Solo you will probably want Rad/Cold/Leviathan (get Speed/Fitness/Leaping/Leadership), but I suppose a case could be made for Phase/Mace instead of Leadership/Leviathan.
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Can a Cold corr effectively slow movement w/ infrigidate + snow storm anymore? That would be my deciding factor for taking mace. If not:
- you can't run stealth w/ arctic fog
- hibernoob activates faster than phase + it heals
- assault can give a small dmg buff
- scorpion shield sucks and shark skin is better
- if you wanted spirit shark jaws could add an extra reasonable damage attack.
Depends what you mean by "effectively slow." If you mean pre-I13 levels of slow, no. If you mean "enough slow to be noticeable and annoy your target," yes, you can do that. It's a bigger deal for recharge slows, though, since a target that can't attack you or use any self-buffs/heals will be a dead target in short order if you can keep them from getting away. I'll defer to more experienced people to say whether Mace or Leviathan is the better choice in your case, as I can't really say.
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"One day we all may see each other elsewhere. In Tyria, in Azeroth. We may pass each other and never know it. And that's sad. But if nothing else, we'll still have Rhode Island."
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I took levi on my dark/cold, but the only reason i would take phase over hibernate would be the reasn i dont like having heroes waiting for me after im out of hibernate. Most of the time ill hit hibernate for about 10-15secs and then ill use my temp phase to get away.
I think phase is better in zones for escaping, but thats just my opinion.
@KoolVirus
i use my fire/cold/mace on stalker heavy teams in kickball and if the two emps are acceptable.
my sonic/cold/leviathan is a lot more sturdy and i use it for basically every other occasion.
Sadly controller colds are better now when paired with ice.........they do decent dmg when proced .We all <3 mage's cold, especially the emps.
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Someone hasn't seen vinnie or haunt on their rad/colds.
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Sadly controller colds are better now when paired with ice.........they do decent dmg when proced .We all <3 mage's cold, especially the emps.
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i still say ice/colds are more viable in matches. All i have to say is one word. Shiver.
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Someone hasn't seen vinnie or haunt on their rad/colds.
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I only play Villains anyway so its moot
My Ice/Cold is good and all but a big part of it is because its KBs and small matches for the most part now. Even against a team with two emps and a therm the Emps dont seem to AB each other and the Therms normally dont have Thaw.
Shenanigans
LotD - JaL - POWT/SMD - SoCo - AJs
Ive seen haunts rad/cold and its really nice.
@KoolVirus
Hello all,
You may recall my recent post about resubbing and trying out the new post i13 pvp system, trying to figure out which toon to IO. After playing a while across all ATs I have decided on rolling a new toon that is up to date with the current system. I already have a therm for support and teaming. What I really would like would be something to solo pvp in RV with. The problem is I have always played squishies and thus am turned off by rolling a sharkstalker. My mind/fire dom is pretty fun but gets killed very easily with a little bit of smart play by blueside. I have a dark/storm that has more survivability but dark/ sucks because of lack of dmg and aim. I sat down to try to brainstorm a possible combo for cor that is solid for zones solo. I have respecced all of the IO's out of my useless toons (ice/rad and fire/kin) and I have a basically unlimited budget. Im still an i16 rookie so correct me please, but here are my ideas:
(No fightclubs, just RV free zone play)
Rad/
- 4 proc slotted neutrino dmg spam
- 3 proc cosmic burst dmg + stun
- aim
- -def is nice when solo
/Cold
- Arctic fog + patron shield = reasonable resists
- Arcitc fog + Stealth IO makes for decent stealth
- infridg/benumb are clickable debuffs to stay on foot and not worry about getting offensive toggles dropped
- heat loss for clickable END and -res
- can snow storm slow anyone anymore?
- can recharge be slowed anymore?
- Rad's -def to ensure landing debuffs
Phase and Leviathan for hibernate? (seems almost necessary in new pvp because of movement suppression)
Fighting for tough/weave and hibernate?
phase and mace for -jump/-fly combined with snow storm and FA? (Slows didnt seem to matter anymore anyway in zones on my storm, but havent tried on a cold)
Leadership for assault/tactics and hibernate?
Phase and soul for PB?
Also on a more general note,
Should I even expect a Cor to be soloable? Is this just not possible under the new game mechanics?
I guess I can always roll a spines/wp stalker and just impale/spirit shark for a ranged solo toon :-(