Brimstone Gale's Guide to Fire/Storm Controllers

Wow, you have just made it even harder to pick the secondary for a fire controller I want to make. *sigh*

I have a level 35 fire controller that I built without much help but alot of what gale says I discovered to be true on my own. Nice work on the guide, Brimstone.

I'm Matches Malone, and I approve of this guide.

Great guide i have a lvl 28 fire / storm that i love playing cant wait to get fire imps. I will be referencing this guide a lot since it is my first controller.

TORNADO! Great "oh crap" power, chaos is a legitimate form of control, in fact some sets rely heavily upon it. It's got a solid disorient component. The knockback is extreme and there's a lot of potential to aggro extra groups. If your team is AoE heavy, then don't use tornado lightly (it will ruin a lot of the AoE from your blasters/defenders/corruptors). Best to use it in an enclosed space if you can, tornado will naturally push guys into a corner and become a solid hold. But more importantly....

Consider tornado plus fire cages, with an occasional ring of fire when a mob doesn't stick and the tornado chases it. Now THAT'S pretty impressive--no knockdown, but lots of disorients and damage. Works with all controller AoE immobilizes except gravity, by the way. Works with gravity holds instead (don't ask me why, but this is the same reason you can crushing field on top of an ice slick or in a freezing rain). You have to reapply fire cages regularly, so put an end redux on it (and no damage slotting for FC, that's a waste. End rdx, 1 rchg, and accuracy are the slotting). This works well to set up containment for hotfeet as well, and you can always flashfire to catch the mobs that tornado didn't mez.

Tornado is also a great boss-killer move. If all you're looking at is a boss or two, try it. The tornado will take care of one of the bosses all on its own. It can do respectable damage if it pins something, and tends to get a mob into a corner eventually.

Oh, don't use it outside. Unless you're using the immobilize sticking or like running things down.