Rec Powers for a new player to corrs

Hi Guys,

New to Corruptors and also CoH as well, played a little while back but for only ~2 months, have settled down now in my new home so can jump on a few hours a night/weekend to have some fun.

Due to my time zone (Aussy +10GMT) I don't see myself getting in groups till mid to late lvl with the low pop at low lvl, so will need a power set that I can learn and survive on solo and move from there into groups, I am a fan of Crowd control and supporting while also dealing moderate to good damage, this was one reason why I want to play a corruptor as they seem the only class where I can focus on both power groups equally for an overall experience instead of focusing down one route.

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Requirements:
I don't have any preference over looks of the skills sets, I can make a character to suit the powers, heck it would probably be fun to do it that way so I can get creative with the costume.

I prefer a challenge that will leave me with a rewarding feeling when I do it right over a "mash head on keyboard" to win setup. Not saying any of the power sets are like that but you know what I mean, If it means I need to work at it and learn the powers to become a deadly foe with the set then so be it, I would rather work on the character and build up something I am proud of over something that went so fast to 50 I just want to re roll cause it was all a blur.

due to the absolutely appalling internet quality where I live, a setup that doesn't require precise timing or pinpoint/timing accuracy to get the combo's off right would be preferred but not required

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I've been reading over the forums but allot of the talk is either about end game or requires a good knowledge of CoH to make heads and tail, this is the other reason for my post.

Hope you all could help me out with making my decision, with RL I cannot dedicate a huge amount of time to the game so I would prefer to make a character based on an informed decision now and work on one character than play the game and reroll 10 times to find the right set

If you need me to answer any questions to help me choose my sets then please fire away.

Kindest Regards
K

P.S I will be playing as a VIP

Hi there, Kitiara! Welcome back to CoH!

I hope you don't mind, but I'll suggest you go with either a /Traps, /Cold, /Radiation, /Dark, or /Time corrupter. These sets all offer a variety of ways to weaken enemies, as well as protect yourself and allies from an assault.

In terms of damage, I heartily recommend Fire Blast. It deals the most damage, but also has a high endurance cost. Power sets like /Radiation can help ease the endurance cost of power by raising recovery.

Personally, I absolutely love my Fire/Time Corrupter, but I've also hears wonderful things about Sonic/Radiation or Sonic/Traps. Another wonderful combination, both for theme and fighting ability, is Dark Blast/Dark Miasma.

Paring things down, I would play either a Fire/Time Corrupter or a Dark/Dark Corrupter if I wanted to enjoy playing solo. Both have excellent heals, powerful debuffs and very solid damage.

I made my character, a Dark/Dark Corr, went with a Green Bio theme:






Would appreciated some advise on the first 20 levels if anyone has any, will look over the forums for any dark/dark builds and see what other did

Went with the DOT for the first skill on my primary tree

Take fearsome stare as soon as you can get it and use it every spawn.

Yeah Fearsome Stare, Tar Patch, apply damage.

You'll want to slot your heal (Twilight Grasp) with at least 1 Accuracy enhancement, because it's based on accuracy. You target a foe and they'll be hit with a -to hit effect while you get a heal. However, if you miss, you don't heal, not fun when you need it.

Also, Tar patch, take it. It's a -golden- power to drop on a mob before you let loose your attacks, it will slow every enemy in the patch and give them a resistance debuff, which means your attacks will do more damage.

You can also skip Howling Twilight and Black Hole without too much worry. Unless you plan to team a lot, the resurrection is just useless solo and even with a team very niche, relying on A) your teammate not reviving some other way or going to the hospital and B) having an enemy to target. Black Hole is an intagbility power and... well you're just better off using something that can more actively kill your enemy or lock/debuff them down (and then let you kill them).

Seriously, read this. There are sections for every buff/debuff powerset available to corrs except for Time. The link takes you to the Dark Miasma guide.

I also started up a dark/dark corruptor last night, and...wow. What a blast. First time I ever got a corruptor into double-digit levels, and just glorious fun. One of my first characters to 50 was a dark/dark defender, and this combines a great comfortable familiarity with nifty new-to-me possibilities.

Heh. Tenebrous Tentacles and Gloom are nice for Scourge, too. It's a great corrupter combo.