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I can't recall if it ever had -KB. I know it has been a talking point. I just find the set a bit of an odd duck and on the middle side in terms of where I would rank it. I think it is the only set which doesn't get it's hold until level 2. It's faster recharging AoE control is a T8. Propel is cool, but Lift is far better DPA. Dimension Shift is well Dimension Shift. The final two powers are fantastic outside of Wormhole needlessly doing KB, but the rest is just average or below. Seriously, lets take a set's most used AoE, allow the player to move a mob to where they want, disorient the mob, and then KB that whole group. (bangs head) As mentioned, there is no way to prevent the KB in Wormhole without an IO since Crushing Field offers no -KB. Wormhole makes me want to put the one ATO set in it, but I can't 6-slot it due to needing to add a KB to KD proc. Gravity is basically the Energy Blast of the Controller sets. It might have been fine in the original design of the game, but it has aged poorly. I intend to get my Grav/ta to 50, but I'm not seeing the desire to really invest in it beyond that.

We teamed on a Yin. We as a group blew threw that about as well as any group I have seen. I was on my Fire/dark Corr, Obsidian Smoke, who I still need to work out an IO build for. And no, the character does not look like Richard Simmons.

Best is subjective, but I don't think I would put FA for a Scrapper anywhere near the list of best as Res based sets are lesser on a Scrapper, and FA really having no counters for debuffs. Battle Axe did get reworked and is very much one of the more used sets right now. Pair it with a Def based set and you'll be good to go. I went with a BA/stone Brute. Storm has gotten rather middling reviews. Symphony control is solid. It's a bit on the Dom feeling of a set but more geared towards Controllers if that makes since. Sound effects for it aren't great. While yes, Cold for Defenders is great, Time is right there as well. I have a Time/rad.

Generate the data via an API and let the geeks take care of the rest.

Rocky Road has been second tier for me. I should have it again though. 1. Peanut Butter Cup. Prefer Chocolate ice cream with Peanut Butter. 2. Sea Salt Caramel. 3. Blue Moon. Regional to the Great Lakes area. It tends to be the blue stuff in Superman ice cream. I've done it with Rock 'n' Rye pop and called it a Pure Michigan Float. 3. Mint Chocolate Chip. I've had way too much of this even if other flavors might be 'better.' Mint is just a great after meal flavor to have. Honorable mentions. Pretty much any sort of tropical ice cream. That in the right setting is just divine. Vanilla ice cream, but like vanilla bean type where the vanilla is rather pronounced. Plus, vanilla is just so versatile as it works so well with cake, pie, and floats. Americone Dream. I don't understand why they just didn't add in the nuts. One of the only celebrity items that I actually genuinely like. Butter Pecan. Honestly, they could get rid of the pecans and I would be happy. There are like a ton of others, but those stand out right now. Back on topic, I've been playing Claws and EA via two ATs, and really liking my Ill/dark.

First of all, you can't credibly tell me that build can encounter over 50% of mobs and quickly faceplant. Not when as a base it covers roughly 90% of incoming attacks for most attack types and certainly the most common ones. But yes, 15% more S/L Resist*. 25% more HP partly due to Accolades, and roughly 237% more regen. I did see I have ED as being flagged for being on, but I don't slot it much so the Def number changes aren't that great. I also plan on doing a few minor tweaks to get the build numbers even better. I initially went Melee for my Hybrid slot, but I will grab Assault once I T4 Lore as I don't even feel the need to turn on Melee all that often. It basically is there for the genuinely difficult content. I do so many +3/x8 maps without ever clicking it. * Resist based on full health and not with the Scaling Resist IO kicking in. Brute version. The only way this build dies on over 50% of mobs at +4/x8 is outright negligence.

/time is really close. I have done Fire/time to 50 so more playing needs to be done. I thought I was done with my Time build despite it being my most reworked build, and then I played it after another respec, and it died 5 times on a two floor map. Ranged Def just isn't quite there yet so I just kept getting mezzed, but I switched one IO set and Incarnates will cap it off as will having Clarion. At one point it was essentially soloing at the same diff as what my Brute was although slower, so x8 Carnie mission is just a current stumbling block. Outside of the buffs/debuffs, I look for things like adding Def, End management, and Recharge. Dark has two of them and Recharge can be covered via Incarnates, and it's Debuffs are really good. I have two Level 50 /darks. Granted Ill is cheat code, but I think I'm going to be rather happy with my Dark/dark once I find a build for it and slot it.

