I agree, Freezing Rain is one of the best Defence Debuffers there are.
Although, i think you should decide on whether u want Defence debuffs in, or Damage Resistance Debuffers in it.
There is a difference i think, i think defence is used to work out whether an attack will hit
(so if u attack after reducing an enemys defence, then it just makes u more likely to hit them)
But
If you debuff an enemys damage resistance, then an attack that does a mere 82 damage (eg my lightning storm) can now do possibly 112 damage to a equal lvl enemy.
This is just a hypothetical idea, i did test this on enemys lower level than me, eg lvl 18s
And without freezing rain, my lightning storm did 112 damage, and after freezing rain, each blast of lighning did a figure in the 300's
And i think this debuff was with only 1 defence debuff, and one damage resistance debuff.
Its definitly useful on bosses, although, can be annoyingly in-effective against flying enemys such as flying trolls, or outcast at early levels.
Somtimes u will get players in pvp who are stupid enough to fly through a freezing rain that u place in air.
NOOOOBS!!! Lol
(also, with 2+ recharge reductions on lightning storm, u can have 2 overlapping lightning storms)
You can't slot FR for resistance debuff, since there are no resitance debuff enhancements. The best way to slot it is 3 recharge, and then a mix of DefDebuff and EndRdx.
swear to gawd, i remember having -res on my freezing rain...
cant remember what it is, but will check tonight when im logged in.
Although, thinking about it... i could have been thinking about Steamy mist instead.... I might have resistance and defence "buffs" both in it, and confused the res as -res for freezing rain..... boo hoo
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swear to gawd, i remember having -res on my freezing rain...
cant remember what it is, but will check tonight when im logged in.
Although, thinking about it... i could have been thinking about Steamy mist instead.... I might have resistance and defence "buffs" both in it, and confused the res as -res for freezing rain..... boo hoo
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Nah. I made the same mistake yonks ago too. MaX was right back then too 
Recharge & Defense debuff are the way to go alright. For builds without immob attacks a slow or a 2/3 slow slotted Snow Storm is pretty useful to add on to it.
I'm a strong advocate of slotting 3 slows in snow storm. It may bring +0 minions to a crawl unslotted but add a few levels to the mobs and without 3 slows they will be running around like they are on crack.
Even with 3 slows mine barely touches +5s and above and you only have to be the lowest member of a team that is doing +2s/+3s to the highest member. Not an uncommon occurance.
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Even with 3 slows mine barely touches +5s and above and you only have to be the lowest member of a team that is doing +2s/+3s to the highest member. Not an uncommon occurance.
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And yes, all power effectiviness scales very steeply after you're fighting +3's or higher, so against +5 or +6 your powers are next to useless.
Really? 10 slotted Stamina?
I don't see how you can, I think I'd struggle with 1 end rdx, but anyway.
On another note, is TP bugged? or is it me? Last time I checked, there were certain 'invisible walls' I couldn't TP through, or onto... has this been fixed?