turrets (both slotted 2 acc, 3 damage), but I still run out of end and have turrets respawning before I can destroy them.

Nah, I use it to bring down flyers sometimes too. Its oky to take if you have a spare power slot but no spare enhancment slots.

With Ice you run out of endurance before the firebase is dead.

I prefer to team too, but I'm finding it very dificult to find one.

I think BoI, Chillblain and Ice Bolt have the same base damage, but Chillblain is DoT which is less useful. It also used over twice as much endurance as Ice Bolt.

Ice blast does more damage than all 3, but it will need to be slotted. Slotted Ice Bolt does more damage than unslotted Ice Blast (except with domination up).

In my level 41 build I don't have Ice blast, I have all the melee attacks and the cone, and all my attacks are slotted including Ice Bolt. I have chillblain but it is unslotted.

I never managed to chain hold Hero Sea Witch, but I chain held AV Jonny Sonata. I think the devs may have forgotten to give him purple triangle power.

What should happen in an AV fight is that I should be confident that if I activate domination and stack two holds on an AV it will be held for a few seconds. (unless there is a particular reason why that AV should be resistant to hold).

I would like to see a toggle dropping effect on AVs as well.

(not to mention longbow bosses).

Mez protection? Fine, but it's not what I need to be able to fight purple triangles.

Yeah, I can solo fine in the 40s on any difficulty level as long as I don't encounter purple triangles or massive regen. Trouble is there are so many of those around.

Basically, is there a serious problem with dominators: no. Is there a serious problem with purple triangles: yes.

I would prefer more hp, however it is the damage that is really not worth it.

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Dominators give up a bit of control for some good direct damage attacks that Controllers would give their left mouse button for.


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Quoted for lack of truth. My Illusion/TA still hugely outdamages my Ice/Ice dom, although my dom quite possibly controls better.

I was fighting Biff, and Arachnoid EB yesterday. He is a proper EB without purple triangles, so I could chain hold him, however he seems to have some kind of regen ability. With domination up I could reduce him to about 2/3 hp, but when it wore off it would creap back up until he was fully recovered by the time domination became active again, and so on ad infinitum.

I have CJ and Acrobatics (and health) for mez protection.

The -dmg is small, it atracts aggro to you from your pets, and if you Hold the mobs with Ice or EMP arrow they can't do any damage anyway.