I like Stone Cages. It's not 100% necessary but I always seem to find reason to use them.
I skip both Incinerate and Combustion on most of my builds. Incinerate has good damage but I hate the range of it. Combustion is slow as all get out and I find it very awkward to use despite its decent damage over time.
The proc in VG is usually a good bet, unless you prefer to put damage procs there.
Thanks. I was pretty much leaning that way anyways so it's good to know that it makes sense.
Kinda like Tex said on the cages...probably not %100 needed...but damn useful when combined with stalagmites...for me anyway. I'm an Earth/Earth dom...so my typical pattern is Power Boost, Stalagmites, Stone Cages. With PB and a stun enhancement or 2, things tend to stay loopy for a while. Domination only adds to time spent loopy. I tend to use quicksand in tandem with earthquake.
But...that's just me...and i never claimed to be normal.
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I've been leveling up my Earth Control/Fiery Assault/Ice Mastery Dominator and getting to the point that I'm starting to think about IO builds. However I had a couple of questions about powers and options that I can't decide on.
First how important is Stone Cages on a Dominator? I skipped it while leveling up and in all honesty have not missed it in the slightest. I guess there's some value in having it to stop stunned enemies from wondering but for the most part I find Quicksand works pretty well for that anyway. So should I look at taking it later?
Similarly for Fiery Assault how important are Incinerate and Combustion? I took both while leveling up but I've been unimpressed with them and am seriously considering speccing out of them.
As a side note I guess I'll have to take either Stone Cages or Incinerate as my level 2 power so I suppose I'll end up taking one of them.
For specific IOs is it worth putting a Lockdown Proc in Volcanic Gasses? It seems like it should be useful with each of the Voltaic Geyser pseudo-pets getting an extra chance to hold but I'm never entirely sure how procs will work with pseudo-pet powers.
Finally set bonuses. I'm taking Ice Mastery for concept reasons which means I'm looking as Smashing/Lethal Defense. As far as I can see the only sets that I can easily use that offer S/L Defense are Kinetic Combat and Enfeebled Operation. Are there any other options that are easy to get with my power sets that I'm missing?
Thanks