What can match my fire/traps corr?
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Posted on: 2011-11-12 09:15 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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The are numerous AT's that can perform the same feats, soem that spring to mind:|
Originally Posted by Redd35
So far, my tricked out fire/traps is by far my most powerful toon. Can melt x8 mobs in seconds with 0 downtime and capped defense.
What are some AT and builds I can get the same level of satisfaction with? |
Corruptors - Fire/Dark, Fire/Time
Doms - Mind/Fire, Plant/Fire, Earth/Fire
Controllers - Fire/Kin, Fire/Storm, Plant/Storm
Brutes - SS/Fire
Scrappers - Fire/SD
That's a small selection that I can think of as being at the top end of performance.
L50s: Tanks: Cryofission - Ice/EM - Dr Celsius - Fire/Ice - Saint George - SD/SS | Controllers: Psichosis - Ill/Kin - Major Chaos - Ill/Stm | Scrappers - Neutron Crusader - DM/SR
Currently Levelling: Angelic Blade - BS/WP Scrapper | Seeds of Destruction - Plant/Kin Controller
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Originally Posted by Psiphon
Corruptors - Fire/Dark, Fire/Time
Doms - Mind/Fire, Plant/Fire, Earth/Fire Controllers - Fire/Kin, Fire/Storm, Plant/Storm Brutes - SS/Fire Scrappers - Fire/SD |
..Anyhow, almost any character when 'tricked out' can do this. It's the AV/GM/TF soloing which is the real test
I find characters who don't have the capped defense/insane survivability but can do the same the most satisfying though. I can suggest a Fire/Fire Scrapper or Rad/Fire Blaster for silly AoE damage, or for something a little different (IE no Fire) give a Plants/Thorns Dominator a try. Perma cone confuse and great AoE and ST damage, IO out for recharge to keep those attacks and controls out and for your perma-dom and learn how to properly use the powers for maximum effect.
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Bots/Traps Mastermind and SS/Fire Brute are two of the common superkillers.
I rather enjoy my Fire/Earth/Ice Permadom for silly, silly, silly AoE damage (Hot Feet, Mud Pots, Tremors, Fissure, Sleet, Ice Storm), but be warned that this combo is EXTREMELY endurance heavy if you make one.
Trap/Sonic Defender can cap all positions or S/L/E/N easily and F/C with a little more work while pumping out stupid -res/-regen which gives it tankability and good effective DPS for hard targets.
Fire/Kin Corruptor is the less appreciated cousin of Fire/Kin Trollers, but also quite potent.
Elec/SD (Heavy AoE) and Dark/SD (Heavy ST) are also great scrappers, to add to Fire/SD someone else mentioned, though both are more specialized than Fire/SD.
Oh, and there's basically nothing a perma-PA Ill/Rad or Ill/Cold can't kill solo, but it's slower going this route.
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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.
Let me share some others which are also in my repertoire, just some which I dont think have been mentioned in this thread--
Earth/Thorns/Ice (or Fire empic but Sleet is that good) Dom, this is some serious AoE Secondary for a Dom. Thorny Johnson on Freedom.
Earth/Earth/Ice Dom Not as AoE heavy as /Thorns, but still effective at taking x8 mobs alone and safely. TerraShock- on Freedom.
Decked out Fortunata is in my opinion, the ultimate Tank Mage in this game, bar none along with their brothers, the Crab VEATS, in fact, you should see a decked out Crab VEAT in action vs x8 and you will see they are very very powerful. A Crab can have AoE and pets to rival any other toon in this game for the ultimate AoE beasts in complete safety of some serious defensive numbers. Decked out Fortunatas and Crabs = very high enviable defensive numbers and AoE controls, and ranged ST and AoE dmg. Mentalizta (fortunata) on Freedom and Spider Lord on Virtue (Crab).
Illusion/Storm is another toon, when decked out, is also pretty sick. -- Abysmal Terror -- Virtue
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I was going to mention the Crab, but Commando beat me to it. Even less downtime then a Fire/Traps, who has to spend *some* time dropping traps, even if its just FF generator, everything you spend animation time on as a Crab does damage except summoning the pets, and they provide still MORE dps once they are out so its well worth it. Comes with solid starting defenses and mezz protection built in, and is popular on teams because of the defense toggle.
A friend and I were curious and crunched some numbers to compare his fire/time corruptor to my crab for AoE damage, and although the fire/ corruptor damage is slightly more front loaded, the crab (with appropriate recharge) passes them around the 10-12 second mark. It took a Fire blaster to beat the Crab at the 10 second mark, and they are obviously a lot less survivable even IOed out.
Not only does a Crab have a continuous AoE attack chain of indefinite duration but also is AoE debuffing resistance of mobs for -35% (with the epic Arctic Breath on top of the Venom grenade) so all the teams AoE damage does more. 
So far, my tricked out fire/traps is by far my most powerful toon. Can melt x8 mobs in seconds with 0 downtime and capped defense.
What are some AT and builds I can get the same level of satisfaction with?
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