Controller

What's the best build for a controller? Everyone has an idea but is it Proven to be the best?

Best for what situation?

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I don't think your question could have been more ambiguous. What primary/secondary? Solo or team? Farms? TFs?

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It's important to note that this game isn't about "best build" like other games. You don't have to play Empathy to be invited to a team. People won't go "Ew, Storm? Go roll a real Controller, nub." This game isn't WoW, Guild Wars, or Ragnarok Online. There are not builds or powers that are required to do anything in this game (although a few people shout about Granite Armor and Fulcrum Shift).

Don't worry yourself with trying to find the optimal build, because this game is very open. Pick something you think sounds good, and have fun playing it. Believe me, you'll have more fun playing your own idea of a character than someone else's.

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

This jus goes to prove that there is no best build regardless of any situtation. You have to be in a confrontation in order to win. I do understand that this is not those other games. That is reason why i asked.

And again, the answer would be "For what?"

Personal answer, the best controller gives the most amount of control. When I think of "Controller," I *immediately* go to Earth, Ice, or Plant, with Mind at various levels in there. Insane control? Earth/TA, for instance. You may not solo fast, but you'll be so incredibly safe it'll be boring.

Fire/Kin comes up a lot, as it's a specific farming monster. (Or was. I have one I rarely play, just because I hadn't made one.)

Want heavy team support? Pair one of the heavy control primaries with, say, /FF, /Rad, /Empathy or /Thermal.

Want annoying, play Ill/Sonic.

Of course, come Going Rogue, you'll have folks bringing Dominators over, with a rather different playstyle, and you'll have to decide just how you want your control served.

Regardless, though, it depends on what you want to do with the controller. My Earth/FF is not, for instance, a fast soloing build.

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I love my Ice/Rad for TF's and AV hunting.
I love my Fire/Kin to make inf on my BM farm.
I love the look of Plant.
I love love teaming with my Fire/Storm and/or Ill/Storm. (must know how to play /Storm though)

I like my Fire/TA.

It's the only controller I've ever leveled high enough to get the pet. I like that it's pure offense.

"What? Oh...sorry...I skipped the Heal Arrow"

The one you actually know how to play. Proven time and again.