I've finally gotten to finishing my Ice/Cold Corruptor's journey to 50 and trying to make a good build with sets for him. Unfortunately, its been hard to find one aspect I can really build towards for high levels without giving up something I don't want to. Really, the only thing I need to improve my survivability, so I cooked up a few builds I thought were good overall (increasing survivability and adding more offense) and wanted opinions.
First is a team build I'm strongly leaning towards. I picked powers to be responsive to exemplaring, emphasising my buffs, debuffs, controls and other powers that could benefit the team first before personal damage. It is also a decent build for soloing too. I primarily build towards getting high defense values with a good amount of global recharge too. While not softcapped, a small purple softcaps me to Smashing, Lethal, Energy and just shy of 45% for Ranged, which covers a lot of the attacks I face. 80% global recharge is pretty good too. Its an expensive build though, but I'm not expecting to get it together immediately. I could build for higher Energy and Ranged Defense, but then I wouldn't have the purples, which are great for providing extra recharge when exemplared down.
For the sake of completeness, here's a build that focuses completely on global recharge. I don't think it would really help my survivability as much as the mixed build, but I'm willing to hear thoughts and experiences.
Finally, this is a solo build I came up with that I may work on after forming the team build. It has more of a focus on tools I need for survivability alone first (dealing damaging and surviving it) with a couple buffs as LotG mules later on. Its bonuses end up similar to the first build, just the powers are taken in a different order with different priority.
Thoughts? I'm really excited for this build as something to work towards.
A tangentially related question. Are there any story arcs or Task/Strike Forces that exemplar you to 44? Most stuff in the 40-45 or 50 range brings you to level 45 or 50. I'm looking to maintain my defenses at least in those last 5 levels, since that is when most of my defense powers will be available. So if it is 44, I'd use level 47 set IOs and 48 if it is 45.
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Hmm, I'll have a look at your builds and let you know what I think. I just posted a similar thread, with my current build :P You can look at it for purposes of comparison if you like.
I've finally gotten to finishing my Ice/Cold Corruptor's journey to 50 and trying to make a good build with sets for him. Unfortunately, its been hard to find one aspect I can really build towards for high levels without giving up something I don't want to. Really, the only thing I need to improve my survivability, so I cooked up a few builds I thought were good overall (increasing survivability and adding more offense) and wanted opinions.
First is a team build I'm strongly leaning towards. I picked powers to be responsive to exemplaring, emphasising my buffs, debuffs, controls and other powers that could benefit the team first before personal damage. It is also a decent build for soloing too. I primarily build towards getting high defense values with a good amount of global recharge too. While not softcapped, a small purple softcaps me to Smashing, Lethal, Energy and just shy of 45% for Ranged, which covers a lot of the attacks I face. 80% global recharge is pretty good too. Its an expensive build though, but I'm not expecting to get it together immediately. I could build for higher Energy and Ranged Defense, but then I wouldn't have the purples, which are great for providing extra recharge when exemplared down.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Chilblain (Team/Defense): Level 50 Mutation Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ice Bolt -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(3), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Apoc-Dam%(5)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- AnWeak-Acc/Rchg(A), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(7), Achilles-ResDeb%(7)
Level 2: Ice Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(9), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13)
Level 4: Ice Shield -- DefBuff-I(A), LkGmblr-Def(13), LkGmblr-Rchg+(15)
Level 6: Snow Storm -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Freeze Ray -- UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(A), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(15), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(17), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(17), UbrkCons-Dam%(19)
Level 10: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 12: Glacial Shield -- DefBuff-I(A), LkGmblr-Def(19), LkGmblr-Rchg+(21)
Level 14: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(21)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(23), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(25), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(25), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(27)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), P'Shift-EndMod(27), P'Shift-End%(29)
Level 22: Arctic Fog -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(29), LkGmblr-Rchg+(31), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(31)
Level 24: Frostwork -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(31), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Dct'dW-Heal(33), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(33)
Level 26: Ice Storm -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(34), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Ragnrk-Knock%(36)
Level 28: Benumb -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 32: Blizzard -- AirB'st-Dmg/Rchg(A), Det'tn-Dmg/Rchg(39), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(39), JavVoll-Dam/End/Rech(39)
Level 35: Sleet -- UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg(A), UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(40), UndDef-Rchg/EndRdx(40), UndDef-Rchg(40)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(43), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(50)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(43), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(43), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def(45), RedFtn-EndRdx(45)
Level 44: Maneuvers -- RedFtn-EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(46), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(46), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(46), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48), RedFtn-Def(48)
Level 47: Hover -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(48), HO:Enzym(50), LkGmblr-Rchg+(50)
Level 49: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Scourge
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:
