It would hold a boss, but I don't think its worth it. With EF+RI on a boss you shouldn't have too much trouble from them and Choking Cloud burns a tonne of endurance.
Looking at the numbers in Mids you can easily get the duration and recharge good enough to make it perma by itself. I'd just slap the toggles on the boss and just cycle Suppressive Fire into your attack chain.
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I don't know about with a DP but I like choking cloud on my rad/rad. I play him pretty close in anyway and the +2 hold lockdown proc has hit often enough to make it useful in crowds with multiple bosses.
working on a DP/Rad myself, and so far seems like a very nice build. I do have CC on my Dark/Rad Defender. Its not joke that the End cost of CC is a bit high
Clever idea, but ultimately I don't think it's worth it. Choking Cloud is generally one of the skippable powers in /rad (low mag hold, high end, being an aggro cloud) for corrs. Suppressive Fire is also one of those debateable powers, but I have to agree on the above that it's probably just more efficient to slot it for hold/recharge sufficient to stack it. Or, if you have the cash, try to grab the chance for +mag proc. I wouldn't rely on that latter method though, you probably won't be shooting suppressive frequently enough to see it pop on a boss reliably.
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Thanks for the input, I tried this out with a dual build and the end drain is terrible. Not to mention that it doesnt work on a lot of bosses. Archanos bosses in particular just seem to get annoyed. CC is getting the boot and I will get some hold/rchg onto suppressive instead. Oh well never know until you try.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Spines. Glad we could provide some input.
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I am currently running a DP/rad and am liking it so far but I was thinking about Suppressive Fire and Choking Cloud. I know choking cloud is mag 2 at best and suppressive fire is mag 3 according to Mids. So in combination would these two be able to lock down a boss? I know some bosses have higher mez resistance than others but is this a viable tactic against most bosses? This would mostly be for solo as in teams I dont see it working.