Mind/Psi/Ice IO and Perma ?'s

Hello fellow Doms, I recently came back to the game shortly after the release of I20. I was away from right around I16 to now.

I have been working on my Mind/Psi Dom which I love to play. One of my goals with her is to achieve Perma Dom/Hasten and get Drain Psyche to as close to Perma as possible while still having a playable team and solo build.

I have two Mids builds to share. The first is my planned build that includes some purple sets and other high priced IOs. The second is my current live build. In the live build you will notice that I don't have any LotG's yet, I'm still working on getting the cash and merits together to get all these things for the planned build.

My overall biggest concern is, with the "Rule of 5" concerning how many IO set bonus types you can have activated at once, is my planned IO build possible? With 4 LotG +Rech, 2 Basilisk, and 1 Manticore all giving +7.5% Rech, am I wasting slots on bonuses that wont activate? I had been reading the Perma Dom guide at the top of the forums, but it was a bit dated. The author ahd stated that Hold powers don't have a +Rech set, and at the time, I guess Basilisk didnt exist.

Also, from expirienced ?/Psi Doms, do you feel the need to have Numina or Miracle IOs in your set while using Drain Psyche? If my planned IO build holds up, I have a 31.4 Recharge time on DP which is so very close to perma, I may consider dropping the Numina and Miracle uniques. Thoughts?

Live Build 6/2/2011

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Rumina3: Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Mind Control
Secondary Power Set: Psionic Assault
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Mesmerize

• (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
• (3) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (15) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Devastation - Damage/Endurance

Level 1: Psionic Dart

• (A) Range IO

Level 2: Dominate

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
• (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
• (13) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
• (34) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
• (43) Damage Increase IO
• (45) Damage Increase IO

Level 4: Telekinetic Thrust

• (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
• (5) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (15) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (37) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (45) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance

Level 6: Confuse

• (A) Confuse Duration IO
• (7) Confuse Duration IO
• (13) Confuse Duration IO
• (37) Accuracy IO
• (45) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 8: Mass Hypnosis

• (A) Sleep Duration IO
• (9) Sleep Duration IO
• (9) Sleep Duration IO
• (34) Accuracy IO
• (42) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 10: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (11) Recharge Reduction IO
• (11) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 12: Hover

• (A) Defense Buff IO
• (46) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
• (46) Flight Speed IO

Level 14: Fly

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 16: Psychic Scream

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
• (17) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (17) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
• (31) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
• (43) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range

Level 18: Total Domination

• (A) Hold Duration IO
• (19) Hold Duration IO
• (19) Hold Duration IO
• (34) Accuracy IO

Level 20: Drain Psyche

• (A) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
• (21) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
• (21) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
• (23) Doctored Wounds - Heal
• (23) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
• (25) Accuracy IO

Level 22: Maneuvers

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 24: Tactics

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance
• (25) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge

Level 26: Terrify

• (A) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Recharge
• (27) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Endurance
• (27) Glimpse of the Abyss - Fear/Range
• (31) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge
• (43) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic)

Level 28: Subdue

• (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
• (29) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (29) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
• (31) Devastation - Chance of Hold
• (37) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (50) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance

Level 30: Combat Jumping

• (A) Defense Buff IO

Level 32: Mass Confusion

• (A) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Recharge
• (33) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Endurance
• (33) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
• (33) Malaise's Illusions - Endurance/Confused
• (40) Malaise's Illusions - Confused/Range

Level 35: Psionic Lance

• (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage
• (36) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range
• (36) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Interrupt/Recharge
• (36) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (40) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic)

Level 38: Psychic Shockwave

• (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (40) Obliteration - Damage

Level 41: Sleet

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (42) Undermined Defenses - Recharge/Endurance
• (42) Touch of Lady Grey - Recharge/Endurance

Level 44: Frozen Armor

• (A) Defense Buff IO
• (50) Defense Buff IO

Level 47: Ice Storm

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
• (48) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
• (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
• (50) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range

Level 49: Vengeance

• (A) Range IO

Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
Level 50: Spiritual Radial Paragon
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Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Domination
Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Celerity - +Stealth

