Empathy is a sole buff set. If you are more offensive/active (if you can find time to attack tho) a troller empath is better than a defender one.
My choice of primary will be Illusion. Illusion's real power lies in its pets so after you summon your pets you can focus on healing without being risked. Also Superior Invisibility accompanied with TP can open ghosting missions option for you.
Even with that good sides i find playing an Illusion controller very dull. Nothing good until you get PA other than Superior Invisibility. I never liked late bloomer sets anyway.
Edited cause i found the answer to my reply on an Ill Guide...
Carlsberg don't do Farming,
But if they did..........
For a buffer/healer i would role a thermal. Res shields and a good heal. Grav/therm could prob be pretty good imo, just because of the cage in grav.
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...just because of the cage in grav.
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You ARE kidding right?
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...just because of the cage in grav.
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You ARE kidding right?
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I hope you are, SRM
Yes, thought it was obvious. Sorry. 
its all about repel
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
Try a Plant /emp/thermal
Spirit Tree goes nicely with it, and Vines are fun too, plus extra -def.
Or go Grav, who doesn't love Dimension Shift?
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Or go Grav, who doesn't love Dimension Shift?
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Me, it sucks.
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Or go Grav, who doesn't love Dimension Shift?
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Me, it sucks.
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As i don't like Dimension Shift too your friends can die as you try to shoot an enemy with a sink or pot plant.
For a primary your best bet is illusion, it's the most passive - just drop the pets and concentrate on your secondary.
In regards to secondaries:
Storm, Rad and Trick Arrow are mainly debuff sets.
Of the remaining sets if you want to heal and buff you're looking at Empathy, Thermal or Kinetics. The kin's heal is an attack centered around the target - if this is an issue then discount kin if not then kin is a very good buffing set.
Thermal and Emp are quite similar in what they do and how they play - personally I prefer Thermal for the shields although the last big two powers in this set are debuffs.
Another option would be ill/ff.
You could pick up the main bubbles and then pick up the Leadership pool for all the togs (stacked defense) and Vengance and also the medicine pool for healing.
Dimension Shift - personally I love it, allowed me to street sweep large spawns by splitting them in half.
Or you can isolate the bosses by phasing the rest (with the right slotting)- use it properly and it's great; I much prefer it to sleeps where an idiot blaster can undo all your hard work.
L50s: Tanks: Cryofission - Ice/EM - Dr Celsius - Fire/Ice - Saint George - SD/SS | Controllers: Psichosis - Ill/Kin - Major Chaos - Ill/Stm | Scrappers - Neutron Crusader - DM/SR
Currently Levelling: Angelic Blade - BS/WP Scrapper | Seeds of Destruction - Plant/Kin Controller
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Dimension Shift - personally I love it, allowed me to street sweep large spawns by splitting them in half.
Or you can isolate the bosses by phasing the rest (with the right slotting)- use it properly and it's great; I much prefer it to sleeps where an idiot blaster can undo all your hard work.
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He he! You are right. This is why if someone asks me which is the best solo controller, i will answer as Mind right away. Even they are good in teams as all controllers, they have much field to work on their delicate business while soloing.
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He he! You are right. This is why if someone asks me which is the best solo controller, i will answer as Mind right away. Even they are good in teams as all controllers, they have much field to work on their delicate business while soloing.
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Best solo Controller for me would be illusion hands down!
Mind is nice but illusion has a tool for all occasions:
Your own personal tanks for taking the alpha
Self Stacking fear from Spooky
Confuse
Invisibility for stealthing missions
A pet that also summons it's own pet.
Even when I'm solo (which I do a lot) I never feel alone (quite often 6 pets including spooky).
Mind is good, Illusion is great 
L50s: Tanks: Cryofission - Ice/EM - Dr Celsius - Fire/Ice - Saint George - SD/SS | Controllers: Psichosis - Ill/Kin - Major Chaos - Ill/Stm | Scrappers - Neutron Crusader - DM/SR
Currently Levelling: Angelic Blade - BS/WP Scrapper | Seeds of Destruction - Plant/Kin Controller
I would really like a healer / buffer toon, I like defenders but i have been more and more tempted towards a thermal.
Whats the best form of buffs from any of the Def Primary's or Controller secondarys?
Suggestions as my Altism needs its usual hit...
Carlsberg don't do Farming,
But if they did..........