First off, welcome!
Since you're new to the game, i'd first advise you to play any character that you want to PvP with extensively in PvE. This way you'll gain valuable experience on your build and which powers are needed in different situations. These are the more damage-centric ones:
[u]Heroes
Scrappers[u]
Spines/Regen
Spines/SuperReflexes
Broadsword/Regen
Broadsword/SuperReflexes
[u]Blasters[u]
Fire/Energy
Ice/Energy
Sonic/Energy
Fire/Elec
Ice/Elec
[u]Controllers[u]
Ice/Radation
Ice/Storm
Fire/Storm
Fire/TrickArrow
[u]Defenders[u]
Radiation/Psychic
Radiation/Sonic
Storm/Psychic
Storm/Sonic
[u]Tankers[u]
Ice/Energy
Fire/Energy
Fire/SuperStrength
[u]Villains
Stalkers[u]
Energy/Regen
Energy/Ninjitsu
Energy/SuperReflexes
Energy/Willpower
Spines/Regen
Spines/Ninjitsu
Spines/SuperReflexes
Dark/Ninjitsu
Dark/SuperRefelexes
[u]Brutes[u]
Energy/Electric
Energy/Fire
Energy/Willpower
SuperStrength/Electric
Stone/Electric
Dark/Electric
[u]Corruptors[u]
Ice/Cold
Fire/Cold
Dark/Cold
Ice/Rad
Fire/Rad
Sonic/Rad
Ice/Thermal
Fire/Thermal
Sonic/Thermal
Ice/Kin
[u]Dominators[u]
Mind/Fire
Mind/Ice
Mind/Psychic
Fire/Psychic
Ice/Ice
Ice/Psychic
[u]Masterminds[u]
Necromancy/Poison
Necromancy/Dark
Ninjas/Poison
Ninjas/Dark
Thugs/Poison
Thugs/Dark
Thats just from a quick look over the various Archtypes in Mids. This isn't even taking into account PvP Support characters, so there's quite a few 
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Have fun!
@SinghMC
Lol at the Ice/Kin, homages to Phil FTW!
Also Psy Doms suck in PvP, if anything I'd switch it to /Thorns. Aim ftw.
Total Inertia > all
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
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Lol at the Ice/Kin, homages to Phil FTW!
Also Psy Doms suck in PvP, if anything I'd switch it to /Thorns. Aim ftw.
Total Inertia > all
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Depends on type of Pvp and who you fighting. You noticed that people are starting to pick up on psy (I have noticed a lot more about). I am sure my Psi dom would take down a thorn dom. It might lack the damage and aim but the -recharge really does hurt your opponent.
Heros
Max Powerz: Lv 50 Tanker
Villains
Max Khaos: Lv 50
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Plus, Drain Psyche is just full of win with its -500% Recovery & -500% Regen which lasts 30 seconds. Can easily be made perma.
@SinghMC
Hmm no ma/regen on scrappers? shame on you 
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Also Psy Doms suck in PvP, if anything I'd switch it to /Thorns. Aim ftw.
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Depends on type of Pvp and who you fighting. You noticed that people are starting to pick up on psy (I have noticed a lot more about). I am sure my Psi dom would take down a thorn dom. It might lack the damage and aim but the -recharge really does hurt your opponent.
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Villains packing Thermal shields also don't have res to psy, so Corrs with -res powers combined with "unresistable" psionic damage is definitely better in a team vs. team standpoint.
Not to mention that Thorns has long long long animations!
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Lol at the Ice/Kin, homages to Phil FTW!
Also Psy Doms suck in PvP, if anything I'd switch it to /Thorns. Aim ftw.
Total Inertia > all
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Depends on type of Pvp and who you fighting. You noticed that people are starting to pick up on psy (I have noticed a lot more about). I am sure my Psi dom would take down a thorn dom. It might lack the damage and aim but the -recharge really does hurt your opponent.
