For solo PvP in the zones you probably don't want to be a controller at all. A scrapper or blaster would be the normal choices. Some people have done well with very specialised defender builds too. For Arena controllers can do pretty well one on one, with ill/xxx normally kin or rad being the favourites.
I love my controller to bits for PvE and I enjoy arena fights (she is grav/rad) but I gave up on zone PvP ages ago, it is not so well balanced for solo, and also not so good with teams even.
Heh that's the problem of the all controllers, Callista. 
We can completely fit into teams and always need a company for damage.
Swindler i opened a post about Mind Control and PvP in the PvP section. Guys gave some good advices take a look at it maybe it helps a bit.
Ok thanks guys, might just have to start a scrapper or stalker then ;P
Controllers are awesome in duels not as good as they used to be but still pretty tasty 
You can pvp pretty well with any primary each of which have there own positives and negatives. /Rad is the pick of the secondary with its strong debuffs and self heal. /Storm, & /Trick arrow have some great debuffs too and very nasty to fight against. Force Field is nice too with some status protection, PFF, and Force Bubble, gives you nice protection. If you want one build Fire/Rad is a good all rounder with decent damage and easiest pvp troller to level
Controllers can be hard to play though and probably isnt the best toon to start with. Brutes, Scrappers, and Stalkers are all good starting toons and once you have an idea of how pvp works you should move on to controllers and blasters both of which tricky for starting players but devastating when you know what you're doing
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Illusion/TA performs well in PvP. I would do even better if I made a specialised PvP build and added in Tactics.
Focus on single target powers, and stacked holds.
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Anything /rad for duels, anything but /rad for team pvp.
If you are not really familiarised with trollers, don't try them in the zones, specially in RV, and specially if you are /rad
Why not rad for zones?
The anchor will usually run away 'til the toggles drop or throw himself into a mob so you get the aggro. Other than that it works fine.
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Basically the run into mobs... all get attracted by the debuffer 
now consider that on a bunch of hungry psi spiders, then see him jump to another, then to another... in 3 secs you'll have the aggro cap on you 
(and if it's RV if you use it on the player, the heavy will kill you before the animation of RI is over, too)
yep, for zones controllers need good teams (well in the lower zones) but i will say they can be great fun.
I use an Ice/Storm & a Grav/FF in Sirens, warburg & RV and all of them get along ok when i find a few extra hero's to pair with.
I'd say storm is a good 2ndry along with TA for some easy going pvp.
Grav/Kin. More control, buffs and debuffs than you can shake a singularity-on-a-stick at!
But seriously, I know it's a spectacle in PvE but with mez supression I'm not too sure about PvP - plus, all that lovely KB will likely be negated by a squishy's (seemingly PvP manditory) Acrobatics. Still, it gets Propel and Fulcrum Shift - what's better than hurling a fridge at your opponent? Dealing huge amounts of damage with it, even without Containment.
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kin trollers are good as buffers in pvp. Solo wise, there are too many defense sets around to be effective. You deffo need containment to kill stuff, and some sets you won't get to kill even with containment. Fulcrum shift isn't the best power, too (not much buffs from just one foe). You better not use your pet in the zones, or else it will aggro everything around (believe me, you don't want that to happen at all).
Kin defenders on the other hand have aim (unless you are /psi), which helps vs high defense sets, and a higher dps than trollers, so all in all, if i wanted a kin for pvp in coh, I'd go for a defender hands down
Here it is.. My first ever thread 
I made this thread to ask about fire/kins in pvp, eventhough i see now i didnt mention those two words once.
But now i've taken my fire/kin up in the higher lvls, and im wondering, is there any "Fire/Kin PvP" Build?
Im fairly sick of the farming part, and i wanna try this baby in pvp.
So anyone know a nice pvp build?(And if u got the time, Slotting with IO's wouldnt be wrong either )
Thanks in advance if anyone replys!
for a solo toon in pvp its either scrapper, tanker, brute, stalker.
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Yeah, controllers, defenders, blasters, corrupters etc sucks! 
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At least I can count to 7!
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Go Fire/FF trust me its great . I hold my own pretty well for a troller wiv mine. U get PFF which is a life saver, ST bubs 4 ur pets/team mates, detention field is also a useful power, dispersion bubble is great 4 mez protection and although i dnt av Force Bubble in my build i hear thats useful 2 . On the fire side ur imps shud b able 2 finish of most held foes, spammin ur ST hold/immo also helps hehe.
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baaah nvm, always when i say i want to pvp with my CONTROLLER who is a fire/kin, they always tell me to roll a scrapper... ill just make it into a über farming toon instead... Thanks for the Great advices
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(Just wait for me to level my mind/thorns Dominator up, you dirty Defense user you)
Yeah, Fire/FF is surprisinly well-prepared for PvP with the slight resistance to control effects and a nice amount of +defense.
PvP-wise, the primaries I've tried are: Mind (large amount of control, lacks quite a lot in the damage-dealing department), Fire (Good damage potential, fast-recharging ST hold, Imps) and Gravity (Good DoTs, wonderful soft control (slow) on top of the normal control, a flying pet, and neat tricks (Phase, Teleport)). Secondaries I've tested in PvP is limited to Empathy and Radiation - Empathy is for teams, Radiation rocks in Arena and if you use the toggles carefully, also in the zones.
Pretty much any AT/Powerset combo can be made into a PvP character with some adjusting. They may not work in all situations (I wouldn't dream of solo PvPing with my Empath Defender, but in teams she's highly useful), but when you find where and how they work, things fall into place.
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baaah nvm, always when i say i want to pvp with my CONTROLLER who is a fire/kin, they always tell me to roll a scrapper... ill just make it into a über farming toon instead... Thanks for the Great advices
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Fire/Kin is a great PvP char, seriously. Fastest ST hold in the game, Speed Boosted Fire Imps, Slow, Enddrain, AoE Heal. Take some extra damage potential from your APP and you're more than set to do decent fighting.
One more thing: Don't roll a scrapper for PvP. Roll a Fire/Kin controller. If you want to do duels, make a Grav/Rad Troller.
(Now "they're" saying the opposite from what "they" were always saying. Aren't "they" fun.)
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I totally aggree on the don't roll a scrapper, there are a lot of thermals and kins these days and they totally own melee toons. And I think the /regen cap in a zone has been reached by now :P (just kidding don't hit me)
I think im gonna roll a Fire/Rad to pvp with (Controller)
Lo'
I got a controller, and i live to pvp, so my question is, whats the "best" pvp powers and build ? ? I know there aint a "best" build for everything, but there must be one or two that does the job in pvp gr8.
Ill probably be soloin..
Thanks