My point is even on a set which offers no Def or Res doesn't die that often even with no set bonuses so clearly a fully IOed out build is going to cakewalk most missions even at or near max settings. I can say I officially die in one of two ways. The mission is actually that difficult, ie a mob essentially ignores Def, or I have a mental lapse. EA is considered at worst an A tier set on any AT which has it. One narrative for why Tankers don't have it is it would be too good for Tankers. That's not the narrative for a set which dies fairly quickly versus most foes. I have recently started to see how long I can go on my Brute when is health getting low before I actually need to click on Energize. Many times more than not, I never touch it even if my health goes orange.

Bull crap, and I say that as someone who had a Level 50 Scrapper and a level 45 Bute. Even on Live with a common IO build my Claws/regen didn't die fairly quickly against most mobs. Rarely do I need to bump my diff down from +3/x8, and one instance that I did my /stone Brute got their butt handed to them on that mission as well. Even on my Scrapper I can hit 1,932.6 HP with currently 417.5% Regen. I can get it near 450% with a single IO swap if I want. My F/C Resist numbers are lacking, but I have 65.2% Resist to S/L. My Brute goes to 75%. You have way better End Recovery, but that's what ED is for. Yes, I am talking about a Claws build, but I don't expect that much variance if I switched to Psy.

Claws/ea or Ice/stone. I do think the best combo is something I haven't played like Savage or BA with Stone. I created a BA/ea today just to try out the BA hype. I had a tech look so Stone just wasn't working for me.

Oddly enough I don't have one of the builds I voted for, Time/ice/mace. Maybe make a Corr version since I have a Time/rad.

This, as always, depends on what on defines as best. Plus, I think at what point does one try to take a look at the set and determine what its value is? I don't know enough about the various sets to really rank things, but I know Earth and Ill I would consider S tier for very different reasons. I need to IO out a few Plant builds, but I think that could join the list. Again, more work needs to be done, but I think /da currently is my favorite.

It still irks me the HC team put out data and then simply stopped doing that. I feel like the changes to existing sets have given various sets a boon to how good they are. I'm still not sure how many if any of the new sets have really stood out. Case in point, I think Symphony is a really good set. I just don't think it is S tier. I understand why changes were made to Dark when ported over to Controllers, but it is really difficult to not see it being the best set for Controllers. It feel like Radiation Emission has taken a bit of a back seat to it.

Did a Posi II. One player admitted they had never done that one. I brought up only the last mission was anything to worry about. When we got to it, there was a lot of coaching going on. I later told them to turn off Ninja Run when fighting. I asked if they needed an influ. They said they were fine sine someone gave them 1 million already. I have over 100+ million on that character. Anyway, I told them to ask @Yomo Kimyatafor some influ. 😀 I just popped a number of level 25 common IOs on the market.

I'm going to assume since you have experience with /ice that you have experience with Ice because that's really the stay at range and use holds set.

I tend to do them over D/R when I can, but I also build out for Defense, so I'm not going proc heavy. I also solo a lot and like pushing the envelop in terms of diff setting.

If you want to stay at range, Bonfire would be a much better power to use. Actually, I don't see why you would take Chilblain, secondary T1s aren't required, and not Ice Patch if you went with /ice. I just think you want a 100% ranged Blaster and Atomic is built for melee, so you aren't really getting much from it. Not the first time I built something only to see I was building around the idea a Def based power being clicked on. Yeah, I would redo that build. I would make sure Ranged was higher. The Winters were essentially there to cap F/C so switching those out would push towards getting S/L/R higher. Update. I went and stripped the Winters and purple. I'm still at like 38%-39% ranged, but higher than yours for S/L. That might work for me since it plays better in melee anyway.

Eh, Hover is taken in the 40s for me if I took Fly.

1. This is a 'I have money to burn build' due to the Winter sets. 2. I tend to due 5+ walkthroughs for a build before I call it good. 3. The last build I called final got more lookovers than any build to date. 4. I have yet to play it, but I might use it as a template for my own Fire/atomic. 5. I really should put more -Res procs in it. Adam Fry - Blaster (Fire Blast - Atomic Manipulation).mbd

A single slotted Radioactive Cloud isn't going to be that effective. I would have kept in Bonfire, but with the KB to KD proc. No Beta Decay which is a one slot wonder with a -Res proc and has +Recharge?

You can always hop on Beta and test things out there.

Defender version. I have my shields slotted out for 23.63% Def to S/L/E/N/M/E/AoE. I put the four standard one shot IOs into Artic Fog so that only gives another 5% Def. Benumb is an AV killer. Sleet is a Debuff/Control. Heat Loss can help cure End issues. Honestly, up until 20 Cold isn't terribly exciting for a Corr. Make sure to slot an for end reduction in your attacks. Don't forget you can three slot Stamina and by level 18 stick a Performance Shifter: Chance for End and Power Transfer: End Mod and Power Transfer: Chance for Self Heal. Technically Performance Shifter can be slotted at 17. If you have a copy of your build, we can take a look at it.

It also takes a -Res Proc.