Need some expert advice on a Corruptor choice.
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Posted on: 2010-05-28 04:03 in Everything about PvP
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Originally Posted by Fomsie
Heya all,
Trying to come up with a corruptor to use in PvP, mostly zone and occasional arena duels, nothing organized because my schedule is just too erratic to get involved in it  I have messed around with my Energy/Pain corr, and while fun, she is a bit meh... much better for the PvE aspect of the game she was originally built for. Anyway, I was considering some combos and am debating either Rad/Cold=Sonic/Cold or Rad/Term=Sonic/Therm. Problem is I have no idea how these perform in PvP or if they are combos with decent synergy... save for having been on the receiving end of the debuffs a time or ten. Any advice, suggestions, words of wisdom, etc would be much appreciated. Or if there is some other fantabulous combo that I have not thought of... I know Fire/* has great damage, but I already have a few Fire Corrs for PvE and I wanted to try something different. Also, was planning on a pretty straitforward Fitness/Speed/Leaping/Leadership/Mako with a */Cold, or a Fitness/Speed/Leaping/Stealth/Scorpion with a*/Thermal. HALP! Thanks, Fomsie. PS: And no, Dahjee, I don't want to play a Sonic/Traps or whatever.  |
I'd go Sonic/Thermal for easy stuff, Sonic/Cold works too but you might find it easier to start off with a thermal.
Fire or Ice/ Dark or Fire or Ice/Rad still works very well
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Fire and Ice on corrs is trash compared to sonic or rad wtf you on
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Originally Posted by Talos_Maltalomar
Fire or Ice/ Dark or Fire or Ice/Rad still works very well
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Fire isn't bad. Ice is.
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Corrs fire don't compete with sonic or rad.
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Originally Posted by macskull
Fire isn't bad. Ice is.
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Fire has really fast damage, just not as proccable as rad and no -res. But it's fast, which is good in this PvP.
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Fire is highly resisted, once Sonics -res kicks in + procs + scourging = beast, corrs version of rad is just as fast as fire with Neutrino bolt, its also very highly procable including the -res proc, it also has an inbuilt stun which is some what useful for duels/2v2's. Sonic>Rad>Fire for me - Corrs anyway.
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Originally Posted by Supermax
Fire has really fast damage, just not as proccable as rad and no -res. But it's fast, which is good in this PvP.
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how is ice bad? It comes with 2 holds, and has high single target damage. Not to mention with all the -rchrg, after a power is used it will probably be the end of the fight before you see it again. I have seen alot of ice/colds and ice/rads rip it up in pvp
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Originally Posted by macskull
Fire isn't bad. Ice is.
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If you're a therm your primary won't matter much. Just trow HE and run around.
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Rad is cool because a fully proc'd Neutrino Bolt is fun. But Sonic is pretty good stuff.|
Originally Posted by Psycho Jas
+1 for legit PS,
I'd go Sonic/Thermal for easy stuff, Sonic/Cold works too but you might find it easier to start off with a thermal. |
I agree with Psycho. Start with a Therm. It's easier to play for new pvp'rs (comes with a self heal). I have a sonic/cold corr which I PvP with and thoroughly enjoy. However, anything /cold will be fiercely hunted because those cold debuffs are nasty.
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1. No one takes the holds because they're garbage.|
Originally Posted by Ethical
how is ice bad? It comes with 2 holds, and has high single target damage. Not to mention with all the -rchrg, after a power is used it will probably be the end of the fight before you see it again. I have seen alot of ice/colds and ice/rads rip it up in pvp
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2. Ice's "high single-target damage" only applies in PvE where damage isn't based off activation time. Since it's a fast-activating set it gets screwed in PvP.
3. Ice Blast cannot stack enough -rech on its own to be worthwhile.
If you're dead-set on PvPing with an Ice Blast character, proc it up and go for it but just know almost every other set will be better with the same investment.
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That's not really true. Fire has the same fast activating attacks, but much more damage. Animation times are a factor in damage, but they are clearly not the only factor. An even bigger one is random whims of the developers. In the case of ice blast, they randomly decided to make it weaker than other blast sets, even though the other sets have the same activation times. It makes no sense, but that's how it is. And attempting to explain it with logic will get you nowhere.|
Originally Posted by macskull
2. Ice's "high single-target damage" only applies in PvE where damage isn't based off activation time. Since it's a fast-activating set it gets screwed in PvP.
