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Local_Man

By Local_Man,
Posted on: 2009-10-22 22:29 in Controllers

 

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Hey Folks,

So, to make a not very long story even shorter, I'm in the market for a new controller alt. While trying to think up which sets to go with, I came up with an idea for a conbination tht you reall ydon't see too much off in my experience, Earth/Sonic.

Now, on paper it should have excellent AoE hard lockdown, -Def and -Res debuffs (and great -tohit as well while liquify is up), good team buffs, and decent soft control with quicksand/earthquake.

The question I have is this: Looking at the numbers, and assuming Stoney dosen't have a resistence cap under 100% (He has 100% psionic res, afterall), it should be possible to get *all* of his resistances up to 100%. His lowest base resistance is in smashing at 40%. With 20% from the two pet res IOs, 23% from the fully slotted shields, and 17% from the bubble that should be just enough to turn this neigh unkillable mini-tank into a *completely* unkillable one.

The questions I have are:

A) Is this even possible, or does he have a cap I am unaware of?

and

B) Is worth it? Considering the amount of conrol I would already have, and the lack of individual damage capabilities compared to another primary

 

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Hey Folks,

So, to make a not very long story even shorter, I'm in the market for a new controller alt. While trying to think up which sets to go with, I came up with an idea for a conbination tht you reall ydon't see too much off in my experience, Earth/Sonic.

Now, on paper it should have excellent AoE hard lockdown, -Def and -Res debuffs (and great -tohit as well while liquify is up), good team buffs, and decent soft control with quicksand/earthquake.

The question I have is this: Looking at the numbers, and assuming Stoney dosen't have a resistence cap under 100% (He has 100% psionic res, afterall), it should be possible to get *all* of his resistances up to 100%. His lowest base resistance is in smashing at 40%. With 20% from the two pet res IOs, 23% from the fully slotted shields, and 17% from the bubble that should be just enough to turn this neigh unkillable mini-tank into a *completely* unkillable one.

The questions I have are:

A) Is this even possible, or does he have a cap I am unaware of?

and

B) Is worth it? Considering the amount of conrol I would already have, and the lack of individual damage capabilities compared to another primary
My understanding is that Rocky has Resistance caps of 90% in the damage types where he is not inherently higher (meaning only Psi). So he will not be completely unkillable, he will be pretty close. But you have to take into account that there are adjustments for levels, so a high level AV will still be able to knock Rocky upside the head . . . or whatever it is that Rocky has.

Earth/Sonic is a combo that has a guide from HotButteredSoul, called "I feel the Earth Move . . . " It is old, from I-7, but discusses the combo pretty well and is one of the guilds I liked when I was writing my Earth/Rad guide.

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