Help me pick an AT...

I'm currently attempting to port a favorite DnD character to CoH as a dimensional traveler. The problem I'm having is I can't seem to select which AT and powerset combination provides the best overall coverage for the iconic mage spells of the older editions of DnD. Ideally, the character would have such a combination of things as Mage Armor, Magic Missle, Disintegrate, Fireball, Cone of Cold, and some sort of summoning power. Most of these seem like I could be a Blaster, but the summoning seems like a Controller might be best. A Dominator seems like the middle ground, but I'm not 100% sure. I've seen a few posts in other threads over the years mentioning characters that succeeded in a similar goal, so I was hoping for some advice from those players out there that have a CoH mage.

@Rorn ---- Blue Baron ---- Guardian

Controller or Dominator will work best. You won't be getting all the things you listed until you get all the way up to the Judgement Incarnate slot, however. My choice would be a controller with fire, ice, earth, elec, or plant as a primary, and storm summoning or time as a secondary, then fire as your APP set in the late 30s and 40s, then getting Cryo Judgement to fit your cone of cold idea perfectly. Any Lore incarnate set will fit the summoning theme as well as your lvl 32 pet.

I would go with plant/time/fire with cryonic judgement, and your choice in all other incarnates.

Plant has carion creepers and the fly trap as summons, time manipulation gives the "disintigration" look, and is a great set on it's own, supplementing with a lot of control, while fire APP gives you a shield, a fireball for AoE impact, and the fire blast sorta looks misile-ish. Tweak some of the powers' colors in time and you have a really cool looking battlefield as well.

Consider Energy Blast or Energy Assault (Dominators), just because it colorizes well.

Power Bolt - w/ lots of Accuracy, = Magic Missile

Power Blast - = Disintegrate.

Total Focus - = Hold Person

I suggest blaster

Mage Armor: This improves AC, so your options are Personal Force Field, Ice Armour, or the Black Scorpion's Patron Power Pool Shield.
Magic Missle: I use Long Range Missile
Fireball: Pyronic Judgement
Cone of Cold: Ionic Judgement
Some sort of summoning power: I like Summon Polar Lights, they feel like Lantern Archons.

I also grabbed Ionic Judgement to have Chain Lightning.

Disintegrate, however, is not a spell you get in any class.

Edit:

I suppose a Dominator could work too.

For me the best bet would probably be to use Dark Control/Fire or Dark Control/Energy,and colourize the assault set as needed, and then, as others have said, round out your spell list with the APP/PPP choice, and Incarnate powers, if you want more variety still.

But, I don't think you'll ever get the variety of mage spells covered in CoH. And if you do, or if you come close, a LOT you'll be waiting till incarnated for, which for me seems an awful long time to wait for a character concept to start to develop. I'd pick a combo based on what powers are most important, or most critical for your concept, and choose whichever AT or power combo gets as many of those before lvl 30 or 35. That way it's more fun leveling, and your character concept doesn't fall apart if you exempt.

seems like you'd definetly want Fireball before 50? Fireball is the first spell I think of when someone mention's D@D.

Dom's and Cont's can get it at 35.
Defender's can get it a lvl 4.
Corr's and Blaster's at lvl 2.

other's have it, but not till 50.

Blaster's don't get pets (unless you count Sparky) so that might rule out blasters.
Defenders and Corr's don't get pets except Dark Miasma so that narrows down Def and Corr's (unless you can wait till incarnates).

I bet Fire Breath would look good as a cone of cold (colored blue and white). Fire Breath "colors" very nicely


-what do magic missles look like?
I've always thought they take a non-direct path to the target.
Power Push reminds me of this or some Dual Pistol attacks..altho all the DP attacks will sound like a gun..
Power Push has a great animation once colored, but its not a very useful power

My two cents:

Earth/Fire/Ice Dominator with Ion Judgment and Storm Elemental Lore pets. It's not only a powerful combination (especially perma-dommed), it gives you great powers for all four of the classic High Fantasy elements (I actually have exactly this build as a Wizard, and it's fantastically fun and fitting).

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.

I've started to learn towards Dark Control/Storm Summoning/Fire on a Controller. Dark powers are generally used by magic NPCs in CoH and the set looks like it colors pretty well if I want to use it for anything that's not just pure darkness. Also, the Umbral Beast just looks like something out of a monster manual. The combo has the added benefit of insane amounts of -ToHit which sort of simulates a defensive spell by making attacks less likely to land.

@Rorn ---- Blue Baron ---- Guardian

It better simulates Flaring Spell Meta-magic.

I think illusion/Storm/Fire fits best. I have one.

Illusion/Rad/Fire fits too. Its not radiation, its magic!

Lewis