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Phil just said in response: hmm oh you slow recharge . . jack go pwn him . .oh wait heres shiver, chilblain, BoI
oh you want more . . heres some ice slick.
Basically he says that slows from Ice Primary would more than counter the slows from psi
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
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Plus, Drain Psyche is just full of win with its -500% Recovery & -500% Regen which lasts 30 seconds. Can easily be made perma.
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[censored] son! 
You'd only need 235% +rchg from set bonuses if you had Hasten and had slotted DP to have 95% recharge to make it perma!
In other words you'd need to be at the +recharge cap to achieve this, which isn't possible unless you're packing multiple kins in your back pocket.
-edit- Drain Psyche is pure win still though.
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Hmm no ma/regen on scrappers? shame on you
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Hey, i wasn't trying to get every PvP build!
On Psy, admitedly i haven't tried Drain Psyche but just looking at it, this would stop & then some Hibernate's End Recovery. Worth a few "lol" moments me thinks when the Tank aint recovering squat in Hibernate.
@SinghMC
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Plus, Drain Psyche is just full of win with its -500% Recovery & -500% Regen which lasts 30 seconds. Can easily be made perma.
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You'd only need 235% +rchg from set bonuses if you had Hasten and had slotted DP to have 95% recharge to make it perma!
In other words you'd need to be at the +recharge cap to achieve this, which isn't possible unless you're packing multiple kins in your back pocket.
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Fo' real? Nah i knew afterwards but i was too lazy to edit it. 
@SinghMC
Or it could be 135% +rchg if the natural 100% counts to the 400% rechg cap (like in damage enhancing)
135% is possible with heavy investment in purple sets.
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Lol at the Ice/Kin, homages to Phil FTW!
Also Psy Doms suck in PvP, if anything I'd switch it to /Thorns. Aim ftw.
Total Inertia > all
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Depends on type of Pvp and who you fighting. You noticed that people are starting to pick up on psy (I have noticed a lot more about). I am sure my Psi dom would take down a thorn dom. It might lack the damage and aim but the -recharge really does hurt your opponent.
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Phil just said in response: hmm oh you slow recharge . . jack go pwn him . .oh wait heres shiver, chilblain, BoI
oh you want more . . heres some ice slick.
Basically he says that slows from Ice Primary would more than counter the slows from psi
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Trying not to go too off topic but Phil was talking about secondaries as in thorns over psy (stating psy sucks which is blatantly not the case). I would rather stack even more -recharge having ice/psi over say ice/thorns.
Also to get Drain Psyche perma would need massive investment and so would be out of most peoples budgets. However with IO's you can get a decent return out of it thus having it up and ready much quicker then every 120 seconds. It defintely has a very noticable effect on toons that are endurance heavy or benefit from lots of regen (always makes me chuckle decimating a willpower toons regen/recovery making them cry).
Heros
Max Powerz: Lv 50 Tanker
Villains
Max Khaos: Lv 50
Overlord of E.V.I.L.
My Brute - http://maxy-khaos.mybrute.com/
LF SG! Arc ID# 193083
I PvP'd with my fire/psy perma dom build before I respeced it into a PvE build. It was fairly [censored] in PvP tbh.
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I PvP'd with my fire/psy perma dom build before I respeced it into a PvE build. It was fairly [censored] in PvP tbh.
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It doesn't surprise me knowing the people you fight against. Did you fight against any villains or toons that you stand a chance at e.g. not a fire/ice blapper of some kind? I have been quite enjoying my flavour of the year plant/psi lol.
Heros
Max Powerz: Lv 50 Tanker
Villains
Max Khaos: Lv 50
Overlord of E.V.I.L.
My Brute - http://maxy-khaos.mybrute.com/
LF SG! Arc ID# 193083
So you're basically saying that it owns in pvp against stuff which isn't very good.
That means my Claws/SR Scrapper needs to go on the list. I solo'd 8 nubs in BB at the same time with that.
