Ascendency of the Dominator

Just curious where fellow dominators have been sticking Ascendency of the Dominator ATOs.

It has no damage in it To me, it looks like something that goes into fast single target attacks.

Of course, with i24 changes, I might just hold off on any slotting of ATOs.

It's intended to be slotted in mez powers. The only way it can even be slotted in an attack is if that attack also has a mez component. I haven't slotted my set yet (fitting it in will require a build overhaul that I haven't had the chance to work on yet), but I'm reasonably sure it will go in the AoE immob on my elec Dom when I figure it out.

Honestly I get a ton of mileage out of it by tossing it in my single target hold.

I stick all 5 pieces other than the proc in one of my AoE controls - usually one that I would normally slot a set that gives 6.25% global recharge, since I almost always have a ton of powers that can take IO sets that offer 6.25% recharge sets and usually hit the 5 bonus limit quickly. Plus, the enhancement bonuses are very nice for a control set - good accuracy (enough to make up for the usual 0.8 base acc in most AoE controls), long control boost, great recharge and decent end reduction. Then I stick the proc in one of my frequently used single target attacks - usually the one with the longest recharge is best right now although with the coming i24 change to PPM procs that will probably even out in the end.

While you can stick a 5 piece set including the proc in your single target hold I think its a waste of slotting because you can put a Gaze of the basilisk set there for nearly as much recharge boost in only 4 slots. Plus I find my dom's don't fire off thier single target holds as often as you would think, especially once you get perma-dom. With perma-dom you use your main AoE control to lock down a group, maybe throw out one single target hold to catch a mob you missed, then you go to town on damaging attacks. You might throw off your single target hold a second time to keep a boss locked down but that's about it in a group.

As an example, my dark/dark dominator has the 5 normal pieces in the AoE stun and the proc in Midnight grasp. In a normal fight she will easily have the damage boost from the proc stacked 2 times and frequently up to 3 times.

on my dark dark dom i have it in midnight grasp right now because i can get 100% proc rate and easily stack 3

on my mind dom i currently have it in mass confuse, it always goes off usually but it was bad choice on my part because mass confuse has a really long rech

Put 5 pieces in a long-recharge AoE control. Put the proc in your ST hold unless you are /Dark, /Earth, /Psi and maybe /Thorns. (Midnight Grasp, Seismic Smash, and Subdue are all top-shelf attacks that can take the Dom proc, meaning you don't have to waste animation cycles on your ST hold in a pure beatdown fight. Impale takes the set, but I can never decide if I'm *using* Impale on a Thorns dom, part of why I deleted that toon.) Oh, wait. /Energy, too, in Total Focus.

Otherwise, yeah. ST Hold for the proc, the other 5 in an AoE control.

I like it in ST Holds if your taking the entire set, if your just picking up the Proc, then sure putting it in something like Midnight Grasp makes sense