Fire/Fire/Fire APP.
I like the Fire Mastery Ancillary Power Pool best for /Fire Dominators when working their way up to level 50 because both Rain of Fire and Fireball work with Fiery Embrace for big damage in the 40's. Some people like to grab the Ice APP after getting the Reactive Interface Incarnate Proc because of the extra damage and control from Sleet and Ice Storm, but when leveling, I think the Fire APP is best.
The important powers for you to get from your PRIMARY when leveling are as follows:
Char: Your ST Hold. I hate to sound rude, but "Durr." At least 4-slot it, but hopefully 5-6 slot it. Accuracy, Recharge, Hold Duration, and maybe Endurance.
Fire Cages: Your AoE Immobilize and a lovely source of damage. Slot for Endurance, Accuracy, Recharge, and Damage (If you can swing it). I'd at least 4-slot it.
Flashfire: Your AoE Stun. Pair with Fire Cages for your main control combo from when you get it to level 50. Slot for Accuracy, Recharge, Endurance, and Stun Duration. At least 5-slot this puppy.
Fire Imps: These insane pets will make you smile as they destroy everything in your path. Be careful not to let them wander off into mobs before you or your team are ready. 5-6 slot for damage, recharge, and maybe accuracy. I like putting Recharge-Intensive Pet IOs in this power so that your Imps can be resummoned ASAP.
Powers you might certainly LIKE from your Primary:
Hot Feet: This Damage Aura is great for a controller, especially a Fire/Rad or Fire/Kin. For Dominators who possess a whole secondary dedicated to damage, you might not feel the need to use it. 4-5 slot for Damage, Endurance, and Accuracy, but I'd personally put in an Obliteration set for the Recharge bonus.
Cinders: A PBAoE Hold with a short animation time and a bit of a disappointing duration. It' a good emergency power, especially if you're in Domination at the time you activate it. Personally, I'd 4-slot it with the Basilisk's Gaze set at level 35 and leave it.
Powers from your Primary to SKIP:
Smoke: This power lowers enemy perception and ToHit, but not enough to really help you do anything other than Stealth missions. Even then, you'd be better served by grabbing Stealth and picking Super Speed (which has a stealth component to the power) for your travel power for more permanent and less annoying mission Stealthing.
Bonfire: This is basically only good for blocking doors and bouncing enemies around in corners. If you have no other power you'd like to take at level 49, then by all means get this one and have fun with it. Otherwise, I'd skip it over.
Powers you want from your SECONDARY no matter what:
Flares: You have to take it, and it isn't bad for a level 1 ST blast when all is said and done. When leveling, I would leave it 1-slotted for Accuracy. At level 50, you may want to add slots for IO bonuses.
Fire Blast: This is a stronger version of Flares with a slower recharge and less DoT (I think). It's a very useful power, and you'll find yourself using it often. 5-slot for Damage, Accuracy, and Recharge.
Fiery Embrace: This is one of the best powers you have at your disposal. It cranks ALL of the damage you do by 80% for quite a while (I think 30 seconds or so). Unless you ABSOLUTELY NEED another power at level 18, get this one immediately. At most, I would put in 3 Recharge IOs on this power, but if you're starved for slots it won't murder you to only have 1 or 2.
Consume: This power restores a big chunk of Endurance, which you'll end up needing with all the powers you'll be flinging around. You have to be in melee range to do it, so make sure and lock down enemies or have them paying attention to someone else before you use it. 3-5 slot for Endurance Recovery, Recharge, and Accuracy.
Blaze: This is your strongest Single Target attack, and when you 6-slot it for Damage, Recharge, and Accuracy (Maybe a bit of endurance reduction,too), you'll love it.
Powers you MIGHT want from your Secondary:
Incinerate: This is a power that deals a very respectable amount of DoT to an enemy in Melee range. The damage IS good, but being so close to melee range and the power taking time to deal its damage mean it can be risky to use in early levels. 4-5 slots of the usual slotting for an attack ought to be all it needs.
Fire Breath: This is a real love it or leave it power. The cone is short and narrow, but the damage is quite good after it's been given 5-6 slots (including a range increase Enhancement), and with practice you can get several enemies lined up. The only other drawback is the long animation time which roots you in place.
Combustion: This is another power that deals DoT in melee range, but, unlike Incinerate, Combustion deals damage to every enemy around you. The DoT ticks are fairly slow, and the animation, like Fire Breath, seems unduly long and roots you in place. This is another power I would give 5-6 slots of the usual Damage/Accuracy/Recharge/End. Redux slotting.
Powers you'll Want:
Hasten: The more you spam your powers, the faster Domination comes up, and you WANT Domination. It will also bring up Flashfire and Fiery Embrace more quickly, which makes you mow through missions with a minimum if difficulty. I LOVE this power on Dominators. 3-slot for recharge only.
Fireball and Rain of Fire from the Fire Mastery APP. These powers work with Fiery Embrace to add significantly to your damage in the 40s. Rise of the Phoenix is another great power from the set that helps keep downtime to a minimum.
