In the stone color selection for Seismic Blast, try this:
Crystal
First color:
10th row down, 3rd column to the right (lighter grey)
Second color:
10th row down, 1st column. (dark grey).
This combo seems to be pretty darn close the Pillar of Ice and Flame. Let me know what you think.
Just going to add here that Trick Arrow went from dead last to S Tier after last year's buffs. Combine with either Water or Dark Blast for survivability, enjoy.
They are never useless. The more defenders and controllers (especially defenders and Corruptors) you add to the team, the easier everything becomes.
My controllers and defenders are always welcome in groups, and I always appreciate them in return. 🙂
I totally agree. I light mine reliably with various procs solo, but in teams I don't even need that most of the time due to the prevalence of fire and energy damage.
My Trick Arrow/Dark Blast is amazing in teams and very solid as a soloer. Both power sets compliment each other like peanut butter and jelly. For theme, TA/Water is also comparable.
My Time/Rad Defender is an AoE beast. Very easy to get in the thick of combat safely and mix it up. 2 procs in each attack, very fun and effective character. Agree with the above, Water is also excellent, you could easily skip Dehydrate.
Not a combo I've made myself, sorry. With pain and sorcery you really want recharge. Leadership pool is highly recommended. I'd pick up Heat mastery as a PP for Bonfire to add crowd control for the pets safety. Just some quick thoughts.
Hi @brasilgringo, sorry I just saw this. I like everything about Striker's build. I'm sorry I don't have much time to review a build myself, but with striker you are in good hands!
The more recharge you put into a power through slotting the lower it will proc. GLobal recharge doesn't affect proc rate, however. Thus the answer is 'it depends' on your slotting. I'm ready for bed, so not able to post more but do check out some of the proc threads from last year, they will go ove rhow it works after the Devs tweaked the calculations.