Ice/Rad, which Patron Power ?


Aerys

 

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Hey there,

My ruptor hit 37 last night and so the question of which patron to pick is gonna need an answer pretty soon.

I was first thinking about GW for soul drain (damage cap+Ice Storm / Blizzard anyone ?) but reading that it has a 4 minutes recharge makes me think it's kinda meh after all.

There's also Scirocco and his Endurance drain which seemed a massive must have a few levels ago but I'm having less and less end issues as I tend to 2 shot most mobs anyway (God has a name, and that name is Bitter Ice Blast).

So, which patron to pick ?

Note that the idea of summoning one of those arachnobots tickles my fancy, but I find the mace ugly =/

All in all there's only mako who doesn't really interest me,but then again I've never seen those powers in action.

So, advice anyone ? Can't make up my mind


 

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All those Rad toggles made me pick Scirroco for Power Sink, and I don't regret it.


"I know 653 ways to kill a man. Fist to the face is #56."

 

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I was having the same dilemma my Rad/Rad as well. To be honest, I wasn't that taken with any of the patron powersets. For a corruptor they are all pretty much of a muchness, not much to differentiate them, so the choice was down to which fitted my toon concept best - Ghost Widow in my case. I'm not that bothered about having a pet - I don't solo much anymore and 40+ teams already have a truck load of pets running around taking and causing aggro . Also felt that having to take 2 patron powers just to get a pet was a waste of a power pick - as a Rad didn't think my build really needed another attack or hold. So I've just ended up taking the damage resistance toggle - Dark Embrace - to improve survivability.

I'm taking more standard pool powers for my remaining 40+ picks - yeah a bit duller than those seductive shiny new Patron powers but far more useful!

No harm in trying out a few patron powers though - I hear next patch gives another free respec for completing the patron arc so you can always respec 'em out before 50...


 

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All those Rad toggles made me pick Scirroco for Power Sink, and I don't regret it.

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What's the recharge time on power sink ?

Currently it's a tie between Scirocco (for the end drains obviously) and Black Scorpion (for the arachnobot awesomeness).


 

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Not sure of the exact figures but my Corruptor has it slotted 3 recharge/3 end mod and on a large team, it's up pretty much every third mob.


 

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btw with black scorpion the arachnobot you get is a disruptor, and combine him with AM or any other type of rchg boost and u'll love him. I've been getting major reports of uberness from corruptors.


 

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Well, finally went with Scirocco, just couldn't pass up the end drain in the end...