Which support set would work best with a Willpower brute in a duo?

Been about a year I think since the last time I played this game, finally get to come back and mess around some more. Something about this game just keeps bringing us back I suppose. Anyway...

My fiance wants to run a duo with me (tiny bit harder with lack of that lovely perma-grouping system, hope that comes back soon) and was considering an Ice/Time controller. I'm going to be using a Kinetic/WP brute. Yea, I know, Kinetic/* brutes are not ideal for min/maxers, but it works for now. I suppose in theory I could take Super Strength instead but I dislike having to babysit rage and it's crashes, and the -damage in kinetics still makes it even harder for things to kill me.

Since she doesn't have VIP though she asked me to come here and ask you how effective /Time would be. It's got some regen, and all sorts of ways to slow people down and make them not hit me as often so I regen even better with RttC. She was also considering empathy just for the massive regen and fortitude buffs, wouldn't so much need the recovery buff although every little bit helps. She would really play any support set, she just wants something to mesh with willpower.

Any opinions?

Time is a lot like WP in that it's very much a jack-of-all-trades kind of set. If you compare it power by power to stuff from other sets, several of the powers are weaker. But as a whole, Time is very powerful indeed.

If your fiance wants to play Time, it'll work well. If you want a set that would really complement WP however, you might want another set. Since WP is more general, you want a support set that offers strong specific buffs, preferably ones that really complement WPs strengths. Cold is great for that, since the defense shields will decrease incoming damage a lot, giving WPs regen more time to do its thing. Frostwork is also fantastic for WP Brutes, since the more HP they have, the more hp/sec they get from RttC.

Thanks for the idea, I'll relay it to her with any other ideas that pop up (assuming more do pop up :P).

SS/FA...

No seriously, I'd back what Silas says. Can't go wrong with rad if she doesn't mind playing a debuffer.

Kinetics would also be nice with the brute damage cap, although this is somewhat late blooming.

Yes, I do hear that SS/FA is insane, but I really do prefer /WP. I suppose it spoiled me a bit but I like basically ignoring the fact that status effects exist. The only things (at least as of level 35) that ever bother me are huge swarms of CoT ghosts and this one group of Tsoo who stacked something like 10 siphons on me at once.

Is cold really the best to stack with Willpower? Just how good will cold remain in the long run? I seem to remember reading that eventually their buffs become not as useful due to IO set bonuses. Could be wrong though.

Concerning the absence of Level Pacts.

Don't fret over it, back in the day level pacts were very advantageous, allowing you to stay close together for optimal teaming.

It's no longer needed really. With Super Sidekicking, you can always team up. You can exemp and still get XP, or you can make the higher level the lead and not worry about bridges etc.

She's doing Cold/Beam Rifle defender for the moment, so far she loves it. Granted we are level 3 so that could change but she loves playing with the gun.

Put my vote in for Cold, with Pain being a close second.

Pain allows her to buff you pretty nicely, gives her some good heals to keep you up when you take burst damage (one of the things that will down a willpower quickly) and even gives her some debuff to use to help you kill things faster. Beam/pain would be a pretty nice combo, especially if your taking the lead, which will allow her to disentegrate things left and right, and keep you up and active when things hit the fan.