Stone. Hands down.
Seriously, though. You'll be doing enough damage with Fissure + Fire Cages + FS that you will never miss Fire Ball (Really the only useful part of the Pool, IMO.) If you take Fire, though, you will, without a doubt, miss the defensive capabilities of Stone.
With Stone, you can easily hit the softcap of 45% S/L defense, as well as having a (basically) permanent increase to your maximum health. On top of that, Fissure really is a nice AoE power that can stack with Flashfire for added mitigation (if needed.) Seismic Smash is great for taking on any stragglers that were missed by your AoEs, or any of those pesky bosses that some insist upon running with.
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I believe Stone to be the best.
Fissure has a chance to knock down foes and a chance to stun them, which is nice for general play and farming and for stacking sometimes with Flashfire. It has a super short range but a decent area, and since you'll be Fire/Kin you'll be up in the mix anyway. It does less damage than some other AOEs on a single application, but it costs less endurance and it recharges way faster. With lots of recharge it really comes back fast.
The armor from Stone is defense based, which is nice if you are trying to hit the smashing/lethal defense cap.
Hurl Boulder is a pretty good ranged attack. It hits pretty hard and with lots of recharge it is *almost* comparable to some of the other single target attacks from other epics. But then again, for most of what you'll be doing, you'll probably prefer the bigger alpha hit. Assuming you take it. I skipped it in favor of Seismic Smash.
Seismic Smash is a melee single target attack, but it animates quickly and it hits like a freight train. It also has a Hold component to the attack which can stack with Char or Cinders.
Finally, you get Earth's Embrace for increasing your hit points. With a bit of global recharge and some stacked siphon speed, you can make it perma, for higher max hit points at all times.
Stone is a truly great epic. The others all have their strengths, but I just think that Stone fits any melee-range controller very well. Since Fire and Kin both lend themselves to being in melee range, Stone is the perfect fit. I think it would fit Ice/Kin very well also.
Lewis
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Hey everyone, so I have decided to jump on the old bandwagon and make a Fire/Kin myself after a long time of trying not to. This char will be mainly used for farming and that is about it. But I was wondering what is the best Epic Power Pool to use for this. I have seen everyone using Fire, Stone, and Psi and was wondering in your opinion which was the best for farming purposes, thanks!