need something new

sup everyone, just to start off i just want to say, i just came back from like a 2month break. i was here for the newest issue whichever number its at now. I currently play Tankers and Scrappers the most, but im tired of tanking and doin melee all the time, yes i love it, but i need a break from it once in a while. I currently have a 24 ill/rad and a 50 fire/kin. I Was looking towards a Ice or Gravity Controller. Thinking of the secondaries to be /Storm, or /Thermal. Im willing to try Cold, and Trick. Since i alrdy have a ill/rad, i wouldnt want another /rad. IV heard Fire/Rads kick ***, but i had one on a trial account a while ago, and he was to much of a end hog for my liking. I hear Grav/Storm is nice between Crushing Field, Freezing Rain, and since with CF they stay in place, that means they wont bounce around with Toronado and Thunderclap right? im open to any suggestions, ty in advance.

I Like to Farm, Team, and do TFs, i hate Soloing tho..

If you like to be right up in the enemy's face, as your love for melee characters dictates, you cannot go wrong with storm. You have the tools to [intelligently] mold the battlefield to your choosing.

Any of the non gravity sets' immobilizes will also prevent kb for roughly 10 seconds. Gravity/ is a special case - the holds prevent the kb and the immob's do not.

Seems to me that you've already done one of the best combos for farming (Fire/Kin) and Task Forces (Illusion/Rad). If you want to try something different and fun using the sets you've mentioned, I'd recommend:

Gravity/Storm: takes a while to blossom, but its crazy good fun. Its the best Gravity pairing in my opinion. Controlled chaos, battlefield placement, etc. Good times. It can solo fairly well from level 1 on up as well, with no special consideration of pool power attacks needed at all.

Ice/Trick Arrow: Lots of slows, lots of knockdown. Having both Ice Slick and Oil Slick for AOE knockdown can be very nice. You'll have multiple slows too, as well as an AoE (point blank) confuse/slow toggle, and 2 AoE holds, not to mention 2 single target holds. Plus, you'll get some resistance debuffing action. I think Ice/TA is wacky, and probably very team-dependent compared to what you're used to, but its VERY different from what you've played.

Lewis

i could ya, my global is @MachineSlave, i play on Infinity but i can make one on freedom.

Fire/Rad teams are so overpowered, it is too easy especially once everyone gets Hot Feet and Choking Cloud fully slotted. Stacked AM and all that damage and control. You just run through missions together and everything dies -- You might have to slow down a little bit for the AVs, but not much.