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
My Willpower/Dual Blades tank does well against other melee types. Haven't tried it against anything else yet or anything that runs lol.
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So you're basically saying that it owns in pvp against stuff which isn't very good.
That means my Claws/SR Scrapper needs to go on the list. I solo'd 8 nubs in BB at the same time with that.
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Not at all! I just don't expect to be able to defeat everything put in front of me. For example Blasters tend to have a big advantage against doms so I would expect to lose (no matter my build). Against a tank, scrapper, corruptor etc I have a much better chance (obviously some sets will prove bothersome).
For someone thats new to pvp heroe wise I would recommend:
Scrappers - broadsword/regen or spines/regen scrappers
Tankers - ice/energy or superstrength/will power tanks
Villains:
Stalkers are quite handy and easy to get a grip with. Anything like energy/regen, energy/SR, energy/nin (energy is very popular due to massive burst damage and stuns).
Corruptors:
Ice/thermal
Fire/thermal
Sonic/thermal
Ice/Rad
Fire/Rad
Sonic/Rad
Ice/Cold
Masterminds:
Necro/Poison
Robotics/Forcefield
You tend to find you can enjoy most toons but the ones mentioned here are quite user friendly. I think I have to agree to the list of suggestions by SinghMC of archtypes that can function very well.
Anyway if you ever have any questions to do with PvP there is a wealth of experience on these boards. You might not have everyone agreeing with each other but remember the most important thing is that you are having fun.
Heros
Max Powerz: Lv 50 Tanker
Villains
Max Khaos: Lv 50
Overlord of E.V.I.L.
My Brute - http://maxy-khaos.mybrute.com/
LF SG! Arc ID# 193083
Really surprised no one has mentioned traps on a MM yet. OK, I wouldn't rate it as the "best" overall, but certainly one of the best MM sets for pvp.
My MA IDs:
Fiend Space: 211464
MMs and proper pvp don't mix too well, in the zones they're ok I guess if you get TP Foe and loads of slows, but that's not really my cup of tea. I only turn up as my mm in the zones when I fancy pvping, not winning or doing any proper damage cause FFs are so easy to run from.
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
I've recently made a DM/SR scrapper and am intending to use her for PvP. She'll be my first mainly PvP character, any tips or advice on builds etc?
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I've recently made a DM/SR scrapper and am intending to use her for PvP. She'll be my first mainly PvP character, any tips or advice on builds etc?
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Yes, reroll
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MMs and proper pvp don't mix too well, in the zones they're ok I guess if you get TP Foe and loads of slows, but that's not really my cup of tea. I only turn up as my mm in the zones when I fancy pvping, not winning or doing any proper damage cause FFs are so easy to run from.
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I havent PvP'd in a long time now, but I used to pvp in BB with my Thug/Dark MM with invis, phaseshift and fly. Was particularly fun to duel people in BB with that set up mostly because everyone expected me to go down like a shot (being an MM and all) but were quite supriced when I invisd and left them to the minions, uninvising, resumoning and phaseshifting when needed.
Also used to use my Claw/regen stalker with superspeed (greatest moment there was going toe to toe with a claw/regen scrap for a pretty long time and winning)
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@Clara Finch
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I've recently made a DM/SR scrapper and am intending to use her for PvP. She'll be my first mainly PvP character, any tips or advice on builds etc?
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Yes, reroll
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Take Fitness, SuperJump, Hasten, Superspeed, Aid Self (slot for interrupt reduction), Focussed Accuracy, all the /SR powers and 6-slot all your main attacks including ToF. Spend lots of time practising, and carry BFs.
[u]Then[u] reroll once you see a good Ice/EM or Fire/EM Tanker in action...
Hi im relatively new to the game and i came to a conclusion that pvp'ing is 1 of the best things i like about heroes/villains.
So could you all give me some suggestions on what the best pvp build there is for coh+cov.
Thanks