Finishing Touches on Storm/Dark

[Sailboat]

So after almost a year I have accumulated the resources (I'm a bad marketeer and a so-so farmer...I often street hunt, for God's sake) to build my flagship Storm/Dark Defender.  I'd like opinions and suggestions.

 

A couple of things to note:

 

• I don't really want to build defenses.  If I get some, that's ok, but the character is highly survivable using Hurricane when solo and when teamed I'm careful and might have a tank.  I have made a few soft-capped characters and plan many more; but they don't ALL have to be soft-capped.  I do
• Main goal of the build is +recharge to spam out Lightning Storm and Tornado along with decent blasting.
• I really like fully enhancing the damage and recharge of a power.  It was hard enough leaving some powers underslotted; I could barely make myself want to be at, say, 89% recharge.  I like 95% damage and recharge wherever possible.  I wish I could slot up Dark Embrace and Steamy Mist better.
• Another goal of the build is stuns..I have FOUR area stuns (Thunder Clap, Dark Pit, Oppressive Gloom, and Tornado).  They can be tricky to use (since I'm not soft-capped and Hurricane is incompatible with PBAoEs, but I've had a lot of practice.  I had to compromise slotting on them a bit but I like having them in the build.
• Powers that kind of ran out of slots, but would be nice to improve if you have ideas :  Dark Embrace, Steamy Mist, Torrent, Soul Drain, Snow Storm, Tenebrous Tentacles.
• I use Torrent with knockback, rather then converting it to knockdown, to move enemies around on the battlefield (push them into Rain, other patches, the tank, etc.)
• I exemplar a lot and will be using attuned IOs except where it's disadvantageous (i.e., purples and boosted)
• When putting the Mids' Reborn build together I paid little to no attention to power order for exemplaring -- suggestions warmly welcomed.

 

Any opinions are welcomed, thank you for reading!

 

 

Hero Plan by Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer 2.6.0.2
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Stormy Knight: Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Secondary Power Set: Dark Blast
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: O2 Boost -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Dark Blast -- Dcm-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dcm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Dcm-Acc/Dmg(3), Dcm-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Dcm-Dmg/Rchg(5)
Level 2: Gloom -- SprDfnBst-Acc/Dmg(A), SprDfnBst-Dmg/Rchg(39), SprDfnBst-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), SprDfnBst-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), SprDfnBst-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), SprDfnBst-Rchg/Heal%(40)
Level 4: Moonbeam -- SprVglAss-Acc/Dmg(A), SprVglAss-Dmg/Rchg(17), SprVglAss-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), SprVglAss-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), SprVglAss-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), SprVglAss-Rchg/+Absorb(37)
Level 6: Steamy Mist -- EndRdx-I(A), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(7)
Level 8: Freezing Rain -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11), AchHee-ResDeb%(21)
Level 10: Hover -- Flight-I(A), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(11)
Level 12: Hurricane -- DarWtcDsp-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(A), DarWtcDsp-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(13), DarWtcDsp-ToHitDeb(13), DarWtcDsp-ToHitDeb/Rchg(15), SuddAcc--KB/+KD(15)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Tenebrous Tentacles -- JvlVll-Acc/Dmg/End/Rech(A), JvlVll-Acc/End/Rech(17), Rgn-Dmg(19)
Level 18: Dark Pit -- Stp-Acc/Rchg(A), Stp-EndRdx/Stun(19), Stp-Acc/EndRdx(45), Stp-Stun/Rng(45), Stp-Acc/Stun/Rchg(46)
Level 20: Night Fall -- Rgn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Rgn-Dmg/EndRdx(21), Rgn-Acc/Rchg(23), Rgn-Dmg/Rchg(23), Rgn-Knock%(25), PstBls-Dam%(25)
Level 22: Thunder Clap -- Stp-Acc/Rchg(A), Stp-EndRdx/Stun(40), Stp-Acc/EndRdx(43), Stp-Acc/Stun/Rchg(43), Stp-Stun/Rng(43)
Level 24: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 26: Tornado -- SlbAll-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), SlbAll-Dmg/EndRdx(27), SlbAll-Acc/Rchg(27), SlbAll-Dmg/Rchg(29), FrcFdb-Rechg%(29), SuddAcc--KB/+KD(31)
Level 28: Torrent -- Acc-I(A), FrcFdb-Rechg%(42)
Level 30: Snow Storm -- PcnoftheT-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(A), TmpRdn-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(50)
Level 32: Lightning Storm -- Apc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Apc-Acc/Rchg(33), Apc-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Apc-Dam%(34), SuddAcc--KB/+KD(34)
Level 35: Life Drain -- GldJvl-Acc/Dmg/End/Rech(A), GldJvl-Acc/End/Rech(36), GldJvl-Dam/End/Rech(36), Apc-Dmg(36), NmnCnv-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(37), NmnCnv-Heal/Rchg(37)
Level 38: Oppressive Gloom -- Acc-I(A)
Level 41: Dark Embrace -- TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Ags-ResDam/EndRdx(42), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(42)
Level 44: Soul Drain -- ScrDrv-Acc/Rchg(A), ClvBlo-Acc/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Blackstar -- Arm-Dmg/Rchg(A), Arm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Arm-Acc/Rchg(48), Arm-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Arm-Dam%(50), ScrDrv-Dam%(50)
Level 49: Afterburner -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A)

Level 2: Health -- Mrc-Rcvry+(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(7), Pnc-Heal/+End(46)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), PrfShf-EndMod(9), PrfShf-End%(9)
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Set Bonus Totals: (edited to just highlights)

• 12% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 45% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 96.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 20% (0.33 End/sec) Recovery
• 44% (1.86 HP/sec) Regeneration

 

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Edited March 28, 2020 by Sailboat