Mind fire when perma Dom is great. But so is any Dom. Mind/fire mostly single target. Your aoe will come from terrorize or the patron pool. Personally I took fire for the fireball. Breath of fire is decent at lower levels not so much at higher ones because of the time it takes to position for the cone. I can't comment on fire/ as I only have a mind/ but it's great at control as you can take out any boss in a second with confuse.
Mind/Fire is a very powerul combo, but has no pet. No pet means no TIBBERS!, and no TIBBERS! would make for a rather sad Annie.
If I were going for an Annie homage toon, I'd go Fire/Fire:
-ST hold and AoE Stun are you bread-and-butter controls - just like Annie
-Consume gives good endurance management - just like Annie
-Hotfeet, for a meelee range AoE DoT - not quite like Annie, but as close as it gets in this game.
-High ST thanks to /fire and High AoE if you go for the Fire Epic pool
-Lastly, pets that are on fire. 3 flaming minkeys instead of TIBBERS! but better than nothing.
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That does sound more like Fire/Psi than Mind/Fire. And Fire/Psi is an excellent combo in its own right.
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Originally Posted by The Demacian
A proper Annie should be great AoE damage, some occasional stuns (or holds, they're practically the same), and if I'm very lucky some of her other traits like a PBAoE fire toggle, a pet that's on fire, and good "mana" management would be nice. Annie D's nuking power is constant and powerful, but the clutch stun and/or AoE stun is really why a team would take her.
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Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth
When I started with the trial, I made a Praetorian in homage to Annie Darkchild, and then lost access to my praetorians when I upgraded. Now that I've upgraded again and have Going Rogue access, I'm wondering if Mind/Fire was the right choice - at level 6, it so far seems like a lot of single-target stuff, and not very much fire.
A proper Annie should be great AoE damage, some occasional stuns (or holds, they're practically the same), and if I'm very lucky some of her other traits like a PBAoE fire toggle, a pet that's on fire, and good "mana" management would be nice. Annie D's nuking power is constant and powerful, but the clutch stun and/or AoE stun is really why a team would take her. Other mages nuke just as hard from longer range. The gigantic, angry teddy bear who is on fire, well, sometimes concept gives way to reality in these sorts of conversions.
I'm thinking that Fire/Mind or even Fire/Fire might be more appropriate. Levitate is tons of fun but I get enough of that on my Grav controller. Will I end up getting decent AoE damage out of this or should I reroll before it's too late?