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I will give an idea for a very fun secondary and at the same give a lot of props, much deserved, to the dev who designed Earth assault. I have to say Earth asault is the best set or among the best sets ever designed by the Devs. It is more impressive if it was designed by a brand new member of the CoH team, which is what I heard. The first power in the set has one of the funnest and coolest animations in the game. Someone said in another thread that Doms are blasters with controls... not true at all when talking about earth/earth... You are a Dominator with SMASH !! I feel like a MAGE BRUTE, really.|
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Hey guys looking for my next character to level up and I was thinking Earth/ sounded fun. I was wondering what you guys thought were some good pairings for it. If any of you could be so kind as to list some pros and cons of some of the secondaries I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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The damage is solid with earth assault, the sound effects and the visuals are my favorite by far. Fiz is also very cool.
Props to whoever designed Earth assault... one of the best jobs I have seen in the whole game.
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I've really enjoyed my Earth/Fire dominator. You've got the kinetic SMASH! of Earth Control with all it's AoE controls and the golem as your mini-tank combined with fire's high damage output. Additionally, Fiery Assault is almost all ranged attacks (except Incinerate). Heck, on my earth/fire, I skipped Incinerate and Combustion, going for a pure ranged fighter. You work a bit to build up your recharge and you've got very respectable damage while staying away from the pain. Best of all, the golem tanks for you and lets you set up your ranged attacks.
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One of the strengths of Earth/ is that can do quite a bit from range or even from around corners, further adding to your safety level. While /Earth Assault is definitely a cool set, it focuses primarily on melee, so there's not actually a lot of synergy there. /Fire seems to be a pretty good match, since it's pretty blast-y.
I took the Fire epic to go with my Earth/Fire Dom. Basically he's a fire blaster without the danger and debt. For even more safety, you can drop a control, quicksand and Rain of Fire from behind a corner before the enemies can see you.
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I would say Earth Assault, it looks good and it's fun!
I have an Earth/Thorn assault dominator that works very well. Both of those powersets debuff defense, so my guy is a walking can opener against high-defense opponents. And Thorn assault has a lot of ranged attacks so it goes well with Earth control. It's a combo with a lot of synergy.
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I really enjoy the pure smashiness of Earth/Earth. I just wish there wasn't the overlap with earth mastery and there was a earth epic as I'd love an E3 dominator.
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While /Earth Assault is definitely a cool set, it focuses primarily on melee, so there's not actually a lot of synergy with the way I want to play my Dom.
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Earth/Earth is a very cool combination, the sound effects from both sets are awesome, the FX on earth assault is cooler than the other sets, for my and the taste of many others. How you customize the powers of earth assault can be very fun and a true delight to visuals. The very first power in earth assault is a very cool range attack with a kick *** animation. Fiz, which is your last power is perhaps even cooler but less range and a stun to boot with Targeter AOE dmg. Hurl boulder is icing on the cake... Like I said above... Earth/Earth is true DOMINATOR WITH SMASH !
You have two full range, one semi range, and one very cool looking animation PBAoE...
Earth assault also has powerboost to make all your mezzes last even longer, and your debuffs too.
**Edit, not saying it is the best. That's not true for any set. But that is my first recommendation for a pairing with Earth/ . I made a second Earth/ Dom because Earth/ rocks soo soo much. I made an Earth/Thorn Dom which is also cool.... but whenever I want to hear SMASH! and feel like busting a Seismic Smash on everything.. I pull out the earth/earth.
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My two personal Favorites
Earth/Thorns: You don't see many of these running around. So there's the cool factor! Plus as someone else said, you will FLOOR defense. Its also a debuffing proc monster. Slot in some Lady Gray's..when and if you can. If you team alot this guy contributes. The damage you do will be mostly cone and ST though.
Earth/Fire: You'll debuff defense and do crazy damage. Go Earth/Fire/Fire and for really good AoE damage output. (I'm sure someone has the numbers.).
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Earth/Psi: Drain Psyche, Psychic Scream, and Psychic Shockwave. These powers mesh nicely with Earths -defense. Plus you will have some good - recharge and -regen. Another nice teaming build.
My level 50 Dominators:
Madame Mindbender 50 Mind/Energy
Fly Agaric 50 Plant/Thorn
Nate Nitro 50 Fire/Psi
Hey guys looking for my next character to level up and I was thinking Earth/ sounded fun. I was wondering what you guys thought were some good pairings for it. If any of you could be so kind as to list some pros and cons of some of the secondaries I would appreciate it. Thanks.