For the sake of completeness, here's a build that focuses completely on global recharge. I don't think it would really help my survivability as much as the mixed build, but I'm willing to hear thoughts and experiences.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Chilblain (Team/Recharge): Level 50 Mutation Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ice Bolt -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(3), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Apoc-Dam%(5)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- AnWeak-Acc/Rchg(A), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(7), Achilles-ResDeb%(7)
Level 2: Ice Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(9), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13)
Level 4: Ice Shield -- DefBuff-I(A), LkGmblr-Def(13), LkGmblr-Rchg+(15)
Level 6: Snow Storm -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Freeze Ray -- UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(A), UbrkCons-Hold(15), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(17), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(17), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(19)
Level 10: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 12: Glacial Shield -- DefBuff-I(A), LkGmblr-Def(19), LkGmblr-Rchg+(21)
Level 14: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(21)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg(23), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(25), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(27)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), P'Shift-EndMod(27), P'Shift-End%(29)
Level 22: Arctic Fog -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(29), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFtn-Def(50), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(50)
Level 24: Frostwork -- Panac-Heal/EndRedux(A), Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(31), Panac-Heal/Rchg(33), Panac-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(33), Panac-Heal(33)
Level 26: Ice Storm -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(34), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Ragnrk-Knock%(36)
Level 28: Benumb -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 32: Blizzard -- AirB'st-Dmg/Rchg(A), Det'tn-Dmg/Rchg(39), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(39), JavVoll-Dam/End/Rech(39)
Level 35: Sleet -- UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg(A), UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(40), UndDef-Rchg/EndRdx(40), UndDef-Rchg(40)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(43), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(43)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(43), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def(45), LkGmblr-Rchg+(46)
Level 44: Maneuvers -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(46), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(46), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48), RedFtn-Def(48), LkGmblr-Rchg+(48)
Level 47: Hover -- Flight-I(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(50)
Level 49: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:
Finally, this is a solo build I came up with that I may work on after forming the team build. It has more of a focus on tools I need for survivability alone first (dealing damaging and surviving it) with a couple buffs as LotG mules later on. Its bonuses end up similar to the first build, just the powers are taken in a different order with different priority.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Chilblain (Solo): Level 50 Mutation Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ice Bolt -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(3), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Apoc-Dam%(5)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- AnWeak-Acc/Rchg(A), AnWeak-Acc/Rchg/EndRdx(7), Achilles-ResDeb%(7)
Level 2: Ice Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(9), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13)
Level 4: Frost Breath -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(13), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(15), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(15), Posi-Dam%(17), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(19), RechRdx-I(19)
Level 8: Freeze Ray -- UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(A), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(21), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(21), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(23), UbrkCons-Dam%(23), Lock-%Hold(48)
Level 10: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 12: Ice Storm -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(25), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(25), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Ragnrk-Knock%(27), Ragnrk-Dmg(50)
Level 14: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(29)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(29), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), P'Shift-EndMod(33), P'Shift-End%(33)
Level 22: Arctic Fog -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(34), LkGmblr-Rchg+(34), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(34)
Level 24: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 26: Snow Storm -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 28: Benumb -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 30: Maneuvers -- RedFtn-EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(37), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(37), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(37), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(39), RedFtn-Def(39)
Level 32: Blizzard -- AirB'st-Dmg/Rchg(A), Det'tn-Dmg/Rchg(39), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(40), JavVoll-Dam/End/Rech(40)
Level 35: Sleet -- UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg(A), UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(40), UndDef-Rchg/EndRdx(42), UndDef-Rchg(42)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(42), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(43), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(43), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(43), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(45)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(45), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(46), RedFtn-Def(50), RedFtn-EndRdx(50)
Level 44: Hover -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(46), HO:Enzym(46), LkGmblr-Def(48), LkGmblr-Rchg+(48)
Level 47: Ice Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 49: Glacial Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Scourge
Level 1: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:
Thoughts? I'm really excited for this build as something to work towards.
A tangentially related question. Are there any story arcs or Task/Strike Forces that exemplar you to 44? Most stuff in the 40-45 or 50 range brings you to level 45 or 50. I'm looking to maintain my defenses at least in those last 5 levels, since that is when most of my defense powers will be available. So if it is 44, I'd use level 47 set IOs and 48 if it is 45.