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I played years and years ago on live, and controller was always my favorite AT, with Fire/Rad and Illusion/Rad being what I played the most of. I'm looking to get back into the game, and trying to figure out which controller to roll up first. For primaries, fire, illusion, and dark all look the most fun for me, and secondaries rad, darkness, and time look interesting, but I figured I'd see what people think. I'm looking for something that can solo well while still being useful in a group, and that doesn't require really expensive enhancements or max level to be fun. I don't mind the set being a bit complicated, but I want damage to be high enough that fights don't take forever. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

My first toon I ever made when City of Heroes launched was a Magic Fire/Rad Controller with a sun theme, back before IOs and what not. Now I kinda want to remake that character, but I'm not really used to some of the changes since I last played over a decade ago(the sorcerery power pool for example). I was wondering if anyone had any decent starter builds for a Fire/Rad controller around. Do they still kills things with hot feet+chocking cloud? Is flight the wrong travel power to pick?

Thanks for the information guys!

I played CoH back during the before times, and I'm getting back into it. I decided I wanted to play a scrapper because a)I wanted an AT that could solo well while still being useful in a group and b)I also did Master Minds and Controllers back in the day(I can't imagine I'll stay away from those archtypes for too long). I played around in the character creator and settled on a Broad Sword/Shield Defense angel/valkrie type character. Working on the background for said character I started to think maybe Stalker would make more sense as hiding/sneaking/assassination would be in their wheelhouse, and Shield Defense is something Stalkers have now, so I figured I'd look into it. So my for my question, is Stalker a good AT for these powersets, or should I got scrapper instead(or even brute or tanker). Is there anything I should know, power pools that are required, or pitfalls I should avoid? Thanks in advance for any help. So far this community looks really great, and I'm excited to really get back into playing.