What's a decent hero support toon for zone PvP?
By
black_barrier,
Posted on: 2010-02-21 02:06 in Everything about PvP
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Originally Posted by Fury Flechette
Going to give the new PvP another look. Is there any hero AT that's good to play from a support standpoint. This is for zones, since I don't have the time committment to play arena.
I'm assuming that emps are still decent, but anything else? I have a mothballed FF/Sonic Defender and a disruption oriented Earth/TA Controller. But I have no idea as to what's being used these days. I can probably roll/PL something is short order if I don't have anything useful. This thread however makes me wonder if anyone bothers with support at all. Maybe I should bring a blaster or a scrapper like everybody else. |
Grav/TA
Earth/TA
Are the more common i have seen that are not scarps, tanks and blasters. Some emps still venture out to zones though
Guess the FF/Sonic could be annoying between cheat bubble, TK and 52.5 kb force bolts
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second...if you can get on a team with another emp your survival is much easier. heal decay and ts make it hard.
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Originally Posted by black_barrier
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mind therm, grav therm, earth therm, same as before but emp..same as before but bubs... same as before but TA... same as before...
It really comes down to how much you want to invest and how survivable do you want it... each toon has a different ability (though slight.. biggest dif will be those with heals and those without)
If your going to do son or bub ( son i worthless unless you just stalker hunting) make it troller... 4 sec cage for def is worthless.
If your looking for Buffs for ur allys pain dom and emp r matchless in buffs for debuffs go rad it's great for teams since u can massivly debuff 1 target, or you can go TA since it's got a 30 second move that stops jumping and slows too boot. Earth Control will be a good match and stalkers HATE it since the area debuffs reduce their stealth and the areas they make are huge i can cover the entire HDS area with my earth control moves (the whole raised platform). My earth/Rad is the first person all the stalkers gank since he makes it hard for them to get off and AS or go unnoticed and when i hit a rad toggle on them they only get out via placating me and running out of range or by phasing. The slows and holds make escape alot harder for them, the acc and dmg debuff make you and your teammates harder to kill and the defence and resist debuff makes em easy to kill. On a TA you can prevent them from jumping, keep stalkers out of hide with acid arrow you have another pair of patch debuffs to make stalkers show up easier and poison gas arrow can be slotted with a placate prot to make you more survivable. Either way stalker loath Earth Control, and if your going for debuffs Rad and TA are your best bet well for buffs you want an emp or pain dom or therm, and do yourself a favour TAKE PHASE if your going pure support, if half and half then i got nothing lol
Given how many bad players in zones don't have capped HP I've got to give a nod to /Cold controllers & cold/ defenders. Frostwork can add ~1000 HP to anyone.
It also has a few decent debuff powers too.
Not as valued as an Emp for support, but worth a look. Fire Tanks and Regen Scrappers will love you.
Going to give the new PvP another look. Is there any hero AT that's good to play from a support standpoint. This is for zones, since I don't have the time committment to play arena.
I'm assuming that emps are still decent, but anything else? I have a mothballed FF/Sonic Defender and a disruption oriented Earth/TA Controller. But I have no idea as to what's being used these days. I can probably roll/PL something is short order if I don't have anything useful.
This thread however makes me wonder if anyone bothers with support at all. Maybe I should bring a blaster or a scrapper like everybody else.