I can't speak to the Ice/Rad because I've not played Ice Blast past 30, but my main is a Fire/Rad and she's an absolute monster in end game content. Now that she has t3 and t4 incarnate powers, she solos giant monsters like they were bosses. She's built for permahasten and perma AM, and raw damage (Musculature, Pyronic, Warworks, Reactive, and Clarion). I can post her build when I get home from work, if you're interested.
@Quasadu
"We must prepare for DOOM and hope for FREEM." - SirFrederick
I would love to see that build. I rolled a Fire/Rad a few months ago and he stalled out at the time. As often happens, I came up with a cool costume and now he's rolling. Got him from 10 to 24 in about 2 days (no PLing) and I'm really psyched about him now. The incarnate choices you took are the same I was considering also.
To the OP, I don't have a ton of experience with Fire/Rad but it seems to me that Rad's AoE rebuffs are best paired with massive AoE damage. I think Fire and Ice have comparable ST damage anyway for boss fights. The real reason to choose Ice over Fire IMO is for Ice's mitigation powers but those are much less necessary when your secondary set is Rad anyway.
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Here's my GM smasher. Her Incarnate power are the T4 Core Musculature Alpha, T4 Radial Reactive Interface, T4 Core Pyronic Judgement, T3 Core Clarion Destiny with the 120 second duration, and T3 Core Warworks Lore with the Vicki and buff bot. Plan to go T4 Core on those last two, eventually.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.942
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Cherry Bombshell: Level 50 Science Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Fire Blast
- (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
- (3) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
- (5) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (5) Decimation - Chance of Build Up
- (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
- (7) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
- (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
- (9) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
- (9) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (11) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (11) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (13) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (13) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (15) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (15) Recharge Reduction IO
- (17) Endurance Modification IO
- (17) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (19) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (21) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (23) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (23) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (25) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (25) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
- (27) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure
- (27) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure
- (29) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (29) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (31) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
- (31) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
- (31) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
- (33) Ragnarok - Damage
- (33) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown
- (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)
- (33) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (34) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
- (34) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
- (34) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (36) Apocalypse - Damage
- (36) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
- (A) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow
- (36) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
- (37) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Damage/Slow
- (37) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (39) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (A) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (39) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold
- (40) Unbreakable Constraint - Endurance/Hold
- (40) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Endurance/Hold
- (40) Essence of Curare - Endurance/Hold
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (A) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge
- (42) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
- (42) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (42) Armageddon - Damage
- (43) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (43) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (43) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (45) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
- (A) HamiO:Endoplasm Exposure
- (45) HamiO:Peroxisome Exposure
- (46) HamiO:Endoplasm Exposure
- (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
- (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
- (46) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
- (A) Resist Damage IO
- (48) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (48) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Empty
- (A) Jumping IO
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (48) Miracle - +Recovery
- (50) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
- (50) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
- (50) Endurance Modification IO
Level 4: Ninja Run
@Quasadu
"We must prepare for DOOM and hope for FREEM." - SirFrederick
I was wondering out of those 2 which would be better endgame such as TF/AV/Trials/PvP. My ice/rad is lvl 31. He's great a taking down bosses but AoE is okay. I was thinking at level 41 get electric mastery and get Thunderstrike. Was wondering should i reroll to Fire/Rad if its better? Here is my Ice/Rad build:
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Level 50 Science Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ice Bolt -- Entrpc-Acc/Dmg(A), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Entrpc-Dmg/Rchg(50), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 1: Radiant Aura -- RgnTis-EndRdx/Rchg(A), RgnTis-Regen+(36), RgnTis-Heal/EndRdx(46), RgnTis-Heal/Rchg(48), RgnTis-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 2: Ice Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg(34), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(46), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 4: Radiation Infection -- DarkWD-Rchg/EndRdx(A), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(37), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/Rchg(43), DarkWD-ToHitDeb(43), DefDeb-I(45)
Level 6: Frost Breath -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(37), Posi-Dmg/Rng(40)
Level 8: Freeze Ray -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(9), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(9), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(15)
Level 10: Accelerate Metabolism -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11), RechRdx-I(11), EnManip-EndMod/Rchg(13), EnManip-Stun%(13), EnManip-EndMod(15)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Enervating Field -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(17), EndRdx-I(17)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg(19), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(19), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(40), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 20: Ice Storm -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(21), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(21), Posi-Dmg/Rng(34), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37), Posi-Dam%(39)
Level 22: Lingering Radiation -- TmpRdns-Acc/Slow(A), TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(23), TmpRdns-Dmg/Slow(23), TmpRdns-Acc/EndRdx(31), TmpRdns-Rng/Slow(31)
Level 24: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(25), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 26: Bitter Freeze Ray -- BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Hold(27), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(27), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(31)
Level 28: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(29), RechRdx-I(29)
Level 30: Maneuvers -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 32: Blizzard -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(33), Posi-Dmg/Rng(34)
Level 35: [Empty] -- Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(A), Rec'dRet-ToHit(36), Rec'dRet-Pcptn(36)
Level 38: EM Pulse -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39), Acc-I(39)
Level 41: Thunder Strike -- Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Oblit-Dmg(42), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(42), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(42), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43)
Level 44: Charged Armor -- S'fstPrt-ResKB(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(45)
Level 47: Power Sink -- Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(A), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(48), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Acrobatics -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Heal(5)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(3), EndMod-I(3)