Sonic's general bane, much to my own displeasure, is Psionics. You offer, and get no protection from it. (My suggestion is currently to put some resist in Clarity...because it makes sense.)
That being said, I would really like to try and persuade you to a different secondary. Sonic is much more comfortable at range, where radiation, if you pick up Irradiate (which is way better than Electron Haze, Irradiate debuffs defense for like 37.5% I believe, where Haze is much less potent, where was I?) Right, Irradiate will make you melee centric.
Sonic is a great set to pair with a tank. It tops the tank off for common damages, and gives them a great -res aura around themselves to make them feel oh so much stonger!
Personally, I'd think about a more ranged secondary, maybe dark... for more -tohit to help the tank out even more.
That's just me 
I've got a sonic guide floating around on the forums, can take a look for it if you like.
Quote:
That's the thing - half the reason I want to avoid Irradiate is that I've got no interest in being stuck melee-diving again for AoE after playing an earth/fire Dom as my most recent main project. My actual reason for wanting to go Rad is that it looks cool, and Liquefy + Atomic Blast should be very entertaining.
|
Originally Posted by PosterChild
Sonic's general bane, much to my own displeasure, is Psionics. You offer, and get no protection from it. (My suggestion is currently to put some resist in Clarity...because it makes sense.)
That being said, I would really like to try and persuade you to a different secondary. Sonic is much more comfortable at range, where radiation, if you pick up Irradiate (which is way better than Electron Haze, Irradiate debuffs defense for like 37.5% I believe, where Haze is much less potent, where was I?) Right, Irradiate will make you melee centric. Sonic is a great set to pair with a tank. It tops the tank off for common damages, and gives them a great -res aura around themselves to make them feel oh so much stonger! Personally, I'd think about a more ranged secondary, maybe dark... for more -tohit to help the tank out even more. That's just me I've got a sonic guide floating around on the forums, can take a look for it if you like. |
So with i16 on the way and a buddy being likely to roll an Elec Armor tanker, I've decided to put together a defender to play with him. I'll be going sonic emission/rad blast/power and, while I have a pretty good idea how I want to put the character together, I've got a couple questions:
Is Irradiate strictly better than Electron Haze even if I don't mind aiming a cone? At least one existent rad blast guides seem to suggest that it is, which seems odd as Electron Haze would appear to have marginally higher base damage.
If I load up Neutrino Bolt with the def debuff damage procs, am I going to like the results?
Cosmic Burst's stun would appear to be guaranteed. Is there any reason to slot it for duration apart from having ambitions to stun more than one thing at once?
Is slotting for status resistance going to be worth my time, given Sonic Dispersion's already-broad protection options? I'll probably splurge a little and get a Steadfast knockback IO for one of the shields regardless, but is there anything else I'll really need to watch out for in PvE content?
Are there any other must-haves or tricks you can think of that I ought to know about?
All advice is appreciated.