That's a different build I've never seen before. More of a hybrid widow/fort. What do you consider to be your primary attack chain? I ask because you have Dominate slotted as a hold rather than an attack. Most of the builds I've seen or done slot it as a ranged attack that just happens to hold. You were probably going for the +DEF bonuses in Lockdown, but slotting Thunderstrike in there gets you a better ranged def bonus (at the expense of the AoE def bonus).
The only real drawbacks that I can see are the constant redraw from mixing claw and psi attacks and the end usage. Most people are annoyed by redraw, but if you aren't one of them you should be fine with this. As for your end usage, I think you better stock some blues. With all those toggles running, you're at about .75 EPS usage (not counting Darkest Night). You only have about 150% recovery. That is probably going to lead to you getting winded in an extended fight. Claw attacks are more end intensive, as I can attest to using a lot more endurance on my Night Widow build. My live build has about 190% recovery versus 1.01 EPS usage and I still find myself running out of endurance in a long boss or AV battle.
You build would work very well for being a hybrid character, and you've definitely got the 'cheap' part covered. What I would ask is...How cheap is cheap? Are you going for bargain-basement because you are broke? Or trying to purposely create the cheapest build possible? Because certain sets can provide you with great bonuses and can be had for (relative) pocket change. Like Thunderstrike in ranged attacks. And when you factor in merits from story arcs/TF runs, the notion of cheap IOs goes out the window. Even soloing my toons, I can amass enough merits to buy two or three of the most popular IOs (Numina, Miracle, LotG +RECH) by the time I hit 50. So work out what kind of budget you're looking at and try to work a few more sets into your build. I think you'll be more than pleased with the results.
Thanks for the input 
I have a rather.. Abnormal attack chain, since I don't have one, I just use the best power available (currently recharged) for the situation at that point of time. ST for lone/key targets, AoE for groups, mez for key/troublesome targets (Or as a panic button when they're AoE).
My playstyle is by no means the best, but I find it fun. The way I see EATs is as a playground for personalised builds. I like having something for most situations, so making a Fortunata as a jack-of-all-trades seemed like the best thing to do. Also, I have no problems with redraw, as evident from my TA/DP Defender.
The Lockdown was for both the Ranged and AoE defense in just one set, to save up other powers for possible IOing out to fix the other issues you brought up. The plan with that build (except for a couple powers I set IOd out from experimenting for the best of both enhancing and bonuses) was to just find out the cheapest, most efficient inf and power wise build for getting that infamous 45% defense. With suppressed MP, that should have soft-capped defenses to all positions, or at least Melee and Ranged.
Cheap, to me, is under 100m, under 50m if possible, 200m at most. I don't tend to collect many merits, due to being a roleplayer and having alot of characters that I switch between to play on. I suppose I do have alot of merits, just not on the same character.
By the sounds of it, I'm on the right track, so I'm going to go back and play around with slotting to try and help with the endurance issues.
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A little over my usual budget, but the numbers seem to add up well.
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I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
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Is that what I smell? Cheap Tuna?
I love softcapping...huge fan....
On my widow I have two "I win" powers. I define that as powers when I hit them in a middle of a X8 mob make the fight officially over, save for a few minutes of chasing down the odds and ends....those two powers are Psychic Wail and Aura of Confusion. You dont have Aura of Confusion and while you dont need it, you can cheaply put in the confuse purple set in and have that going for you....
Dominate should not be treated as a hold....cant stress that enough, frankenslot or put in 6 pieces of thunderstrike (the cheapest ranged def there is).
Remove the slots from MP...you say youre softcapping for when that gets suppressed...so why do you have slots in it?
In spin and psychic wail you have 3 pieces of Eradication for 1.5% ranged. Well if you put in a set of thunderstrikes somewhere else you could probably put in 5 pieces of Sciroccos for the AoE defense and achieve very similar Acc/Dam/End and recharge numbers for approximately the same price
Mind Link? Where is it....? Seriously go back and find a way, its a terrific team buff and will save you from the occassional Cascading Defense Failure.
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Is that what I smell? Cheap Tuna?
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I don't know you guys call Fortunata Tuna. /em giggle
It's our battle cry.
"For Tuna!"
I was just playing around with a Fortunata in Mids and wondered what the simplest route for softcapping is, or at least the cheapest. So here, have a chunk:
Edit: Yes, I didn't grab Mind Link, I swapped it out for Psionic Tornado for extra AoE damage.
I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
Union EU player! Pip pip, tally ho, top hats and tea etc etc