ice/cold - good for pvp and pve

Currently level 22, my ice/cold corruptor is pretty handy for pvp and pve.

I have some questions if anybody can help. Does anybody know the numbers for frostwork? I know it's not a heal but a hit points increase but what is the duration like? can it be made perma on somebody out of the box (ie without slotting)?

Second question: does anybody know which powersets (and specific powers) have resistance to slow effects?

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Archetype: Corruptor
Primary Powers - Ranged : Ice Blast
Secondary Powers - Support : Cold Domination

01 : Infrigidate acc(01) acc(3)
01 : Ice Blast acc(01) acc(3) dam(5) dam(5) dam(39) endred(40)
02 : Ice Bolt acc(02) acc(7) dam(7) dam(9) dam(40) endred(40)
04 : Snow Storm endred(04) endred(9) endred(11)
06 : Hurdle jmp(06)
08 : Freeze Ray acc(08) acc(11) hlddur(13) hlddur(13) hlddur(15) recred(15)
10 : Recall Friend inttim(10)
12 : Hover fltspd(12) fltspd(37) fltspd(37)
14 : Teleport endred(14) endred(17) endred(17)
16 : Health hel(16) hel(39) hel(39)
18 : Bitter Ice Blast acc(18) acc(19) dam(19) dam(21) dam(21) endred(23)
20 : Stamina endrec(20) endrec(23) endrec(25)
22 : Arctic Fog endred(22) endred(25) damres(27) damres(27) damres(29)
24 : Teleport Foe acc(24) acc(33) endred(33) endred(34) endred(34) inttim(34)
26 : Ice Storm dam(26) dam(29) dam(31) endred(31) endred(31) endred(33)
28 : Benumb Empty(28) Empty(37)
30 : Frost Work endred(30) endred(36) hel(36) hel(36)
32 : Blizzard dam(32) dam(43) dam(45)
35 : Sleet endred(35)
38 : Heat Loss acc(38) acc(42) endred(43) endred(43)
41 : Aim recred(41) recred(42) recred(42)

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Frostwork heals 40% (of your hp) has 60s recharge and lasts 120s, according to my character builder thingy. Seems like a great power, and personally I'd try to take it sooner. Maybe instead of tp foe (evil, cheap power *spits*) or snowstorm. 3 heals and 3 recharge in that power would make it pretty darn good to have.

Also, no bitter freeze ray? Madness I say! Although, looks like you've got a case too many good powers, not enough powers or slots to do it all with. Cold is a nice looking set.

joe chott's character builder lists the duration of frostwork as 45 seconds which did seem too short for this sort of buff (compared to others). It lists the recharge as 60 seconds so that's consistent. Has anybody used the power for themselves? I'm pretty sure it doesn't heal at all, just increases max hp like dull pain (but without the heal)

I find tp foe and recall friend completely indispensible in both pvp and pve so I can't drop those powers.

Also, you are completely right, I want ALL the powers it's so hard to choose. I thought about going with super jump to free up an extra power but I just love tp
Anybody know which powers have resistance to slow besides arctic fog?

Frostwork is like Hoarfrost exept it works on someone else instead of yourself. Therfore it increases both current hp (i.e. heals) and maximum hp by 40% of maximum. What I am not sure of is if that is the target's maximum or your maximum.

Hmmm, there's an ice tanker power(s) that give resistance to slow. I think it's the crappy passive one that people don't tend to take, and maybe another one.

You can make Frostwork perm on one char if you're just using it on one other player. I have mine slotted with 3 heals and it comes back so you can keep it perma.

SR scrapers have resistance to slows in quickness, Speed boast gives resistance to slows also !

Some info on frostwork here:
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It seems that theres a max HP cap per lvl , and the frostwork buff changes if the target is lower or higher lvl than you !

After extensive use I can say that frostwork is great. It turns my ice dominator mate with arctic air and chilling embrace into an alpha strike absorbing, damage debuffing virtual tank. It makes brutes even more brutish, and if someone;s is trouble with a bit too much aggro, frostwork can make the difference between life and deatn if you catch them soon enough.

It's a pre-emptive heal or sorts and technically the only form off all round resistance you can get in the game.

currently slotted with 1 +3 recharge reduction, I can keep two people on a team perma frostworked. Will slot with heals next

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Hmmm, there's an ice tanker power(s) that give resistance to slow. I think it's the crappy passive one that people don't tend to take, and maybe another one.

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It's also in Wet ice and Energy absorption...basically vs an ice tank you might as well run but anyone else you shouldn't have that many problems.

I nearly killed ice duke in pvp the other day - he's an ice tanker.

He might have been resistant to my slows but not to my holds when they stacked up!

Please tell me he had wet ice on? If so why did he give you the chance to run around . The trick to squishies is to run in rapid, get you embraced, then pummel you down before you can stack anything

I'm resistant to slows myself because of arctic fog so embrace won't work.

Also, I grounded him using snow storm and hovered above him

Couldn't kill him though :/

Just in case anyone finds themselves uing this type of corruptor, it turns out that the Slag heaps (slag golems, etc) have 100% resitance to slows so be careful when fighting them

Any ice toon (apart from another tank, which I have yet to fight) is 9/10 doomed when they fight me. Ice armour is great for such villains, and heroes. I remember my first fight in the arena. The poor ice controller didnt have a chance. As for ice corrupters yee rascals run from me! Lol ok I'm not invincible to you. But I have an easy time with these toons. Thats my experience anyway.

FWIW, I've seen an Ice/Dark Corruptor take down an Ice Tank. You're not invulnerable.

Council wolves also have resistance/immunity to slow

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Lol ok I'm not invincible to you. But I have an easy time with these toons. Thats my experience anyway.

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I'm hoping to get some cut back form of ice armor in the epic pools when Issue 7 comes along

I'm having trouble with my Ice/Ice Corruptor, but I guess I should plan the powers and enhancements more... In most fights I tend to lose endurance very quickly, but in a team I feel I am fairly useful.

And yeah, Slag Heaps were a small pain, especially in larger numbers.

after 3 slotted stamina, make sure you have 2 end reductions in snow storm and arctic fog.

I also now have one end reduction in every attack.

What level are you?

I still have some endurance problems but only in a VERY long fight... it should get better for you with single origins (assuming you are below level 22)

carnie strongmen are also resistant to slow.

so the list of npc's resistant to slow so far is:

Slags (all of them)
council wolves
carnie strongmen

I am lvl 25 at the moment, and I'm very noobish at selecting which enhancements I should use. I tend to put alot in increasing the efficiency of my powers, such as SO damage in bitter ice blast, and slow enhancements in snow storm. I hardly ever care about endurance reducing..