Elec/Cold antics...


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Shows how good cold really is because I still swear elec does very poor damage...tried to roll the set multiple times because the elec concepts just rock. However Disappointed to no end. This was on Dom's though, maybe troller's debuff put it on a even playing field...*shrugs*
Honestly the only thing Elec/ is lacking is AoE damage. Its ST Immob and Hold are on par with every other control sets in terms of dmg. Chain Fences does lack dmg as does Jolting Chain but you get utility instead. I like to akin Elec/ to Trick Arrow as they are both swiss army knife sets and are loaded with mitigation. With all the different types of soft controls Elec/ has it has to have a tradeoff. Early levels till pets are kinda rough solo but it's well worth getting there IMO.

I will not deny the awesome that is /Cold. All that -res, -dmg, -regen, -end, +recov made all my antics possible. Also I could never have solo'd the ITF without Static Field, as it enabled me to keep rommie and the nictus separated so I could take him down 1v1. To make the whole thing easier the confuse speed up the killing and gave me added safety since things all the way up to EB's were killing each other and not me or the gremlins.

Every set isn't everyones cup of tea so as always YMMV. Perhaps I need to write up a guide for Elec/Cold. Also I plan to roll Elec/ on a dom, even though I don't care for the AT ever since the dom changes, to get a feel for both sides of the set.


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Rawrr, Hehe Im stalking youzz hornet lol This is inne, But lol I made a elec/cold after seeing urs and now im really excited for it. Thanks for posting up the builds and such, it really helped me out. Byeeee


 

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Rawrr, Hehe Im stalking youzz hornet lol This is inne, But lol I made a elec/cold after seeing urs and now im really excited for it. Thanks for posting up the builds and such, it really helped me out. Byeeee
O.O Well hai thar.

You're welcome and it is a fun combination.


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So the reason all your pets don't die to aoe's is that you end drain everything including GMs?


 

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That and several more. Benumb gives alot of -dmg so things hit for less, due to having 170% global recharge Gremlins are basically up constantly, Artic Fog and Maneuvers gives some protection too. Also I tend to protect my pets by putting them on one side and myself on the other while just skirting melee range so I can hit Seismic Smash and that will keep a few AoE's off of them. Sadly a few AV/GM's resist end drain so I have to rely on Benumb and them burning themselves out of end and me maintaining that to keep the Gremlins alive.


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really nice job, im personally working on an elec/psi dom which is being quite fun (my normal awesome soloer toon is ill/cold/ice troller, can solo lusca in about half an hour with him lol)


 

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really nice job, im personally working on an elec/psi dom which is being quite fun (my normal awesome soloer toon is ill/cold/ice troller, can solo lusca in about half an hour with him lol)
Thanks. I've seen a few mention Elec/Psi since it can be a pretty good sapper but I am still hesitant to play doms again. I know that they do more damage now than they used to but I loved the playstyle of doms before the changes. I've shelved several lvl50 doms and a few I was leveling and I haven't played them since.

Jeez soloing Lusca in 30min is way better than my time of 3 hours. I couldn't keep it aggro'd to me constantly so my pets kept getting killed. I suppose with clockwork lore pets I could speed that time up by alot but that would be cheating.


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im fairly particular about doms though, the only doms ive gotten to 50 and enjoy playing a LOT are my mind/fire/ice and earth/fire/fire, both of them are IOd to the gills and working toward incarnate-dom

nearly solo'd my first MoITF with my mind/fire before i20 was out


 

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Back when /Elec first got ported to doms, I made a Fire/Elec/Mu and took him to 50 in 3 weeks. I IO'd him to the gills and liked to refer to whatever came in the radius of hot feet as dead. I once tanked an ITF with it too. I have a Fire/Fire/Mace I was building as an AV/GM/TF soloer but scrapped the build. I plan on trying to play doms again but I know I'll never like them as much as I used to. Since then I suppose that controllers have become my favorite AT. My newest pet project is a duo Fire/Emp team.


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some of the dom builds that ive scrapped were ice/thorn, plant/ice, fire/earth, and grav/energy (that i can remember lol), never got any of them really past 20-30 range lol

in terms of duos, me and a friend usually duo GMs with ill/cold (myself) and him on ill/rad, drop GMs in like 2 min, can duo lusca in like 15 min with that combo lol

we usually duo tfs on my ill/cold and his mind/elec dom lol

which server do you usually run on? if your around on victory server i always like to do crazy stuff like this lol


 

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oh im sure you could prolly solo it if you can handle more than 1 AV

me and my friend so far have duo'd LRSF, MoITF, STF, DKTF, BSF, LGTF, apex tf, and 3 man'd tin mage tf using various toons lol

we only run on victory pretty much but if you make a toon over there ill be glad to duo tfs with you


 

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I've never attempted more than 3 lvl50 AV's at once. The biggest problem will getting that big sack of hp end drained so he won't eat my gremlins constantly that or being bored to death trying to take down all that health by myself. I shall think on and do a trial run of the khan to see if I can do it.

I wouldn't mind rolling/transfering something that way but I don't even know what I'd make/bring.


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pretty much anything you like to play, or can solo well with, me and my friend are usually pretty lax when we do duo runs

if you want to do a duo something with just me, pretty much anything would work since i have plenty of toons to complement what you might bring

if you want to contact me in game my global is @Necrotech Master


 

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Ok this is from a week or two ago but I decided I'd try two GM's at once...

Jack and Eochai

No temps, no Inspi's this time since I focused on Jack first and my debuffs kept Eochai running in and out of range firing stuff at me and the occasional footstomp. It took a total of 19min to down the both of them.


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I love what you've done with electric/cold! It's just too hard for me to leave my ill/cold alone.


 

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Ok since I'm back from an unwanted vacation what do you guys think I should try next? I'm debating on finishing off all the GM's I haven't taken down yet but not sure if I could down the Flyer. Also that dang Kraken, everytime I've tried to find him he was nowhere to be found.
Ahaha he was out alot last night..besides I can solo him on my fire/kin so he's not much of a challenge.

The flyer would be interesting but thats more about alot of damage before it flies out of range.

I think maybe you should start planning on Hamidon for the future, might take awhile but, you would definately go down in the annals of CoX as soloing it.

Have you thought CoP trial? With incarnate unlocked you probably have a good chance.

Just food for thought.


 

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Ahaha he was out alot last night..besides I can solo him on my fire/kin so he's not much of a challenge.

The flyer would be interesting but thats more about alot of damage before it flies out of range.

I think maybe you should start planning on Hamidon for the future, might take awhile but, you would definately go down in the annals of CoX as soloing it.

Have you thought CoP trial? With incarnate unlocked you probably have a good chance.

Just food for thought.
the arachnos flier gives me trouble on my ill cold because its hovering off the ground and the mass of guys that it spawns distract the PA too much, if the PA could fly then it might be more feasible

i dont think its possible to solo hamidon with the way the encounter was designed because even the almighty PA get 2 shot by mitos let alone hami

i dont think the CoP trial is soloable as well due to all the simultaneous defeats going on with it

the most feasible i think would be soloing a lambda trial since its not *too* different from a final mish tf encounter except with time limits (god i hate the forced speeding of the trials)


 

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Oh I know Necro I just like to put alil buzzing in my bro's ear to get him thinking about lofty goals...


 

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Well, you've managed to change my mind from rolling an elec/empathy to an elec/cold. Awesome build!


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well the arachnos flier might be feasible now if you can fit in group fly

group fly no longer has that massive tohit penalty and can affect untouchable pets like PA

it might still be an awkward fight, but non the less possible now