I wanna make a AOE god
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baron_inferno,
Posted on: 2011-01-04 19:57 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
If you explicitly want to make a Corruptor, then what secondary you choose is going to depend on how early you want to bloom. Cold is the secondary I'd recommend but it doesn't come into its own until late; Storm gets Freezing Rain earlier and allows you to push mobs around to pack them into groups but lacks the extra sources of -resistance, Dark doesn't add damage with its longer-recharging -30% resistance Tar Patch like Sleet and Freezing Rain do but blooms the earliest and provides a lot of safety, Rad needs an anchor for Enervating Field, and Kinetics means you're in close to stay damage-capped and so more likely to get hit by a stray AoE mez.
But looking at what you have already, you may find yourself wanting to go back to one of your other characters.
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SS/Fire Brute
Or if you run solo most of the time, the Fire/SS Tank will do respectably
Rad/Fire Blaster. 3 Click PBAoE's by level 10. 9 AoE's (between Targeted AoE's, Location AoE's and PBAoE's, both Click and Toggle, counting Consume as one of them) by 38. Plus the opportunity for Bonfire (Location AoE) and Rise of the Phoenix (Yes, I'm counting it as an attack) by 50.
The only issue is endurance (which I think I've cured in my latest Mids build, which will be posted in the Blaster section in a few minutes), and defense, which is generally taken care of by making sure your team has solid aggro control from a Tank (or three).
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All of your characters already seem to be AoE centric farm builds. Do you want more of the same, i.e. similar power-gamer type builds? If you do, then roll up a Fire/Dark Corruptor.|
Originally Posted by yager_NA
I already have:
fire/ss tank fire/kin troller WS spines/fire scrapper ele/sd brute ele/fire brute |
Something that is far less common would be a Bow/Trick arrow, Assault Rifle/Dark, or a DP/Traps. All sets have crashless nukes and solid synergy, but they aren't min/max power game builds. The DP/Traps could get very solid defense though.
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SS/Fire Brute
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SS/fire/mu is epic for as far as AoE goes (SS/fire/soul might be a little more survivable however)
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Heck yeah, this! So much fun, but I'll repeat that a team is almost necessary. Mine is level 22, and I already feel godlike.
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Originally Posted by Scirion
Rad/Fire Blaster. 3 Click PBAoE's by level 10. 9 AoE's (between Targeted AoE's, Location AoE's and PBAoE's, both Click and Toggle, counting Consume as one of them) by 38. Plus the opportunity for Bonfire (Location AoE) and Rise of the Phoenix (Yes, I'm counting it as an attack) by 50.
The only issue is endurance (which I think I've cured in my latest Mids build, which will be posted in the Blaster section in a few minutes), and defense, which is generally taken care of by making sure your team has solid aggro control from a Tank (or three). |
If you want to go with a Corr, I'd go with Fire/Dark, Fire/Cold, or Fire/Kin.
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I see many excellent ideas. What I recommend and suggest is a fire/fire blaster. That is pure AOE power.
Crab spider with a ton of recharge.
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Mine's level 30 and it IS godlike. I most certainly third a Rad/Fire Blaster for AoE goodness. If you're dead set on a Corruptor, then a Fire/Dark would be my suggestion. By level 10, you will be able to kill almost any group with Irradiate and Fire Sword Circle alone, it begins to falter a little in the usual 15-22 mark but is easy sailing after SOs, if you know how to play a Blaster |
Originally Posted by Gehnen
Heck yeah, this! So much fun, but I'll repeat that a team is almost necessary. Mine is level 22, and I already feel godlike.
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I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
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This. I think it pumps out the most AOE/PBAOE/ in the game.
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Originally Posted by Scirion
Rad/Fire Blaster. 3 Click PBAoE's by level 10. 9 AoE's (between Targeted AoE's, Location AoE's and PBAoE's, both Click and Toggle, counting Consume as one of them) by 38. Plus the opportunity for Bonfire (Location AoE) and Rise of the Phoenix (Yes, I'm counting it as an attack) by 50.
The only issue is endurance (which I think I've cured in my latest Mids build, which will be posted in the Blaster section in a few minutes), and defense, which is generally taken care of by making sure your team has solid aggro control from a Tank (or three). |
My Crab is quite the AoE machine with a good bit of surviability. I took Mace Mastery for both concept reasons and a buff to single target attacks for harder targets. Combined with a total of three pet powers it can raise some havoc.
plant/fire/fire dom is fantastic for AoE, and once you get perma dom it's capable of farming almost anything fast in almost perfect safety with a almost perma 85% buff to all your fire damage, fast recharging AoEs and constant AoE damage from creepers it's awesome.
Also it's real set defining power (seeds of confusion) comes early (level 8) and once you've got it slotted you can pretty much power level yourself
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Just because a build has more AoE powers doesn't mean it is the best at doing aoe damage.
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Originally Posted by Negate
This. I think it pumps out the most AOE/PBAOE/ in the game.
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Very True. I thought the OP was asking who has the most not who has the best. My apologies! Carry on my fellow posters!
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Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
Just because a build has more AoE powers doesn't mean it is the best at doing aoe damage.
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This. Crabs are excellent at AOE. A great bonus to teams. And look really really cool.
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Originally Posted by DoctorWhat
My Crab is quite the AoE machine with a good bit of surviability. I took Mace Mastery for both concept reasons and a buff to single target attacks for harder targets. Combined with a total of three pet powers it can raise some havoc.
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Fire/fire tank has blazing aura/consume/fsc/combustion/burn and pick up fireball...combine them all with b.u. and f.e....yeah there's your god!
I was thinking of a corr for it. since i never played one before it would be nice to start one now and i heard fire/dark is great combo for aoe, and also DP/kin seems to work, at least that's what i heard. Any help would be appreciated.
I already have:
fire/ss tank
fire/kin troller
WS
spines/fire scrapper
ele/sd brute
ele/fire brute