Thermal for both PVE and PVP

[Bastille Boy]

I'm considering creating a Thermal defender. (Altitis!) My hope is to have something that's viable for PVP and useful on teams for late-game PVE. The top-rated blast sets for defenders in PVP are Psy, Ice, and Beam (according to the tier list on Reddit). Do any of these make a particularly good pairing with Thermal?

 

I already have an Emp/Beam, so I'm tempted to try Ice or Psy for the sake of novelty. But Beam is a great set.

 

I could be persuaded to create a controller instead, but I'm not excited by the top-ranked PVP sets, except for Mind, which isn't ideal for PVE.

 

Edit: Advice in the PVP discord is to go for Ice or Beam on a corruptor, Ice on a defender.

Edited March 7, 2020 by ejworthing