Is Control Hybrid a no-brainer?


Chromium_Man

 

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I thought it was on my Elec Dom and crafted the Tier 4 Core as soon as I failed my 5th Magi. Now a little voice is telling me that maybe I should've done more research and looked more closely at Assault, if for no other reason than that the Auto +DMG is more useful than Status Resist to a permadom.

So assuming that enemies are messed for the entire duration of Control Hybrid, does Control Hybrid give more of a boost than either of the Assault Tier 4s or should I head back to the drawing board?


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I - Fire/Fire/Fire Blaster, II - Fire/Energy/Fire Tank, III - Elec/Elec/Elec Blaster,
IV - Elec/Elec/Mu Brute, V - Elec/Elec/Mu Stalker, VI -Elec/Elec/Energy Tank, VII - Elec/Elec/Body Scrapper, VIII - Elec/Elec/Mu Dominator
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Does the hybrid proc jump with jolting chain? If so, then you'll get some good mileage with control. Otherwise, your only real benefit is going to be with Static Field and all those targets are sleeping, so I don't see that being all that.

What's your secondary? Elec as well? And Mu patron?

I'm leaning toward Assault would have been better with this combo. Or support depending on your other powers and incarnates. Maybe even Melee. That'd give some nice regen stacking with your aura, no?

I like control hybrid with damage or control auras and patches where you'll get lots of proc chances. Hot Feet. Arctic Air. Mud Pots. World of Confusion. Volcanic Gases. Thorntrops.

You get the idea.


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control hybrid is ok, but it will never give you the same dmg increase as assault

the control hybrid is more for adding mez to your attacks and even the one that has a dmg proc doesnt add that much

IMO the status resist is just pure awful, its essentially negligible, it will not protect you from mez (which you already have domination for anyway)

honestly with the poor poor design they released for hybrid the only real options are support or assault if your a ranged toon or assault, melee or support if your melee toon, control is essentially the bottom of the barrel unless you want a little bit of extra control/damage 50% of the time


 

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I'm going Assault on my Elec/Elec/Mu. I feel like the beastly end drain shores up control enough, so now I need to send a little love to the damage side of things.


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So it seems the consensus is that I should take another look at Assault. Which branch is better for an Elec/Elec/Mu Dom?


Chromium Man Model Designations
I - Fire/Fire/Fire Blaster, II - Fire/Energy/Fire Tank, III - Elec/Elec/Elec Blaster,
IV - Elec/Elec/Mu Brute, V - Elec/Elec/Mu Stalker, VI -Elec/Elec/Energy Tank, VII - Elec/Elec/Body Scrapper, VIII - Elec/Elec/Mu Dominator
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what ive heard is the tree with doublehit adds significant DPS while the tree with the stackable dmg bonuses adds almost negligible amounts of DPS


 

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Originally Posted by Chromium_Man View Post
I thought it was on my Elec Dom and crafted the Tier 4 Core as soon as I failed my 5th Magi. Now a little voice is telling me that maybe I should've done more research and looked more closely at Assault, if for no other reason than that the Auto +DMG is more useful than Status Resist to a permadom.

So assuming that enemies are messed for the entire duration of Control Hybrid, does Control Hybrid give more of a boost than either of the Assault Tier 4s or should I head back to the drawing board?
I went with the control hybrid on a whim and i feel like its doing alright, but what i hear from a friend with assault is its hands down better than control. Ill probably switch it up soon. Im only on tier 2 so I haven't invested much in it yet.


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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
what ive heard is the tree with doublehit adds significant DPS while the tree with the stackable dmg bonuses adds almost negligible amounts of DPS
I can't say one way or the other about elec/elec (haven't looked much into it), but on my mind/psi both would add more or less the same damage. Radial got the advantage because it doesn't need to build up and doesn't have problems with the damage cap.