I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic about the excitement level. I used to love playing any and all Controller builds until I took an Ill/Rad/Fire to 50. I ended up deleting every other Controller in my stable because, in comparison to Ill/Rad, they all felt so meh.
Even so, I'll probably give Fire/Dark or Dark/Rad a try.
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Interesting build. I planning on trying one of these. Not really going heavy into defense IO sets myself, especially not range as I plan to be in melee a lot. Anyway, from what I'm looking at with the new Fade to come I'll have about 30% defense to all pretty easy before I even get into set bonuses. Maneuver, CJ, Shadowfall, Fade, and a steadfast +3. That doesn't even include weave which I don't think I'll have room for with what I want to do, that'd be another 6-7% or so if you want to grab it. Then you get into accuracy debuffs from darkest night and dark servant...|
Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
All,
I can't wait to make a Fire/Dark controller. I plan to play him up and take pretty much every power. However, once he is level 50, I plan to have and endgame build with either Cardiac or Vigor and as much ranged defense and recharge as I can get. I dont have a modified Mids, but here is my endgame build: Char with 4 basilisk gaze Fire cages with 6 normal Will of the Controller Smoke (maybe) unslotted Hot Feet with 2 acc/dam/end and 2 dam/end Flashfires with 6 stupefy Cinders with 4 basilisk gaze and 1 acc/hold/rech Fire imps with 6 expedient reinforcement Twilight grasp with 5 touch of the nictus (might scrounge a slot for 1 acc & 5 doc wnds) Tar patch with 2 end/rech/slow and 1 rech Darkest night with 4 dark watcher Shadowfall with 3 luck of the gambler Howling twilight with 6 stupefy Fade (or whatever the pbaoe def is called) with frankenslotted 4 def/rech and 1 luck of the gambler Dark servant with 6 cloud senses Health will have the miracle and numina procs Stamina will have 2 performance shifters and 1 generic endmod Hasten will have 2 level 50 recharge IOs with 5 enhancement boosters each (i have these to spare) Superspeed will have 1 blessing of the zephyr knockback IO (prob level 10 via hero merits) Combat jumpimg will have 1 luck of the gambler Maneuvers with 3 luck of the gambler Boxing unslotted Tough, which I wont run (sadly) with the steadfast defense global Weave with 3 luck of the gambler Fireball with 5 positron blast Fire blast with 6 thunderstrikes Fire armor with a single end reducer This build gives me 43.5% ranged defense, not counting smoke and not counting the pbaoe defense buff. It will also give me 97.5% global recharge. At level 50, the build wont have the end drain power from dark affinity, but I will have cardiac or vigor with the miracle and numina procs. If I can scrounge any other slots, say from the pbaoe def power or from hot feet (using 15 enhancement boosters on a purple dam/end and 2 a/d/e) then I could put another slot in twilight grasp and get more recharge, or put a purple dam in char and +5 the dam purple for 66% damage in 1 slot. Anyway, thats my plan. Anyone else excited?  Lewis |
I plan on agility for alpha (hoping the +endmod it gives working on soul absorption will make me not need cardiac or vigor), psi for epic (want that status protection and enough psi defense/resistance there and in rest of set making me almost immune to psi will be a unique feel for this character).
This was a slot starved build more than any I've done in a while, I ended up 17 slots over the max 67 (to clarify that is how many you get to add, not including the base one) my first rough draft (I don't use MIDS and don't care to, I have an Excel template that works for me). Was painful to make the slots work, usually my first draft isn't that bad. My Fire/Rad was much easier for slots!
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Funny because I felt that way about my illusion/rad (meh) after I played my plant/rad. Taking my ill/rad into a x8 map felt slow as molasses compared to plant/rad. Guess it all depends if you get a bigger thrill from AV hunting (ill/rad's game) or slaughtering masses (plant's forte).|
Originally Posted by Salud
I'm trying to be cautiously optimistic about the excitement level. I used to love playing any and all Controller builds until I took an Ill/Rad/Fire to 50. I ended up deleting every other Controller in my stable because, in comparison to Ill/Rad, they all felt so meh.
Even so, I'll probably give Fire/Dark or Dark/Rad a try. |
I still pull out my illusion/rad though, it is fun. Doesn't hurt it is about the only character I have that I still like that has all the anniversary badges, so it makes the perfect badging character (also great at getting them).
Just hit 45 on my Fire/Dark controller (PL'd to 38 this morning after a couple cave runs).
I'm really not digging it as much as I thought I would. It plays like a safer Fire/Kin but with far less damage output. My Dark/Fire Dominator, on the other hand...wowza.
I always find myself wanting to play a Controller, but inevitably find the playstyle of anything other than Ill/Rad or Fire/Kin to be just too slow for my personal tastes. Decent pairing, however...just sort of 'meh.'
I'm looking more for control than damage anyway, so sounds good to me!
However, I ended up starting off with a Dark/Poison, mainly because I dont have a name and concept for my Fire/Dark controller yet. So I will prob play the Dark/Poison up a fair amount first. Well, until a concept I like pops into my head
Lewis
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All,
I can't wait to make a Fire/Dark controller. I plan to play him up and take pretty much every power.
However, once he is level 50, I plan to have and endgame build with either Cardiac or Vigor and as much ranged defense and recharge as I can get. I dont have a modified Mids, but here is my endgame build:
Char with 4 basilisk gaze
Fire cages with 6 normal Will of the Controller
Smoke (maybe) unslotted
Hot Feet with 2 acc/dam/end and 2 dam/end
Flashfires with 6 stupefy
Cinders with 4 basilisk gaze and 1 acc/hold/rech
Fire imps with 6 expedient reinforcement
Twilight grasp with 5 touch of the nictus (might scrounge a slot for 1 acc & 5 doc wnds)
Tar patch with 2 end/rech/slow and 1 rech
Darkest night with 4 dark watcher
Shadowfall with 3 luck of the gambler
Howling twilight with 6 stupefy
Fade (or whatever the pbaoe def is called) with frankenslotted 4 def/rech and 1 luck of the gambler
Dark servant with 6 cloud senses
Health will have the miracle and numina procs
Stamina will have 2 performance shifters and 1 generic endmod
Hasten will have 2 level 50 recharge IOs with 5 enhancement boosters each (i have these to spare)
Superspeed will have 1 blessing of the zephyr knockback IO (prob level 10 via hero merits)
Combat jumpimg will have 1 luck of the gambler
Maneuvers with 3 luck of the gambler
Boxing unslotted
Tough, which I wont run (sadly) with the steadfast defense global
Weave with 3 luck of the gambler
Fireball with 5 positron blast
Fire blast with 6 thunderstrikes
Fire armor with a single end reducer
This build gives me 43.5% ranged defense, not counting smoke and not counting the pbaoe defense buff. It will also give me 97.5% global recharge. At level 50, the build wont have the end drain power from dark affinity, but I will have cardiac or vigor with the miracle and numina procs. If I can scrounge any other slots, say from the pbaoe def power or from hot feet (using 15 enhancement boosters on a purple dam/end and 2 a/d/e) then I could put another slot in twilight grasp and get more recharge, or put a purple dam in char and +5 the dam purple for 66% damage in 1 slot.
Anyway, thats my plan. Anyone else excited?
Lewis
Random AT Generation!
"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