Ice/dark..Ice gets bad rap

[Nyght]

so i am looking at making a ice/dark , but ice seems to have a bad rap as low control,damg, well low everything. This is kinda themeatic so can someone come up with an useable build. would like to be able to solo and team. I prefer flight ( no super jump/speed ) Just not sure what pwrs are skipable and what are not and wht epic to take. Definatly would like both pets ( Jack and DRK servent). Want to survive solo and be real useful to a team if possable. Thx to any of you master build guru's that will help.

[EnjoyTheJourney]

Here is a quick, "powers only" build outline. You can flesh it out with IOs for an end-game build. 

 

Ice and dark work well together. Ice is good for reducing the rate of incoming damage, but can struggle with taking alpha. Dark helps quite a bit for taking alpha, which helps to address that key weak point for ice control. The epic set helps to fill out damage and defenses. This kind of build should play well in the endgame. 

 

Built for strong recharge you can get Fade to perma (or close), which should make this build very sturdy. In fact, it may be worth looking closely at an epic pool with a resist toggle because you may not need the defense toggle to softcap defenses. 

 

 

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Level 49 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Ice Control
Secondary Power Set: Darkness Affinity
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Block of Ice -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Twilight Grasp -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Tar Patch -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Darkest Night -- Empty(A)
Level 6: Arctic Air -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Combat Jumping -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Howling Twilight -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Ice Slick -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Shadow Fall -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Maneuvers -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Fade -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Hasten -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Tough -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Soul Absorption -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Glacier -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Jack Frost -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Ice Blast -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Dark Servant -- Empty(A)
Level 41: Frozen Armor -- Empty(A)
Level 44: Ice Storm -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Weave -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Hibernate -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment 
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run 
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A)
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[Nyght]

Thx for reply, gona put this in mids and tinker a little,but looks good

 

[Coyote]

35 minutes ago, EnjoyTheJourney said:

Ice and dark work well together. Ice is good for reducing the rate of incoming damage, but can struggle with taking alpha. Dark helps quite a bit for taking alpha, which helps to address that key weak point for ice control. The epic set helps to fill out damage and defenses. This kind of build should play well in the endgame. 

 

He's right in all that, but I would strongly suggest swapping Ice Bolt out for Frost Breath. Put lots of procs in Frost Breath, because the smaller area factor of a cone coupled with the long recharge mean that they have a very high chance to activate. You can get Frost Breath up to 400 damage or so, and it's available every spawn, and that's far rarer and more important for a Controller than another single-target attack. If you really feel the need for a single-target attack, I would drop Maneuvers (or CJ) and pick up a single-target attack from the pools (Arcane Bolt or Toxic Dart are probably the best options).