Plant for Controller or Dominator

Which AT provides the best potential for Plant Control? Ive had very limited experience with plant control.

"Potential" in what way? What do you want to do?

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Killing mobs the fastest through debuff/buff or just pure damage

If you want to kill things quickly then plant/psi/fire or plant/fire/fire Dom is the way to go. Domination (especially perma) turns you into a control machine that a controller can't match. The secondary and APP turn you into a killing machine like you wouldn't imagine.

wont be taking fire as a secondary or app. Was thinking for Dom Plant/Thorn or Plant/Psi and for Troller maybe Plant/Rad.

I have a Plant/Thorns Dom that is sitting at 46 and can be an absolute beast. Plant is a good control set and Thorns isn't too bad either. Pretty good damage...maybe a little light on the AoE with just Fling Thorns and Thorn Burst. I suppose you could TECHNICALLY count Thorntrops (basically caltrops)...but i skipped that power.

You get one of your major, key powers at lvl 8...Seeds of Confusion. This is practically a bread-and-butter power for planters and worth every slot you dedicate to it. Fairly quick recharge, for an AoE confuse, with a large cone so it's not too difficult to line it up and smack almost everything in the spawn, if not everything. If there's a downside, it's that unlike other confuse powers, mobs WILL notice it and aggro to you.

I went Plant/Thorn/Levi mastery so i could add in Water Spout. I still laugh my head off with the amount of havoc he creates. SoC > Roots> Carrion Creepers > Water Spout...then commence to shredding. Absolutely no end of fun.

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How does plant/thorn Dom compare to plant/rad Troller in killing speed?

The Dom would be faster in the lower levels. The Troller wouldn't get great at killing until you got the Fly Trap and slotted it up. Fly Trap + Carrion Creepers + Rads debuffs = dead. Even with that, I bet the Dom still out kills the Troller. It's all whichever is more fun.

I personally like Plant/Storm. You get a nice AoE resist debuff and significant damage from tornadoes and lightning storms while things are immobilized thanks to the -KB. Or you can decide not to use the immobilize and toss things everywhere for more mitigation (and because it's fun ). A Dom is probably a bit faster, but Plant/Storm is a lot of fun and it can take out large spawns pretty quickly.