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Summary: Ice blast was purposely made weaker than other sets on yet another random whim of the developers.
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Castle had the sniffles and he blamed it on Cold.
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Originally Posted by Supermax
Summary: Ice blast was purposely made weaker than other sets on yet another random whim of the developers.
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Well the -Recharge is still a significant factor and had to be considered I would think when calculating the base damage. |
Originally Posted by Supermax
That's not really true. Fire has the same fast activating attacks, but much more damage. Animation times are a factor in damage, but they are clearly not the only factor. An even bigger one is random whims of the developers. In the case of ice blast, they randomly decided to make it weaker than other blast sets, even though the other sets have the same activation times. It makes no sense, but that's how it is. And attempting to explain it with logic will get you nowhere.
Summary: Ice blast was purposely made weaker than other sets on yet another random whim of the developers. |
Part of Ice Blast bad rap now is because it no longer can take a speed capped player to a crawl in just a few attacks like it could before I13. Prior to I13 it was over powered due to the -Movement Speed on top of the huge -Recharge. Today the -Recharge is still very effective even though the -Movement Speed is not so great as it was.
I remember many cold builds running the zones back before I13. It wasnt because the damage on ice was so awesome back then either. It was the -Movement Speed and -Recharge that made it so powerful. The -Recharge on it in today's PVP is still a reason to look at the set IMO, especially if you have a more resilient build or are buffed and can survive long enough to leverage the -Recharge.
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Originally Posted by Punkture
I remember many cold builds running the zones back before I13. It wasnt because the damage on ice was so awesome back then either. It was the -Movement Speed and -Recharge that made it so powerful. The -Recharge on it in today's PVP is still a reason to look at the set IMO, especially IF you have a more resilient build or are buffed and can survive long enough to leverage the -Recharge. |
The time now is not before issue13. Thats a great big ,fat "IF".........
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Why not try sonic/pain?
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Originally Posted by Fomsie
Heya all,
Trying to come up with a corruptor to use in PvP, mostly zone and occasional arena duels, nothing organized because my schedule is just too erratic to get involved in it I have messed around with my Energy/Pain corr, and while fun, she is a bit meh... much better for the PvE aspect of the game she was originally built for. Anyway, I was considering some combos and am debating either Rad/Cold=Sonic/Cold or Rad/Term=Sonic/Therm. Problem is I have no idea how these perform in PvP or if they are combos with decent synergy... save for having been on the receiving end of the debuffs a time or ten. Any advice, suggestions, words of wisdom, etc would be much appreciated. Or if there is some other fantabulous combo that I have not thought of... I know Fire/* has great damage, but I already have a few Fire Corrs for PvE and I wanted to try something different. Also, was planning on a pretty straitforward Fitness/Speed/Leaping/Leadership/Mako with a */Cold, or a Fitness/Speed/Leaping/Stealth/Scorpion with a*/Thermal. HALP! Thanks, Fomsie. PS: And no, Dahjee, I don't want to play a Sonic/Traps or whatever. |
any combo of these will do great for what ur looking for rad, fire, sonic and /rad, /cold, /pain, /therm. k GLHF
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Originally Posted by Hania
Why not try sonic/pain?
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agreed.
or rad pain
Heya all,
Trying to come up with a corruptor to use in PvP, mostly zone and occasional arena duels, nothing organized because my schedule is just too erratic to get involved in it
I have messed around with my Energy/Pain corr, and while fun, she is a bit meh... much better for the PvE aspect of the game she was originally built for.
Anyway, I was considering some combos and am debating either Rad/Cold=Sonic/Cold or Rad/Term=Sonic/Therm. Problem is I have no idea how these perform in PvP or if they are combos with decent synergy... save for having been on the receiving end of the debuffs a time or ten.
Any advice, suggestions, words of wisdom, etc would be much appreciated. Or if there is some other fantabulous combo that I have not thought of... I know Fire/* has great damage, but I already have a few Fire Corrs for PvE and I wanted to try something different.
Also, was planning on a pretty straitforward Fitness/Speed/Leaping/Leadership/Mako with a */Cold, or a Fitness/Speed/Leaping/Stealth/Scorpion with a*/Thermal.
HALP!
Thanks,
Fomsie.
PS: And no, Dahjee, I don't want to play a Sonic/Traps or whatever.
"Life is what happens when you are making other plans"