I have a level 50 mind/storm also. It was one of my early level 50 characters. Its a fun combo.
What does "running for Evo" mean?
Lewis
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"I remember... the Alamo." -- Pee-wee Herman
"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan
I have one, too. My build has a substantially different focus than yours, however. Here is my "intended" build. I'm not nearly there yet, but I think it will be a beast when finished. The 4 procs in Freezing Rain add up to decent damage. Plus it has two AoE attacks and a nearly perma-pet. Burnout means that I can always get all my powers back in an emergency.
It will be a bit tough on endurance, so Cardiac will be needed. But then, Cardiac has several other nice benefits for a Mind/Storm, since it can buff Range, resistance, Sleep and Fear.
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Mind-Storm : Level 50 Mutation Controller
Primary Power Set: Mind Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Mesmerize -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(7), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 1: Gale -- Acc-I(A)
Level 2: Levitate -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(7), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(13), Apoc-Dam%(19)
Level 4: Dominate -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(5), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(5), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(31), HO:Nucle(37)
Level 6: Snow Storm -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 8: Confuse -- CoPers-Conf/Rchg(A), CoPers-Acc/Conf/Rchg(9), CoPers-Acc/Rchg(9), CoPers-Conf/EndRdx(34), CoPers-Conf%(37)
Level 10: Mass Hypnosis -- FtnHyp-Sleep/Rchg(A), FtnHyp-Acc/Sleep/Rchg(11), FtnHyp-Acc/Rchg(11), FtnHyp-Sleep/EndRdx(43), FtnHyp-Plct%(43)
Level 12: Steamy Mist -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(13), LkGmblr-Def(25), LkGmblr-Rchg+(43)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 16: Freezing Rain -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17), Achilles-ResDeb%(17), Posi-Dam%(29), LdyGrey-%Dam(29), ImpSwft-Dam%(37)
Level 18: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(19)
Level 20: Hurricane -- DarkWD-ToHitDeb(A), DarkWD-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(21), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(21), DarkWD-Rchg/EndRdx(31)
Level 22: Total Domination -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(23), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(23), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(40), G'Wdw-Acc/Hold/Rchg(46)
Level 24: O2 Boost -- Heal-I(A)
Level 26: Terrify -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(27), Posi-Dmg/Rng(27), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), Posi-Dam%(50)
Level 28: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 30: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(31)
Level 32: Mass Confusion -- Mlais-Acc/Rchg(A), Mlais-Acc/EndRdx(33), Mlais-Conf/Rng(33), Mlais-Acc/Conf/Rchg(33), Mlais-EndRdx/Conf(34)
Level 35: Tornado -- ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(A), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(36), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(36)
Level 38: Lightning Storm -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(39), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), Dev'n-Hold%(40)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), LkGmblr-Def(42), LkGmblr-Rchg+(42)
Level 44: Disruptor Blast -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(45), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Ragnrk-Dmg(46)
Level 47: Summon Tarantula -- ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(48), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Burnout -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 50: Cardiac Radial Paragon
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 1: Sprint -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(50), Mrcl-Rcvry+(50)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(15), EndMod-I(15)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
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LOCAL MAN! The most famous hero of all. There are more newspaper stories about me than anyone else. "Local Man wins Medal of Honor." "Local Man opens Animal Shelter." "Local Man Charged with..." (Um, forget about that one.)
Guide Links: Earth/Rad Guide, Illusion/Rad Guide, Electric Control
I have never tried any of the Patron Pets. How are they?
Lewis
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"I remember... the Alamo." -- Pee-wee Herman
"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan
Interesting build Local... I also have some Cardiacs made because I built them before the new lot came out... many of the Alphas offer some good troller benefits though. Currently using Vigor
I've gone villain to get the Patron sets but I was going to for Mu - for the synergy of electric with the storm - but I guess there's no synergy with this set so there's no need to go that route either.
GW might also make a nice patron set too.
I find this is a highly survivable build as it stands - so I'm possibly thinking seriously of making a second expensive build to run pets with.
Oh and spinning for Evo - there was a web radio station broadcasting into Atlas on Defiant called Evolution radio and I dj'd there for a bit before branching out into new fields musically. I still spin often but not in game these days - jazz isn't really what works for the gaming community so well ;-)
Thelonious Monk
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The Tarantula is actually quite good. It does some decent tanking and pretty good damage. The biggest problem I have with it is when I'm fighting Arachnos, I find it confusing. (Why can't I target that damned . . . oh, it's my pet!) What makes Mace Mastry so tempting is a very good S/L/E defense-based shield, plus some -Resistance in Poisonous Blast . . . and the pet, of course. Who says a Mind Controller has to go without pets, when you can have a spider, a tornado and a lightning cloud?
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Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
I have never tried any of the Patron Pets. How are they?
Lewis |
LOCAL MAN! The most famous hero of all. There are more newspaper stories about me than anyone else. "Local Man wins Medal of Honor." "Local Man opens Animal Shelter." "Local Man Charged with..." (Um, forget about that one.)
