Defense or Perma-dom?

So, ive rolled two doms, one is fire/psi and the other is mind/energy. I've played around in mids and was wondering if it is better to slot for perma dom, or take tough/weave and some io's that are based around getting more defense. Any advice is welcome.

tl/dr IMO perma dom is the highest slotting priority on a dom because domination is just way too good lol

defense and survive ability can be a secondary slotting if you still have room in the build once you hit perma dom because once you do have perma dom you have defense in the ways of hard controls and the like

my perma earth/fire has almost no resists and 13% def to positions but i hardly ever take enough dmg to die because i can perma mag 6 stun mobs because of how much rech i have on stalagmites and perma dom

my perma mind/fire has a little more defense because he went the route of ice mastery instead of fire mastery so has about 23% smash and lethal def, but can easily lock mobs down (usually mass confuse followed by ice storm, sleet and fire breath, or mass hypnosis followed by total domination then dropped the 3 powers above) both comboes are usually done with fiery embrace for the 85% fire dmg buff so fire breath will 1 shot 3/4 of the mob depending on the enemy level

either way i can still take out the baddies in complete safety because of the mass hard controls that are mag 6 with domination up

so thats basically my opinion of perma dom vs defense soft caps for slotting

I see, i was just wondering cause my fire/psi dom is at 50 and he gets a ton of aggro and dies pretty fast, just gotta put some money together so i can get him perma-dom. Thanks for the advice

Flashfire, Cinders, Char all holding boss class spawns with one application is really good mitigation. The recharge bonus you need to get perma-dom really pushes the availability of your stuns and holds, too.

Poor fire... no confuse powers.

How bout for a Mind/Psi?

Last night I finally got my Dom to 126.25% Rech and I went to battle and my Dom got wiped! I couldnt even keep perma up since I have to pay attention to Hasten and Domination...Should I go for a bit more Rech and look into some form of Defense?

What I do is keep my hasten on autofire, and just keep an eye out on the Domination icon to make sure I hit it before it's gone. If you've got 126.5% global recharge, you should have more than enough to be able to get perma-dom, unless you're counting the recharge bonus from Spiritual Alpha. Remember, spiritual isn't global recharge, it only speeds up powers that take recharge reduction enhancements, so it won't do anything for Domination.

My Grav/Energy has only 107.5% before hasten, but with only 4 seconds of downtime on hasten, she's got a 15-18 second window where domination can be refreshed. Once you get in the habit of minding your domination, the timing becomes almost second-nature.

Keep your eyes on the prize, IMO. Perma-dom is unrivaled in terms of power and fun.

I'd definitely go perma-dom as top priority. My plant/psi has permadom and s/l defense softcap, but like folks said above, the defense hardly comes into play thanks to controls. The only times i really feel like the defense is necessary is when trying to stealth on lady grey tf (wish i were nrg softcap too then) and when ambushes come (speed itfs, e.g.)

Both. You can easily achieve permadom and softcap S/L defense.

Yes, you have controls, but defense is really helpful on fast paced teams and against things you can't mez right away.

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Originally Posted by Shadow Wail How bout for a Mind/Psi? Last night I finally got my Dom to 126.25% Rech and I went to battle and my Dom got wiped! I couldnt even keep perma up since I have to pay attention to Hasten and Domination...Should I go for a bit more Rech and look into some form of Defense?

Is that global recharge or including Hasten? If it's global recharge, that's enough for permadom without the need for Hasten. If it's with Hasten then you need more recharge for permadom.

Mind/Psi should be fairly easy to permadom and softcap S/L defense. My Mind/Fire has permadom without Hasten and is softcapped. If you get as much recharge as me, you would be really hard to kill with the defense and near perma Drain Psyche.

I've always kept Dom on auto, mostly for the +end (and yeah, cause it recharges quicker).

for me the 1 werest thing for me is when (im a mind/fire dom) you confuse an AV and they just hit everyone instead of the 1 target you want

I leave domination on autofire for the same reason.

One thing you can do if you find yourself forgetting about hasten is macro it into your move forward key. That way you're trying to activate it pretty frequently and you won't miss putting it back up for long.

Go for both. It is worth the money and time. Just need the right build but most combinations are capable.

Yes as many others have said before you should get both. perma dom requires some IO investment but if you can afford it push for that def softcap. Your dom becomes a whole another beast when you achieve def soft cap on top of permadom.