not sure in this, so i rolled a fire/ice tank to find out 
.....only got to lvl 10 atm tho 
They would run away.. but its hard when they keep falling over 
Ice Patch + Burn ftw
Meant to be a very effective combo.
They would try to run away and yes, it is an effective combo.
Its a great incentive for tanks to keep herding imo although to some fire/ice its their only incentive 
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lol strange that u should hav this question - cos I was wondering myself... (abt 5 weeks ago) My fire/ice tank is now at L20
got burn at L18 - a real pain; enemies kept running away good damge though. taunting them did make em return, but they were indecisisve ie activate burn ...fire taunt... comes running in, burn (ow ow ow)... runs... turn round... comes back in range...ow ow ow.. cue run away again.. repeat
once got ice patch (L20)- better - but still hav to keep taunt on em. Good damge though.
Fire/Ice is a nice combo (currently at 28), but only for teaming ... because you need fitness and leaping, so you don't have many spare power picks.
There are more efficient combos, unless you plan on herding + burning + nuking with support.
Not fun enough to play on a regular basis but also not bad enough to delete for the slot (I have a fire/device blaster at 35 in the drop slot)
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I've been using ice patch+burn on my level 50 fire/ice for ages now, used to be a lot more effective but is still very useful today and since the changes to burn that let you buff it with build up has become the main way i get rid of foes again.
not sure how easy it would be to level these days but at level 50 mine is very good.
yeh back in the days fire/ice tanks were the king 
still miss those days!
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They would run away.. but its hard when they keep falling over Ice Patch + Burn ftw
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Yes, it was a very common build for Dreckers when Fire/Fire tanks had lost some of their "umph" in that particular area. However, Fire Aura is meant for high damage output, and Ice Melee isn't...
Although the Ice Patch does help to some extent, it's probably best for keeping you alive, rather than keeping enemies dead.
And IIRC Globe, you HATE you Fire/Ice Tank
I agree Chi, ice patch is helpful for a bit of crowd control but it might not be necessary on a tank due to them being able to take much more of a beating. I have it on my blaster and it is very useful but he is squishy.
According to my CoHbuilder, Burn repels foes (not the same repel as hurricane, it just makes foes run away from it). So I was wondering if Ice Patch + Burn would work fine or would they still run away?
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