Fire/Rad Help


deathleader

 

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Hello everybody. I'm kinda new to corruptors so I don't really know a good build for Fire/Rad, post builds+advice. Heres some info on what I'd like the build be able to do.

1.) Not be squishy(S/l softcap)
2.)Perma Hasten and AM
3.) A decent amount of End so I'm not popping blues every other attack
4.) Somewhat low price (so no purps or very little)

Heres the build I worked out, leave suggestions or just trash the build and post your own.

Thanks



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Nobody plays Fire/Rads?


 

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Why it is worth 4-slotting Lingering Radiation? You would still be over the S/L softcap even without the bonus from Curtail Speed. What would you think of reducing Lingering Radiation to 2 slots, and simply slotting it with one Accuracy and one Recharge? And then moving one of the saved slots to Stamina and slotting a Performance Shifter proc?

I don't think that it is worth slotting Endurance Reduction into Accelerate Metabolism, since it will only be cast once every every 2 minutes.

In Rain of Fire, what would you think of switching out the Posi Acc/Dam for the Posi proc?

You have the Ragnarok proc in Fireball. What would you think of moving it into Rain of Fire which has higher accuracy, and where it may help keep mobs in range of the rain?

Would it be worth trying to squeeze the Lockdown proc into Choking Cloud?

Do you want to slot a stealth proc in Sprint?


 

Posted

Some interesting slotting there. I have a few suggestions, Some slightly different slotting.

AM for example, can be frankenslotted fairly easily, so doesn't need that many slots, 3 or so is fine, a pair of lvl 50 Endmod/Rech and a lvl 50 end/acc/rech, gives some good numbers, and saves a few slots. The recharge in Rain of Fire is kinda overkill, though it depends on what Alpha you are planning on. RI is a really nice place to put the Achilles -res proc, and you can afford to loose one of the S/L def set bonuses you have there, drop it to 5 slots, 3 for one of the sets you had in it, and the -res proc, and a lvl 50 EndRedux cause while RI's not as expensive as EF or Choking clouds, it's still not cheap. Basically, your build had lots of end recovery, but was lacking in end reduction. Combat jumping only really needs 2 slots, the recharge and a Def, the Def/end is overkill. Only gives a small amount of Def, and Combat Jumping is really cheap.

Here is an example with some of the changes I mentioned, used the extra slots to put a basilisk gaze in EM Pulse, but really could go a few places, also put a slot in Tactics for Endredux in case you want to run it.

Edit: forgot, Kinda like Void Spirit said, the Posi Proc is nice in Rain, but I swap it for the Damage/Range, range doesn't really do anything for Rain of fire, and with lvl 50 Positrons, you have plenty of damage. So the proc is pure bonus really. Basically the only powers that benefit from the damage/range in Posi are cones.

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I took from Vysires and wiggled things around some more.
Kept s/l over 45, got you 12 kb protection, got that recharge back in RoF, better stamina slotting, put accolades in, and threw in the partial core cardiac (This is what I have on my fire/rad, even with all the recovery buffs, I still was having problems because of rain of fire).

I'm not sure if you actually intend to use choking cloud or not, but yeah, a lockdown proc works well in it (which I didn't put in because I wouldn't use it).

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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze View Post
I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=260718
^Professional Katana/regen build thread

 

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Your first build looks okay Deathleader, but the problem is you're spending a lot of slots in some places for relatively little benefit. 6 slotting RI and Fallout mainly. You're 6 slotting them for 2.5% s/l defense. I know Kinetic Combats are expensive, but they give you 3.75% for just 4 slots.

Using 1 or 2 powers (Brawl, Boxing) for KC mules will get you to the softcap with much less slot investment.

Lingering Radiation is also not slotted very well. You really want as much recharge on it as possible since its your main -regen power. Properly slotting it for recharge will knock 5-6 seconds off the recharge.

I personally wouldn't bother with Choking Cloud. Its a massive end hog, you don't have any other holds to stack it with other than EMP which will hold everything on its own anyway and you've got plenty of mitigation with softcapped s/l defense and your debuffs.

I'd also swap the recharge in Rain of Fire for an end rdx unless you're going with the Cardiac Alpha. RoF uses a huge chunk of endurance and the Posi set doesn't give you much end rdx at all.

Look at the build Elegost put together, it's really solid. Pretty much the only thing I'd change about it would be to take the Titanium Coatings out of Tough and drop Choking Cloud. The Tough slotting because those slots could be better used elsewhere (make Brawl a KC mule too, be able to slot Fallout for damage) and with softcapped s/l defense running Tough is mostly a waste. The Choking Cloud thing is more personal preference.


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I took the build Elegost used and added the suggestion Silas and ended up with this, looks pretty good IMO any other suggestions?




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Sweet thanks for help guys! I would ask what incarnates to get but I believe there is a thread for fire/rad incarnates already.


 

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Either way, I can tell you what I went with for my Fire/Rad.

I went Cardiac for the Alpha so I can spam my AoEs and run all my toggles with no problems at all. Will be going Reactive for Interface for even more damage/-res and Pyronic Judgement for Yet Another Huge Fireball. Destiny...I'm not sure. With Cardiac and the huge recovery from AM I doubt I'll want Ageless...probably gonna go with Barrier or Rebirth. While Rad already has a heal, the Rebirth one is much more powerful and Rad doesn't have +regen otherwise. Barrier is just nice all around. Clarion you don't really need since you've got mez resists in AM so whatever mezzes won't last long anyway.

As for Lore, not a clue :P


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