I think it's underplayed. Its a solid set (IMO) and can be very great for support. I think other sets get pushed into the limelight. It's popularish on a MM. But like many good sets sorta sits in the shadow of the big 3.
I think the thing that detours a lot of corruptor players is the Toggle Healing AUra pulses green numbers ALOT.
It has great healing, good debuffs, good buffs. Painbringer slotted up can turn your friends into juggernauts.
I like the set, it's a different flavor and once you figure it out a lot of fun and very strong. It plays best at mid to close range tho. I went Sonic/Pain for them and lotsa -resists. Electric/Pain could be potent, with the upcoming crashless nuke and instasnipes. Pain gets a nice to hit buff. May not be a dps juggernaut but should be fairly survivable and the Pain debuff is PBAOE which pairs nicely before Hail of Bullets. Psi goes well for complimentary debuffing and great single target damage even against robots it's still pretty strong.
Dark/Pain has some benefits in that all that -to hit, an extra heal make your even more durable. You get Moonbeam too, which is a great snipe.
This might be painful to read to some but Dual Pistols/Pain was very good for debuffing, the -dmg from DP compliments the resist/heal nature of many secondaries like Pain/Sonic/Thermal.
Ultimatly I like pain, it has no annoying shields to reapply. Good smattering of powers with interesting abilities to pair with a wide array of Blast or Pet sets.
Pain is a nifty set. It's toted as the "antithesis" of Empathy, being a villain's primary healing set. I like that you are given an incentive to use its healing powers, unlike Empathy. Given this, I'll always be a PD fan if I'm wanting to make use of healing (but so help me if you ever call me a healer I will let you DIE and ROT).
It does get more attention on MMs for obvious reasons, but it's perfectly viable on a Corr. While it is more solo-friendly than Empathy, it's definitely a team-oriented set. Painbringer is awesome and Anguishing Cry is a million times more fun to use than the RAs :P
Hi all, I was looking for some info on Pain and after going back 5 or 6 pages without a mention on the set I thought Id just ask.
I'm looking to build a Pain Dom character as I've never used the set but something about it appeals to my support-but-also-smash side.
Can anyone give any insight to the set and what would be the best Blast sets to pair with it for synergy? I'm looking ahead to i24 and want a set with a snipe as Pain as a nice +ToHit so I could easily make it perma fast snipe, the only blast sets I don't want are fire and ice, purely because I have them on a lot of characters. I was thinking maybe between Elec/, Rad/, Psy/, or maybe Energy/.
If anyone can give me any advice I'd very much appreciate it, thanks
EDIT: Would I be right in saying this is an unpopular/underplayed set?