What powerset would you choose?


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I am a fan of Avatar "The Last Air Bender" and the new Avatar "The Legend Korra" and I was wonder what toon would you build that will have the same abilities Air, Earth, Fire, Water? I am not looking to be a clone, I just want an elemental toon to play. I was thinking of a Ice/Earth/Fire Mastery Dominator with Whirlwind and group fly for the air powers.


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Originally Posted by Aumakua View Post
I am a fan of Avatar "The Last Air Bender" and the new Avatar "The Legend Korra" and I was wonder what toon would you build that will have the same abilities Air, Earth, Fire, Water? I am not looking to be a clone, I just want an elemental toon to play. I was thinking of a Ice/Earth/Fire Mastery Dominator with Whirlwind and group fly for the air powers.
I would go with Kinetic Melee (air bending)...super reflexes (to continue with the air bending)...or stone armor (earth bending)...earth mastery (if I went with super reflexes)...arctic or pyre Mastery (if I went with stone armor)...then pyro and cryo for judgement.


 

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fire/storm/earth controller. That way you don't have to pick up group fly and whirlwind. It's a solid toon solo or groups you'll just have to fight endurance for a bit.


 

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Fire/Kinetic/Ice Tanker. Because why not?


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Ice/Stone/Fire Tanker with Flight Pool.

Or:

Fire/Stone/Ice with Flight

You could use Kinetic Melee in place of Water or Air if you want. You could even color the powers differently to cover both. I would avoid Stone Armor as the fluid and artistic movements of bending (even earth bending) doesn't gel with that armor set. I might even go Stone Mastery to limit the amount of Earth powers to the minimum.

You could also do similar combos with Controllers or Dominators.


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Originally Posted by Aumakua View Post
I am a fan of Avatar "The Last Air Bender" and the new Avatar "The Legend Korra" and I was wonder what toon would you build that will have the same abilities Air, Earth, Fire, Water? I am not looking to be a clone, I just want an elemental toon to play. I was thinking of a Ice/Earth/Fire Mastery Dominator with Whirlwind and group fly for the air powers.
I have an Ice/Earth/Ice Dom and it was a slow and difficult time leveling.

If I were to do an elemental theme Dom I would go with Earth/Fire/Ice (or perhaps Earth/Ice/Fire) to relieve the tedium.


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Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
Ice/Stone/Fire Tanker with Flight Pool.

Or:

Fire/Stone/Ice with Flight

You could use Kinetic Melee in place of Water or Air if you want. You could even color the powers differently to cover both. I would avoid Stone Armor as the fluid and artistic movements of bending (even earth bending) doesn't gel with that armor set. I might even go Stone Mastery to limit the amount of Earth powers to the minimum.

You could also do similar combos with Controllers or Dominators.
Each bending style is based on an existing martial art...so none of the powersets in the game will gel with the movements of bending.

Kinetic Melee would come close visually...but still not technically correct.


 

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Originally Posted by Vitality View Post
Each bending style is based on an existing martial art...so none of the powersets in the game will gel with the movements of bending.

Kinetic Melee would come close visually...but still not technically correct.
I know, but stone armor is just too far out there.


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Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
I know, but stone armor is just too far out there.
It's not too far out there...







...but I would definitely go with Earth Mastery on a melee character for earth bending before going with Stone Armor.


 

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My Elementalist toon was originally an Earth/Storm/Fire Controller but I ended up rerolling him as an Earth/Fire/Ice Dominator since I found the combo more enjoyable to play (I would have actually preferred Ice/Fire/Stone Dominator but they don't get Stone Mastery).

Now I was going more off of the classical descriptions of the elements rather than the Avatar series but I felt that the general combos I had fit the nature of the elements well. Fire is aggression and destruction so my primary attack powers use it (Fiery Assault and Fire Mastery). Earth is solid, reliable and tough which is why I would have preferred Stone Mastery on my Dominator (Rock Armor and Earth's Embrace) but I find Earth Control represents it thematically as using your connection to the earth to disrupt your opponents. Water represented by powers like Sleet and Ice Storm which represent the power of cold Water to sap an enemies strength and morale while Quicksand (Earth + Water) represents its ability to prevent movement through an area. Air is a little tricky, the Controller had powers like Gale and Tornado which represent Air's ability to move things while the Dominator mostly uses Air as a secondary element to control his other abilities (thematically his Fire blasts are a mix of Air and Fire while Sleet and Ice Storm are a mix of Air and Water).

I also took advantage of power customization to make powers look like they mix elements a bit. For example with Earth Control using the lava setting with either a Red or Blue secondary color makes it look like he's mixing either Fire or Water into his Earth castings.


 

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Kinetic Melee would work for a wind power...

Wind energy- is the kinetic energy of air in motion, also called wind.


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Fire/Cold/Stone Mastery controller. You get Arctic Fog and Snow Storm (While active, the chill from this Snow Storm can dramatically Slow the attack and movement speed of the target and all nearby foes. The torrent winds of the Snow Storm are enough to bring down flying foes.) that can be used for air as well as water.


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Water Blast (now on the Test Server) is visually stunning and very fun to play. I have a Water/Fire Blaster there now and he rocks.

I would name-camp a good name until I24 hits and go for a Water/Fire/Earth combo of some kind. Also remember that thanks to coloring powers you CAN make Dark look like fire or sand/earth with a little effort. This might open up your choices a bit. Ice also works for the Water end if you can't wait for I24.


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