Electric/???

I'm looking to try out the Electric control set, with a Controller and I'm not sure what to pair it with... I am pretty much a fanboy of Radiation Emission and Kinetics, but I have 3 /Rad Controllers, a Rad Defender, 2 Kin Defenders and a /Kin Controller already so I'm thinking I may like to try something else.

Some info regarding my playstyle... this will mostly be a solo character, I do not delve into purples, and don't do much for high end builds either. I mostly slot Generic IOs with some slotting for +Global Rech and +Recovery.

I was thinking of possibly Electric/Storm for a thematic combo. Anyone have an Elec/Storm? Suggest for or against this combo?

Any other suggestions for what goes good with Electric control? I assume from the power descriptions that Electric is a low damage control set and I am OK with that. I also have an Earth/FF(50 that teamed a good bit) and an Ice/TA (Currently 24 that has exclusively soloed) controller so I can deal with the slowness of a low damage set.

Thanks

Electric/Archery - just like fight club - try not to talk about it too much.

Look through the powers and you can drain the endurance of even AVs and you have endless endurance without Stamina. How would you like to open attacks with a sleep that KEEPS sleeping even after they are awoken, drain their endurance, disrupt their resistance and defense, Hold them all, slow them and confuse them all and all BEFORE you get pets?

Yeah, it can be that good.

I've got an Elec/Rad on the go at the moment, and even though she's still low level, she's already fun to play. Sure she's slow solo, but still fun.

I considered /Storm, too. However, Storm's got lots of KB, which will mess with the location sleep power, and the +regen/+recovery aura. Hurricane would make the aura pretty much useless, too.

I'd suggest possibly looking at /Sonic, though. The -res might help with the lack of damage, and the Sonic Dispersion will mean Conductive Aura drops only when Sleeps are in play. I'd also guess that Gremlins with the Sonic shields would look rather fancy, too. ^_^

Because of the synergy with Choking Cloud, I had to make mine an Elec/Rad, even though I have a LOT of */Rad controllers (Ill, 2xFire, Earth and Plant all at 50, with a few others at lower levels). Rad synergizes with Electric very well. I'm at 33 so far, and it has been fun. I can't wait until I can really fully enhance everything.

I tried both Elec/Kin and Elec/Rad on Test, and much preferred the Rad. If I were going to go with something else . . . I'd probably go with Thermal.

Storm is an awesome set -- I have lots of them, too. But Freezing Rain will disrupt the sleep from Static Field, and Static Field is one of your main sources of control. You would have other tools you could use, but that one is a problem for me. Your AoE from Elec has no -knockback, which is good for Jolting Chain and the knockdown in Freezing Rain, but bad for Tornado -- kind of like Gravity in that way. You will have Hurricane to herd foes back into your sleep patch, which will be nice. You don't have a stun to stack with Thunderclap (like Earth, Fire and Grav). Storm is always fun, but I'm not sure that Electric is the best synergy.

Trick Arrow could be fun. (I have an Ill/TA at 50.) I prefer to use TA from range, but you could use Static and your debuffs from range and then run into melee to drain endurance with Conductive Aura -- you may want to plan on using Super Speed for travel. Poison Gas Arrow has a 66% chance to apply a Mag 2 Sleep, so stacking it with Static Field might be pretty decent. The energy damage in Tesla Cage and the AoE Immob will probably light Oil Slick, and the damage will be welcome in the upper levels. So, I can see TA being a pretty good match.

Cold is an interesting set, but has Sleet has the same good/bad aspect as Freezing Rain. It will further enhance the endurance drain of Electric.

I am trying another variety of super sapper: EC/Kinetics.

Thanks for all the tips gang, maybe I need to go Dominator or I will go Elec/Rad and try to find teams.

I have a Elec/Rad at 28 and a Elec/Cold at 33. The Rad combo is very solid, almost too solid sometimes. My only complaint is that, after playing a number of Rads over the years, it feels too familiar. The Cold is pretty interesting, esp. since I dont have as much experience with it. Ice shielded gremlins look REALLY cool, too. I'm hoping when I hit 38 the end drain combo will go from :-) to 8-D

I don't have access to Mids at the moment, so I can't post a build. I'm taking everything in Elec except the single target Immob. In Rad, I'm only skipping Mutation and Fallout. Once I-19 hits, I'll be able to add Mutation back in. I may add the single target Immob slotted for damage. I use Super Speed + a Stealth IO for travel. I prefer that for a Melee character. I slotted Jolting Chain for damage and the AoE Immob with Acc, EndRdx and damage procs (which do more damage than actually slotting the power for damage). My problem in the mid-thirties is not enough slots.

As explained in my Ill/Rad guide, Choking Cloud really needs to be slotted with capped Hold. Plus you want as much EndRdx as you can since it uses a ton of endurance. Once there, you can fit in a proc or two, and the first one you should go for is the Lockdown +Mag 2 proc. Because of the unique way that Choking Cloud works, that proc is very effective. Choking Cloud has an 80% chance to apply a Mag 1 hold (worthless by itself), and a 50% chance to apply a Mag 2 Hold (which will hold minions by itself). Those can stack, so there is actually a 90% chance of having at least a Mag 1 hold on any foe in the area of effect and a 40% chance of having Mag 3 that will hold Lts. If the Lockdown proc hits, it will hold Lts if the Cloud applied a Mag 1, and Bosses if the Cloud applied a Mag 2 or 3.

Strategy-wise, you want some kind of initial AoE hold before you run in with Choking Cloud + Conductive Aura -- Choking Cloud takes a few seconds for the pulsing hold to hit. Static Field works perfectly, but Synaptic Overload + Chain Fences works well, too. You can drain them all of endurance and hold them while they sleep or beat on each other. Use Tesla Cage on any foes who break out of the Choking Cloud Hold or for Bosses to stack the hold -- once nice thing about CC is that usually a single Tesla Cage will hold a Boss since there is a 90% chance that he will have a Mag 1 hold on him already.

Maybe I am ghoulish, but I would take fallout before mutation on PuG teams. For friendly teams and raid teams, I would get mutation for the combat rez. On a PuG team doing tips or radio/paper missions, most of the time I can make a wakie. I want that extra 'boom' from fallout Alternate builds to the rescue again!

Quite familiar, as I have the Psi APP set on several controllers. Indomidible Will does as advertised, but it is on a long timer so you will have some time where it will not cover you unless you have huge amounts of Recharge. You can choose whether you want to leave it on auto, or save it to click just before you go into a fight. It is the crown jewel of the Psi APP set.

Psi Blast is . . . OK -- it is decent single target damage, and if you need it, take it. Psi Tornado is quite good -- AoE with Damage over Time and knockup, and it recharges pretty quickly. The armor, Mind Over Matter, is a pretty standard Smash/Lethal Resistance armor with some Psi protection, but at least it doesn't obscure your costume. World of Confusion has such a small AoE and such a short duration for the Confuse pulses that it stinks -- The only people I know who have kept it after trying it are using it only as a mule for the Confuse purple set.

I've been getting good mileage out of my Elec/Thermal (two new sets for me). I'm still petless (29) and soloing isn't the fastest, but the amount of mitigation is fantastic. I actually only have two thermal powers right now, and rocking the heal aura takes pretty much care of the rare occasions that someone escapes mez.

Psi-nado is basically like a combination of Fireball and Air Superiority. When you cast it everything takes damage and have a chance to do the little flip knock up animation. It's both wider (20ft vs 15ft for standard damage AoEs) and has longer range (100ft vs 80 ft) than standard AoEs, but costs a lot of endurance. It works great with Electric because the cage power doesn't stop enemies from getting knocked.