Hybrid for an Ill/Rad

What the general consciences as to what the best Hybrid power is to slot into an Ill/Rad that’s main focus is solo and AV/GM killing with some minor Teaming?

Wondering about how the hybrid powers affect PA’s and epic power pool attacks since that’s where a good chunk of my damage comes from.

I've been thinking about that myself. So far, I'm guessing doublehit (Assault Radial) will give the most bang for your buck, since Core wouldn't help PA.

I opened up my slot last night, but haven't slotted anything yet. I am also planning on going with Assault Radial. I suspect that it will not affect pets or it probably would have said so. (Note that Support specifically has a branch where it states that it affects pets.)

I did consider Control mostly because Ill/Rad lacks an Immob and a Stun, and it would add those control effects into the powers. So many people complain that Illusion lacks options for Containment, and it would add some new Containment. But overall, I think the added damage will provide more benefit. (I can see Control being very good for a team-oriented Mind Controller. Unfortuately, I doubt that I will ever take my level 50 Mind/Storm through enough of the Incarnate content to get the Hybrid slot.)

Melee clearly does not fit. Support looks interesting for a team-oriented character . . . Imagine a team of Fire/Rads, all with Support Core Embodiment . . . that would be sick. (If anyone wants to try it, I have Level 50 Fire/Rads on both Guardian and Pinnacle . . . but it will take me a while to get one of them up to Hybrid slot.)

I could imagine that the double hit buff would NOT affect pets across the board; it would make then to powerful, just think of 3 fulcrum shifted fire imps hitting for double damage … WOW!!!!!

But I do wonder about the passive 10% buff, where does that buff originate? Since the damage to PA’s can be buffed by slotting damage enhancements would the buff act like an enhancement like the Alpha slot does?

I'm still wrapping my head around the hybrid powers. What are the +specials in the support tree? It doesn't read well in the description tab.

Also, I should note that the +control and +damage does NOT work with non-damage AoEs. So Total Dom, Mass Confusion, etc, don't benefit. This makes me sad.

Well-

I have T4 Assault on my fire/dark controller. I discovered early on that the assault buff does nothing for any of my pets...not lore or my imps/dark servant. It seems to only affect the hero/villain (non-pet). Caveat- I am seeing the fact that the buffs don't work by looking at my pet window. My ageless, agility, and reactive all show along with my other buffs but Assault does not under any circumstance.

As a fire primary I am still glad I went with it though b/c the damage boost on my fire attacks is very healthy. On an ill/rad I would probably not go the assault route. YMMV. I would need to think about which one to go with..I know support does affect pets but not sure about others.

From another topic:

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Originally Posted by blueruckus Yes, non-controllable pets should benefit from the Assault boost. They do not receive the passive damage boost, only the dmg stacks. The pets must be summoned while Assault is toggled on for pets to receive the bonus. Hawk has acknowledged that as something they would like to fix, along with Control Hybrid eventually granted to pets also, but this has not been implemented.

From what others have deduced you have to activate the assault hybrid power before you summon your pets for them to benefit.

Also Phantom Army should be benefiting from both stacking damage buff or doublehit since it inherits these effects when summoned during hybrid's uptime. It has been demonstrated that Phantom Army can buff itself when given the ability to do so (purple pet IO proc for buildup). Hybrid's self stacking damage buff and doublehit should both work for Phantom Army though I haven't gone over that with a fine tooth comb yet to be sure they actually are.

From what I have read elsewhere it seems pets to not trigger the control hybri'd damage effects regardless of whether they are summoned after Hybrid is activated or not.

After specific testing with my Ill/Rad using Assault Hybrid, I can confirm the following:

* Pets will only benefit from Hybrid when summoned AFTER Hybrid has been activated
* When Hybrid is deactivated pets will lose their benefits even if the pet duration lasts beyond the Hybrid duration.
* Phantom Army and Phantasm are both benefiting from Doublehit or the stacking damage buff (depending on which route you choose).


Assault seems far more useful to me than Control since the pets do not benefit from the Waylay mechanic currently. If that changes then Control Hybrid may have some value but I think Assault will win out for Ill/Rad since they don't have reliable methods of inducing aoe control. With that said there's something to be said for the Control Hybrid's Waylay mechanic since it is triggered by Confusion and Fear both of which illusion has.

EDIT: Also to add in cases where the Hybrid toggle bugs out and doesn't shut off, your pets will NOT gain benefits beyond the alotted time even though it may appear your toggle is still on past its duration. You'll also find the cooldown does not begin till you turn off the "non-working" toggle.