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For Defenders and MM's: I usually take Entangling Aura with 2 End Reduc and the Lockdown proc For Epic I then take Dark Mastery For the Oppressive Gloom These 2 powers together are just sooooo sweet! It's just too bad Controllers don't get Oppressive Gloom in their Dark Mastery

OOOF!!! I hadn't even considered "enhancable" DDR. Hmmmm...what are we looking at....maybe 20% fully enhanced? That's not too bad...if I had slots. As of right now either Damping Bubble single-slotted or Repulsion Bolt single-slotted. Damn tough decision...Looking at Mid's, with 1 50+5 Def IO, it shows 17.11% On another note...I did take all 3 primary attacks (tidge). I do not have Repulsion Bomb (SeraphimKensai). I did take Repulsion Field...which I love!

Another question...Repulsion Bolt or Damping Bubble?? I wouldn't even question it except the new Repulsion Bolt has a -15% resistance for 30 seconds. That and the Damping bubble numbers seems a bit anemic. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something.

Thanx StrikerFox!

I just popped 50 on my Bots/FF MM. I'm contemplating a respec. Here's my question(s). Other than the Protector Bot throwing a heal now and then, is there any reason to slot Upgrade Robot over Maintenance Drone? I rarely see the PB heal any of my other bots. The Maintenance Drone on the other hand is an absolute beast at healing. Am I missing something, or is the Maintenance Drone the better power to slot?

Nature. Nature all the way. Entangling Aura with Soul Mastery Oppressive Gloom. Since the Ninja will be in melee anyway. I have /Nature on several MM's. It's not to be missed. Chef's kiss for sure!!

Well...I continue checking the stats. Since I hit lvl 23 (or maybe 24), the icon shows 17% at all times now. Really, really weird.

The icons next to their names...pet window

The Jounin have Hide.

I decided to try out the new Ninjas after the update. Paired it with Time. I like what they've done with the set and I'm having fun with it. I noticed an oddity tho. I was interested to see how the first upgrade, Train Ninjas, looked. I have it 3-slotted with defense. It looks like the Genin's base defense is 11% and fully slotted is 17%. Here's the oddity...when checking the status icon for my Genin, it sometimes displays 11%...sometimes 17%. Mostly 11%. If I level mid-mission, if it was 11%, sometimes it will then just display 17%. Zoning has the same effect sometimes. It only appears to be the Genin tho. The Jounin and Oni seem to be displaying the correct numbers all the time. Is the icon the only place I can see the "real" numbers? Or is there another way? Anybody else have this issue?

I'm new to Doms...why Clarion for Destiny? Do Doms need it? I also see RoP? Over-kill or am I missing something??

Thanks for the reply OT. All very good stuff! My biggest issue with this build is there are too many good powers and I ran out of slots. I've never seen anything like this. None of my other toons had this problem. I've never taken Spore Burst on a Plant build. Autohit sounds good tho. Steam-rolling teams pretty much takes it out of the running for power picks tho. As I said, I normally pick Resist shields. I ran out of slots to do what I wanted, so I picked up Scorpion Shield...a "one pick wonder". I will definitely take your advice on Spirit Tree and put in a Heal instead of Recharge. I wanted more slots in Vines as well. Don't know where to pull them from. On Controllers, I usually proc the hell out of Strangler and Roots. Someone on the forums, I wish I could remember who, said essentially that Dominators have a damage secondary, so no need to load up on damage for the primary. that actually made sense to me...to load up on status effects for the primary. I like the ATO's here if nothing else than helping the status effects and the bonus to Energy Defense...stacks nicely with the epic shield. I was curious about the OF proc in Thorntrops. The idea is amusing if nothing else. I hope it works well. What are your thoughts on Ripper vs Thorn Burst? I'm not necessarily married to anything in this build at this point. This was a difficult build...never had this issue with a non-Dominator build. Even Controllers are easier in my opinion. mileage may vary.

I tend to run Controllers more than Dominators...I'm trying to correct that. So I'm looking for guidance on building a good Plant/Thorn Dominator. I never take Scorpion Shield. I Have no idea how good or bad it might be. I see a lot of people take it tho. I typically use Resist shields, but my defenses were crap. I suspect it was because I was working towards so much recharge. I wanted to take Spine Burst over Ripper, but Ripper does sooooo much more damage. I'd rather do PBAoE over a cone, but.... I wanted Spirit tree both for theme and some extra healing if necessary. Vengeance is for the LotG mule. So anything you see that can be improved, please let me know. I'm not sure where to go with this. It looks like I have perma-Dom...maybe that's all I need???? Dominator (Plant Control)i27v4.mxd

Thanx all! I've posted in the past, but something has changed. Maybe an update did it, not sure. i'll give these a try.

What is the proper way to export Mids builds to the forums? Can you explain it like you are talking to a 5 year old?