Soloing AV/GM's

Quick question here for you guys: is soloing AVs and GMs with a sonic/rad corruptor as viable as soloing w/ a rad/son defender?? I can't see why not besides the APP choice difference (which sucks for corruptors because the psi defender app has world of confusion which can hold a purp set that gives 5% ranged def when 6 slotted).

I tried building a Son/Rad corruptor in mid's and I just couldn't get the ranged def above 40%.... :-(

I'm interested in this as well. I have a Scrapper nad a Brute that I hunt AV's with, and was wondering what kinda squishy would be best suited for huntem down as well.

/Traps Can, not sure bout others...

Rad probably...

Thats all I got...

/Therm, Cold, Traps, Dark, Rad can all solo them.

For cheap an easyness I'd think the rad or cold is your safest bet. Rad blast or Sonic blast imo is your best bet for a primary, although that's based on personal playstyle only.

YMMV

/traps is nice because it really requires almost no IO investment to get up to speed. It can easily have more than soft capped smashing/lethal defense without any IOs, and other powers similarly don't require exotic slotting.

I think you could have some +recharge to get poison trap and other abilities up more, and maybe some procs slotted here and there, but it really works just fine at SO level.

ya traps is easiest to softcap and provides mez protection, so it is already "better" than the others.

It also has the best -regen, a ranged immob (to keep the AV from moving around, not so hot vs GM's though) and can stack the highest amount of -res.

Traps is very good at what it does. It isn't particularly good in a steam rolling scenario, but as far as AV's go... wow.

I have no problems doing it on my Sonic/Rad, only set up after the extra inf earned on the 2xp weekend.

Didnt spend a great deal but wasnt hard to get the ranged soft cap.

Have done a Rikti Pylon and 4 AVs/Heroes so far. Mako, Synapse, Bobcat and Agent Indigo.

I do need a little more recharge to make Shriek-scream my attack chain, i need to insert shout or amplify at the moment and thats lowering my dps. My Shriek-scream combo has a momentary delay, small but worth the insertion of another attack or buff.

The thing i like about Rad over traps is i dont need to be near the ground for the laying of traps and the more significant heal when i do get hit over just double Triage beacon.

My next task is to try a few more AVs and an easier GM.

This is my build, it was done on the cheap, and i went to 45% def(prob overkill). As i said i need a bit more recharge thal will come when i have a bit more Inf.

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Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Sonic Attacks
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
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Level 1: Shriek Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(3), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7)
Level 1: Radiant Aura Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(7), Numna-Heal/Rchg(9), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Numna-Heal(11), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(11)
Level 2: Scream Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(13), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(13), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(17)
Level 4: Howl Posi-Dmg/Rchg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), Posi-Dmg/Rng(36), Posi-Acc/Dmg(48)
Level 6: Radiation Infection LdyGrey-DefDeb(A), LdyGrey-DefDeb/Rchg(17), LdyGrey-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(19), LdyGrey-Rchg/EndRdx(19), LdyGrey-DefDeb/EndRdx(21), Achilles-ResDeb%(21)
Level 8: Accelerate Metabolism Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(23), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(23), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(25), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(25), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(27)
Level 10: Enervating Field EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(27)
Level 12: Shout Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(29), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33)
Level 14: Amplify GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(33), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(33), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(34), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(34), GSFC-Build%(34)
Level 16: Boxing Empty(A)
Level 18: Tough S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 20: Weave LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(37), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(37), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 22: Swift Flight-I(A)
Level 24: Health Heal-I(A)
Level 26: Stamina EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(29), EndMod-I(39), P'Shift-End%(48)
Level 28: Lingering Radiation TmpRdns-Acc/Slow(A), TmpRdns-Dmg/Slow(39), TmpRdns-Acc/EndRdx(40), TmpRdns-Rng/Slow(40), TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(40), TmpRdns-Acc/Dmg/Slow(42)
Level 30: Hover LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Zephyr-Travel(42), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(42), Zephyr-ResKB(43)
Level 32: Fly Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(39), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(43)
Level 35: Group Fly Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(43)
Level 38: Hasten RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 41: Super Speed Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(45)
Level 44: EM Pulse Lock-Acc/Hold(A), Lock-Acc/Rchg(46), Lock-Rchg/Hold(46), Lock-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(46), Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(50), Lock-%Hold(50)
Level 47: Charged Armor ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam(48)
Level 49: Conserve Power RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50)
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Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge



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Works for Pylons and has been proven to work on some AVs and Heroes.

Only a 9 month vet so not a great deal of experience

Well as soon as i can figure out how to get mids to export correctly

Just export it with no formatting, plain text

How does fireblast/rad stack up against sonic/rad in terms of av/gm soloing?

I'm trying my hand at a Dark/Rad, which is actually my first redside toon. I'm a Scrapper-holic and focus on AV soloing builds, but I have a concept character for the Dark/ powerset. I chose Rad specifically for it's -Regen capabilities, hoping this would allow for high-end damage.

How viable is this combo for AV/GM soloing? Also, no influence/IO limits.

Ehm, AFAIK it should work. It won't be nearly as fast or effective as Fire/Rad or Son/Rad because of how low damage Dark is.

The lack of a tier 3 hurts you, (granted as a Son/Rad I never use Shout because it actually lowers my DPS but Shriek/Scream are good enough to make up for it), but Life Drain is nice as a second self heal I suppose. I haven't looked at Dark Blast in depth in a long time, I dunno whether Life Drain could be worked into your ST chain. For Scrappers Siphon Life is a cornerstone of AV soloing, but it also had its damage buffed.

If you've got enough recharge to make LR perma I'm almost certain you'd be able to solo AVs. I'm not sure about GMs, Dark might not have the DPS for that.

The -tohit stacking with RI and ranged/AoE defense would be pretty nice, albeit heavily resisted.

anyone have thoughts on sonic/traps?

Very strong build, easily capable of soloing AVs/GMs.

For general PvE it's a pretty synergistic combo too, Siren's Song lets you leverage Trip Mine much more easily and Trip Mine makes up for the relatively weak AoE in Sonic.