Pure, unbridled destruction?

So, as an avid fan of tankers and the play style, I'm looking for something a little different. And by 'a little' I mean completely different. I want something that'll go from a standstill to scorched earth in the shortest amount of time possible. Just as importantly it needs to be able to do this on the way to level 50, since I rarely play a character much after it hits 50. It doesn't need survivability in any shape or form, in fact I'd almost prefer it didn't, just a lot of shock and awe.

I'm currently thinking Fire/Fire or Fire/MM blaster for this particular character, though I'm open to other suggestions.

So, thoughts?

I believe a fire/fire blapper is exactly what your looking for.

My Electric Melee/Fire Armour Scrapper is about to hit 50.
She's an excellent balance between pure explosive power and just enough survivability to take on the large crowds her area damage demands.

Fire/Fire/Fire is fun because after you get Rise of the Phoenix, dying can just be part of your attack chain.

I'd go with either Fire/Energy or Fire/MM blaster. /Energy gets early Build Up and the absolutely devastating Bone Smasher and Total Focus for single targets. /MM gets Psychic Scream and Psychic Shockwave. Either way, I'd go with Electric for the ancillary because it gets another cone attack. So if you want something up your sleeve for single targets, Fire/Energy/Electric. If you want pure conical death, Fire/MM/Electric.

If you're willing to go villain, then Leviathan Mastery, Mu Mastery, and Soul Mastery have two additional AOEs each, so you can roll with one of those.

Mind/Psi or Fire/Fire Dominator!!!

Why? It makes everything die! It makes your Tank sad? It's cheapy IOed and procced for max doom and eaily perma dommed at even lower levels, and it's melee/range options are built in to allow for power pool choices which allow for more "hittage" (Not a word, don't use "Hittage")

You are a squishy glass cannon without your kill death ratio being close to each other.

So it's like a blaster, but the low fat version. All the taste with half the calories!

You are probably looking for something a little squishier to completely oppose your usual playstyle but if you don't mind Pure, unbridled destruction with extreme survivability I'd recommend a Crab.
Go full pet plus full aoe including leviathan and it is absolutely devastating. 6 pets (plus lore) all going at it with reactive, a full compliment of powerful aoes and 35% aoe resist debuffs (55% for Toxic which two of your aoes inflict).
Even Giant Monsters don't last long Vs a Crab.

I have been a bit bored lately, and needed a good kick for something new and fun, and I found it a Fire/fire Dom. I play it like a blapper/brute mentality plays really good in melee and always attacking and running to the next mob to build domination. I'm at 32 now and its been a blast its a toon that I will probably slot all the way up, instead of just a bit.

Its a good mix on the right team you will be tearing through mobs and others will think your crazy in the head or crazy good, other times you will be screaming at your pc thats when you just dial it back to 10 from 11.

Rad/Fire Blaster

Irradiate
Electron Haze
Neutron Bomb
Atomic Blast

Combustion
Fire Sword Circle
Blazing Aura
Consume
Burn
Hot Feet

Irradiate, Electron Haze, Combustion and Fire Sword Circle by level 10, slot chance for -res into Irradiate and slot up for endurance/recovery and recharge, giggle.

I vote rad/fire also! Fire blast is fantastic of course but radiation has some neat tricks of its own, and it pairs up better with fire manipulation. It also gives you some extremely cursory mitigation in cosmic burst, and the -def effect is nothing to sneeze at, especially since it widens the slotting options.

I started a topic on something similar recently that might help you:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=266297

Also, check this thread out for potential "steamroller" builds:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=264256

Best,
-MT

I've a few characters who fit the bill of mass carnage.

Fire/EM blaster - massive damage and good survivability since Boost Range allows you to stay out of melee. This is the character I grab when I'm in the mood to just kill things without any other concerns. I've built to near the soft cap in Ranged defense and have little trouble with mobs. The DE Quartz pets are a PITA though.

BS/Shield scrapper - not really what you're talking about but it puts out massive damage while maintaining mid level tanker durability. It's probably second to my blaster for raw damage output and far more durable.

Fortunata spec'd Widow - loads of AOE Psi damage, decent control and status protection with soft capped defense. With double leadership this character doesn't miss and hits hard. It's basically a def capped blaster with status protection. The downside is nearly all the damage is Psi... heavily resisted by several mob types.

I've others that are quite capable of considerable damage output; my Spine/Electric scrapper is an AOE machine and excels at quickly killing large groups of minions/LT's but is less effective against bosses.

If you're building a team of characters there's always the old standby Fire/Rad controller; one of them is very good and adding more of them gets into the range of "game breakingly good".

A Fire/Dark corrupter is also a good choice and does a fantastic job of melting the mobs.

I've a young Fire/Fire dominator that shows promise but is incredibly squishy although at 24 he's a long ways from being mature.

Im sure most people here could show you a better build, but throwing around this much fiery chaos feels awesome. My in-game build isnt even IO'd yet and it is awesome, I cant wait to put this one together for real.


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Phlogiston Blast: Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Fire Blast -- Dev'n-Hold%(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(7), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(42)
Level 1: Ring of Fire -- Decim-Build%(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), Decim-Acc/Dmg(46), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(46), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 2: Fire Ball -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(3), Posi-Dmg/Rng(13), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(25), Posi-Dam%(25)
Level 4: Fire Sword -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(5), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(39), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 6: Super Jump -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Fire Breath -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(9), Posi-Dmg/Rng(21), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31)
Level 10: Fire Sword Circle -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(11), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(11), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), Oblit-%Dam(27)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(46)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(15), RechRdx-I(15)
Level 16: Build Up -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 18: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(19), RechRdx-I(19)
Level 20: Blaze -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(37), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 22: Rain of Fire -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(23), Posi-Dmg/Rng(27), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), Posi-Dam%(31)
Level 24: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 26: Grant Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 28: Consume -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(29), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(29), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(43), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(43), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(43)
Level 30: Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Inferno -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Oblit-%Dam(34)
Level 35: Burn -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(36), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Oblit-%Dam(37)
Level 38: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 41: Char -- Lock-%Hold(A), Lock-Acc/Hold(42)
Level 44: Fire Shield -- ImpArm-ResDam(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(45), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Melt Armor -- ShldBrk-DefDeb(A), ShldBrk-Acc/DefDeb(48), ShldBrk-Acc/Rchg(48), ShldBrk-DefDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(48), ShldBrk-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(50), ShldBrk-%Dam(50)
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix -- Dmg-I(A)
Level 50: Spiritual Core Paragon
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A)

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Fire/Fire or Rad/Fire Blaster

Fire/Fire/Fire Blaster all the way. If you're looking for something a little more exotic, however, I highly recommend the Fire/Fire/Fire Brute. Either way, everything's on fire.

Everything.