Hope this helps organize your thoughts a bit.
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Thanks for taking the time to type up that impressive answer, that does help alot! My only knowledge in domi's is an earth/earth and big difference hehe. Now to make use of that second build and fix myself lol!
Well i have gotten to 42 by now n took fire epic, my build is wishy washy and im still not too certian about it. Im not too sure what needs to be done to make perma-dom on her either. I went the fighting pool route and im thinking thats not gonna work. If i wasnt at work id post in my laughible MIDS build. That brings me to my question:
Can anyone help me come up with non purple permadom build? I know its hard w/o seeing my current build but any help is most welcome. Well my funds are limited after io'ing a stormie but if the price tag can be kept low and it helps that i already have 5 lotg's Globals i can slip in but they are lvl 50 recipies. . For some reason i cant wrap my mind around a good build and would love some assistance. If you could post the data link and the forum link (the list version for forum viewing) I can check it here.
Thank you for your time,
Katlyn
Drat no help? Having trouble ingame finding assistance with this combo as well. Is it a lost cause hehe. 100+ views and only 1 reply *cries*
I don't have Mids, or else I'd try and whip a build up for you, but I can give a nice Link that I used when making up my Permadom build. I'd also like to remind you that the usual magic number for Permadom with Hasten is at 80% Recharge. Without Hasten, I THINK it's something around 120%. I'm going to assume you're picking Hasten simply because it's cheaper than cramming an extra 40% of Global Recharge into your build.
This is the Paragon Wiki page that lists every IO set in the game that boosts recharge. It also says how much the Recharge bonus is, and how many of the set you'll need to get the bonus: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Catego...prove_Recharge
As for suggestions on cheaper IO sets:
4 Expedient Reinforcements thrown into Fire Imps will give a nice 6.25% Recharge for a pretty low price at the Black Market.
I personally like putting Basilisk's Gaze into Cinders. It buffs the power "enough" while giving a nice 7.5% Recharge bonus at only 4 slots. It's a touch more expensive than Expedient Reinforcement, but I didn't find them hard to afford.
Positron's Blast isn't all that expensive anymore, and can go into Fire Breath or any other Targeted AoE power. 5 slots gives 6.25% Recharge.
Sting of the Manticore give 7.5% Recharge for 5 slots, and can go into Blazing Bolt. Just realized that I didn't mention Blazing Bolt at all in my last post. >.>
Devastation gives 6.25% Recharge when 5-slotted, and you can put this set into Flares, Fire Blast, AND Blaze for a combined 18.75% Recharge. I'd replace it with Apocalypse later for Blaze when you have more cash, though.
You can always throw a LotG: Recharge into Maneuvers or any other Defense power for 7.5% Recharge.
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My (new) main is a fire3 dom who achieved Permadom at level 36 and can exemp down to about 28 and still keep most of it. He's 47 now, so no purple still. Here's how I managed:
Char and Cinders both get 4-slot gaze of the basilisk = 15
Fire cages (which I took at level 35) gets 5 Enfeebled Operation = 3,75
Flashfire gets a 5-slot Stupefy (skip the proc!) = 6,25
Fire Imps get expedient reinforcement (I put a full set for the stats and the def bonus as well) = 6,25
Incinerate get a 5-slot Crushing Impact = 5
Flares and Fire blast both get a 5-slot Entropic Chaos (the healing proc saved my butt a LOT of times, and I spam those powers so much I never needed the Healing pool) = 12,5
Blaze gets a 6-slot decimation, so I can get build-up every once in a while, but 5 slots can wing it. = 6,25
Combustion gets 4 Obliteration = 5
Consume gets a 6-slot efficacy adaptor = 5
That's 65% so far. for the rest, I took :
Combat jumping, slealth, grant invisibility, invisibility, maneuvers (I never use it) - all with the basic slot, all with LotG +recharge global. With Hero or Vilains merits, I bought about three ever two weeks, so in a month I had all five. I bought them at level 25 (use the slider at the top) so their effect lasts until I exemp to 22. That's 37,5 %. Total : 102,5. More than enough for permadom with Hasten.
With all that, I can use Flashfire and Fire Cages every fight, or dom-cinder every other spawn, then run in, hit Combustion, hot feet, consume, then Incinerate and shoot the Lts and Bosses. Perma dom TOTALLY changed my playstyle. I took the fire APP and now I'm an AoE death machine.
Hi all, i just started, well im 22 now but recently picked up firex2 domi. What i was wondering whats a good LEVELing build? Im pretty broke in game monitary items and inf but can manage some things but not lots of 100mil+ things hehe. But i ramble, i tend to duo alot if not out right team mostly. No clue what a final build will be. Dont know if that helps.
I tried to search for stuff but alot of things are for post 50's and im not sure why powers were skipped. If ya could help a gal out i'd be much thankful.
I do have MIDs but likely will see this at work well before i can open it so if you could post a umm..the list(?) version with the data link.