Ion or Void judgement?

For a Ax/wp build.

For concept reasons I am leaning a little more toward Ion, but I would like to hear from another brute that says it works for them. I am a little "concerned" about the chained-aoe thing as opposed to a straight pbaoe.

Thanks

My Mace/WP broot took Ion, and it is my favorite of the Judgments by far.

I love how it goes around and hits stuff that isn't neatly packed and isn't necessarily what I was fighting. I'll drag a group of baddies close enough to another group and just target someone from group 2 for Ion.

Most of the 2nd group goes down, and the ones that survive generally don't attack because I am already at the agro cap.

Theyre both good, so take the one that you like/fits theme best. If you weren't thinking or caring for any theme and only worried about dps/fast/performance you'd already be judging them with FIRE! (shakes fist and uses amusing booming voice while saying "Fire")

I have Ion on my brute. It's good but it has a couple of problems the others don't:

If the initial target dies on the first contact, your chain dies before it has the chance to do anything

The long animation sometimes led to me corpse blasting when a teammate, and sometimes even my own damage aura, killed my target. Again, that prevents the chaining from going off.

I've used two Judgment powers so far: Ion for my Elec/Cold dominator and Pyronic for my SS/Fire brute as well as my Fire/Kin controller. My good friend runs a Brute with Void Judgment that I've seen quite a bit. For brutes and Tankers that can really draw a crowd around them it seems like a really great power. The radius seems larger than Pyronic, which makes up for the lack of range.

For the reasons stated above, I have a real love/hate relationship with Ionic Judgement. Yes, it does very well eliminating more spread-out groups, but you have to be very careful of your initial target. Usually I try and rush ahead a bit when using it so that the long animation can have a head start as the team approaches. Not rushing forward a LOT, granted. Just hopping over as the last couple of minions are being killed and people are getting reoriented.

...Now I want to try Cryonic.

I'm a big fan of void, partially for the -dmg component (hard targets are usually the only things that survive a musc boosted void anyway) and partially since it is a PBAoE I don't have to worry about targeting it. Since brutes are usually surrounded anyway, it works out nicely.

Not that any of the others are any harder to use, just that void is the most fire and forget.

wow ladies just pick pyro and be done with it

I'll back Neogumbercules and the others on the issues with the original target of Ion dying being a pain. However, it does have utility the others don't. It is much better than Pyro or Void at widely spread out targets. Often I can get whole spawns when only one is visible and the rest are around corners or behind pillars both of which would keep them safe from Pyronic.

Pyronic is spectacular, and equal or better to Ion under virtually all other circumstances.

Cryonic pretty much sucks. but it looks pretty and is a thematic fit for the character who has it so I keep it.

Void is solid, I love that the damage type is lightly resisted, and the -Dam is not only high enough to be noticed, but it lasts a good long time too. It has a pretty large area of effect. And if you care about the visuals, pull back your camera and watch carefully. The spiraling tentacles of dark energy are subtle and awesome.