I have chilling embrace on mine. I like it. If your planning on going in melee range, make sure to get the CE/ice patch combo. It helps alot. Also look into Acrobatics for mez protection, I just specced into and love it.
Drop Frozen Aura tho. It's a PBAoE sleep that does no damage. And since you get it at level 38, most of the mobs have sleep resistance by then, not to mention AoE heavy teams will make this power useless.
However, if you really do want to get it, I recommend Frankenslotting it! The Fortunata (purple sleep set) Has a proc that does placate, which could be useful. And the Call of the Sandman set has a self-heal proc in it, also could be useful. Look at what other procs this power could take (can't remember if it takes slow sets), since having this power do something extra than what it does currently is the only way I could see this power becoming useful...
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Blaster Frozen Aura isn't the same as the new and improved Tanker Frozen aura. It's just a sleep.
Well, maybe you can slot the heal proc in it and dream about it becoming drain psyche's much much much much much lesser cousin.
Chilling embrace is the same as the tanker version but I don't think it's a good fit with Ice/Ice if you already have shiver and the innate slows from ice attacks. Elec/ice maybe.
You could just use your second build and make it ranged def capped. then you can have your s/l capped build do ITFs and range capped build for just about everything else.
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I got Chilling Embrace and Ice Patch on my Ice/Ice blaster. You can soft-cap for S/L using a lot of Curtail Speed IOs, which makes it relatively inexpensive (it does use two Kinetic Combat sets).|
Originally Posted by Santorican
Can anyone tell me about this power, I have an Ice/Ice blaster and was thinking of specing into Chilling Embrace as well as Frozen Aura for a kind of PBAoE blaptrollerish feel. Any thoughts?
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It's not easy mode, however. You still need to carry a lot of Break Frees and greens. But you can solo at +0/x4 or higher, depending on the enemies you're fighting. And if you're fighting alongside a tanker or brute, you can do a lot of damage while providing decent mitigation.
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Frost Maven: Level 50 Science Blaster
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Ice Manipulation
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Cold Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Ice Blast -- CtlSpd-Acc/Slow(A), CtlSpd-Dmg/Slow(3), CtlSpd-Acc/EndRdx(3), CtlSpd-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(9), Dmg-I(9), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(36)
Level 1: Chilblain -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg(A), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(34), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(40), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(45), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(50), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(50)
Level 2: Ice Bolt -- CtlSpd-Acc/Slow(A), CtlSpd-Dmg/Slow(5), CtlSpd-Acc/EndRdx(5), CtlSpd-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(17), Dmg-I(17), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(36)
Level 4: Ice Sword -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(7), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11)
Level 6: Hover -- Krma-ResKB(A), Flight-I(43)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(25), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 10: Freeze Ray -- NrncSD-Acc/Rchg(A), NrncSD-EndRdx/Hold(13), NrncSD-Acc/EndRdx(13), NrncSD-Hold/Rng(15), NrncSD-Acc/Hold/Rchg(15), NrncSD-Dam%(37)
Level 12: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- CtlSpd-Acc/Slow(A), CtlSpd-Dmg/Slow(19), CtlSpd-Acc/EndRdx(19), CtlSpd-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(23), Dmg-I(23), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(37)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Build Up -- Rec'dRet-ToHit(A), Rec'dRet-Pcptn(37), RechRdx-I(39), RechRdx-I(42)
Level 24: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 26: Chilling Embrace -- CtlSpd-Acc/EndRdx(A), CtlSpd-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(27), CtlSpd-Dmg/Slow(27), CtlSpd-Rng/Slow(31), EndRdx-I(31)
Level 28: Frozen Fists -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(29), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(29), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), TmpRdns-Acc/EndRdx(34)
Level 30: Ice Patch -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 32: Ice Storm -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(33), Posi-Dmg/Rng(33), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 35: Combat Jumping -- Winter-ResSlow(A)
Level 38: Blizzard -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(39), Posi-Dmg/Rng(40), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40)
Level 41: Flash Freeze -- LgcRps-Acc/Rchg(A), LgcRps-EndRdx/Sleep(42), LgcRps-Acc/Sleep(42), LgcRps-Sleep/Rng(43), LgcRps-Acc/Sleep/Rchg(43)
Level 44: Frozen Armor -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def(46), RedFtn-EndRdx(46), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(46)
Level 47: Snow Storm -- CtlSpd-Dmg/Slow(A), CtlSpd-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(48), CtlSpd-Acc/EndRdx(48), CtlSpd-Rng/Slow(48), EndRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Hibernate -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance
Level 0: Ninja Run
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You'll mostly only see Sleep protection on mechanical enemies (Nemesis Jaegars, Malta Titans, Council robots, etc). Though only seen early-game, I actually like how Sleeps have a delayed effect on Clockwork and wouldn't mind seeing that duplicated late game for some enemies.|
Originally Posted by Ozmosis
Drop Frozen Aura tho. It's a PBAoE sleep that does no damage. And since you get it at level 38, most of the mobs have sleep resistance by then, not to mention AoE heavy teams will make this power useless.
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Admittedly, FA doesn't mesh well with AoE-focused powersets and Sleeps, in general, are pointless on teams as only 2.5% of the playerbase work well with Sleeps (which is less that half than those that understand Confuse).
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Originally Posted by Ozmosis
However, if you really do want to get it, I recommend Frankenslotting it! The Fortunata (purple sleep set) Has a proc that does placate, which could be useful. And the Call of the Sandman set has a self-heal proc in it, also could be useful. Look at what other procs this power could take (can't remember if it takes slow sets), since having this power do something extra than what it does currently is the only way I could see this power becoming useful...
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Also, Frozen Aura has as awesome animation.
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Can anyone tell me about this power, I have an Ice/Ice blaster and was thinking of specing into Chilling Embrace as well as Frozen Aura for a kind of PBAoE blaptrollerish feel. Any thoughts?
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