Strongest Hate generator would be the Ice Armor, due to Chilling Embrace and Icicles.
Sooo...that leaves Ice/Ice and Ice/Fire.
/Fire will kill things faster for you.
/Ice will do more to protect your team as they kill everything around you.
For what you've asked for...Ice/Ice is likely the one to go with. AOE Knockdown (5 enemy limit), Single Target hold, and Frozen Aura's AOE sleep (though wasted on teams for the most part can give a 1 second breathing space) and nice damage.
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I have a level 50 Ice/Fire tank on Virtue. Dark/ice would be more a team style tank.....
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Dark's to-hit debuffs are really tempting too, because lower to-hit is essentially higher defense for the team. And I heard ice armor is an end sapper; how does dark compare?
Thanks for your input, BrandX =)
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Originally Posted by torahiko
Dark's to-hit debuffs are really tempting too, because lower to-hit is essentially higher defense for the team. And I heard ice armor is an end sapper; how does dark compare?
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Assuming you were referring to endurance USAGE, ice armor is is a walk in the park. It doesn't cost too much END and then you get a power (Energy Absorption) that boost your END (yes, by stealing it from the enemies around you). It also boosts your defense so it's really a key power.
Dark armor is much harder on your endurance. It has more toggles and no +END power. My dark armor tank took dark melee so he has Dark Consumption to boost his END.
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Dark and Ice are *both* good on teams. I'm not sure why you'd say one is "more of a team style tank" than the other. It all comes down to personal preference. Chillng embrace + icicles are easily the equivalent to the dark amor auras in hate generation. Both tank well in the end game too. I've done every diffiicult TF on my Ice/SS/Pyre tank, including States TF, Lady Grey, Khan TF and the ITF as the primary tank.
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Originally Posted by Sephar
I have a level 50 Ice/Fire tank on Virtue. Dark/ice would be more a team style tank.....
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Hi there. I'm contemplating a tanker build I'd like to take to 50 (I've been doing a lot of alting to experiment - my highest is a 20), and I can't decide between dark/ice, ice/ice, or ice/fire. I've searched the forum for builds and insights, but I have no capacity for crunching numbers, so it's not much help. Can you offer your opinions on a team tank with strong hate and solid debuff? Preferably in terms I can visualize instead of having a bunch of numbers and abbrevs staring me in the face. I'll give you cookies =) Thanks!