Cold/ice build help

[Daov83]

I play alot of trollers/mm. And recently lvled cold/ice def to 50. Thing is I'm totally lost building a toon for teaming. Any help with a good team build would be appreciated. More expensive the better...:P

Only power pool I want is hover/fly. Thanks in advance for anyones help.

[Psylenz0511]

I love my defenders, but I had a very successful Ice/cold corr on Live. The sets have obvious synergy. The two factors i tried to amplify were slow everything down that you can, so I took snowstorm. I would suggest changing the colors on it, because it does a blinding fx with bright colors. The other thing, and maybe some people think this is solo play, but I tried to hold every nasty bad guy in sight. So I took lots of holds so I could hold bosses, too. Debuffs include the sleet/heat loss thing, very team oriented. Benumb is universally loved. Infrigidate is a subtle ability, but it seems to shine even more the higher the level it is used.

 

Some Ice users are not too enthused about the ice shields at higher levels. Everyone is running leadership, incarnate defenses are pushing the team above soft cap defense. The argument goes: don't need them. I say they are cuckoo for cocoa puffs. I take the defenses. For one thing they are positional defense, the other issue is you get to exempt done for WST's and the lowbies need the defense.

 

I, too, stuck with the hover/fly combo. I personally think the scorpion patron is the way to go, and get the immobilize, shield and hold for more holding goodness. Leadership abilities are another place where defenders shine. Hasten/speed pool seems like an obvious fit for benumb, sleet, heat loss, blizzard and all the other good picks.

 

Myself, I don't usually go the fighting route but I know the majority of squishies do. I balk at taking punch or kick just to get tough/weave but I am aware of the merits.

[Daov83]

I wonder if I should just scrap this toon and roll a poison/water def. I'll have to think on it a bit.

[Psylenz0511]

You have 1000 characters per server - try them all

[Doomguide2005]

Cold/Ice is a very strong defender.  As Psylenz says not everybody plays at the Incarnate cap for defense and there's exemplar to consider.  Mine was Cold/Ice/Power back on Live and could use PBU to do silly good things for his To Hit enabling him to hit Mako when he popped his Elude or Paragon Protectors after they did their thing.

 

Unfortunately my computer died awhile back and until replaced I can't use Mids.  If you post a build I'd be happy (as would others I'm sure) to critique it.

[Xemnas]

I don't know how to slot hover/fly, just replaced combat jumping + frostwork from my usual style

 

Burnout is very VERY good on colds. I love my Ice/Cold Corr for this - Sleet+Aim+HeatLoss+Blizzard+IceStorm+Burnout+Repeat is amazing on ITFs/LRSF/STF (TFs I run a lot) for the final battles.

 

You COULD try to go Psychic mastery instead for proc'd dominate and S/L cap, and could try a bit harder to make that build if you are interested.

 

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Level 50 Natural Defender
Primary Power Set: Cold Domination
Secondary Power Set: Ice Blast
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Ice Shield -- LucoftheG-Def(A), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(3), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(3), Ksm-ToHit+(5), GldArm-3defTpProc(5), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(7)
Level 1: Ice Bolt -- Apc-Dmg(A), Apc-Dmg/Rchg(7), Apc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Apc-Acc/Rchg(9), Apc-Dmg/EndRdx(11)
Level 2: Infrigidate -- Acc-I(A), AchHee-ResDeb%(11), TchofLadG-%Dam(13), ShlBrk-%Dam(13), ImpSwf-Dam%(15)
Level 4: Super Speed -- BlsoftheZ-Travel(A), BlsoftheZ-Travel/EndRdx(21)
Level 6: Glacial Shield -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def(21)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 10: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A), GssSynFr--Build%(23)
Level 12: Arctic Fog -- Rct-Def(A), Rct-Def/EndRdx(25), Rct-EndRdx/Rchg(25), Rct-Def/Rchg(27), Rct-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(27), Rct-ResDam%(29)
Level 14: Maneuvers -- RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFrt-Def/Rchg(29), RedFrt-EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFrt-Def(31), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(33)
Level 16: Freeze Ray -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(33), NrnSht-Dam%(33), GhsWdwEmb-Dam%(34), UnbCns-Dam%(34), Apc-Dam%(34)
Level 18: Benumb -- Acc-I(A)
Level 20: Ice Storm -- Rgn-Dmg(A), Rgn-Dmg/Rchg(36), Rgn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Rgn-Acc/Rchg(36), Rgn-Dmg/EndRdx(37)
Level 22: Tactics -- HO:Cyto(A)
Level 24: Burnout -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 26: Sleet -- SprVglAss-Dmg/Rchg(A), SprVglAss-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), SprVglAss-Rchg/+Absorb(37)
Level 28: Bitter Ice Blast -- SprVglAss-Acc/Dmg(A), SprVglAss-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), SprVglAss-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), CldSns-%Dam(39), GldJvl-Dam%(40), ImpSwf-Dam%(40)
Level 30: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Heat Loss -- SynSck-EndMod(A), SynSck-Dam/Rech(40), SynSck-EndMod/Rech(42), SynSck-Dam/Rech/Acc(42), SynSck-Dam/Acc/End(42), SynSck-EndMod/+RunSpeed(43)
Level 35: Tough -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(43), UnbGrd-Max HP%(43)
Level 38: Blizzard -- SprDfnBst-Acc/Dmg(A), SprDfnBst-Dmg/Rchg(45), SprDfnBst-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(45), SprDfnBst-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45), SprDfnBst-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46), SprDfnBst-Rchg/Heal%(46)
Level 41: Weave -- LucoftheG-Def(A), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(46), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(48)
Level 44: Scorpion Shield -- ShlWal-Def/EndRdx(A), ShlWal-Def/Rchg(48), ShlWal-Def(48), ShlWal-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 47: Hover -- LucoftheG-Def(A), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(50)
Level 49: Fly -- BlsoftheZ-Travel(A), BlsoftheZ-Travel/EndRdx(50)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Quick Form 
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 1: Vigilance 
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run 
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(15), Prv-Absorb%(17)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-EndMod(A), PrfShf-End%(17), PwrTrns-+Heal(19), PwrTrns-EndMod(19)
Level 50: Musculature Core Paragon 
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[Force Redux]

I always love to see Cold support in my teams

Edited December 7, 2020 by Force Redux