Fireball. You want Fireball.
For PvE, Fireball! That is all. 
Wow, rhyming o_O
Well, it's just I was told that Psy tornado did more damage than fireball. Then again, there's a smaller radius and some knockback IIRC.
Psi Tornado does more damage which is also less often resisted (and knockup), but you can get Fireball 6 levels earlier. For numbers, check a Hero Planner, or here's a quote from the US boards
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Many people say Fireball is the most powerful AoE available to controllers but through my testing I've found Psionic tornado to be more powerful because it's damage spreads out over the course of an AoE. Psionic Tornado with 3 damage SOs(+2) does contained damage to a white minion of 203 after the DoTs and fireball with 3 damage SOs (+2) does 186.
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CoX 50s: <ill/rad> <ice/ice> <fire/kin> <grav/sonic> <ice/storm> <earth/kin> <kin/elec> <cold/psy> <thugs/dark> <fire/dark> <dark/elec> <night widow> <EM/ninj> <mind/icy>
I'm currently being told over a /t that fireball sucks.. I'd just like to ask, what's the radius of it? And what other pros are there apart from it being 6 levels earlier?
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I'm currently being told over a /t that fireball sucks.. I'd just like to ask, what's the radius of it? And what other pros are there apart from it being 6 levels earlier?
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Fireball sucks? Maybe on a level 2 blaster it does... Once you've slotted it properly (2 acc 3 dmg 1 rchg) with containment and Fulcrum, you can 2-shot large groups. I would suggest to take it at 41 then you can always respec into Psi at 47 if you feel like it. And although psi damage is less resisted overall, it's true that in the 40s, you do face quite a few mobs for which fire damage works better (e.g. carnies, robots).
CoX 50s: <ill/rad> <ice/ice> <fire/kin> <grav/sonic> <ice/storm> <earth/kin> <kin/elec> <cold/psy> <thugs/dark> <fire/dark> <dark/elec> <night widow> <EM/ninj> <mind/icy>
for PvE I think indeed fireball is better, due to fact that mobs 47+ (lvl you get tornado) are either robots, carnies, malta or random enemy type from alternate dimension. Robots and carnies resist it, so aint very much use against those. For PvP though, I'd say pick psi.
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Heya, I'm just wondering, for my fire/kin, what epic to take. Now, I want to know, what are the damage numbers for the ST attacks and the AoE attacks are... this will sway my desicion. This includes changes, IE Ice storm using contanment now via I7. What will help me more in my damage? >_>