Im running an Ice/Thorn and I love it !!!!
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
Of the 3, fire is the most range oriented so technically would have the least amount of synergy with a close in set like ice. The catch there is that fire assault has some of the best damage of all the dom secondaries, so its still pretty good.
I would say either /earth or /thorns would be a good choice. Earth assault will give you the best single target damage in the 2 mallets + seismic smash with somewhat anemic AE damage due to the but slow casting attacks - fissure is ok but not great and tremor is just sad. Thorns would give you decent single target damage and pretty good AE when you combine ripper with fling thorns - even thorn burst isn't that bad, due to the bonus toxic DoT.
From a thematic point of view earth is probably the best - go with the crystal power style and it looks like ice hammers to go with your frost.
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I gotta recommend Ice/Fire. Proc up Frostbite, throw it, Fire Breath and Combustion and watch whole packs BURN. Near blaster-level damage, plus full-tilt control, and Consume to help with the rather endurance-heavy ice control set.
Dont underestimate the fact that Thorns does some toxic damage and the fact that there are defense debuffs on pretty much every attack.
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
Of the three, which would be the most effective? I don't have experience with any of these assault sets beyond the first 4-6 levels. How are they comparable in terms of AoE Damage, ST Damage and synergy with Ice/?
I plan to play in melee range and really try and leverage Arctic Air (Gonna slot it with Contagious Confusion)