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I fine Fire Mastery kind of lackluster. Rain of Fire does good damage but it's over a long duration; many mobs will die before it can deliver it's full damage. Fireball is good. The -res on melt armor is pretty low, iirc. Soul Mastery is far superior to me.

For a lot of people, myself included, making builds is one of the best things about CoH. I have nearly as much fun in Pine's thinking of different combinations to try, seeing what underlying synergies may exist, and maximizing it's potential as I do playing the actual game. I make a lot of builds that never get created but are there should I get the urge to try it out. There's nothing quite like having an idea, drawing it up, and then feeling it work in game. CoH does that better than anything ever.

The thing is, white males have rarely been the victim. Pretending to be one or make light of being one only exaggerates and prooves our inability to understand the problem, to understand what it means to be a victim of abuse. Are there instances where they have been? Yes, absolutely. A previous poster shared an example. But unfortunately society is not able to easily resist stereotyping and the white male demographic has earned its misogynistic asshole reputation. This kind of humor only makes it more difficult to shed that reputation.

I'snt there also internal cooldowns on the proc? Meaning when it does go off there is a period of suppression where it can't trigger again even if the power it is slotted in has recahrged? I thought that was the way Force Feedback worked, but an seeking confirmation and that one and others.

/cold is one of my favorite sets in the game. It does just about everything outside of direct healing and has some of the best debuffs for PvP. I was never a fan of rad blast for PvP, but things may have changed.

Link to screenshot of 3 spawned at once. 2 on the mob and 1 that just spawned on me; They spawn at your location and then run out. Damage is pretty low. They were doing ticks of 11 damage roughly every 2 seconds to even level mobs at lvl 50 on the test server. https://photos.app.goo.gl/YtXvBvSdxPTnGtRD6

I've had it stack up to 3 times on the test server, but never more. Don't know if that's the limit or I'm just unlucky.

Corruptor. I would really only choose Defender on a dedicated support/healer build.

Closest I could get. Permadom by the skin of your teeth and effectively 41.6% defense to M/R/AoE. There's some down time while Link Minds recharges. http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/download.php?uc=1454&c=657&a=1314&f=HEX&dc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

Im not positive, but I'm confident you could get close. It would likely require using Power Boost or the Clarion incarnate power to boost Link Minds and then add combat jumping, maneuvers, weave, and both +3% def IOs....plus set bonuses.

It's viable and can work quite well, though I do suggest choosing a secondary that has power boost. It magnifies the rate of end drain greatly and I think it's neccesary in pressure situations.

