Here is my Mind/Thorny Assault build. This build is from when IO's first came out and I haven't revisited my plan in a while so there could be some n00biness with some of the slotting or sets. I had a great time playing this toon all the way to 50.
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I highly reccomend Mind/Thorny its a very solid set. Plant Thorn is very fun and can work team or solo. But the mind/thorny feel is very "scrappery" if you ask me. It will be fun from level 1-50...don't skip: Skewer, Impale, Ripper, and Thorn Barrage are all heavy hitting attacks now. Levitate, Dominate, and Confuse will give you a pretty solid chain of control in the early levels. (Mesmerize is nice too if you plan on taking on lots of EB/AVS). Honestly, right now I have a lvl 30ish mind/thorny who just has generic IO's and even with no set bonuses he's a blast. Slotting Kinetic Crash in Thorn Barrage and Ripper is a cheap way to get about 15% +recharge if you're going that route. Or maybe think about slotting the -resist from Achilles Heel and the "chance for negative energy damage" from Lady Gray's set. Lots of ways to slot..but really you just cant go wrong here..play around on mids and see what suits you best.
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Originally Posted by Jdagon
Here lately I have been creating multiple heroes that I use for various purposes, and most of which have been because I haven't seen very many on Virtue server. I was wanting to make a */Thorny Assault dominator and I was wonder which would be better for a mostly solo person with a decent amount of teaming (I would say 69% of the time solo 31% of the time on teams) Mind Control or Plant Control. So can anyone help me......Just a little more info to help out the advice coming in: I have around 200-300mil infamy to spend on this build and I would like it to be fun from level 1 to level 50.
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My level 50 Dominators:
Madame Mindbender 50 Mind/Energy
Fly Agaric 50 Plant/Thorn
Nate Nitro 50 Fire/Psi
I've got a 50 Mind/Thorns myself.
Mind is a great set. Mesmerise/Dominate/Confuse will mean you can solo effectively at a very early level. You may find yourself lacking in effective aoe controls, but once you get Mass Confusion you can just alternate between that with Total Domination and Terrify for each new group while you're in a team.
I found Thorns to be ultimately lacking unfortunately. The dmg buff in Aim is low, and the +tohit is overkill on a set that already inflicts -def. Thorn Burst takes so long, most teams will have destroyed the entire group bar any bosses by the time you can get in position and wait for the incredibly long activation time.
The main killer I've found though is the constant redraw animations, which if youre pairing with Mind, you are going to see a lot, and that your strongest ranged attack Thorn Barrage, will cause guaranteed kb on foes, which is just shooting yourself in the foot with such a melee orientated assault set.
Are there any positives about Thorny Assault? Sure in that it's one of the most badass looking sets, and that it was Skewer's animation and high damage which was what originally sold me to Thorns in the first place, and Fling Thorns' wide and shallow cone is also one of the best aoes you can ask for a melee focused set.
If you're not set on Thorny Assault, I'd recommend going Ele or even NRG Assault now if you're in need of a melee focused set, or just fire for general badassery.
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Here lately I have been creating multiple heroes that I use for various purposes, and most of which have been because I haven't seen very many on Virtue server. I was wanting to make a */Thorny Assault dominator and I was wonder which would be better for a mostly solo person with a decent amount of teaming (I would say 69% of the time solo 31% of the time on teams) Mind Control or Plant Control. So can anyone help me......Just a little more info to help out the advice coming in: I have around 200-300mil infamy to spend on this build and I would like it to be fun from level 1 to level 50.
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