Help Me choose an Elemental Melee Toon
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Posted on: 2011-12-29 18:07 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
I have a Fire/Fire that just melts things. Fire/DA is not a bad choice either, go for it.
The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
Fire/earth/ice dominator with any non tp based travel power being described as controlling the air around you. Could even grab both damage auras for an extra melee feel.
Perhaps a Mind(air)/Earth(Earth and Melee Oriented)/Ice(Water) with Pyronic Judgement dominator.
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Hmmm...getting all four is interesting, particularly for melee. If you didn't specify that you'd have Storm to play with too.
I've got a Fire/Ice tank who's going to take the Earth epic. If I took Ion or Void Judgement on him and called it Air, he'd be all four. So there's an idea for you. I like the ones you already presented too, though. Fire/DA would probably be a lot of fun.
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If you pick this make sure it's a Scrapper or Stalker; Brutes get significantly less damage out of Lightning Rod.
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Originally Posted by Biospark
Dark can also be colored to look Vaporous like Mist, so another possibility would be;
Dark Armor / Electric Melee / Fire Mastery / Dark Judgement |
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Hmm thinking more on it Mind wouldn't be a good representation of Air besides levitate and TK. I think Gravity would do well for Air, Earth Assault for Earth(of course), Ice or Leviathan mastery for water and Pyronic Judgement for fire.
Man actually thinking about this has got me interested in making an elemental mage themed dom(Grav/Earth/Ice/Pyronic) and this is very rare. I don't think I've ever made an alt that I have no care to min/max and would just be playing it without a goal.
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Ice/Stone/Fire Dominator
Ice/Fire/Earth Tanker
Fire/Earth/Leviathan Dominator
Dark/Electric/Blaze Scrapper (or Electric/Dark/Blaze)
Basically, there are a lot of good options.
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Another option is Earth Melee/Shield/Fire Brute. Change the look of the shield occasionally to ice/geode/fire depending on mood. Color some of the Earth mallets blue for Ice, some brown for Earth. Shield charge is you "riding on the wind."
Kinetic Melee represents wind well if you can find a way to fit it in.
Kinetic Melee also makes a good "air" power set.
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It's always good to simply make a list then pick and choose from there. It's not hard |
Originally Posted by Biospark
(Air/Water/Fire/Earth).
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Water:
-Ice Melee (ice)
-Ice Armor (ice)
-Shield Defense (ice shield, color: blue energy)
-Dark Armor (color:blue, water)
-Ninjutsu (water)
-Arctic Mastery (ice)
-Leviathan Mastery (ice and water breath)
-Cryo Aura
---Claws, Katana, Broadsword, Dual Blades, Battle Axe, Stone Melee, Energy Aura
Fire:
-Shield Defense (lava shield)
-Fire Melee (fire)
-Fiery Aura (fire)
-Dark Melee (smoke)
-Dark Armor (smoke)
-Stone Melee (lava)
-Stone Armor (lava)
-Pyre Mastery (fire)
-Various auras
---Claws, Katana, Broadsword, Dual Blades, Battle Axe, Energy Melee, Energy Aura
Earth:
-Stone Melee (rock)
-Stone Armor (rock)
-Spines (rock/crystal/plant)
-Shield Defense (rock/crystal)
-Titan Weapons (rock)
-War Mace (mineral/fossil)
-Dark Armor (sand)
-Dark Melee (sand)
-Earth Mastery (rock)
-Rock/Omega Costume pieces and/or Rock crumble path aura
---Martial Arts, Super Strength, Street Justice (earth)
-Autumn Path aura
---Regen, Willpower, Energy Aura, Ninjutsu (plant)
Air:
-Kinetic Melee (wind)
-Shield defense (lightning shield)
-Electrical Melee (lightning)
-Electric Armor (lightning)
-Super Reflexes (wind)
-Mu Mastery (lightning)
-Leaf aura
---Willpower, Super Reflexes (air)
You just need to be more creative
Ice Armor is a good place to start as it has both Water(all the ice) and Air(Chilling Embrace) in the powerset. Earth and Fire can be done with Stone Melee with the Volcanic Lava skin. Pick Reactive interface to have the attacks actually do fire damage, and you are set without using any judgment or epic slots for theme.
Wow, Thanks for all the responses everyone.
Just as many of you have suggested, I noticed that a Dominator would make a great attempt at this concept (Controller too, but I want to Melee stuff), especially since I absolutely LOVE the Fire mastery powers.
Rolled an Earth/Ice Dom to try it out and I could really see a Dominator as a choice for this concept.
Again, Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.
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Earth/psi/ice dom with pyro judgement. The only one that needs adjustment is psi to look like wind. Slot kinetic thrust for knockback and you will be "blown away" by this power combo. Lol
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You could also do energy armor as air as well. It uses a lot of swirling particles for graphics.
