Dp/storm

Please post your comments for the dual pistol/strom defender combo. I have a low level and want to know the progresion of powers. Thumps up or down on the combo at the least.

I have a Storm/DP. He works really well I think. The occasional KB from the pistols doesn't bother my stormy one bit. Swap ammo is a great feature to customize your effects according to your targets: CoT don't like cold, most don't like chem rounds.


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Rider on the Storm: Level 48 Natural Defender
Primary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Secondary Power Set: Dual Pistols
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Gale -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Pistols -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(3), Empty(25), Empty(25)
Level 2: Snow Storm -- Empty(A), Empty(5)
Level 4: Empty Clips -- Empty(A), Empty(5), Empty(15), Empty(29), Empty(37)
Level 6: Steamy Mist -- Empty(A), Empty(7), Empty(7), Empty(17)
Level 8: Freezing Rain -- Empty(A), Empty(9), Empty(9), Empty(11), Empty(11), Empty(29)
Level 10: Swap Ammo
Level 12: Hurricane -- Empty(A), Empty(13), Empty(13), Empty(15)
Level 14: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Bullet Rain -- Empty(A), Empty(17), Empty(19), Empty(19), Empty(36), Empty(36)
Level 18: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(21)
Level 22: Suppressive Fire -- Empty(A), Empty(23), Empty(23), Empty(37), Empty(37)
Level 24: Teleport -- Empty(A), Empty(40)
Level 26: Tornado -- Empty(A), Empty(27), Empty(27), Empty(31), Empty(31), Empty(31)
Level 28: Recall Friend -- Empty(A)
Level 30: O2 Boost -- Empty(A), Empty(34)
Level 32: Lightning Storm -- Empty(A), Empty(33), Empty(33), Empty(33), Empty(34), Empty(34)
Level 35: Thunder Clap -- Empty(A), Empty(36)
Level 38: Hail of Bullets -- Empty(A), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(40), Empty(40)
Level 41: Thunder Strike -- Empty(A), Empty(42), Empty(42), Empty(42)
Level 44: Charged Armor -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Power Sink -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Shocking Bolt -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
Level 6: Ninja Run
Level 10: Chemical Ammunition
Level 10: Cryo Ammunition
Level 10: Incendiary Ammunition

please, there has got to be more wisdom out there. What do people think of the combo of strom/DP defender. I have been using snow storm to great effect.

I had not thought of that and yes I have read your manuals on stromy's. Thank you.

The combo doesn't have any specific synergy, but they won't get in the way of eachother either. Should be pretty solid.

Storm has tons of KB DP has one. DP is low on the damage scale compared to other damage sets.The AOE for DP is PBAOE.. Hurricane knocks everyone back.. LS unless you can fly is a KB. SO For your best AOE attack you will have to turn off many of your cool Storm powers..

If you have too many lvl 50s and your bored go for it.. Otherwise you could pick something much better to go with DP.

Kinetics - will help boost your DP damage, I have one of these at 50. Corruptor though. Everyone loves a Kin.. You can get smash and lethal capped and Range at 30% defense.

Traps - You can boost your Defenses and soft cap many types. You can go in and drop a trip mine and then Hail of Bullets and wipe out several groups of mobs.

Rad - For the Debuff. If you could get some defense caps then I would say okay.. Otherwise I'm against it. Smash Lethal and Ranged.

Kin is great because of the utility it has. All the powers are good in Kinetics. You get a decent recharge on all your powers also.

Traps is great because you can get Defense cap in many damage types. Your basically become almost impervious. You run in.. Drop a Trip mine hit Hail of Bullets and bam 10 or so dead mobs. Though you would be lacking the heal ability of kin or the recharge of kin. You make up for that with the defense you have. Your main attacks will pretty much be the Trip mine HoB combo. You will use your other powers just to kill off those mobs almost dead and running off. Again I have a 50 Sonic Traps corruptor which is great also. He can hold more mobs then the DP Kin because of his defenses, but he kills much slower. Where as the kin can get overwhelmed because of too many mobs.

