Well, looking at the hold sets, paralytic only has 5 IOs, and the 6th slot of the other 3 give you a couple of % ranged def, melee def or psi resist; so you could probably pass on fully slotting those and find room for at least one damage IO if you were desperate for damage.
hth
Bob
I'm going for Ghost Widows Embrace in my Blind as it was simply the first usable recipe drop I got, so thought I would.
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Sorry Weiss, but as far as I know it's not commonplace to slot Single Target Holds for damage 
It's a bit more common to slot single target immobs for damage though, as they are used by some for damage, and therefore don't need any duration.
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Sorry Weiss, but as far as I know it's not commonplace to slot Single Target Holds for damage
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It is if you have Hami-Os: I have Blind on my ill troller slotted 2 Acc 3 Hold 3 Dmg 3 Sleep 2 Rechg. 
CoX 50s: <ill/rad> <ice/ice> <fire/kin> <grav/sonic> <ice/storm> <earth/kin> <kin/elec> <cold/psy> <thugs/dark> <fire/dark> <dark/elec> <night widow> <EM/ninj> <mind/icy>
If you where so inclined you could slot you single target hold with a ranged damage set, or half of a hold set half of a ranged damage set. It's just a matter of taste.
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My fossile is slotted 3acc 3mez 2dmg 2recharge using SOs, and I can kill things better. For that reason, slotting the hold with IO sets won't be what i'll do with my earth/rad...
@Double
Double Flame 50 fire/devices
Double Shade 50 tri-form warshade
Double Light 50 dwarf-human peacebringer
Double Control 50 earth/rad
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My fossile is slotted 3acc 3mez 2dmg 2recharge using SOs, and I can kill things better. For that reason, slotting the hold with IO sets won't be what i'll do with my earth/rad...
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10 SO's in one power?!!?
I reckon you need a special badge for that? 
lmao, HOs, sorry
@Double
Double Flame 50 fire/devices
Double Shade 50 tri-form warshade
Double Light 50 dwarf-human peacebringer
Double Control 50 earth/rad
I've 4 bits of GWs Embrace in my Grav/TAs single target hold for the 2.5% End. One of them is the Damage Proc because it looked interesting.
The other slots are non-set IOs designed to "compensate", to make sure Hold Duration is 95% etc.
I'm thinking of putting 2 Thunderstrike in for the 2% recovery (I'm going for a Staminaless build) but I'll have to see how to slot it first. Probably an Accuracy/Damage and an Accuracy/Damage/Recharge coupled with the End/Hold, Reharge/Hold, Acc/Hold/Recharge & Chance to Psi PROC. That still means my hold duration will only be about 60% boosted. But with nice set bonuses & a decent accuracy & recharge.
With my Mind controller I always went the classic 2 Acc / 2 Rech / 2 Hold enhancements in my hold powers.
This resulted in six slots and +66% Acc / +66% Rech / +40% Hold (given even level SOs, a bit more with +3 SOs)
Now with IO sets (above level 26), I go:
Set A. Acc/Rech + Acc/Rech/Hold
Set B. Acc/Rech + Acc/Rech/Hold
Set C. Acc/Rech/Hold
With five slots I get +95% Acc (ED reduced) / +95% Rech (ED reduced) / +60 % Hold
(All values are approximate, dependens on IO level)
Which is clearly superior and gives me a spare slot to use elsewhere. Or to use in the same power for a, let's say, Hold/End.
Additionally, I get the first set bonus for two sets in each power. I usually go for the Recovery bonus in my quest to get rid of the Fitness pool.
Somebody said that it was not useful to think in slotting IOs previous to level 50. My opinion is clearly the opposite.
My character is level 31 and, as it is shown above, IO sets can be amazing at quite low levels.
Also, with the key aspects (Acc, Rech) "maxed" and IOs not loosing effectivity with level I don't plan on renewing my IOs every five levels. This slotting will serve her till level 50. I would say this is a good investment.
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Also, with the key aspects (Acc, Rech) "maxed" and IOs not loosing effectivity with level I don't plan on renewing my IOs every five levels. This slotting will serve her till level 50. I would say this is a good investment.
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Totally agree with you here, been using IO's on my ill/rad troller from 25 - 29 so far and the difference is clearly HIGHLY noticeable, pre I9 i needed to carry a tray full of blues/reds to be of a high standard, now thanks to the acc/dmg/end red IO combos my troller feels almost TOO overpowered. And i dont think im going to renew my IOs until the lvl 40s, spending thousands on recipes isnt worth adding an extra percentage imo, well not until lvl 50 anyway
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Yep I noticed a great benefit from Set IOs in the 30s & 40s with the Powers you pick up then.
Like when I got EMP Arrow at 38 I was able to slot in an Accuracy/Recharge/Hold set IO into the one slot and get great use from it straight out of the box rather than waiting until level 39 for a few slots to make it worthwhile. It takes so long to level from 32 onwards this is a great benefit.
Quick question.. with the new hold sets of IO's, what are people doing about slotting damage enhancements in things like fosilize and stone prison etc? Are people going for 6 of one set and skipping damage or not fully slotting all of sets?