Advice Needed - Hit A Road Block With My Ice/Ice
By
Kinslayer_,
Posted on: 2006-08-01 11:08 in Everything about PvP
fit in aid self and 6 slot it, will improve survivability no end
dont be too concerned over powersink, the end drain is night on useless in PVP unless you are a dedicated drainer
the pet is useless in PVP IMO, im not taking it on any of my villains
Would take bitter freeze ray over the patron hold personally, its not as bad as people make out and add all important slows to targets anyway.
Personally, take patron armour, get aid self in and leave the other patron powers, them seem to suck big time, more powerful than hero epics (which they said as they are not changeable) my backside
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OK, I've been levelling and PvP'ing my Ice/Ice Corruptor for a bit now and I do love playing him but have a few areas that are troubling me a bit. The problem is that i'm not really sure how to improve them and while I annoy the hell out of players and pick up some kills, I do die a lot. My lvl 1-40 build is below:
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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: Exofrost MK IV
Level: 41
Archetype: Corruptor
Primary: Ice Blast
Secondary: Cold Domination
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01) --> Ice Blast==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Dmg(17) Dmg(19) Dmg(29) EndRdx(33)
01) --> Infrigidate==> Acc(1) Acc(3) Rechg(17) Rechg(31) Rechg(34) EndRdx(37)
02) --> Ice Bolt==> Acc(2) Acc(5) Dmg(15) Dmg(19) Dmg(29) EndRdx(33)
04) --> Ice Shield==> DefBuf(4) DefBuf(5) DefBuf(9)
06) --> Snow Storm==> EndRdx(6) EndRdx(7) EndRdx(7)
08) --> Freeze Ray==> Acc(8) Acc(9) Hold(11) Hold(13) Hold(15) EndRdx(37)
10) --> Aim==> Rechg(10) Rechg(11) Rechg(13)
12) --> Combat Jumping==> EndRdx(12)
14) --> Super Jump==> EndRdx(14)
16) --> Swift==> Run(16)
18) --> Hurdle==> Jump(18)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20) EndMod(21) EndMod(21)
22) --> Bitter Ice Blast==> Acc(22) Acc(23) Dmg(23) Dmg(27) Dmg(27) EndRdx(33)
24) --> Hasten==> Rechg(24) Rechg(25) Rechg(25)
26) --> Super Speed==> EndRdx(26)
28) --> Acrobatics==> EndRdx(28)
30) --> Benumb==> Acc(30) Acc(31) Rechg(31) Rechg(34) Rechg(34)
32) --> Arctic Fog==> EndRdx(32) EndRdx(36) EndRdx(36)
35) --> Frostwork==> Rechg(35) Rechg(36) Rechg(37) Heal(40)
38) --> Heat Loss==> Rechg(38) Rechg(39) Rechg(39) EndMod(39) Acc(40) Acc(40)
I took Scirroco as my patron to gain access to the all important Power Sink and now i'm trying to weed out the weaknesses I still have.
First off, it really is a squishy. A lot of people will target me as soon as I start dropping the slows on them as they really are a killer, especially for regens who take particular exception to me. The fact it doesn't have a heal and i'm often a high priority target is apparent very quickly unless I have my own personal healer backing me up(which team mates get the hump with when I'm monopolising the thermal).
Second, I'm not sure which powers to pick as my last three and where to put my slots.
Medicine Pool - With a pool still available, I could fit aid self in. I have no experience with this power but assume it will need 6 slots so will have to take a preliminary power at 44 and aid self at 47 to enble me to get the 6 slots in.
Patron Pool - I have the armour, hold and pet available. Not interested in the pet but the other two could be useful. Could 4 slot the hold if I take Medicine Pool and fit it in at 49, to stack with freeze ray, no idea what the animation and rooting are like though.
Leaping - another area for me is that I don't often use SJ as it means taking off CJ which is my immob protection. I could drop it altogether but that would mean losing acrobatics as well. While the mez on acro is not worth bothering about, not sure how much I will miss the knockback protection until it's gone. This change will allow me to fit the med pool in a lot earlier though, in time for Sirens but I will have to find 4 leaping slots to split between CJ/Hurdle as Acro and SJ are unslotted.
Other pools - Could look at another pool such as the presence one for it's fears or TP for TP foe. None of them seem like obvious choices but can be useful in certain situations.
More Primary/Secondary Pools - The obvious gaps in my main powers are the area specific AoE's, Ice Storm/Blizzard/Sleet. I've avoided these as animation on them is long so by the time you drop them, the targets have normally fled. However, they are all pretty powerful and if I drop Snow Storm on someone, that could slow them enough for me to use these.
All in all, it's a pretty solid build but there is definite room for some minor tweaks and I don't really know how to make the most of my power choices and slots at 40+. At the moment, I'm completely undecided so any input would be appreciated.
(I'm currently at lvl 45 and will respec as soon as I ding 50)