Really depends what you want to do I would say....while I havent played /ice or /dark very much. I can say ice needs to buff teamates so if you dont want to shield people every few minutes I wouldnt pick ice(although it really isnt to hard to buff people) ice also has some good debuffs and a nice +recov. Dark on the other hand has a nice heal, a good slow, some -regen, and good 'ol fluffy. Personaly prefer Fire/Rad as it has a quick heal to top off your hp, very good debuffs, easily perma -regen, Accelerate Metabolism, and Fallout(if someone dies use veng then fallout and mutation and you will have a huge 
) These are just my opnions, and I am by no means an expert... This link should give you a lot of info that I can't supply you with though.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=196722
Just to be clear, Ice "doesn't" have to buff anyone. Yes its got some nice Shields to buff people with but you dont have to. Unlike Force Field... were thats really why your taking the set, Ice offers much more, then just buff shields.
Ice has a very nice single target debuff (Benumb), Add this to stacked Sleets, Heat Loss, and a the addition of achilees heel proc. Ice also comes packing a Biult in defensive toggle (artic ice).
Plus utility in snow storm.
Jack of All Trade is why /dark is so popular. Dark can debuff just about everything to some degree on top of having a defense toggle, a pet healer/holder, AoE Heal, and some controll.
Unlike Ice, Dark also picks up its location debuff very early on (Tar Patch vs Sleet).
Main: Praetor Imperium Elec/SS/Mu
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Ice also comes packing a Biult in defensive toggle (artic ice).
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Jack of All Trade is why /dark is so popular. Dark can debuff just about everything to some degree on top of having a defense toggle, a pet healer/holder, AoE Heal, and some controll. Unlike Ice, Dark also picks up its location debuff very early on (Tar Patch vs Sleet). |
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Main Hero: Inferno Sparky - Fire/Fire Blaster
Main Villain: Kerry Astrid - Fire/Cold Corruptor
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You're thinking Ice Control, not Cold Domination. Only toggle in Cold Dom is Snow Storm.
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At any rate, it is definitely called Cold Domination, not ice anything. It's just confusing when you mix names up.
As far as I know, people do stick with /dark or /cold because rain of fire + sleet/tar patch is just plain awesome, so the rest is just your playstyle preference. I have both, but play the fire/cold a ton more than the cold, mostly for the buffs though.
And Silas's guides and words are golden.
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No, they're thinking of Arctic Fog, the copy of Steamy Mist. It offers resistances, some positional defense and stealth.
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Main: Praetor Imperium Elec/SS/Mu
I'm curious to see what other corruptors seem to think is the strongest secondary with Fire/ and more than likely the best overall pairing for a corrupter.
It seems like most Fire/ go with /Ice or /Dark.