I've a Dark which is quite fun & controllerish. The only problem is that Dark has a lot of useless powers towards the end of its set. Dark pit isn't the best unless you 6 slot it, Lifedrain is useless as is Torrent. So the mid to late 20s are a barren period for a Dark Kinetics. Useful for getting Fitness or Leadership pools though.
Plus Dark doesn't do the greatest damage in the world which is annoying.
An Ice / Kinetics could be lots of fun though...
The Kinetics key powers are
Transfusion(1) - strong enemy based AoE Heal
Siphon Power(2) - 20% damage buff/debuff on team( centred around you )/single enemy. Stackable.
Siphon Speed(10)* - 20% recharge buff/debuff and speed buff/debuff on self/single enemy. Stackable.
Speed Boost (20) - recharge, speed and end recovery boost for allies. 2 minute duration, 2 seocnd recharge.
Transference (35) - 45 end drain / AoE restore for enemy/team centred around enemy
Fulcrum Shift (38) - AoE version of Siphon Power. Stackable
The only protection powers you have are single target debuffs until level 38, this means that a single target is probably better. Also with excessive use of Siphon Speed you can increase your recharge quite signififcantly, so a quick primary ( animation time wise ) would be better than a slow one. The fact that Transfusion is close range means you have get pretty close to melee distance. So you need some form of protection in your primary too.
If I were to do this, I would go for a Ice as it has fast animation times, an early hold and is primarily single target so aggro shouldn't be a large issue as you can go for the boss ( what I normally do with my Defender ). Hasten would be fun for ridiculous recharge times ( as my defender has ) but it may mean you recharge too quickly.
Other than that Dark may provide you with some much needed defence. I personally wouldn't go for Fire as it focuses on AoEs which may end up with you being a bit of an aggro magnet.
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Well Ice/Kin is a good combo, both solo and in teams. Not good at aoe tho.
Fire dark would be great at ae damage but make you a huge agro magnet, so prolly hard to solo this one.
Rad/kin has the fulcrum shift+atomic blast giggle factor. Click BOOM!
Thanks for the info guys , i'll try and roll an Ice/Kinetic tonight and see how it go's.
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I personally wouldn't go for Fire as it focuses on AoEs which may end up with you being a bit of an aggro magnet.
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Fire can quite be turned into a high-damage single-target set when paired with Kinetics. It takes a little work, but it's more than possible, and as a Fire/Kin you're pretty much your own best friend.
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I've got a Kin/Rad defender, and Fulcrum shift, irradiate Atomic blast is truly gigglesome.
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I like to try most ATs to see what I am comfortable with. Because of the times I play and the external distractions I have (e.g. Wife and Kids..lol) I find that I prefer to have a character who I can comfortably solo with as well as someone who works well in a team. My "pure healer", for example, is fun to play but I have to play in a team.
This has meant that I have not cultivated a blaster-type before now as I never found one I was comfy with, until now. My new Fire/Kinetic Corruptor (Burnt Cinnamon, now lvl 11) is just so much fun to play. I find it easy to manage the aggro as I snipe more than use AoE, holding back on Fireball and Rain of Fire until i've picked off some of the minions. I have teamed a couple of times and of course things are much much easier and it is more fun playing the buffer/healer/blaster that way. Added bonus with this character is that she is in a superb fledgling Supergroup (the Sisterhood of Hades on Defiant) with a bunch of great people.
Just amde a fire one cause it seems more risky with the AoEs, tried Ice, but then made an Ice/Dark instead of Ice/Kin
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Yeah Ice/Kin does need you to be standing with the mobs. On the upside soon find you can one shot them.
Away to roll another corruptor. Already have Rad/Rad and Thermal/Rad so would like something completly different to try.
Reading the Corruptor forum "Kinetics" seems a popular and fun choice and am unsure wether to match it with Ice/Fire or Dark.
I like soloing but prefer team play and am not into PvP at all.
Any advice on a powerful combination for me?
I do have an Ice troller in CoH who i've become bored with at 26 but she is coupled with FF so no real surprise there.
Ideas and thoughts appreciated.