Whenever I am playing a Stormie, I like playing with another Stormie. Storm powers from different players will combine really well. Plus, you can go as wild as you like with no guilt. Another controller could be fun, but consider playing a defender or a corruptor. A storm/sonic defender would be nice. Lots of resist debuffs, plus in a duo, defenders get a 20% damage bonus still.
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I would say that something that can gather up groups and take the alpha strike, and then has good AoE. I know my Elec/Shield scrapper would be a good choice. Shield has a good aggro aura and the AoE damage of Shield Charge. Fire or Electric Melee would work well. A similar Brute would work well, too.
I can see the Scrapper/Brute gathering up foes into a group, then the Controller dropping Ice Slick, Freezing Rain and running in with Arctic Air to mitigate damage while the Scrapper/Brute wipes out the foes. If foes get spread out, the Controller can run around the outer areas with Hurricane to "herdicane" the foes in tight to the Scrapper/Brute.
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yeah - i love stormers too, i have an ill/storm, a plant/storm and a robot/storm. but, i dont want to steal her thunder 
i was just trying to think of the top things that make an ice/storm unhappy. my short list from when ive played with her is nemesis (they ice skate on the dang slick) and getting crowd controlled.
so im trying to figure out something complementary that can handle nemesis and keep her from getting crowd controlled. i think something to absorb the alpha so she can do her magic is in order. Defenders cant absorb an alpha of nemesis 
so i think a brute would be in order.
dont /shield or shielders do lots of knockback? I know storm does knockback, but its a pain to herdicane and provoke them all back together once you knock em.
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No, Shield Charge is knockDOWN, not knockback. It is a great power. Lighting Rod is also knockdown. So is Thunderstrike. So the foes spend a lot of time on their backsides and not being thrown all over the place. This helps mitigate damage. (Of course, low level foes and Clockwork are weak to knocks, so they get knocked back.) And even if foes do get knocked back, Shield has such a good aggro aura that the foes usually run back into melee. (I have two Shield scrappers at 50 and a tank at 43. Shield is a great set.|
Originally Posted by SchroedingerCat
dont /shield or shielders do lots of knockback? I know storm does knockback, but its a pain to herdicane and provoke them all back together once you knock em. |
My favorite scrapper that I have is my Elec/Shield because I can do the double whammy of Build-Up/Lightning Rod/Shield Charge to wipe out large groups. I think Fire actually does more damage, but I really enjoy that double whammy. He also has a great name -- he is dressed in an Orange vest, khaki pants and a white short-sleeve shirt, and named "Ohm Depot."
My other Shield scrapper is pretty good, too. He is Broadsword/Shield -- Parry makes it very easy to softcap because Parry takes care of melee defense, so you only need to build for Ranged and AoE. His name is "Bull Shield," and had that name long before Minotaur head became available.
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Hah. I have an angry black clown named Ohmie D Clown.
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Originally Posted by Local_Man
he is dressed in an Orange vest, khaki pants and a white short-sleeve shirt, and named "Ohm Depot."
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This is perfect! I think I will try elec/SD scrapper (i hear shield isnt as good on a brute because it caps the shield charge attack and for some reason the defense isnt as good?) to go with her storm theme |
Originally Posted by Local_Man
No, Shield Charge is knockDOWN, not knockback. It is a great power. Lighting Rod is also knockdown. So is Thunderstrike. So the foes spend a lot of time on their backsides and not being thrown all over the place. This helps mitigate damage. (Of course, low level foes and Clockwork are weak to knocks, so they get knocked back.) And even if foes do get knocked back, Shield has such a good aggro aura that the foes usually run back into melee. (I have two Shield scrappers at 50 and a tank at 43. Shield is a great set.
My favorite scrapper that I have is my Elec/Shield because I can do the double whammy of Build-Up/Lightning Rod/Shield Charge to wipe out large groups. I think Fire actually does more damage, but I really enjoy that double whammy. He also has a great name -- he is dressed in an Orange vest, khaki pants and a white short-sleeve shirt, and named "Ohm Depot." My other Shield scrapper is pretty good, too. He is Broadsword/Shield -- Parry makes it very easy to softcap because Parry takes care of melee defense, so you only need to build for Ranged and AoE. His name is "Bull Shield," and had that name long before Minotaur head became available. |
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Elec and Shield are both better on a Scrapper, yes.|
Originally Posted by SchroedingerCat
This is perfect! I think I will try elec/SD scrapper (i hear shield isnt as good on a brute because it caps the shield charge attack and for some reason the defense isnt as good?) to go with her storm theme
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The way Lightning Rod and Shield Charge work is by creating an invisible 'pseudopet' that does the damage for you. The pseudopet is it's own entity with the normal 400% damage cap, significantly less than the Brute's 775% damage cap, wasting a ton of their +damage on those powers.
Additionally, /Shield's other big draw is Against All Odds, which is a +%Damage buff. These are much much more powerful on Scrappers than Brutes due to the Brute having low base damage values (most of their actual damage dealt comes from Fury), so damage buffs don't mean much to them. Meanwhile Scrappers have the highest base damage in the game, so %damage buffs do a lot for them.
As far as the actual damage mitigation goes, some people just don't like Defense based sets on Brutes, preferring ones that are Resist based to complement their larger hit point pools and damage resistance caps.
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I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30)) Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.
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I liked the pun so much that I also made a Plant/Elec Dominator named "Ohm and Garden" and an Electric/Fire Dominator named "Ohm Cooking." But Ohm Depot gets a lot of comments because his costume really worked out to finish out the theme.
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Originally Posted by SinisterDirge
Hah. I have an angry black clown named Ohmie D Clown.
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Title says it all - my sister started playing again and has an ice/storm controller, late 30s. What would be the best thing to go with it? i was thinking either a brute for dps/help with bosses or maybe a buffer type character. But I havent played ice/storm! So what do you ice/stormers secretly rejoice over when you see a particular combo join your team?
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