Dark/Elec

I am thinking about making a controller-ish dark/elec. I could have a hold from each set plus one from the psi epic pool along with telekinesis, a sleep power, and an aoe confuse. It seems to me that this would rival a controller in terms of overall mitigation (when you include the other dark powers like fearsome stare,darkest night, and tar patch)...any thoughts on this?

Actually I just saw the Dark/ice thread which would definitely be better since you would gain another hold, ice storm, and -recharge. So wherever I said dark/elec, make it dark/ice.

Either case works well. Dark by itself is arguably more 'controllerish' than some controller sets.

Ice gives a lot of damage and the holds are nice, but that would be a tight build with Dark and Ice. Blackhole is commonly skipped, and for some Petrifying Gaze is (but you may want it for hold stacking). Ice varies a bit. Blasters tend to keep frostbreath but skip Ice Storm, Defenders tend to keep Ice Storm and skip frostbreath. Both usually keep Blizzard, which like Ice Storm has the Blaster damage scale.

For control reasons, Dark/Dark/Dark is nice. The stun of Dark Pit and Oppressive Gloom stack for excellent control. /Dark isn't a high damage set, but with +recharge and damage procs in Tenebrous Tentacles and Nightfall is does well enough.

There are lots of options to do what you want with the Dark primary as it fascilates its role to a control oriented Defender very nicely. The goal may be for you to just match it with the secondary you like the best.

Yeah I completely forgot about the /dark secondary

If you want to pretend to be a Dark/Elec controller, pick elec epic.

Short Circuit + Power sink = AoE hold (and gives endurance)
Electric Fence = ST immob (and gives you a third attack)
Shocking bolt = 3rd hold...and it's better Putrefying Gaze, don't even get me started.

Thunderstrike is kind of pukey but nice for knocking mobs back onto your tar patch...some kind of kb control power

Doesn't that look like a controller?