Fire/Pain for teaming, Elec/Storm for soloing.
The Fire/Pain would be easier/better to team with because of the team buffs and heals versus the KB-heavy control stuff of Storm which can be tricky to get the most of on a team.
The Elec/Storm would be a stronger soloer, as only 2 of the 9 powers from Pain can really help you soloing (the PBAoE heal and Anguishing Cry). Soloing the Fire/Pain most of the heavy lifting would be done by Fire Blast.
I would say it depends on what kind of split you're going to have between soloing/teaming. If you're only soloing 10-20% of the time and teaming the rest of the time then Pain not being a very strong soloer wouldn't be an issue.
If I may throw another spanner into the works, what you might also want to consider is Ice or Fire instead of Elec for the Storm. Elec has pretty low damage which can be frustrating. It's not that bad paired with Storm because Lightning Storm and Tornado do good damage, but that's not until much later whereas Fire and Ice are strong blast sets from the outset right through till the end.
FWIW, I have a Fire/Pain and an Ice/Storm :3 I really enjoy both and both are pretty good for soloing and teaming, just as I said above the Fire/Pain is much better at teaming and the Storm is better at soloing.
Hope that helps, heh.
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wow thanks alot man thats some pretty detailed stuff right there!
one thing though your comment about ice made me think ive never had and ice powerset on any toon before and ive always wanted one!
so the question then becomes ....
fire/pain vs ice/cold? (not set on cold if u thinks theres a better one)
ty
Heh, changed your mind again eh? 
My (cough) totally unbiased opinion is that you shouldn't view this as a question of which corruptor to make, so much as which corruptor to make first 
As for Ice/Cold, again, very powerful character but for soloing /Cold blooms very late. Sleet and Heatloss are fantastic but you don't get them till 35 and 38 respectively. Once you've got them, the Ice/Cold would be better solo than the Fire/Pain.
Teaming, eh, the Pain would be a little better but maybe its best you roll the Ice/Cold first since its a lot more balanced. It'd be a very strong solo and team character.
Honestly though, for a first corruptor/support toon I'd recommend Fire/Rad or Fire/Dark. Both are awesome from very early on and remain strong throughout. Both very powerful solo and teamed. I recommend Fire as a primary because nothing will make you fall in love with Scourge more than Rain of Fire
So yeah, I'd say see if you can come up with a concept you like for Fire/Rad or Fire/Dark and give it a go. If you like how they play maybe then try one of the more specialised Corrs like a /Cold, /Pain or /Storm.
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I would go Fire/Storm as for you second question....do you want to focus on doing damage and healing the team...or do you want to focus on debuffing foes, slowing them, and dealing dmg?
Both of your picks would be very busy but I would go cold...even if you buff with shields you will have more time to blast compared to if you went the pain route. You also might want to try out Fire/Cold.
Ice/Cold also has that lovely combo of Sleet, Ice Storm and Blizzard...nothing can survive that and if it did it can't do anything to you while you run away lol.
The only thing I have seen survive that combo is Purple Con Elite Bosses or AV's. I've been also told that Heat Loss can halt downtime...well if they survive...MUAHAHAHA!
Thanks for all the advice you've been more than helpfull
My decision based on this and trawling other Q & A bout this is to run with Fire/Dark as my first Cor
See how it goes if i like it etc ... good or bad i think my next is to Ice/Cold
I never really got on with blasters blue side but i love my human Warshade ... maybe fire/dark wont be disimilar to a point ... AoE, Slows, Heals + Pet
Again ty 4 your help
Gona role him tonight when i get in ....
now to think of a concept ... hmmmmm
Fire/Storm >.>
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Hi
Simple desision really ... which one!!!
I simply cannot make my mind up about either ... ive got both concepts all worked out in my head but i need to pick (i dont do well when 'mutli - tooning' ... i like top play em to 50)
Can i hear some arguments for each? what i basically want is a good PvE toon ... will be used largly in teams but i might try to do some solo work for the first time on this toon ....
just tell me which is more fun plz