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Originally Posted by NiVra
So i'm working on a plan for my next alternate character to get to 50. I'm thinking along the lines of either a rad/MM or a arch/MM and have a question in regards to the anciliary pool power: Flash Freeze.
Would this be a suitable "oh sh*t" power while soloing? Or with its low mag should I not expect for this to thin the crowd? Does Drain Psyche effect the sleep component? I figure using it as a one-two punch gives me a breather from the minions and a power-up against the lts and bosses. For some background, i plan on "power-lvling" myself with the lovely +8 feature when solo but will take part in TFs. I also expect to be doing both the LGTF and the ITF very often for some merit-purchases for my final IO build when i hit 50. |
You have to take either Snow Storm or Flash Freeze to open up the cold Epic.
Sleeps don't work on most robots and zombies.
Your main problem will be that you have no tools to handle a boss. Unlike most sleeps Flash Freeze has a very short duration and a very long recharge so you won't be able to double stack it to affect a boss. Though you can get small amounts of several types of defense from 4 slotting Flash Freeze with the Lethargic Repose set.
Drain Psyche works well with it since the only things that break sleeps are a change in The mobs hit points (damage or a heal) or a change in position (KD, KB, KU, or repel.)
You'll have a single target stun from either of your mentioned primaries, a mag 2 confusion, a 25% chance of mag 2 stun in Psi Shickwave, and a short duration fear in Scare.
You'd probably be better off with Snow Storm as the power to open the epic and Hibernate as your panic button.
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I sometimes use [Flash Freeze] that way on my ice/Ice/Cold blaster. As pointed out it won't work in all cases, and isn't going to help with a boss, but it'll silence a lot of the incoming for second to catch your breath with things get hairy.
I like it solo as a lead off power. The minions are all asleep, and I put my freeze rays and blasts to work on systematically to dismantle the opposition.
It's also a nice place to hold some relatively cheap purple IOs (well, used to be. no idea what they go for now).
I do not have any meaningful experience with the sets you are planning to use, so can't help you more specifically.
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So i'm working on a plan for my next alternate character to get to 50. I'm thinking along the lines of either a rad/MM or a arch/MM and have a question in regards to the anciliary pool power: Flash Freeze.
Would this be a suitable "oh sh*t" power while soloing? Or with its low mag should I not expect for this to thin the crowd? Does Drain Psyche effect the sleep component? I figure using it as a one-two punch gives me a breather from the minions and a power-up against the lts and bosses.
For some background, i plan on "power-lvling" myself with the lovely +8 feature when solo but will take part in TFs. I also expect to be doing both the LGTF and the ITF very often for some merit-purchases for my final IO build when i hit 50.
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