Another ill/rad question (Sorry.)

Hello fellow Controllers

It has been some years since I played a Controller, but have had some experience in the past so not a complete novice.

Now that GR is live, I took the advice of a player called TameDragon and started levelling a ill/rad (having never tried it before.) It didn't take long for me to completely fall in love with the power sets and the playing style ill/rad creates, and am now pursing level 30 with relish having left praetoria (or is that lagtoria) and headed into CoX.

So while there has been 'downtime' in the past week I took to the forums to find out more about this type.
I have to say reading Local Man's Guide was most definitely one of the best guide's I have read. Sod the fact its long, it covers everything you need to know, from you beginning with the power sets right up to you being able to second guess you entire teams next target/tactic before they have even decided them selves!
So thank you. It certainly helped me out immensely!

With levelling proceeding nicely, my mind is starting to turn towards the thought of builds and how to get the very best from and for this character.
I will be the first to put my hand up and say 'I'm terrible at builds' but I understand how Mids works and how it shows its results, and have been looking closely at some of the builds that have been posted on the Controllers forum here.

And there in lies my problem. Well problems.

Problem No. 1, is that I have absolutely no idea which build to choose from the numerous posted within this section. They all look good to me without sounding like I'm brown nosing.

And

Problem No. 2, all the builds seem to follow the same path and show Ancillary Powers from blue side (for example Fire/Cold Mastery.)
I'm a villain! So what would people suggest as a substitute from the 4 Patrons red side provide?

Oh, and please, no silly comments about 'level to 50 then switch to blue side get the Fire mastery blah blah.' The only reason I'll go blue side is to badge hunt. I'm a loyal reddie!

Advice and if you can spare the time, a build/s gladly excepted and appreciated on this matter. As I'll read every and all replies.

Thank you.
Chappers.

Wrong section.

And it doesn't matter which side you're on or which you started on - you get full access to the Epic power pools. Still have to be a full Villain to unlock the Patron pools, though.

As for which Patron pool to go with, going Mace Mastery gives you two more powers to mule LotG +7.5% recharge (and perhaps even use!), though it would greatly lower your personal offense a fair bit compared to, say, Ice Mastery (which you get a nice blast, 1 LotG mule, and a nice AoE rain).

[if my Ill/Rad/Ice went Mace - and I just unlocked the patrons last night - I could go with LotGs in Superior Invisibility, Combat Jumping, Maneuvers, Scorpion Shield and Personal Force Field instead of his current SI, CJ, Man, and Frozen Armor; sitting at 90% global recharge - need mooooore! :]