The Transformer absorbs the energy (read: endurance) of its foes and redirects it into punishing attacks (read: energy assault). This started as a theme for a melee-focused Dominator that sapped endurance and had high damage attacks and has turned into a bit of a passion project as I love the way it plays. The general idea is to use Power Boost+Static Field+Conductive Aura to drain all endurance from a group of foes and then wail on them with Soul Drain + Spring Attack + Whirling Hands + Dark Obliteration + Total Focus + Bone Smasher + etc. + etc.. Energy Assault and Spring attack add some hard control that makes up for the lack of it in Electric Control. Spring Attack is also the perfect place for the Force Feedback proc since it has a longish recharge and is a big AoE. The below build is only a draft and I'm sure i'll tweak it more as I stare it, but the focus was to 1)Permadom, 2) Maximize damage, 3)Maximize hit points, and 4)Be affordable. Critiques definitely welcome! Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Dominator Primary Power Set: Electric Control Secondary Power Set: Energy Assault Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Tesla Cage (A) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Accuracy/Recharge (7) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge (40) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Accuracy/Endurance (40) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Endurance/Hold Level 1: Power Bolt (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (15) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (39) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (39) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 2: Chain Fences (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy (37) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (37) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge Level 4: Bone Smasher (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (5) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance (5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge Level 6: Super Jump (A) Jumping IO Level 8: Conductive Aura (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (9) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (9) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (11) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge (11) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (13) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance Level 10: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed Level 12: Static Field (A) Endurance Modification IO (13) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Recharge (21) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge (25) Call of the Sandman - Endurance/Sleep (46) Endurance Modification IO Level 14: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (15) Recharge Reduction IO (42) Recharge Reduction IO Level 16: Spring Attack (A) Obliteration - Damage (17) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (17) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (19) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Damage (19) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown (25) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 18: Paralyzing Blast (A) Ascendency of the Dominator - Accuracy/Confused/Hold/Immobilize/Sleep/Stun/Terrorized (21) Ascendency of the Dominator - Accuracy/Confused/Hold/Immobilize/Sleep/Stun/Terrorized/Endurance (27) Ascendency of the Dominator - Accuracy/Confused/Hold/Immobilize/Sleep/Stun/Terrorized/Endurance/Recharge (36) Ascendency of the Dominator - Recharge/Chance for +Damage (36) Ascendency of the Dominator - Confused/Hold/Immobilize/Sleep/Stun/Terrorized/Recharge Level 20: Whirling Hands (A) Obliteration - Damage (27) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 22: Power Boost (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO Level 24: Super Speed (A) Run Speed IO Level 26: Boxing (A) Empty Level 28: Total Focus (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (29) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (29) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance (31) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge Level 30: Tough (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (31) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance (34) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (42) Titanium Coating - Resistance (43) Titanium Coating - Endurance Level 32: Gremlins (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance Level 35: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (43) Endurance Reduction IO Level 38: Power Burst (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (39) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (40) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Devastation - Damage/Endurance Level 41: Dark Embrace (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (42) Titanium Coating - Endurance (46) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance (48) Titanium Coating - Resistance Level 44: Soul Drain (A) Obliteration - Damage (45) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (45) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (45) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (46) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 47: Dark Obliteration (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance (48) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (50) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge (50) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range Level 49: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (50) Endurance Reduction IO Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Domination Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift (A) Run Speed IO Level 2: Health (A) Miracle - +Recovery Level 2: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 2: Stamina (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy Level 50: Nerve Radial Boost ------------

Thanks all. I think I'm between fire and elec at this point. I ran some DFB's with Illusion up to level 24 and then tried it out in the restof the game and I just don't get it; I wasn't a fan at all. Fire seems like a good set with some damage potential and hard control. Electric seems underrated to me; the combination of static field and conductive aura should sap endurance pretty quickly and it offeres some hard control in addition to that making it attractive for team and solo play. I think I'll try both up to level 20 or so and then decide.

I've really never played a controller past level 18 or so and am having a tough time deciding on a primary. I know I want to play /dark and my playstyle usually puts me in the thick of things (melee range). I'm looking at electric, illusion, and maybe ice but open to anything.

How does Defense and tohit debuffs interact with eachother at or near the defense soft cap? If you have 45% defense will there been any benefit seen from debuffing the enemy tohit? What about not at the cap? If you have 25% defense and can bebuff enemy tohit by 25%, is that practically the same as 45% Defense?

I'm going to try something similar to this but with Water Blast. Should be able to stack disorients from Geyser and Oppressive Gloom while maintaining the capped defense and nuke potential from perma soul drain. Wanted to say thanks for the inspiration and sharing the strong build.

Most of the Defense comes from Farsight. which is a click power. Therefore if you cast Farsight while PBU is active the increased defense that Farsight gets from PBU will persist for the entire duration of Farsight even after PBU expires. Now obviously for the toggle powers (Combat Jumping, Weave and Maneuvers) the extra defense will end once PBU expires. Does Farsight stack on itself? I can get the recharge on Farsight and PBU down to about 60 seconds each. The duration is 120 seconds on Farsight, so it would always have two boosted stacks after the first cast. This would enable a lot less investment in other powers (weave, maneuvers, etc.)

Can you explain how that is achieved? Power build up has a 12 second duration, with 76 second cool down. Isn't that 64 second downtime? It's still very good. I'm just trying to see what you're seeing.