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Originally Posted by Leo_G
It's always good to simply make a list then pick and choose from there. It's not hard
Water: -Ice Melee (ice) -Ice Armor (ice) -Shield Defense (ice shield, color: blue energy) -Dark Armor (color:blue, water) -Ninjutsu (water) -Arctic Mastery (ice) -Leviathan Mastery (ice and water breath) -Cryo Aura ---Claws, Katana, Broadsword, Dual Blades, Battle Axe, Stone Melee, Energy Aura Fire: -Shield Defense (lava shield) -Fire Melee (fire) -Fiery Aura (fire) -Dark Melee (smoke) -Dark Armor (smoke) -Stone Melee (lava) -Stone Armor (lava) -Pyre Mastery (fire) -Various auras ---Claws, Katana, Broadsword, Dual Blades, Battle Axe, Energy Melee, Energy Aura Earth: -Stone Melee (rock) -Stone Armor (rock) -Spines (rock/crystal/plant) -Shield Defense (rock/crystal) -Titan Weapons (rock) -War Mace (mineral/fossil) -Dark Armor (sand) -Dark Melee (sand) -Earth Mastery (rock) -Rock/Omega Costume pieces and/or Rock crumble path aura ---Martial Arts, Super Strength, Street Justice (earth) -Autumn Path aura ---Regen, Willpower, Energy Aura, Ninjutsu (plant) Air: -Kinetic Melee (wind) -Shield defense (lightning shield) -Electrical Melee (lightning) -Electric Armor (lightning) -Super Reflexes (wind) -Mu Mastery (lightning) -Leaf aura ---Willpower, Super Reflexes (air) You just need to be more creative |
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I have actually tried this, but have found the original colors plus some kind of costume Aura work better as Fire. Course, that doesnt mean I have tried everything with it. |
Originally Posted by Dirges
You could also do energy armor as air as well. It uses a lot of swirling particles for graphics.
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Short update; Have tried several different Combinations of Brutes and Dominators so far and after getting them all to 18-22, I am having the most fun with a Fire and Ice character.
Fire Control - Ice Assault
It doesnt represent all 4 elements, but I still love the Dichotomy and how well it plays.
The two sets have very fast animations. the colors complement each other and he has that feel of a Melee Wizard. Hence the name "War Mystic".
Glad that I listened to those saying to try a Dom.
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Ok, I've made my Grav/Earth dom over the weekend and it's a blast so far. I've never enjoyed playing gravity before but after making it look like air and a slight color change on earth, I've had alot of fun. It's up to 26 now and I hope to have it up to singy real soon.
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Awesome ! I assume you are going Fire Ancillary and then Ion ?|
Originally Posted by Boomie
Ok, I've made my Grav/Earth dom over the weekend and it's a blast so far. I've never enjoyed playing gravity before but after making it look like air and a slight color change on earth, I've had alot of fun. It's up to 26 now and I hope to have it up to singy real soon.
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Good Luck on this toon.
Its nice to have a concept toon to shake the min-maxxer out of me.
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I was gonna do a pseudo-snark post about a Dual Pistols/Dark Manipulation/Electricity Mastery Blaster but then saw that 1) you wanted Earth, and 2) You decided already.
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Thanks. I figured I'd go Ice Mastery for water and the Pyronic Judgement for fire.
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Originally Posted by Biospark
Awesome ! I assume you are going Fire Ancillary and then Ion ?
Good Luck on this toon. Its nice to have a concept toon to shake the min-maxxer out of me. |
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Yeah, Just re-read your earlier post where you mentioned that. |
Originally Posted by Boomie
Thanks. I figured I'd go Ice Mastery for water and the Pyronic Judgement for fire.
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Have you been solo-ing at all with your Dom, or Teaming mainly ?
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Just as the title says, I am looking for ideas how to make an Elemental Melee toon.
This can be accomplished thru creative use of Power customization as well as the Ancillary and Judgement powers. There are no limits other than I would prefer a melee based toon AND have some evidence of all 4 elements (Air/Water/Fire/Earth).
The best that I have come up with to get all 4 elements is ;
Fire Melee / Dark Armor / Ice Mastery / Vorpal Brute
** Dark powers colored to look like sand, Air being simulated by the Cloak of Darkness plus Spring Attack and Vorpal Judgement ***
Dark can also be colored to look Vaporous like Mist, so another possibility would be;
Dark Armor / Electric Melee / Fire Mastery / Dark Judgement
Any Ideas would be very helpful as I am not attached to any powerset in particular, but certainly leaning toward Dark Armor as either Earth or Water/Air.
Thoughts ?
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