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You didn't say what your goal was, but just wanted to say this: (43) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) isn't the IO that gives a defense bonus, but it does give a smidge of Resistance. I kinda want to try fire/MC now.

The other day I was one of three /Kin controllers on a team and we had the Blaster nuking constantly. It was a riot. Did I care that I didn't have enough time to use slow-as-molasses Propel? Not one bit.

And you say you were /FF? Sounds to me like the bubbles were working. Sometimes you have a bad mission or a bad TF, or an oddball team. Brutes should have kept the aggro off you. Maybe you can get sets to boost your own defense to the soft-cap and be less squishy. Your personal bubbles + sets should make you fairly difficult to hit, and mezz-resistant. Mind has Terrify and Mass Hypnosis - both useless in your example situation. Total Domination is cool but takes forever to recharge. That leaves some weak single-target attacks plus mass confuse. I've never gotten far with Mind before giving up. Earth / Time has tons of controls but squat for damage, but I love to play it on teams. You might get more mileage out of Ice Control. Jack isn't so hot but slows and knockdowns are excellent. Ice/Time would slow big groups to a crawl, /Storm would rock. It would be funny with /Trick Arrow to flop a spawn on an Ice Patch, shoot it with an Oil Slick, then light it on fire with your inherent Taser or bonus Fire blast. Just remember - the cost's the same regardless of how many alts you have! Try another, maybe a different AT entirely. Maybe scrape the bottom and roll a Sentinel.

Interesting take! Another Grav/Kin favorite here. From early levels I'd open with Crushing Field, stand near enough to something I can heal myself while cycling through the 4 single target attacks, siphon power, and siphon speed. Later you buff yourself with Transference and Fulcrum Shift. You can solo as long as you want to while still being team-friendly, and it's a blast. Storm and Time (and others described in this thead) also sound great so that's where your playstyle and preferences make the difference. The way Rocketmandb described Traps sounds good, but I don't have the patience to set up traps; I'm more scrapper-style. I have a Earth/Time in the mid-20's and it's great on teams but can't solo and it's so sad.

So why don't you befriend and continue to play with these good people here? I just wish the DFB xp didn't start to decline until a little closer to 22 so that it's easier to get into level 25 IOs. Once I get those I stop worrying about money entirely and just play for fun/content up till around 42, then start looking for IO sets and set bonuses.