There is a bird NPC in pocket D, Null the Gull, that lets you switch at will. Play a villain and just switch to hero side if you cant get a team, then switch back.

Does anyone know how IO procs (for damage or otherwise) work on persistent location type AoE skills? Rain of fire, whirpool, tarpatch, etc. Does it proc on the first "tick" or "pulse", or on each one?

Yes. Make it happen. Keep the grind out of PvP.

If I were making a pure PvE build, id definitely take it. But I had PvP in mind and didn't like that it consumes tidal power. The recharge rate on this build is also high enough that Geyser is up roughly every 35 seconds, and water jet and dehydrate are up roughly every 3 seconds. I'd rather spend the tidal power on those skills, with whirpool being the go to AoE option instead of water burst. In fact, I'm thinking of dropping hydro blast too because the animation is a bit long and I may prefer to just spam aqua bolt with a damage proc IO to build tidal power. I still have some tinkering to do.

Water is mostly about stacking tidal power to enhance skills that consume it. I think it pairs well with sets that speed up your ability to do that by giving +recharge. Kin and rad are good choices. Go with kin if you want to buff team speed and damage, or go with rad if you want to debuff enemies.

Just know that if you play /thermal you may end up the designated healer from time to time. Fire/Fire dominators are also a lot of fun...

Water Blast is all new to me and I'm pairing it with something that is familiar and I know is great in /rad. This combo should work well for solo and team play and even has some PvP potential, though untested thus far. The below build would be extremely expensive and I'll probably draw up a poor man's version for interim play. Comments and critiques welcome. Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Water Blast Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Power Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Aqua Bolt (A) Apocalypse - Damage (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (13) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (25) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (50) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 1: Radiant Aura (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance (3) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (13) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (27) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (39) Panacea - Heal (39) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance Level 2: Hydro Blast (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage (5) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/RechargeTime (7) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (27) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (31) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 4: Accelerate Metabolism (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (5) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (17) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (29) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (36) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge Level 6: Whirlpool (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage (7) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge (50) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 8: Tidal Forces (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff (9) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge (9) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge (29) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (33) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Radiation Infection (A) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff/Endurance (11) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff (11) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff/Recharge (33) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff/Recharge/Endurance (33) Undermined Defenses - Recharge/Endurance Level 12: Dehydrate (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (15) Devastation - Damage/Recharge (15) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (34) Touch of the Nictus - Healing (36) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing (43) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration Level 14: Enervating Field (A) Endurance Reduction IO (17) Endurance Reduction IO Level 16: Super Speed (A) Endurance Reduction IO (43) Endurance Reduction IO Level 18: Water Jet (A) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage (19) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Recharge (19) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (25) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (31) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (40) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 20: Lingering Radiation (A) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow (21) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Endurance (21) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow (46) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow (46) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Damage/Slow Level 22: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO Level 24: Combat Jumping (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 26: Super Jump (A) Endurance Reduction IO (40) Endurance Reduction IO Level 28: Acrobatics (A) Endurance Reduction IO (34) Endurance Reduction IO Level 30: Mutation (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Geyser (A) Ragnarok - Damage (37) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (37) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (37) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge (39) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (48) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 35: Fallout (A) Damage Increase IO Level 38: Conserve Power (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 41: Temp Invulnerability (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (42) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (43) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 44: Total Focus (A) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (45) Hecatomb - Damage (45) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (45) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge Level 47: Power Build Up (A) Recharge Reduction IO (48) Recharge Reduction IO Level 49: Force of Nature (A) Resist Damage IO Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Scourge Level 1: Sprint (A) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift (A) Empty Level 2: Health (A) Empty Level 2: Hurdle (A) Empty Level 2: Stamina (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (23) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (34) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (40) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 1: Combo Level 1 Level 1: Combo Level 2 Level 1: Combo Level 3 ------------