Looking for fun AT to support pugs - Def? Dom?
By
Deacon_NA,
Posted on: 2012-08-05 18:56 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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This sums it up quite well. I'll add these patches (Quicksand, Earthquake, Volcanic Gases) can all be targeted from behind cover, a very helpful detail if the team has poor aggro control. Earthquake, in addition to being a kd patch, also carries both -def (as almost all Earth powers do) and does -to hit. Both may be enhanced. In an IO build all 3 can also be available prior to the previous castings duration ending. Their effects don't stack from the same caster, however. Quicksand is that way out of the box and by a large margin. Salt Crystals, the sleep is a click so generally things get woken up right off again ... but they still get the defdebuff and it's the fastest casting power in the set (tied with EQ). It also used to be a very cheap Purple set as well though I suspect that's not the edge it used to be.|
Originally Posted by Deacon_NA
Earth has a lot of aoe control tricks up its sleeve:
Stalagmites - aoe stun with 90 second recharge. On a mature, high recharge build, the duration outlasts the recharge, which gets to be usable pretty much every spawn. Earthquake - kb patch with the same recharge numbers as Stalagmites. Volcanic Gasses - the prize of aoe holds. Another patch very friendly to procs. So that's Earths "big 3" that even leveling up you'll have something available to you for each fight. Single target hold and both immobs are standard fare. The pet is in the top half of control set pets. Sturdy resists + not too bad st damage. Quicksand is very nice with the just the base slot, for def debuffing and slows. Lastly there's an aoe sleep. It has the flaws of a click sleep, but it's not the worst thing to include, though it's the easiest thing to skip. There's a secondary bonus of lots of -def, helpful in lowbie land at least. |
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My favorite support character is my Earth/Storm Controller.
He can pretty much turn anything into jello. You have to be careful with some of the /Storm powers like Hurricane but played well the combo is absolutely devastating.
Earth has a lot of aoe control tricks up its sleeve:
Stalagmites - aoe stun with 90 second recharge. On a mature, high recharge build, the duration outlasts the recharge, which gets to be usable pretty much every spawn.
Earthquake - kb patch with the same recharge numbers as Stalagmites.
Volcanic Gasses - the prize of aoe holds. Another patch very friendly to procs.
So that's Earths "big 3" that even leveling up you'll have something available to you for each fight.
Single target hold and both immobs are standard fare.
The pet is in the top half of control set pets. Sturdy resists + not too bad st damage.
Quicksand is very nice with the just the base slot, for def debuffing and slows.
Lastly there's an aoe sleep. It has the flaws of a click sleep, but it's not the worst thing to include, though it's the easiest thing to skip.
There's a secondary bonus of lots of -def, helpful in lowbie land at least.
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