Infrigidate is a great -defense tool; I'd suggest trying to slot it as such.
My guides:Dark Melee/Dark Armor/Soul Mastery, Illusion Control/Kinetics/Primal Forces Mastery, Electric Armor
"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
Unless this is a solo toon, do yourself a favour and cut off some defense. I mean it.
Aim for 30-35% and get some other bonuses instead. You can get extra defense from so many sources - especially on a team. For instance:
- Inspirations. A small purple gives, iirc, 12,5% def to all. At L50 you have plenty of insps slots. Just pop them as you need.
- PbAoE stealths from other players. Thats ~5-7% defense to all. Plus a good chunk of resistance.
- Maneuvers from other players. It's more than likely that you'll find a player that uses it on a 8man team.
- ToHit debuffs. Either in form of attacks or debuff powers.
And then you have other ways of avoiding damage to yourself:
- Melee toons. Let them go in first and absorb the AS. Or, just pop a purple, drop Sleet and everything short of an AV should die within seconds.
- Damage. The faster you kill things, the lesser the chance of you getting hurt.
- And so on...
@False Fiction - Virtue / Defiant
Current projects - [Glaciologist - Ill/Cold Troller] [Cloudshaper - Storm/Dark Def] [Harald Wartooth - Elec/Psi Domi]
i just totally finished IO'ing out my dm/sd scrapper so im on to my next project, ice/cold.
i tried to put together a build the was soft capped to s/l and ranged, now im just wondering if it is gimped at all or not, is there anything i can change to make it better?
i cant really afford pruples or pvp ios at the moment, but anything else goes.
thanks in advance, here is the build
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Level 50 Mutation Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ice Blast
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (31) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 1: Infrigidate- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Slow
Level 2: Frost Breath- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (5) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (15) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (23) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
Level 4: Snow Storm- (A) Empty
Level 6: Aim- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (7) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (7) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (13) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (25) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (27) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 8: Freeze Ray- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (15) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (25) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 10: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (11) Recharge Reduction IO
- (11) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 12: Ice Storm- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (13) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (34) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (40) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (43) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 14: Maneuvers- (A) Red Fortune - Defense
- (17) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (40) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
Level 16: Boxing- (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
- (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus
- (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (21) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (27) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (37) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 20: Arctic Fog- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (21) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 22: Ice Bolt- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (23) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (31) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (33) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 24: Ice Shield- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (34) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 26: Glacial Shield- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 28: Benumb- (A) Accuracy IO
- (37) Recharge Reduction IO
- (42) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 30: Tough- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 32: Blizzard- (A) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff
- (33) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
- (33) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
- (40) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (46) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
Level 35: Sleet- (A) Undermined Defenses - Recharge/Endurance
- (36) Recharge Reduction IO
- (36) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (43) Touch of Lady Grey - Recharge/Endurance
Level 38: Heat Loss- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
- (39) Recharge Reduction IO
- (39) Recharge Reduction IO
- (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
Level 41: Scorpion Shield- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 44: Weave- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (48) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 47: Hover- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (50) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
Level 49: Fly- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (50) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
Level 50: Spiritual Radial Boost------------
Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest- (A) Empty
Level 1: ScourgeLevel 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift
- (A) Empty
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Empty
Level 2: Health- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (48) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 2: Stamina