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NEWBIE NEEDS CRITIQUE - PvE - Dominator - Dark/Dark - Mid's Build included

Aerineth

By Aerineth,
Posted on: 2012-05-03 12:26 in Build Workshop

 

Posted

I'm a relative newbie to the game. I've played for a while in lower levels, but I have never really attempted to make my own build, mostly I've copy/pasted from the forums.

What I was going for here was permadom and then from that, I sort of picked and chose what sounded good and took a few tips from the dark/dark guide from Blue_Fenix. I usually do team stuff or at the very least I pair up with one of my hubby's alts. We found a good SG and they were talking about putting together some TFs too, so I'd like my build to be useful there as well.

I decided to lay off the purples until I better understand what I'm going for except the one I threw into Umbral Beast that didn't seem too hard to get a hold of. Once I have a better grasp of what I'm going for, I may decide to invest in the pricier sets.

Any ideas would be helpful, but even more helpful than a revised build would be a quick reason WHY you would change it. I know there are some guidelines and benchmarks I'm probably completely clueless about, so if you let me in on the secret, it would help me out a lot!

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Mephisto Scratch: Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Darkness Control
Secondary Power Set: Dark Assault
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Dark Grasp

  • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
  • (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (5) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
  • (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
Level 1: Dark Blast
  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  • (9) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (9) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (11) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Smite
  • (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
  • (11) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance
  • (13) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
  • (13) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (15) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (15) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 4: Stealth
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 6: Possess
  • (A) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
  • (19) Malaise's Illusions - Confused/Range
  • (19) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (21) Malaise's Illusions - Endurance/Confused
Level 8: Fearsome Stare
  • (A) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (21) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
  • (23) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (23) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  • (25) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff
  • (25) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
Level 10: Gloom
  • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (27) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  • (27) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
  • (29) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (29) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 12: Heart of Darkness
  • (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (31) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun
  • (31) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance
  • (31) Stupefy - Stun/Range
  • (33) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
Level 14: Hover
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 16: Gather Shadows
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 18: Haunt
  • (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
  • (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
  • (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (34) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
  • (34) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus
Level 20: Engulfing Darkness
  • (A) Obliteration - Damage
  • (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (36) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 22: Fly
  • (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
Level 24: Invisibility
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 26: Shadow Field
  • (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (37) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
  • (37) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (37) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
  • (39) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  • (39) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
Level 28: Life Drain
  • (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing
  • (39) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration
  • (40) Touch of the Nictus - Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration/Recharge
  • (40) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
  • (40) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
  • (42) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
Level 30: Hasten
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (42) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 32: Umbra Beast
  • (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
  • (42) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
  • (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
  • (43) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up
  • (45) Call to Arms - Defense Bonus Aura for Pets
Level 35: Fire Ball
  • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  • (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
  • (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  • (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (46) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
Level 38: Midnight Grasp
  • (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
  • (46) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance
  • (48) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (48) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (48) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (50) Superior Ascendency of the Dominator - Recharge/Chance for +Damage
Level 41: Fire Shield
  • (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance
  • (50) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  • (50) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
Level 44: Grant Invisibility
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 47: Rise of the Phoenix
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
Level 49: Afterburner
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
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Level 2: Swift
  • (A) Flight Speed IO
Level 2: Health
  • (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 2: Hurdle
  • (A) Jumping IO
Level 2: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  • (17) Endurance Modification IO
  • (17) Endurance Modification IO
Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Domination
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Run Speed IO
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  • 10% Defense
  • 1.25% Defense(Fire)
  • 1.25% Defense(Cold)
  • 11.25% Defense(Energy)
  • 11.25% Defense(Negative)
  • 1.88% Defense(Psionic)
  • 11.25% Defense(Ranged)
  • 2.5% Defense(AoE)
  • 2.25% Max End
  • 91.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  • 55% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  • 2.5% Enhancement(Held)
  • 2.5% Enhancement(Confused)
  • 3% Enhancement(Stun)
  • 13% FlySpeed
  • 83.93 HP (8.25%) HitPoints
  • 13% JumpHeight
  • 13% JumpSpeed
  • Knockback (Mag -4)
  • Knockup (Mag -4)
  • MezResist(Confused) 7.5%
  • MezResist(Held) 9.7%
  • MezResist(Immobilize) 11.9%
  • MezResist(Sleep) 7.5%
  • MezResist(Stun) 9.7%
  • MezResist(Terrorized) 7.5%
  • 18% (0.3 End/sec) Recovery
  • 12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
  • 1.58% Resistance(Fire)
  • 1.58% Resistance(Cold)
  • 2.5% Resistance(Psionic)
  • 13% RunSpeed



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