Dark / Cold


black_barrier

 

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Basically i want to strip my Elec / Therm for something a bit more challenging / fun for duels in the arena, i have a level 50 Dark / Cold laying around and my question to you, is fully specc'd accoladed, do you think these powersets can give the more top tier arena 1 v 1 powersets a run for there money in i16?

I understand it will take time and effort to perfect the use of this combo in duels, but ultimately would it be worth it? What i mean is even if i could play the combo expertly, i wouldnt get dicked on by a poor excuse of a Psy / Em and/or Elec/Therm?

Thoughts?


 

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dont do it.


i fully spec'd my dark/cold.


i get beaten by bad therms easily, definitely sub-par compared to my fire/elec :-(


 

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Exactly the advice i was after, thanks


 

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Your dark/colds are built wrong. Mine takes down tanks and scrappers. Even regens.


@KoolVirus

 

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therms dont stand a chance against me


@KoolVirus

 

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yeah, you're fighting downie therms.

and yeah, a dark/cold will raep regins all night long easily, and yeah, it pretty much destroys all melee..


 

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Yes, most ranged debuff builds will wreck melees if played by competent players. It's when you come up against other ranged debuff builds that you start to run into problems. I'm a terrible dueler though, so take my advice with a grain of salt. >.>


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Hehe. Ive fought many range and melee AT's. I dont know if its the skill level but range ATs seem easier than melee.


@KoolVirus

 

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what beats a good elec/therm anyway? i havent dueled on mine since i12 and it wasnt elec/.

please dont say mms because they dont count as pvp imo.


 

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Originally Posted by Kool_Virus View Post
Hehe. Ive fought many range and melee AT's. I dont know if its the skill level but range ATs seem easier than melee.

what server are you in again?


 

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Can beat elec/therms: Psi/em. sonic/em, and fire/em blasters. /elec on scrappers and tanks..but most therms wont even fight them, so you wont get a duel.

Can't beat elec/therms: everything else.

It's to the point where elec/therms are worse then what ice/em tanks (double phase) were back in the day. Very few toons can beat it. IMO they will lengthen HE recharge soon....very soon.


 

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Originally Posted by black_barrier View Post
dont do it.


i fully spec'd my dark/cold.


i get beaten by bad therms easily, definitely sub-par compared to my fire/elec :-(
you should fite club with it to beat those uber regens..... for those of you who don't know barrier is a closet fite clubber.


 

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you should fite club with it to beat those uber regens..... for those of you who don't know barrier is a closet fite clubber.
three years of candy popping by straight up reflex don't go away easy.


and im refusing to try.


 

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Much love for the VIRUS WOOT WOOT. Yeah its true we Devils do run Guardain server....
Dark/cold works magic. I've teamed with virus many of times and he can beat the living snot out of any AT basically. I personally watched him take down a regen no problems with that toon.


 

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This has already been said, cold wrecks melee toons but vs blasters and ranged toons they get wrecked before they can get their debuffs off.


 

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Hey bat. The hardest blaster i fought was a psy/em, but we both beat each other. Other blasters i dont have a problem with.


@KoolVirus

 

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Are you really acting like a /Cold beating a Regen is a big deal?


 

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Dark is my heart, cold is my skin. Lol

Theres only 1 regen i cant beat. Claws/regen. One of the best regens ive ever seen.


@KoolVirus

 

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You should probably come over to freedom. Beating the same 5 people on Guardian isn't really as impressive as you think. And has been said several times here already, beating a regin with a cold is to be expected. And if you really beat a psi/em that dude should reroll or something, because it should never happen in game. This assumes equal skill and build or at least close to it.


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The psy/em has some well built toons. He's beaten my ss/elec brute with his wp/ss tank and ive beaten his tank with my brute. This was before elec got energize. I think he took a break from the game but im not sure


@KoolVirus

 

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Originally Posted by Kool_Virus View Post
The psy/em has some well built toons. He's beaten my ss/elec brute with his wp/ss tank and ive beaten his tank with my brute. This was before elec got energize. I think he took a break from the game but im not sure

This is starting to sound like fightclubers at play.

Did you fight the psy em in a no inspire duel? Zone or arena? Rofl at melee duels.


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Yea it was a duel. Low population of pvpers on my server. Big battles end in duels. And i dont use insp in duels


@KoolVirus

 

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Yea it was a duel. Low population of pvpers on my server. Big battles end in duels. And i dont use insp in duels


I am trying to be nice right now. Please stop posting here. It will not end well.


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Indeed nay but sonic/colds are nice also. Not sure about rad/cold but ive seen a few. And elec/cold looks fun


@KoolVirus

 

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Dark/cold i my favorite but its my only cold. What makes it fun is slowly killing your enemy


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