I'd go with Earth, even if the armor isn't pretty. Seismic Smash beats Ice Storm due to Ice Storm's really long recharge time. Fissure is also a great power to have on hand, as long as you watch your endurance while using it.
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Actually, the armor from Ice does obscure your costume. It just doesn't look like giant eagles defecated on you. Still a bonus. Of course, nothing says you have to take the armor from either set.
Anyway, Ice has 2 AOEs, and it also has a way to regain endurance and hit points while being safe (Hibernate). Therefore I prefer Ice. However, Earth is more thematic, and its got 2 single target attacks. The melee attack is a monster!
You can't go wrong either way.
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Your Earth/Storm lacks both a self-heal and an Endurance Recovery power. Hibernate can act as both. That is why I go with the Ice APP on most of my Storm 'Trollers. But the Earth set has a better heal even if it does not have a Recovery power.|
Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
Actually, the armor from Ice does obscure your costume. It just doesn't look like giant eagles defecated on you. Still a bonus. Of course, nothing says you have to take the armor from either set.
Anyway, Ice has 2 AOEs, and it also has a way to regain endurance and hit points while being safe (Hibernate). Therefore I prefer Ice. However, Earth is more thematic, and its got 2 single target attacks. The melee attack is a monster! You can't go wrong either way. Lewis |
One question is whether you play more in melee or more ranged. Ice is more ranged, while Earth is more melee.
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I'm only really looking at ice and earth. Summary at bottom.
Ice
Ice armor doesn't look as bad as earth armor. This will change once we get to customize powers (yeah.... but I wanna get that out of the way).
1. With all my ways of slowing stuff down and keeping things in place, Ice storm has some good potential for stacking with upon the freezing rains -RES for the awesomest aoe damage a controller could ever dream for-eth.... If the darned thing does containment.... oh yes...
2. Ice attacks activate with the speediness....
Earth
Clunky looking armor with a smidge more DEF, but loses than Ice RES (meh). Or I can grab earth's embrace for a heal.... things don't get a chance to mez me much anyway, and I hardly ever get hit anywho...
1. Earth attacks pair up with the little buddy well. I feel connected.... But seriously.... they work well together with the knockdown and.....
2. Seismic Smash has that AWESOME HOLD.... for the stacking of holds upon thine foes.
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In short.
Ice
1. Better looking armor that doesn't cloud my costume. A mix of RES and DEF
2. Ice Storm would be awesome damage stacked on Stone Cages and Freezing Rain.
Earth
1. Attacks synergistic with pet.
2. The hold component in seismic smash gives me a stacking ST hold of high mag. Useful for soloing those pesky bosses and ebs. Works better than trying to stack hold with VolcGas (ugh).