/rad universally good?

I've been reading the many positive opinions on /radiation controllers, and the major discussion of whether illusion or fire control is the better primary for damage, but generally, does radiation pretty much work with any primary? For instance gravity/radiation sounds quite fun to me. Waddya think?

Rad works with EVERYTHING

Fire and Ill are the best (and, if you want a completly proced out Ice/) because with Fire and Ice you have to stay in melee (Hot Feet and Artic Air) and can get the benefit of Chocking Cloud. For Ill it's because PA cannot be buffed and the -res that you provide with EF add a portion of dmg that will'not get healed back


Anyway, just do the primarie that you like, Rad just will make it awesome xD

Since i3 Rad has always been one of my favourite sets. Really no longer like my ill/rad any more especially with reference to damage but I guess that may just be my own opinion. For me PA used to contribute quite a bit to damage and as rad debuffs instead of buffs I guess it goes well together. But rad goes well with anything.

Much has probably changed but isnt fire/kin still the way to go for damage?

Radiation is the most flexible secondary for any primary. It works well with any primary. In most cases, it is the best or second best secondary for each of the primaries. Rad is also very "stackable;" the more Rads you have on a team the better the team will be.

Fire/Kin does more damage in upper levels, but Fire/Rad is safer and does plenty of damage. And if you have multiple Fire/Rads, they will go faster than a team of Fire/Kins. (The Statesman's TF speed record was set by a team of 8 Fire/Rads.) Why? The combo of Hot Feet+Choking Cloud stacked from multiple players is pretty much instant control of any group, without having to wait for recharge. Then stacked AM gives you constant buffs to Damage, Endurance, run speed, recharge and other stuff. A team of Fire/Rads can, if they stick together, pretty much run through any mission knowing that everything short of an AV will die in seconds. And then they have all those stacked debuffs to turn AV's into kittens.

I have also run on teams of Ill/Rads -- almost as fast. Pretty much any primary + Rad can make a superteam.

If you want details on the Rad powers, take a look at my Ill/Rad guide, linked in my sig.

I'd imagine that Trick Arrow would pair wonderfully with Gravity also. I just took an Illusion/TA to 50 over the dbl xp weekend, and I dearly LOVE LOVE LOVE how TA fills in a lot of gaps in the Illusion set.

I can only think it would help with Gravity's control gaps too.

Think of rad like the potato. Normal lunch nothing fancy: french fries. Nice dinner steak and baked potato. In the mood for Italian: gnocchi. Breakfast: hash browns. Downhome good: fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy. Comfort food: pot roast with carrots and potatoes. A nice hearty winter dinner: Scalloped potatoes. Hop over the pond: Shepherds Pie.

It's the all around set that just makes everything a little better but it doesn't bind you into just one type of "dinner". With rad you have choices.

hi mental! *waves*

Never kill on an empty stomach....that's what grandma always said.

One thing i didn't see mentioned was rad's ability to compliment any controller primary through the recharge reduction granted by accel metab. Accel metab makes perma-ing hasten worlds easier. Accel metab is also a damage buff for you and your primary pet (excluding PA of course).

More recharge = those long cooldowns coming up faster which is nice for pretty much any controller primary.

I read this board and have been interested in rolling up a new controller. It seems with the forum switch the guides have lost their links

I picked Earth for my primary as I was on a TF recently with one, and the visuals and sound effects were great! I am loving the sound effects on my own PC as it sounds like the constant rumbling of the earth. Seems like a very fun set. (Any advice?)

Rad? Wow. Like really, wow. My last troller was a /kin and I thought that was something, but this Rad appears to be fantastic. I am really looking forward to picking up some uniques for slotting. Could you fellow Rads tell me about slotting a Regen Tissue in Radiant Aura? What about a Miracle? Is this going to effect myself and the party??

Also the tier 9 power in rad is another AOE hold. My plant/rad really goes to town on hard control, with seeds, plant's aoe hold, and rads EM pulse.