Defender or Corruptor?

I started playing not too long ago and now I convinced my cousin to play a bit with me. He wants to go stone/fire brute and I've been looking for a new AT that looks appealing to me and fits well with him.

I'm not too sure on the difference between def and corr, some people claim corr does what a def does, but with damage added.

I'm looking for a jack off all trades character, that can solo safe and relatively fast but still very useful to my cousin and in team. Something that doesn't make me pause every 5 seconds. I'm really into thematic characters, so I was looking into something with either cold+cold, cold+storm, rad+rad etc.

Any suggestions? I don't really enjoy the visuals of dark and I've already played a lot of fire based characters.

Much appreciated!

The defender will be better at buffing friends and debuffing enemies. He will get access to his buffs sooner while leveling.

The corruptor will do more damage and be easier to solo. He will also get access to attacks sooner while leveling.

That's about all the difference there is.

I think I'd like the defender more then. Just not sure on what power pools would suit my needs most. Any thoughts? Since my cousin is new, I figured I could use a heal. But I'm not a bad player, so I could keep him safe without one I think.

yo know...you hear something new everyday lol.

If your cousin is going Stone/Fire Brute and you want to stay themed, cold/ice defender could be the way to go. Cold has +def to compliment the resists of Fire plus great debuffs and Ice has good ST damage for when you solo.

/Fire as always is always a good option as well, and can color the fire blueish white to look like snow.

And how is rad/rad or rad/energy corr or def?

Allright thanks, I had a great concept + costume lined up for either rad/rad or cold/ice

Not convinced on the defender yet though. I tend to solo alot, and after my earth/fire dom I'm thinking a corr would be more refreshing than a defender considering the corr has offensive spells as a primary.

edit: kinetics looks like something I could work with aswell, think ill go that way. I once made a mind control dom and really disliked the effects, I thought sonic attack looked the same. It does look rather nifty with the some costum colors, my apologies

If you really want to make that stone brute happy, take kinetics - speed boost on a stoner makes them happy

Because of the Vigilance +Dmg buff the main difference between Corrs and Defs solo is when you get your powers as you level up. Damage-wise the Def will do better against weaker foes and the Corr against tougher ones where Scourge will help most. On a Rad I think the Def is going to do better solo unless you run up against Elite Bosses. This is, assuming you have all the attacks you need. Which will depend upon the set.

Radiation Blast has good Area attacks and a nice single target Stun, but it's not very good against single targets otherwise. The -Def secondary effect isn't all that helpful on a character with Radiation Infection either, though it does provide some useful IO options. There really are no synergies between the two sets and Electron Haze can be an annoying power with it's small area and random knockback. As a Def you don't get Cosmic Burst until level 28 and Neutron Bomb until 35, and those are probably the two best attacks in the set. Corrs get them at 18 and 26. Those 10 levels (18 to 27) where a Corr would have CB and a Def wouldn't will be a bit of a pain. I'd still go with the Def for the better Buff/DeBuffs and just suck it up for those levels.

An Ice/Cold Corr was the first Villain I made when CoV came out, and she's still sitting at level 23 waiting for me to replace her when Water Blast comes out. I stopped playing her because of the incessant fog horn sounds from Arctic Fog back when they looped continuously.

Ice is a solid blast set with a good mix of single target and AoE and both hard and soft control. Cold is also a decent set, though the lack of personal defenses can be an issue solo. Ice helps offset that. Like Rad/Rad, the secondary effects stack well past the limit of usefulness, with Snow Storm and Sleet being enough to floor mobs even on a Corr. A Corr getting Sleet at level 35 is a MAJOR drawback when leveling. Cold is a late blooming set (in stark contrast to Rad, which is one of the earliest blooming of all sets), so you'll basically be a gimpy Ice Blaster with team +Def and Snow Storm for quite a while. Ice/Cold is NOT a good low-to-mid level solo combination.

I prefer corruptors, but actually am in the process of planning out a rad/psi/psi defender.

For a duo radiation emission will come in handy for debuffing/buffing/healing.

Of course a cold/ defender or /cold corruptor will provide your teammate with some nice defense buffs as well as offering some handy debuffs.

Best advice I can give you... roll a few different types and see which you prefer more

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