blackadda

Love /Storm also... to be honest though Earth/Storm has a little more synergy... I solo +4 x8 player stuff with mine all the time

I dont use tornado mostly because it tends to wander off and cause aggro a bit to often , scattering said aggro in the process...

The key to a good stormie is that they DONT knock crap everywhere just for the sake of it , being a good stormie is knowing when*not* to use a power and the key to effectivness as a solo /storm is having an immobilise that is strong enough to counter the knockbacks.

That said /storm is amazing for AV takedowns , slot hurricane with -recharge procs and +100% recharg proc and use snowstorm and freezing rain... with good enhancement slotting you can be running 3 Thunder Storms at once which is enough to "tip" most AV's hitpoints solo , hurricane doesnt knockback AV's so its perfect in this scenario.. the other 7 players just make it even more brutal.

But yeah , if you think ice is good with storm, try earth, you wont look back.
Be warned however , its more of a "F1 car that will kill you if you dont know how to drive" type of build.. so not for beginers

Remember your freebie "origin" power is enough to ignite oil slick if you pick an origin which has an inheirant power with energy damage.

Any power with either fire or energy damage will ignite oil slick.

Also consider using a macro button to target oil slick .. basically this allows you to trigger off oilslick , hit your "target oilslick" power , then quickly fire off an attack with energy or fire damage...

You do this with the "target_name Oil Slick" command

Hope this helps!