Blasters have a 1.125 ranged damage modifier, while corruptors have 0.75 and defenders have 0.65. So, a corruptor is 66.7% of a blaster's damage, while a defender is 57.8%. Of course, that is ignoring the effects of the various inherents, which are difficult to quantify.
The buff/debuff/etc modifiers vary, for specifics look here. That said, in general corruptor effects are perhaps 75%-80% as strong as defender effects - though a lot of pseudopet effects are actually idential between the two ATs (such as tar patch).
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Both Corruptor and Controller have very similar buff/debuff values (there could be minor differences). |
Originally Posted by Battlebabe
I have always played hero side, and I plan to play a corruptor hero side. What percent of blaster damage do corruptors do, and what percent of a defender's primary powers do they have? For example a defender does 70% of a blaster's damage, if I recall, and a controller does 80% of a defender's primary effectiveness. How is it for corruptors?
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I think a more fair comparison is Blaster VS Dominator. You may like Dominator more than Corruptor if you like Blaster's style. You may be disappointed if you only want to focus blasting with Corruptor. You gotta debuff/buff first to get much better damage.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
From a numbers standpoint, Dom seems to match up with Blaster. But from a playstyle standpoint, my Fire/Storm Corr plays much more like a Blaster than any of my Doms. The Doms all lockdown first, then damage. The Fire Corr damages first, then debuffs whatever is left (Freezing Rain excepted 
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not all doms lockdown first, or rather, not all doms have to go for total lockdown first. definitely fiery assault (as i have one), or maybe elec assault can straight up attack if they feel confident or the mob is small. of course, some primaries can partially control with one power regularly which might be enough mitigation to go into blast mode after that's activated (say ice slick or quicksand). this of course depends on relative level and slotting.|
Originally Posted by TankShock
From a numbers standpoint, Dom seems to match up with Blaster. But from a playstyle standpoint, my Fire/Storm Corr plays much more like a Blaster than any of my Doms. The Doms all lockdown first, then damage. The Fire Corr damages first, then debuffs whatever is left (Freezing Rain excepted
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i only have one corruptor, but my ice/fire dom definitely feels like a blaster with controls, not a controller with attacks (although my ill/kin/stone almost feels like a dominator).
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I have always played hero side, and I plan to play a corruptor hero side. What percent of blaster damage do corruptors do, and what percent of a defender's primary powers do they have? For example a defender does 70% of a blaster's damage, if I recall, and a controller does 80% of a defender's primary effectiveness. How is it for corruptors?