Fairly standard strong primary - weak secondary defender setup.

In low and mid levels, take and slot primaries preferentially, take and slot just enough secondaries to get by in case you have to solo a mission. This may be just your tier 1 Pistols and Empty Clips. Team a lot.

Then, by level 50, plan on having all, or almost all, of your 9 primary powers. That leaves only 15 or so left for secondaries, pools, and APPs. If you want a lot of pool and APP powers, skip some secondaries, that's okay. Skip primaries only if you're absolutely sure you don't want them.

My level 50 storm/dp will have, on his teaming build:
all 9 primaries
6 secondaries: Pistols, Empty Clips, Swap Ammo, Suppressive Fire, Piercing Rounds, Hail of Bullets
7 pools and 2 APPs: Hover Fly and GFly, Swift and Health, Maneuvers, Provoke, Electric Fence and Charged Armor.

Hasten would be beneficial, but I don't like it, personally. Also, I haven't done a soloing build for him yet, but O2 Boost and Provoke would definitely be thrown out for that. Electric Fence + Tornado + Lightning Storm will make a fun level 41 combo once I get there. I'll need the help against lethal damage resistant targets!

Thee is so much I disagree with, where to begin... My improvements (at least in my opinion) are in bold

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Originally Posted by plainguy Storm has tons of KB DP has more than one depending on ammo type. DP is low on the damage scale compared to other specifically sonic damage sets.The AOE for DP includes PBAOE, targetted AoE and a cone.. Hurricane knocks everyone back if used like a sledgehammer .. LS unless you can fly is a KB. SO For your best AOE attack you will have to turn off many of your cool Storm powers..You can't turn off lightning storm once activated and there are plenty of times my hurricane is turned off, for instance when using Thunderclap, another good storm power If you have too many lvl 50s and your bored go for it.. Otherwise you could pick something much better to go with DP. Kinetics and Storm both - will help boost your DP damage, I have one of these at 50. Corruptor though. Everyone loves a Kin.. You can get smash and lethal capped and Range at 30% defense. Many players enjoy teaming with well-played stormies. Traps - You can boost your Defenses and soft cap many types. You can go in and drop a trip mine and then Hail of Bullets and wipe out several groups of mobs. Rad - For the Debuff. If you could get some defense caps then I would say okay.. Otherwise I'm against it. Smash Lethal and Ranged. On the other hand, steamy mists provides modest defense a good deal of resistance to fire, cold, and energy Kin is great because of the utility it has. All the powers are good in Kinetics. You get a decent recharge on all your powers also. All the Storm powers are capable of boosting a team or solo player's effectiveness except that O2 cannot be cast on oneself. Traps is great because you can get Defense cap in many damage types. Your basically become almost impervious. You run in.. Drop a Trip mine hit Hail of Bullets and bam 10 or so dead mobs. Though you would be lacking the heal ability of kin or the recharge of kin. You make up for that with the defense you have. Your main attacks will pretty much be the Trip mine HoB combo. You will use your other powers just to kill off those mobs almost dead and running off. Again I have a 50 Sonic Traps corruptor which is great also. He can hold more mobs then the DP Kin because of his defenses, but he kills much slower. Where as the kin can get overwhelmed because of too many mobs.

Storms play 4 games rather well: -tohit to where foes can hardly hit them; slow/-recharge can bring spawns speed and recharge to a point you almost need a calendar to time their movements and attacks. Storm also plays a wicked -resistance and -defense debuff combo in freezing rain that is paralleled only with cold's sleet, a direct copy of that power. Tornado is also a big defense debuffer. Another feature that Storm plays is the AoE stun. Combining thunderclap with tornado and suppressive fire should stun bosses.

I like my Storm/DP defender quite a bit.

As slow as it is, Thunder Clap --> PBAoE bullet fest would look cool.

Points well taken Draggyn.