Tahliah

Just started a new ice/ice blaster named Super Surpurflous (misspelling intact). She's a thing of beauty.

My favorite tanker in all the land runs with my ice/ice or fire/fire blaster. He herds the map, I decimate them. Good times.

Thanks, Loupy, I wish I'd seen this thread earlier, it sounds like I'd drag down the super plant team by being so far behind. It sounds awesome, though, and I will look for updates to read about the team's amazing feats.

This sounds like fun! I'll roll an /emp or maybe a /kin. My global's @Tahliah, but as I'm late to the thread, what level is everyone now?

Some of those attacks sound awesome, actually, but they're probably not graphically-feasible (yet). I, too, like the idea of a single boss-level henchman/men that, unlike the controller's pet, would be more powerful and customizable (and of course have mm controls).

And as Samual_Tow mentions, this could be a whole new AT, not necessarily an MM or 'troll. It could even be some sort of AT that spawns a mirror version of your own toon but that you control. This would at least fit with the new "other self," "doppelganger" stuff that's going on. I'd get into summoning another "me" who could do things that my own toon could not.

Heck, imagine the possibilities. They could even use existing sets: you create this base [insert name] AT as a blaster (say), then you decide if you want to summon your other you as a tank or defender or . . . because the "new you" wouldn't be a full AT and would only have two or three slottable powers it may not be a game breaker (I have no idea, actually, more maths-minded people would have to chime in) . . . but the single, MM-style controllable pet AT would be fun.

easiest way is to use the email system and email it to your global

My main and badger is an ice/ice blaster, and I love love love her. She solos well and contributes to teams well in terms of slows, even holds, certainly damage.

I might tweak a few of your slotting choices. You don't need that many slots in health or stamina (use the three health procs, the perf shifter +end and maybe the perf shifter end mod, anything beyond that is overkill on a lvl 50 with incarnate powers), and I'd move those slots to your "key" powers (obviously this depends on what you're slotting for, but it seems this build is all over the place).

As an ice/ice blaster, you shine in two areas only: damage and slows. While people may say to build for def/resist, I've never seen much point in that simply because gimping my blaster to stay alive rather than decimate baddies doesn't make sense to me. Kill fast, kill often, and what you can't kill slow the heck down so that it can't hurt you or your team mates.

This is where the much-maligned ice patch can come in handy. I can't tell you how many times I've dropped that, hit hover, and smited (smote?) the baddies slipping on it (it's also very handy for other squishies, and you'll find your ice patch loaded with trolls, defenders, and other blasters who appreciate the melee mitigation ice patch provides. When I run with people whose play style I'm familiar with, I'll often drop it for trolls, blasters, or defenders and then move in to drop blizzard). Of course, you can also use ice patch strategically, placing it in doorways, choke points, or on the sidewalk near doors in BAF (and a zillion other areas I can't think of right now).

So with this (my own theory of ice/ice blasters, granted) in mind, I'd move some of those health slots (you'll never get enough regen to make up for your low hit points/low defense/low resist) and stamina slots to hover, blizzard, and maneuvers.

Dump stealth (you have a stealth proc in fly) and pick up hasten. You want to kill fast, kill often. This means you need recharge. Put a LOTG +recharge in the new slots in hover and maneuvers. Get cardiac or musculature radial in alpha (both 33% end, tho you can get 45% on total cardiac core) so you can use those powers when they recharge quickly.

If you're going to use blizzard, use it. That means going all in. 6 slot that bad boy, and you'll be amazed at the massive carnage that results, include the Ragnorak chance for knockdown, this will help a great deal should any baddies survive the initial hit (while you gobble blue inspirations, hit your toggles, and fire up aim and build up to pick off the survivors). They'll be flopping around, so you can get your end up and finish them off.

Another change I would make is relatively minor: you're not going to use bitter freeze ray as often as you use freeze ray (the former just has too long an animation and starting it attracts aggro in most cases), so move your UC to freeze ray, add a chance for smashing damage to bitter freeze ray (pretty useless in freeze ray, I tried it), and hit sappers (and other blaster gnats) with that from afar.

Also, get frost breath (if you don't like the animation, you can change it at the tailor). This power is beyond amazing: target the farthest centerish (it's a cone power, so think about what you target with it for maximum damage) baddie in a mob, hit them with frost breath, smack down some shiver, and pick off the stubborn with bitter ice blast (or even just drop an aim + build up ice storm). That's it. Mob done. In end game/incarnate content, toss a shiver, hit frost breath, drop blizzard. Mob done. There are, of course, varying reviews of frost breath, but I count it among the main powers in the set for my play style.

Are you slotting Hecatomb in ice sword for the bonuses? It's not a power you'll use often (if baddies are getting within melee range of you, things are not going well, and an ice sword won't change that, no matter how well it's slotted). I'd take two of those slots and put them in ice storm (or hover). Ice storm isn't so much about damage as it is about mitigation. Ebs, AVs, every baddie will try to (slowly) run away from ice storm (this may irk a few tanks, but I wouldn't recommend dropping it on the tank, use it for back-line squishies who are being rushed, or when soloing). You're going to fare better with recharge or slows than with a once-in-a-never melee power.

Some people swear by Vengeance, and I do see why, but it may be more efficient and useful to take assault instead? My thinking is that endgame, anyone who dies isn't going to lie around waiting for you, they're going to hit the hosp and get back asap. Taking assault, with the other leadership pool powers you have, will provide the same effects without the crazy chat streams (But I was just about to use my vengeance, you made me waste my vengeance, wahhhh, my vengeance).

So I guess my recommendation is to move all those slots out of powers you either don't need (stealth) or won't use (ice sword) and putting them in your "shine" powers: ice blast, bitter ice blast, blizzard, shiver. Get positron's blast or purple sets for those, and you'll be so happy with your ice/ice blaster that you may never play another toon (heh, okay, that's hyperbolic, but you take my point). If you don't want to slot/build for damage and recharge, you can certainly do so for def/resist (if you do this, dump frozen aura, stealth, and vengeance and get the fighting pool for tough and weave), but pick one. That will help your toon's build jell and shine for you.

[QUOTE=BrandX;3726393]The best badger, is the badger you have fun playing regardless of badging /QUOTE]


/this, so so this

I badge in fits and starts, but my badger is an ice/ice/ice blaster (with pyronic judgment). She solos well with decent holds and slows, and does decent damage.

One day I'll worry about the heal badge (Rebirth seems like it would be good for that).

Ha, love the AA set. I'm spent, though, on creating fun sets, so you win. Yay!

@Doc, I filed a stuck petition, and they came as soon as they could.

@Broomhilda, heh

In the end, someone else who'd also just logged rather than quitting the TF was on, and we finished the final mish (a blaster and my troll), so all's well that ends with TFC.