Queen Mab

I don't know if anyone has read the Dresden Files but I wanted to make a tribute to one of my favourite characters - Queen Mab - Faerie Queen of Winter, Air and Darkness. I want her to be a defender because they have all the necessary equipment to make a fairly close approximation to how I imagine Mab to be and because I like defenders.

So I need powers that represent cold (cold domination or ice blast), air (storm summoning, electrical blast and electricity mastery) and darkness (dark maisma, dark blast, soul mastery and dark mastery) but I dont really know the best combination to put them in. I only have experience in playing a stormie and they are great fun.

So far I am leaning toward a storm, ice, dark mastery set up because it looks like freezing rain would gel nicely with ice storm and blizzard and thunderclap would gel nicely with oppresive gloom however that set up isnt too friendly for tornado and thunder storm both of which are pretty chaotic and need something like tenerberous tentacles to get the best effect.

So another option would be storm, dark, electric which means I have an immobilise for tornado and thunder storm to do maximum damage and a nice stun combo in thunderclap and dark pit but the electric mastery doesnt look too brilliant.

On the otherhand cold domination looks mighty tempting too and looks as thought it would go nicely with either dark blast or electric blast for different reasons.

So my question to the defender forums is this.... whats the best way to set up Mab?

Tenebrous Tentacles doesn't stop KB, so it won't make a difference with Storm.

Storm/Ice/Dark is an excellent choice, mainly because Soul Drain and Freezing Rain are both awesome with rain powers, Dark Consumption is awesome with Blizzard, and Thunder Clap is awesome with Oppressive Gloom like you said.

Dark Blast also gets Life Drain which can be helpful for a Storm, or Cold player.

As a fellow lover of the Dresden Files, I think it would be best to do a Corruptor.. Dark Blast/Ice (Dark can be colored to resemble ice). But if you are set on Defender, you could do the same but I think Dark Miasma/Ice would be better in this case.

You could also go the Illusion/Cold Controller and it would fit very well with her. You could go Storm/Dark if you want and is my personal favorite powerset but for Queen Mab, I think the other sets would fit better.

How about Storm/Ice/Soul and I would skip thunderclap.

and would definately take Freezing Rain, Lightning Storm, Ice Storm, Blizzard

and from soul mastery I would take Power Boost, Dark Embrace, Soul Storm, and then it would be up to you, either summon mistress or soul drain.

Mind/Cold, Illusion/Cold controller or Storm/Psy, Cold/Psy defender

We know she's been in Harry's head at least once.


Sonic/Cold or Sonic/Storm defender or corruptor

If I remember correctly there are times she speaks through a proxy to prevent from harming Harry.


Cold/Ice, Storm/Ice, Cold/Dark, Storm/Dark

Mab Queen of Air and Darkness, any of the above fit.


As a side note, if you are a believer of the Molly is Mab theory, perhaps the illusion/mind/psy fits best. Also, rumor has it that Jim Butcher plays on Virtue; never came across him myself though.

Its true that either controllers or corrupters would fit the concept just as well as a defender but I've been playing controllers quite a bit recently and fancied a change of pace. As for corrupters, I've just never been able to level one up that much - despite that they are very similar to defenders.

I've gone with storm/ice at the moment and plan on taking dark when I get to 41. At the moment Mab is at level 8 (rather a low level for the Faerie Queen of Winter but she will improve). I actually have found her REALLY survivable - not least due to the fact that cold and storm do alot of -recharge and slows. I daresay that will change when I face the minions of igneous and some of the nastier members of the CoT.

On an side note - I havent heard the Molly is Mab theory but then again I'm only up to White Knight so Molly has only just joined Harry as his apprentice.

Thanks to everyone who helped me make up my mind! I will probably be back when I decide to create Titania (if only to balance things out)

I was playing Mab Queen of Winter on Virtue (the name is now available) and in fact actually got a chance to play with Jim Butcher on his Harry Dresden late one night.

I was on an Ice/Storm controller and she was so effective Jim said at one point - Wow! That is freaking cool.

Ice/Storm is my recommendation.