Storm/Sonic (attempt at build form own experience)
That many rech shouldn't be needed in O2, EndRdx would be more useful.
Steamy mist should have DamRes instead of DefBuff, much higher benefit.
Freezing rain could use slows/defdebuffs
Drop maneuvers altogether, not worth it, put assault in it's place and then get an useful power at 35.
I wouldn't go fly route unless its concept, Stormies are best grounded as its very very hard to control hurricaine with fly. Superspeed would be best choice imo. Also I'd recommend getting aid self for yourself, and getting stimulant as some form of status protection for your team, acrobatics would also be very useful,if you use hurricaine a lot in PvE knockback powers can be a real pain, acrobatics really helps.
appreciate ur criticism, its helping me get closer to a perfect build (if thats possible)
but when ur the only person with heal on a team then recharge is good for healing specially since it doesnt take that much end neway, -def and slows arent nesceary in rain since they pretty much reach cap with snow storm and sonic attacks
yes, fly is concept to my character and rarely fight in air neway, when i do i use hover, acrobatics would b nice but then id have to spend another 3 powers getting to it
also 1 more thing, wot power is there that ive not listed to get at 35, seeing as thunder clap covers sdisorient and steamy mist with 3 def (all) and manuevers and hover with 1 def(all) makes me a little harder to hit, specially with hurricanes tohitdebuff 3 slotted
personnally i couldnt think of any descent powers, which is y i chose leadership
plus, i ouldnt b bothered to wait for any replies so ued respec right after post :P
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but when ur the only person with heal on a team then recharge is good for healing specially since it doesnt take that much end neway, -def and slows arent nesceary in rain since they pretty much reach cap with snow storm and sonic attacks
[/ QUOTE ]Maybe not slow, but -def will be useful, sonic attacks don't provide that, they do -res.
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also 1 more thing, wot power is there that ive not listed to get at 35, seeing as thunder clap covers sdisorient and steamy mist with 3 def (all) and manuevers and hover with 1 def(all) makes me a little harder to hit, specially with hurricanes tohitdebuff 3 slotted
[/ QUOTE ]I'd take gale or the similiar power from sonic, the cone damage power from sonic, or amplify.
I find that I only have to use O2 boost sparingly anyway. If you're doing a good job with your storm powers then people often don't need healing. I don't have hasten and don't have any rechargers in O2 and it's practically spammable right out of the box.
I would ditch the rechargers completely and then just see how it goes. You can always add them in later if you find you desparately need it. If someone is getting their head kicked in then you *could* spam O2 boost on them and they *might* live but you're better just teleporting on top of them with hurricane running and stop the damage completely, then O2 them once and move on. Trust me, those Tsoo sorcerors know their onions.
EDIT: In snow storm I have 1 endredx and 3 slows. When I stick it on +5s I want them all at the 10% movement cap, bosses 'n all. And for end usage, once you get stamina and endredux SO's you'll barely realise it's running with just the one SO imo. I only have one endredux SO in every storm power and I rarely go below 50% since I6.
EDIT2: I can't recommend teleport strongly enough. It's just a must have imo for hurricane usage, unless you want to barrel your way through all the mobs and send them flying whenever you want to get from A to B in a fight. You don't always have a lot of room to maneuver, especially in narrow corridors. Also if you see something happening you can get your hurricane right there, right now and shut down that damage in one click. You can also absorb alpha strikes by teleporting into the mobs with hurricane running, if there is no tanker and the scrappers are scared of lots of purple mobs.
EDIT3: Doh. I just realised your are already lvl 35!
Id get assault over manuevers myself, particularly as a stormy.
02 boost is fine, but if you are needing to use it on a regular basis past level 30+ something is wrong. Storm has a bag of tricks to stop people getting hit in the first place.
If you are going the hover route with 'cane id 3 slot it with speed it becomes usable at that point.
Id contemplate getting sirens song to be honest - a nice AoE low damage + sleep effect? Its like mass hypnosis but better as it does damage. Admittedly it looses it effect with FR, but on my sonic blaster it is probably the best tool in the sonic box so to speak.
If you are getting hasten, you may wish to contemplate getting superspeed to stack with steamy mist for complete stealth, I 'spose.
All looks pretty solid otherwise.
Oh, and you HAVE to get get screech in there surely? apart from being a nifty hold it will stack with thunderclap to disorientate a boss.
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Id contemplate getting sirens song to be honest - a nice AoE low damage + sleep effect? Its like mass hypnosis but better as it does damage.
[/ QUOTE ]Argueable, since it causes damage it also causes aggro, mass confuse is aggro-free.
I'd say go for Screech at 35 too.
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Id contemplate getting sirens song to be honest - a nice AoE low damage + sleep effect? Its like mass hypnosis but better as it does damage.
[/ QUOTE ]Argueable, since it causes damage it also causes aggro, mass confuse is aggro-free.
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Fair point. Still one of the more tasty powers in sonic set tho.
Sirens' and Screech give sonic a very 'trollery flavour - and both are pretty attractive. As a storm/sonic I would say you really cant miss screech, especially if you are taking thunderclap.
