little help with a RAD/PSI

ok, my new def is a RAD/PSI....... and i have never seen a write up on it. now i will continue to level this toon regardless of "supposed effectiveness", but i would love to hear some insight from folks who have made one before, if there are any

if not, and NO ONE HAS EVER MADE ONE BEFORE!!! i may write a guide afterward. i have no idea how to write a guide, so save me from that horrible fate and let me know what you guys (and gals) think.

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Powers you absolutely must get: radiant aura, radiation infection, accelerate metabolism, enervating field, lingering radiation.

Powers you should definitely not take: psionic lance

Everything else is open to playstyle. If it were me, I'd grab lingering radiation, psychic scream, and psionic tornado and spam them constantly, taking advantage of the recharge debuff in each of them to keep enemies from mounting an effective offense.

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It should be a good combo, especially once you have a good attack chain going - the Psy attacks plus Lingering Rad should seriously debuff enemy recharge.

A quick overview, based on my experience and personal opinion:

Radiation Emission

• Must-Have: Radiation Infection, Accelerate Metabolism, Enervating Field, Lingering Rad
• Good to Have: EM Pulse, Choking Cloud, Radiant Aura
• Skippable but sometimes fun: Mutation, Fallout

Psychic Blast

• Must-Have: Mental Blast, Psychic Scream, TK Blast, Will Domination
• Good to Have: Subdue, Psychic Wail, Scramble Thoughts
• Skippable but sometimes fun: Psionic Lance, Psionic Tornado

Pool Powers

• Strongly recommend Hasten to further push the difference between your recharge and your enemies'. You speed yours up with AM and Hasten while you slow theirs down with your Psy blasts.
• Rad can be pretty endurance-hungry so Fitness comes in handy, though you can do without it with proper EndRedux slotting. If you take Choking Cloud, though, I'd take Stamina.
• Defenders get good bonuses from Leadership and if you take Tactics that also helps Choking Cloud. So this is another solid pool choice.
• If you're looking at IOing the build out on the high end, of course Leaping and Concealment provide good spots for LOTG: +Recharge IOs.

If you plan to solo a lot, the utility of Psionic Lance goes up some as it's tied for longest-range snipe in the game, as does the utilty of Radiant Aura since topping off your own health comes in handy. It's not much of an AOE group heal though, the weakest in the game in fact. Although, anyone who recruits a Rad/Psi to be a 'healer' is already a few points shy of a full game.

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I would rate psi tornado higher than skippable. As Garent said, it's part of a potent triple whammy with lingering rad, psychic scream and psi tornado. Psy tornado is knock DOWN, not back and it doesn't travel around like the stormy tornado does.

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