Part 1: Water spout ownz, but it all depends on the scenario... If you are in 1 on 1 arena, u can hold an enemy, kick him, and when it become to wearing off, put water spout and get him permaknocked, with some dmg, and disorient him... awesome trick.
The worst scenario i can think using it is for a big mob spawn, in a 8 ppl team, and open with it... lol, AoE's will be very dissapointed 
U can use WS as a corner blocker, if ur team is runing... U can open a fight with it, and before it arrives, apply cages for avoid kb...
And also, think that many powers sux without properly slotting... The best sloting for this power is 3xSHO Dmg/Mez + 2-3 Rech IO (the 3rd wouldnt be a great difference, so maybe u can move it to another place).
Part 2: As a long biased Mind/ player, i would suggest go to Mind/ and enjoy the great control it provides... Maybe a /Psi if u like more AoE (late bloomer), or /fire /ice to more ST oriented... If u want a nature toon go for plant/thorns, it is very solid.
Cheers.
I think the thing to note is the water spout is a chaos contol power, not an aoe damage power.
Secondly, yes, your immob is canceling it out.
Personally I wouldn't take this on dom (ok for a stalker or corruptor). I wouldn't take any patron other than scirrocco on a dom though.
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Yeah after more playing it does seem to be the case that that is its more suitable role. Its been pretty handy when soloing just to chuck it in when i get in over my head. Ah well, dunno what i'll do about AoE...Although im doing ok at the mo so i'll survive.
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Secondly, yes, your immob is canceling it out.
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Sorry, my original post wasn't clear, i was really complaining about the amount of kb, but i am growing to love it.
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Personally I wouldn't take this on dom (ok for a stalker or corruptor). I wouldn't take any patron other than scirrocco on a dom though.
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Sadly there's not much i can do about that now. I know for my next dom, which i'm thinking will be the fotm plant/psi
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All the patrons are more or less balanced against each other as far as doms are concerned - the only exception being GW, who is simply weaker than Scirocco (and therefore the rest as well).
Water Spout works very well for some dom powersets. Sadly, I think Fire has the worst synergy of them all since the Imps rely on being in melee to do anything. With a ranged pet powerset (espcially Plant Control gives you the Creeper pesuo-pets too), the chaos Water Spout causes will be much more limited to the enemy...
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Personally I wouldn't take this on dom (ok for a stalker or corruptor). I wouldn't take any patron other than scirrocco on a dom though.
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Sadly there's not much i can do about that now. I know for my next dom, which i'm thinking will be the fotm plant/psi
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I wouldn't feel too bad about it. I have water spout on my mind/psi and love it, one of the best patron powers there is IMO.
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I think the thing to note is the water spout is a chaos contol power, not an aoe damage power.
Secondly, yes, your immob is canceling it out.
Personally I wouldn't take this on dom (ok for a stalker or corruptor). I wouldn't take any patron other than scirrocco on a dom though.
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Well, it is ur opinion... In my opinion, and after using both patrons, water spout is nice for arenas when supression time kicks in, also adds an extra of dmg, and it can keep the enemy perma-knocked... It is so usefull that i have discovered myself trying to call my tornado in Warburg, when it isnt available yet... so sad...
Of course, for only pve/farming purposes, i can undertand it maybe just dont add many things...
And last thing is that this power will be active even if u are held, coz it is a pet, and works alone... It will protect u like a 'bodyguard'... Who dont want a bodyguard for us squishies??
Hi all,
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This post is in two parts:
Part the First!
Well, after getting my Fire/Energy Dominator to 41 last night, i picked up Water Spout from the Leviathan pool.
First i just cast it on the ground: "mmm pretty" i thought. Then i tried it out on some mobs: "oh pooey
Yeah so i wasnt terribly impressed with it, pretty pants damage, didnt really notice the stunning going on and massive knockback (although that might be cos my reapplied firecages missed a couple of mobs so the -kb wasn't reapplied). I was kinda hoping that it would boost my sadly lacking aoe damage, but i seem to spend all the time worrying about reapplying fire cages that i dont get to blast. So what I'm asking you all is; How should i be using water spout? What contexts is it good/bad? Should i just respec it out for chum spray? or any other comments you have on Water Spout and the Leviathan pool generally.
Part the Second!
Well since the above dominator is nearly 50 (and i rarely play toons when they hit 50 - dunno why, prefer the leveling) I am thinking about which dominator to roll as my next one (one is never enough). So, what combos do you like and would recommend and why?
Thank you for your time!
JD
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