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also 1 more thing, wot power is there that ive not listed to get at 35, seeing as thunder clap covers sdisorient and steamy mist with 3 def (all) and manuevers and hover with 1 def(all) makes me a little harder to hit, specially with hurricanes tohitdebuff 3 slotted
[/ QUOTE ]I'd take gale or the similiar power from sonic, the cone damage power from sonic, or amplify.
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On my Sonic/Sonic, Howl (the cone attack) is probably my most used attack - AoE damage + AoE -Res is a fantastic combination. It should be even better for a Stormy as you have the mob positioning tools to make sure you're always hitting plenty of enemies. Personally I'd take it earlier - but when you do get it it's certainly worthwhile.
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kool kool, nice tips guys
except on the o2 boost issue, people tend to think they can tank a map and split up, and as much as i try to warn them i seem to have the ability of silence against me as no1 listens to a damn word i say
next, cone attack on defender is really weak, even slotted, ony reason it'd b gd is -res
next, screech, thres generally no bosses in groups and thunderclap gets the rest, if there are every1 gets them 1st neways
also, sum1 (dont remember who) said to get gale or a sonic power along them lines at 35, i knot like knockback to an extent i have no control over wots going on, hurricane can generally keep em off my hide in melee and for PvP use its fine against melee's
had sirens song, and once again, being the n00bs i team with (u know who u r ) generally keep to sum kind of illogical rule that once a group is under sleep status they must use an AoE
lastly, i PvP alot with this alt, and i faught in the Super Union vs E.V.I.L sg rumble on sunday, with a win of SU 53 , EVIL 3 , but 1 problem ive come accross is ranged status against me, i have acrobatics for res to hold and knockback, combat jumping for res to immobolize, but when it comes to disorient and sleep im buggered
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I'd say go for Screech at 35 too.
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Wow, I really expected you to say more! I mean, after the amount you said in my thread, and that wasn't even your power sets!
Oh yes.
I'd say put 3 slows in Snow Storm, maybe 2/3 End Rdx in Hurricane, don't get Maneuvers (not that big of a buff, go for the Dmg + Acc ones), Dmg Res in Steamy mist rather than Defence, as I believe the Defence is just over Combat Jumping or something, and the res is very high. Just slot for full potential
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I'd say go for Screech at 35 too.
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Wow, I really expected you to say more! I mean, after the amount you said in my thread, and that wasn't even your power sets!
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name:
Level: 50
Archetype: Defender
Primary: Storm Summoning
Secondary: Sonic Blast
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01) --> O2 Boost==> Heal(1) Heal(11) Heal(11) Rechg(17) Rechg(17) Rechg(19)
01) --> Shriek==> Dmg(1) Dmg(3) Dmg(3) Acc(36) Rechg(46)
02) --> Snow Storm==> EndRdx(2) Slow(37) EndRdx(43) EndRdx(43)
04) --> Scream==> Dmg(4) Dmg(5) Dmg(5) Acc(36) Rechg(46)
06) --> Steamy Mist==> DefBuf(6) DefBuf(7) DefBuf(7) EndRdx(19) EndRdx(43)
08) --> Freezing Rain==> Rechg(8) Rechg(9) Rechg(9)
10) --> Hover==> DefBuf(10)
12) --> Hurricane==> TH_DeBuf(12) TH_DeBuf(13) TH_DeBuf(13) EndRdx(36)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14) Fly(15) Fly(15)
16) --> Swift==> Run(16)
18) --> Health==> Heal(18)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20) EndMod(21) EndMod(21)
22) --> Hasten==> Rechg(22) Rechg(23) Rechg(23)
24) --> Thunder Clap==> DisDur(24) DisDur(25) DisDur(25) Acc(37) Rechg(46)
26) --> Shout==> Dmg(26) Dmg(27) Dmg(27) Acc(37) Rechg(45)
28) --> Maneuvers==> DefBuf(28) DefBuf(29) DefBuf(29) EndRdx(34) EndRdx(42)
30) --> Tactics==> TH_Buf(30) TH_Buf(31) TH_Buf(31) EndRdx(31) EndRdx(40)
32) --> Lightning Storm==> Rechg(32) Rechg(33) Rechg(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(34) Dmg(34)
35) --> Assault==> EndRdx(35)
38) --> Dreadful Wail==> Dmg(38) Dmg(39) Dmg(39) Rechg(39) Rechg(40) Rechg(40)
41) --> Power Build Up==> Rechg(41) Rechg(42) Rechg(42)
44) --> Conserve Power==> Rechg(44) Rechg(45) Rechg(45)
47) --> Total Focus==> Dmg(47) Dmg(48) Dmg(48) Acc(48)
49) --> Temp Invulnerability==> DmgRes(49) DmgRes(50) DmgRes(50) EndRdx(50)
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01) --> Power Slide==> Empty(1)
01) --> Power Quick==> Empty(1)
01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Vigilance==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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BTW: im lvl 35 and jsut encorperated this into my build, any questions can reach me at @infurnus, i rarely check forums so probably best to get me ingame
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My honoured bretheren. We come together, to unite as one, against those that are damned, we show no mercy, for we have none, our enemies shall fall, as we uprise, to claim our fate, now and forever, we'll be together, in love and hate - Jason "Shyboy" Arnold