Silas

This. Signature AVs/Heroes are cheatyface.

See:

• BaB with old ET except I'm pretty sure it's also an AoE.
• Positron ostensibly being a Rad/Rad Defender but having a +def Godmode.
• Everything about Statesman.
• Manticore's TP Arrow. (I don't begrudge him this one, he's a kitten otherwise)
• Ghost Widow's mag 100 hold.
• Hro'Dtohz summoning EBs

I'm excited to see how they revamp Tyrant. I don't see how they couldn't, he's a total pushover atm.

Somewhat more on topic: maybe Maelstrom's HoB will be like Statesman's AoE Lightning thing :3 with similar recharge and damage. Oh, I can hear the wails of Dual Pistols chars already. Delightful.

I'd still aim for Permadom, its definitely worth it, just for the extra mag and mez protection. The end bar refills are also pretty great since Fire/Fire is pretty end heavy and Consume takes an age to recharge.

You don't need a build as pricey as mine is, my build is way over the top because I wanted permadom without Hasten and softcap s/l defense. You only need 70~% recharge with Hasten decently slotted to get Permadom.

Granted, Fire/Fire can be tricky to Permadom since the slotting options are more limited compared to some other sets, but its still very doable on a budget. Stuff like Posis, Oblits, Decimations will be the most expensive stuff and you've got those in your original build.

Try drawing up a skeleton build that has about 75-80% recharge, 3 slot Hasten and boom, there's your Permadom. The more recharge you have, the more leeway you have to hit Hasten/Domination in time, but 75~ is enough if you're on the ball.

Posi Blasts in Breath, Decimations in Flares and Blast, Stupefys in Flashfire, Expedient Reinforcements in Imps is 31.25% rech. Basi Gazes in Char and Cinders, Kinetic Crash in Bonfire is another 22.5%. Put Crushing Impacts in Incinerate, Efficacy Adaptors in Consume and Obliterations in Combustion is another 15%.

You can then easily run a bunch of TFs to save up enough merits for a LotG 7.5, bringing you to 76.25%. That's just off the top of my head, I'm sure if you played around with it in Mids you could come up with better ideas

Just fyi, Smoke Flash does Placate, but it doesn't grant the Hidden status like Placate itself does. So using Smoke Flash doesn't give you a guaranteed crit on the next attack or set up AS.

So for Scrappers it'd basically be what it is for Stalkers. A get-out-of-jail-free card. Neat, but skippable. Plus I'm pretty sure if a Scrapper used a power to instantly drop aggro so they could retreat they'd have to turn in their Scrapper badge

This is true.

Also, the best Dark Miasmists are Corrs :3 Defenders are boo, Corrs are yay. This has been proven by science and/or mathematics.

He gets on my nerves on TFs a lot of the time because he either can't keep up or gets cut in two. Enough that I don't bother summoning him if we're speeding the TF.

I wouldn't ever drop him though, any time where you'll be around for any meaningful time period (more than like 30s) he's awesome.

Only when the proc goes off. Shouldn't be too big a deal though, since if you're hitting something with Surveillance you're about to hit it with something a lot harder.

No, that's avoid, not fear. Fear = mob stands in place cowering, avoid = mob tries to get the hell out of there