Seeking advice on a high single target damage Domi soloist

I absolutely adore Mind Control for a solo domi. Back in the day I had a Mind/Psi and it was great fun but at some point from 35 on I crossed some invisible barrier with her and suddenly my +3 level missions became an exercise in slowly chipping away at bosses and lieutenants, very irritating. So I deleted her.

For GR I want to make another Mind domi but this time I want to take a blast set with better single target damage so that I do not feel like I am chipping away at health bars all night long.

The domi is my soloer or small group player (with a few friends) so I will be using sleep and confuse a lot, so AE damage is out of the question.

What blast set offers the best single target damage attack chain that I can carry through to 50?

I will also be playing her blueside, if that helps.

And thorny assault then? If I slot Achilles Heel -res procs in some attacks, will that alleviate the "chipping away" feel at later levels by dropping the dmg resists?

I won't be able to use thorntrops with sleeps/mass hypnosis, probably will have to focus on a confuse/hold strategy more.

Firey Assault all the way. BTW Fiery Embrace becomes Embrace of Fire on Tuesday and does not share the buff that Fire Armor users get.

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Check the powers guide in my sig for my full opinion.

I'd suggest in this order:

Electricity Assault: four attacks by level 10 + Build Up. Voltaic Sentinel is also good vs. bosses.
Energy Assault: four attacks by level 10 and a heavy hitter at 38
Fiery Assault: slow to mature attack chain, but has Embrace of Fire and Blaze at level 38 is great.

Mind/Fire -- great single target damage and control (really exceptional) with really great AOE control and AOE dmg when needed.

I'm basing my opinion on some generated attack chains. Check out the Attack Chain Generator link in my sig if you want to play around with what the sets can do.

Have you considered a plant dom instead of mind? You still get a sleep and confuse. In this case the confuse is AOE and recharges really quickly with just SOs in place. A plant/stone for up close and personal or a plant/fire if you would prefer a full ranged option. Incinerate is a great melee attack for fire though.

If you are dead set on mind, I'd suggest fire as a secondary as well.

Thanks for all the replies! Yeah, I think Mind/fire is looking good. I do love mind over plant control as the controls are perfect for soloing since confuse is non aggro. You can walk into range of a mob and within a short space of time, even in the early levels, all the mobs in the group are locked down, beating on each other or fast asleep.