Guide Links: Earth/Rad Guide, Illusion/Rad Guide, Electric Control
I'd never really intended to make this character. I needed to make a toon to represent me back in the days when I first started spinning for Evo on Defiant and I just needed something a bit cool with a few showy effects. I hadn't yet got a single lvl 50 (it took longer in those days of course) and I'd only got a handful of characters.
) and had great effects and abilities to throw stuff about - so even if the graphical effects weren't there, the visuals of an NPC hurtling across a room in an aeronautical display of extreme rag doll was ultimately highly pleasing.
This character would be slightly different though - the look had to be cool rather than the powers and I finally opted, almost at random, for a controller, and then chose two power sets with absolutely no synergy nor logic. I didn't set out to create it that way... it kind of just happened.
But I stopped just using it to DJ and I started playing it a bit, and liking it... it was squishy as hell and not very flexible but it turned out to be a lot of fun and he levelled far more quickly than Scarlet Shocker did (less debt of course
But pleasing as he was - Riffster often got put on a shelf whist new shinies were pursued, and admittedly spent a good two or three years languishing with an SO'd build and not much love lavished on him. But about 9 months ago he got taken out, dusted down - If memory serves, it was to do an LRSF (he'd done enough to go vigilante then) and a troller with his unique talents had been requested.
The LRSF in question worked stunningly well and the collegiate approbation struck a chord. He got a polish of a respec, some IO sets, and then the jolly old Incarnate route beckoned.
Since then, we've not looked back and he's now quite tasty even solo - he can take on most stuff I throw at him with a raised difficulty level, despite the fact he doesn't so much do DPS as DPM. His capacity to incapacitate and keep anything nasty at greater than arms reach is generally ample mitigation for those who bear him any level of emnity.
What's surprising is maybe the way he's grown into something that has become in its own way stunningly efficient. We're not talking the damage of a fire/rad/kin uberteam but there's some pretty good defence and a good mix of hard and soft control - and it's different. I don't think I've ever teamed or even seen another - so feel free to roll your own and see what you make of it.
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Riffster: Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Mind Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Primal Forces Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Mesmerize
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
Level 1: Gale- (A) Explosive Strike - Damage/Knockback
- (3) Explosive Strike - Accuracy/Knockback
- (5) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 2: O2 Boost- (A) Miracle - Heal
- (5) Miracle - +Recovery
Level 4: Levitate- (A) Force Feedback - Recharge/Knockback
- (7) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
Level 6: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction
- (7) Recharge Reduction
Level 8: Dominate- (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
- (9) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (9) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
- (11) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
Level 10: Confuse- (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused
- (11) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge
- (13) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Recharge
- (13) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion
Level 12: Mass Hypnosis- (A) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Recharge
- (15) Lethargic Repose - Endurance/Sleep
- (15) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Endurance
- (17) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge
Level 14: Telekinesis- (A) Endurance Reduction
Level 16: Snow Storm- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Slow
- (17) Pacing of the Turtle - Damage/Slow
- (19) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Endurance
- (19) Pacing of the Turtle - Chance of -Recharge
Level 18: Steamy Mist- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance
- (21) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection
- (21) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (23) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 20: Freezing Rain- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Slow
- (23) Pacing of the Turtle - Damage/Slow
- (25) Pacing of the Turtle - Accuracy/Endurance
- (25) Pacing of the Turtle - Range/Slow
- (27) Pacing of the Turtle - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
- (27) Pacing of the Turtle - Chance of -Recharge
Level 22: Total Domination- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (29) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (29) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (31) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (31) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (31) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
Level 24: Hurricane- (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
- (33) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
- (33) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
- (33) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
Level 26: Terrify- (A) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff
- (34) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/ToHit Debuff
- (34) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Recharge
- (34) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (36) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (36) Siphon Insight - Chance for +ToHit
Level 28: Combat Jumping- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
Level 30: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
Level 32: Mass Confusion- (A) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Recharge
- (37) Malaise's Illusions - Endurance/Confused
- (37) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Endurance
- (39) Malaise's Illusions - Confused/Range
- (39) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
- (39) Malaise's Illusions - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
Level 35: Tornado- (A) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
- (40) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
- (40) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
- (40) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
- (42) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (42) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
Level 38: Lightning Storm- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (42) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (43) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (45) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
Level 41: Recall Friend- (A) Endurance Reduction
Level 44: Conserve Power- (A) Recharge Reduction
Level 47: Temp Invulnerability- (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
- (48) Reactive Armor - Resistance
- (50) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
- (50) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge
- (50) Reactive Armor - Endurance
Level 49: Power Boost- (A) Recharge Reduction
------------Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Empty
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Celerity - +Stealth
Level 2: Rest- (A) Recharge Reduction
Level 2: Swift- (A) Run Speed IO
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Jumping
Level 2: Health- (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (45) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (45) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration
Level 2: Stamina- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
- (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
- (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
- (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
- (48) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
Level 1: ContainmentLevel 4: Ninja Run
Thelonious Monk