Ice/Electric?

I always wanted to play an Ice tank, but am having a really hard time deciding on a secondary.

I try not to do the same secondary twice, so the current high lvl tanks I have are Stone/SS, Fire/Ice, Invul/EM, and of course my shelved 50 Stone/Stone.

So its between Fire, Electric, Weapons, and Dark

I was thinking Electric might be good, because of Ice's powerful aggro (chilling embrace + Icicles) and Lightning Rod and Thunderstrike could work well with that.

What do you guys think? I am open for suggestions.

I am trying out and Ice/Elec Tank, as well. Only up to 19, but in theory, the two sets should mesh well for the reasons you outlined.

Ice/Fire is a pretty established and effective Tank combo, and Elec Melee is similar in that it is a good PBAoE. But with some cooler powers, IMO (visually, anyway; don't know how the numbers match up).

Ice/elec performs well on a budget. I rolled one in the beta when we got the new style diff slider, and I was soloing +1x8 at decent speed and complete safety on SOs.

With IOs it could be a whole load of fun.

I'm planning an Ice/Electric Tanker too. I had an old Ice/SS tanker, but I hate SS, so I was looking around for an alternative to SS that didnt have any weapon shapes (Axe, Fire Sword) or weird magic (Touch of Fear, Midnight Grasp) in them. At first I was thinking Energy Melee but then I realized that Electric is a punch melee set with some fun stuff in it.

So my guy will definitely be Ice/Electric.

Here is my planned build. It isn't cheap, but it isn't as pricey as some either.

Lewis

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ZZZ TAN Ice Elec: Level 50 Mutation Tanker
Primary Power Set: Ice Armor
Secondary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Frozen Armor -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(15), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(15), RedFtn-Def(25)
Level 1: Charged Brawl -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(5), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Mako-Dam%(43)
Level 2: Havoc Punch -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(3), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Mako-Dam%(43)
Level 4: Chilling Embrace -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 6: Wet Ice -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Hoarfrost -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(9), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(9), Dct'dW-Heal(13), Dct'dW-Rchg(13)
Level 10: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 14: Super Speed -- QckFt-EndRdx/RunSpd(A)
Level 16: Thunder Strike -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(17), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(17), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), EndRdx-I(40)
Level 18: Glacial Armor -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(19), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(19), RedFtn-Def(25)
Level 20: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(42)
Level 22: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(23), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(23), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(46), P'Shift-End%(46)
Level 24: Taunt -- Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(A)
Level 26: Energy Absorption -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(27), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(27), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(31), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(34), RedFtn-Def(34)
Level 28: Chain Induction -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(29), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(29), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31)
Level 30: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(42), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(42), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(50), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(50), GSFC-Build%(50)
Level 32: Icicles -- C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(33), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx(33), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 35: Jacobs Ladder -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(36), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), EndRdx-I(43)
Level 38: Lightning Rod -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Oblit-%Dam(40)
Level 41: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 44: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-EndRdx/Rchg(45), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RctvArm-ResDam(45), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(46)
Level 47: Weave -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(48), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48), RedFtn-Def(48)
Level 49: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
Level 6: Ninja Run

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