in my experience, rad/ is best in pvp and nothing else. there are a few decent rad/fire builds out but otherwise, it's meh.
not a fan of /ice either. chilling embrace and ice patch are amazing but lol@FA.
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Your problem with Rad/Ice will be surviving the alpha strike. Most of Rad's AoE damage is short ranged or PBAoE so you'll need to be in close/melee range to be effective.
Your primary has a stun and your secondary has a hold so you won't be able to lock a boss down quickly or safely unless you take elec or fire as an epic for another ranged hold.
On the other hand. Many of /Ice's powers work well in close/melee range. Shiver from range and jump in with Chilling Embrace running will keep +2/+3 mobs at the -rech cap.
You will probably be best off slotting ranged defense sets up to about 25ish%. That and supplimenting with purple insps will reduce the damage from the alpha enough to allow you to get into melee range where the mobs will stay at the -rech cap long enough for you to thin out the spawn to levels where you can survive.
It should be a fun build.
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I have one at level 32. I tend to team (actually, I never solo...) which means there's almost always a tanker or some one else who can distract/weaken mobs. In those situations it is VERY fun. All I have to do is wait a millisecond after the tank hits melee range, set down ice patch in case anything wants to hit me, and start dumping all my AoE on the poor mobs. They just melt.
I can't speak for how good or fun it will be solo. But it's the most fun I've had since my Fire/Fire blaster. The AoE carnage is just delicious.
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Bit of a update, The further I play this build, the more of a Tanker Sidekick it becomes.|
Originally Posted by Clebstein
I have one at level 32. I tend to team (actually, I never solo...) which means there's almost always a tanker or some one else who can distract/weaken mobs. In those situations it is VERY fun. All I have to do is wait a millisecond after the tank hits melee range, set down ice patch in case anything wants to hit me, and start dumping all my AoE on the poor mobs. They just melt.
I can't speak for how good or fun it will be solo. But it's the most fun I've had since my Fire/Fire blaster. The AoE carnage is just delicious. |
Your seemingly correct on your assessment on a split second after the Alpha is taken by someone else.I litterally have been running in right beside the Tanker to deliver Chilling Embrace and then Irradiate putting some heavy DeBuffage on the mob.I can hardly wait for Ice Patch and Shiver.
So far its a great support build, and it doesnt slouch when it comes to damage.Im lovin it.
I've found that it's pretty good in both AoE and single target damage. If there's a pesky enemy, like a tough boss or a Tsoo sorcerer, Aim + Build Up followed by Ice Sword and Cosmic Burst will take them out or do huge damage to them. You could even add Proton Volley to that. It's like a mini-stalker! Plus...if you have Ninja Run, depending on your costume it can look very cool to run up to a boss carrying an Ice Sword!
I know im asking a silly question on the forums by asking if anyones played a Rad/Ice Blaster to high level, but here goes.
Has anyone played a Rad/Ice Blaster to high levels?
I currently have a level 12 Rad/Ice, and its not bad so far, has anyone played this combo further then level 15?Im enjoying it because its a odd build, but has promising synergy within it to be more like a Defender with its slows from its Secondary and -def% debuffing from its Primary.Just able to hit harder.
I have a hard time wanting to play a Blaster because of the rehash builds I see everyone playing.Its a little odd when you join a Sewer team on a Rad/Ice Blaster in a team of 8.Of which 3 others are also Blasters, but with DP/MM, and DP/EM Builds.
Not to mention its usually a bit scary to play a unplayed and unpopular combonation as well.So I can see why people copy one another.Just easier to do and requires less thinking.Unless theres a min/maxer trying to out shine someone elses min/max Mids build.Its just kinda pointless to try to min/max whats already been min/maxed 1,000,000 times already.(Not insulting or poking anyone.Its a observation.)
Either way, the thought of hitting a mob with a Frozen Aura, putting them to sleep.Then having them effected by Chilling Embrace, Dual BUing up to hit Irradiate, and then the level 32 Nuke (Forget the name) would seem like a nice way to piss a mob off.Theres far more combonations and tactics I may not know about yet, but I will figure some out eventually through playing this build.
The utility of Ice Melee, and the AoE and Utility of -def% and KB from Rad Blasts just seems like it would work well together.
Anyone played what im playing?