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Empty

Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift

• (A) Flight Speed IO

Level 2: Health

• (A) Healing IO
• (7) Healing IO

Level 2: Hurdle

• (A) Jumping IO

Level 2: Stamina

• (A) Endurance Modification IO
• (5) Endurance Modification IO

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Set Bonus Totals:

• 16.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 16.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 3.44% Defense(Energy)
• 3.44% Defense(Negative)
• 3.13% Defense(Ranged)
• 43% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 2.75% Enhancement(Terrorized)
• 55% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 2.5% Enhancement(Confused)
• 4% Enhancement(Heal)
• 76.3 HP (7.5%) HitPoints
• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
• 11.5% (0.19 End/sec) Recovery
• 36% (1.53 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 4.41% Resistance(Fire)
• 4.41% Resistance(Cold)

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Rumina - Lvl 50 Mind/Psi/Ice Dom - Virtue
La Petite Flamme - Lvl 50 Fire/Kin/Earth - Troller - Virtue
Digital Fallout - Lvl 40+ Ill/Rad - Troller - Virtue
Dementia Seraph - Lvl 50 - Dark/Regen - Scrapper - Champion
Side-FX - Lvl 40+ - Bots/FF - MM - Champion

The 7.5% bonuses from LotG stack with the 7.5% from Bask Gaze, Manticore, Kinetic Crash etc. The game considers them different bonuses.

The 7.5% from Bask Gaze, Manticore, Kinetic Crash etc., ARE all considered the same bonus by the game and can only be stacked 5 times.

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-Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein.
-I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
-When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson

You're planned build is exactly like mine (only exceptions are travel power and slotting of health/stamina). So, I can tell you that it is very solid. Toss in Spiritual for your Alpha slot and you should have perma DP.

In terms of using the heal set uniques, while DP can cap your regen/recovery with max targets, a minor goal is to achieve that with less. In other words you want to get a hefty amount, even with just 1-2 mobs (such as AV fights). I personally don't use the unique IOs. I just use 2 common heal IOs in health and 2 common endmods in stamina. Recovery caps with 6 mobs and regen caps with 8.

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SG: Guadians of Paragon - VG: Paragon's Darkness
The Usual Suspects: Fimboolvetr (Icer Tank), Tsukiyomi (Mind/Psi/Ice Dom), Smiting Dragon (Dm/Sr Scrap), Widow Mortis (NW)
Up and Comers: Ameterasu (Km/Reg Scrap), Arrhymian (Elec/Nin Stalk), TDMKII (Bot/Traps MM)

Thank you Milady for explaining that. It's because the unique IO properties of LotG +Rech that make it seperate from the overall bonuses?

Infini, thank you for confirming I am on the right track. I really like this build a lot, and really want to step it up to the next lvl. Spiritual is also the one I was looking at. I figured that will give me more +Rech than I can even use.

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Rumina - Lvl 50 Mind/Psi/Ice Dom - Virtue
La Petite Flamme - Lvl 50 Fire/Kin/Earth - Troller - Virtue
Digital Fallout - Lvl 40+ Ill/Rad - Troller - Virtue
Dementia Seraph - Lvl 50 - Dark/Regen - Scrapper - Champion
Side-FX - Lvl 40+ - Bots/FF - MM - Champion

I just realized another difference in our builds. You have TK Thrust while I have Mind Probe. I used to use TK Thrust because it did better damage in PvP. Since PvP is less than enjoyable nowadays for me, I opted for MP for more PvE damage.

As a result, I don't have any smashing damage to make easier work with Robots (another reason I had TK Thrust), but Sleet and Ice Storm help make up for it.

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SG: Guadians of Paragon - VG: Paragon's Darkness
The Usual Suspects: Fimboolvetr (Icer Tank), Tsukiyomi (Mind/Psi/Ice Dom), Smiting Dragon (Dm/Sr Scrap), Widow Mortis (NW)
Up and Comers: Ameterasu (Km/Reg Scrap), Arrhymian (Elec/Nin Stalk), TDMKII (Bot/Traps MM)

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-Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein.
-I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
-When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson