Yes. Except for the ones who are resistant, but there aren't too many, iirc.
A single Mind troller slept 3 of the 4 AVs in the Kahn TF while the rest of the team took out Reich and my Fire/Rad soloed the lone AV (Vanessa, I think) that couldn't be slept. Reich & Vanessa fell at around the same time then we wiped the floor w/the remaining 3 AVs at once. Smoothest KTF I'd ever run. You can sleep the Nicti in the ITF too, though I haven't tried it.
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Well, not really. But I have to admit that I haven't tried it. I played around with Salt Crystals some and found it to be lacking even though it looks cool.
Salt Crystals (at City of Data) is a mag 3 Sleep with a 50% chance of Mag 4 for a shorter time (18 Sec for the mag 3, 13 sec for added one mag.) That means you only have a 50% chance of getting a boss, and then it won't last very long. You still need a higher Mag amount on AVs, but you can't stack mag unless you have a Sleep that won't disturb sleep. Plus, you would need to a fair amount of Recharge (not impossible) to make its Recharge be fast enough to match its duration, even slotted up.)
Most importantly, Salt Crystals is a PB AoE sleep -- meaning you have to get "up close and personal" to use it. So you have to avoid aggro when using it, hope it hits and then try to avoid aggro when it misses.
Mind Controllers have much better options to stack Mag on an AV, with good AoE and single target Sleep powers. The AoE doesn't draw aggro, so it is perfect for stacking Mag. Earth doesn't have those options.
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My Earth/Thermal Controller is 48, almost halfway to 49.
I have tried every power in the Earth set except for Salt Crystals. Quite honestly, it just hasn't seemed like a power for much use either on a team or soloing. (Just got done playing a bit with her tonight and from the way my Stone Pet (Phillip) was bouncing between held targets I'd imagine he'd do the same thing to Slept Ones.)
The one possible use that I can see for Salt Crystals would be in situations where it might be worthwhile to sleep an AV ... for example the ITF or possibly the Reichsman TF when you have the AVs that pop out to help Reichsman.
So that's my question.
Can a single Troller use Salt Crystals to Sleep Avs?
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