Although I guess my ranged defense is a little lower now that they lowered BoTZ set bonuses.
Looks fairly solid to me.
I run a similar build on my ice blaster. I don't use Shiver at all, but I use Hover to maintain range and a healthy application of holds and blasts. But I don't much fight large packs and probably can't hike my difficulty above x3 safely.
Question for you though, you skip a power at 41 and 49. Why not move Blizzard and Weave down a level and leave 47/49 for empty choices.
and then if you're looking for defense, Ice Armor is pretty good and Snow Storm is an excellent -slow toggle, though it does have the advantage of pissing of everyone in a crowd.
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I slot Thunderstrike in Chilblain for more Defense than Trap of the Hunter gives. It also doubles the damage, and since Chilblain is one of the three powers you can use when mezzed, it pays to have it do more damage. Its base duration is almost 18 seconds and you can fire it off once every four seconds, so it probably doesn't need immobilize enhancement.
Tell me what you think. I think this build I've made it really good. I'll use hover to stay at range attacks also. Let me know what you all think tho. The only thing is I don't know what to do with my 2 power positions that are free.
Thanks, Zoner