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Ice Control powers to take:|
Originally Posted by Renardine
I am making an Icelandic female shaman character, and have decided on Ice/Earth.
Are there any powers to definitely avoid, and any key synergies I should exploit? I will be starting broke on a new server, so if anyone has a build, or just build advice using SOs only it would be greatly appreciated. Some people say skip single target imobilizes, I know some powers counteract Ice slick...etc... Any advice? Thank you so much, and wish me luck! |
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Glacier
AA
Ice Slick
Jack Frost
Earth Assault powers to take:
Stone Spears
Stone Mallet
Heavy Mallet
Seismic Smash
Tremor
Fissure
Slot heavily for end redux and plan on IOs that add recovery and endurance.
Avoid other toggles if you can (I took tough and weave, and plan for my patron armor because I wanted to show brutes how it's done, but man is the end drain ridiculous).
You main synergy is knockdown. Ice Slick and a lot of your assault powers will keep people perma-floored. You can seriously popcorn large numbers of foes for an entire fight and barely use your 'real' controls.
With that said you'll want to avoid people, like other doms, who use their AoE immob with it's -kb effect. That would be your own AoE immob, plus those from fire, earth, and plant. Mind has no immob, and the grav immob doesn't do -kb (although its holds do). Now if you have a team that has a ton of AoE from cors and the like, then the AoE immobs and your lack of knockdown probably won't matter. But if your team is rolling along because you and your fellow /earths are popcorning the whole map and you pick up some pug that spams their fire cages or roots, you'll suddenly find your lack of other controls is getting you killed.
Please buff Ice Control.
Thank you! I am looking forward to this character... Icelandic folklore is full of cool myths of the hidden people Elves, trolls and the like.. Thanks Again...
The Sly Bold Renardine - " I am Scraptastic!"
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I'll throw a positive recommendation for "Shiver" into the mix, from the ice primary. After the alpha, it substantially reduces incoming damage by reducing mob recharge. Also, and unlike arctic air, shiver can be used when going into melee would be highly dangerous because of mezzes or dangerous AOEs being aimed at your melee teammates.
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Originally Posted by Renardine
Thank you! I am looking forward to this character... Icelandic folklore is full of cool myths of the hidden people Elves, trolls and the like.. Thanks Again...
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Now I am wondering about the relative merits of Earth/Ice instead...
Do they play much differently?
Which do you prefer?
Thanks for any and all builds or feedback....
The Sly Bold Renardine - " I am Scraptastic!"
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Originally Posted by Renardine
Now I am wondering about the relative merits of Earth/Ice instead...
Do they play much differently? Which do you prefer? Thanks for any and all builds or feedback.... |
Earth I'd say is one of the top 2 control sets (with Mind). Whereas Ice control is at the bottom. So the switch there would be tremendous from a control perspective.
Regarding /earth assault vs /ice assault, /earth has way more mitigation with all the knockdown. /ice brings slows, not so great at reducing dmg except after the alpha.
Both assaults have powerboost, so that's a wash. /earth has mudpots and /ice has chilling embrace... mudpots wins that battle imo. Both sets have some good melee attacks with 3 swords in /ice, but /earth has more with 2 hammers, tremor and seismic smash... fissure could be considered melee seeing its range is so short. /ice has the advantage in ranged attacks though... ice bolt, ice blast and bitter ice blast are way better than stone spears and hurl boulder. Both will leave you drained of end in my experience.
I'd say overall that ice/earth is a melee friendly build whereas earth/ice would be better at range, although the swords and the knockdown from EQ would allow you to play melee easily enough.
Last thing to consider are the 2 pets. Stoney > Jack, hands down.
Adding that all up, if I had the choice from level one, I'd go with earth/ice.
Please buff Ice Control.
I also realised I just plain ol' like the look of the swords better on this particular character... thank you again for all your help!
The Sly Bold Renardine - " I am Scraptastic!"
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So what did you end up doing and what's your progress? My ice/earth is 47 now.
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Originally Posted by Renardine
I also realised I just plain ol' like the look of the swords better on this particular character... thank you again for all your help!
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Please buff Ice Control.
I went with Earth/Ice, with the Earth powers set to crystal effects and tinted white/light blue.
"Vetursdottir" ( Winter's daughter in Icelandic) She is one of the Huldurfolk or Hidden People of Iceland, spirts that live in the rocks and landscape.
I am really enjoying her so far. If I knew how to embed a screenshot I would, she looks alot like a 4 foot Bjork with pointed ears, blue jeans and a puffy down jacket. The idea was how would a real modern day Icelandic elf hide among us?
Quicksand and Chilling Embrace seem to fill the same hole for me, do you prefer one over the other?
The Sly Bold Renardine - " I am Scraptastic!"
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Definitely QS. You get the slow + -DEF and it can be placed at range or melee, and doesn't continually cost endurance. Place an Achilles Heel proc in there for the -RES.
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Originally Posted by Renardine
I went with Earth/Ice, with the Earth powers set to crystal effects and tinted white/light blue.
"Vetursdottir" ( Winter's daughter in Icelandic) She is one of the Huldurfolk or Hidden People of Iceland, spirts that live in the rocks and landscape. I am really enjoying her so far. If I knew how to embed a screenshot I would, she looks alot like a 4 foot Bjork with pointed ears, blue jeans and a puffy down jacket. The idea was how would a real modern day Icelandic elf hide among us? Quicksand and Chilling Embrace seem to fill the same hole for me, do you prefer one over the other? |
Please buff Ice Control.
Earth/Ice looks like lots of stunning, quaking, freezing fun. I've been planning on making one, but I haven't fully figured out a costume/theme I want just yet.
How does Mud Pots work with Ice Slick? (placing slick and running forward to melee)
It's just fine. Extra slow and you get the dmg ticks.
Please buff Ice Control.
I am making an Icelandic female shaman character, and have decided on Ice/Earth.
Are there any powers to definitely avoid, and any key synergies I should exploit? I will be starting broke on a new server, so if anyone has a build, or just build advice using SOs only it would be greatly appreciated.
Some people say skip single target imobilizes, I know some powers counteract Ice slick...etc... Any advice?
Thank you so much, and wish me luck!
The Sly Bold Renardine - " I am Scraptastic!"