Destruction rains from the heavens!

[Black Zot]

Hailstorms.  Thunderclouds.  Meteors.

 

One classic way in fiction of marking a character as a scary mofo is to give them the ability to call down ruin from the skies.  It plays into that primal sense of wonder and fear people naturally have when they look up and see that vast, ever-shifting tableau looming overhead.  It also implies quite a bit of power to be able to forego attacking directly in favor of just waving one's hands and letting the heavens handle the rest.  Plus it's just really darn cool.

 

City of Heroes, of course, has its own share of powers that do this - mostly rain powers, but some of the available summons also fit the bill.  So, fellow heroes, villains, and other assorted power-wielders, what's YOUR favorite way to drop the sky on some unfortunate sod?

[Coyote]

Um, Lightning Rod. Because I AM the sky!

 

Heh, jokes aside, I like Blizzard. Who doesn't? Though I find Death From Below (Geyser) to be more visually appealing.

[ZorkNemesis]

Warburg Rockets, which are quite literally nuking from orbit.  Because it's the only way to be sure.

[Flashtoo]

I so dearly wish for an Orbital Judgment.

[Player2]

Storm Summoning...  all of it.  Lightning Cloud plus Freezing Rain with some Tornado and Hurricane thrown in to throw everyone around.

 

Let others be the sky or summon things through the sky, but the sky itself bends to me.

[Gulbasaur]

I played Storm/Water to 50 and it always feels epic... one minor problem is that you can't really see the screen under all the sploosh.

[Coyote]

2 hours ago, Gulbasaur said:

I played Storm/Water to 50 and it always feels epic... one minor problem is that you can't really see the screen under all the sploosh.

 

At least it keeps the screen really clean 🙂

[cohRock]

I couldn't decide so I made Yelo Snow, a storm/ice defender.  With Snow Storm, Freezing Rain,  Ice Storm, Lightning Storm, and Blizzard, the guy has elemental options.  Tornado is of course available when he doesn't want them wet. 😶

[Coyote]

1 hour ago, cohRock said:

Tornado is of course available when he doesn't want them wet. 😶

 

So he has a Wash AND a Spin cycle. Nice.

[Rishidian]

I would love to be able to rename my powers.  If only visible to me.

 

Anyway,  I tend to think of my Geyser as my Forced Water Enema.

->No Strain, No Pain: Just let it drain

 

[Clave Dark 5]

Probably Storm's Lightning cloud, but I really prefer to be more in-your-face about calling down the vexation on some foe, like through a blast to the face or a broad sword to the face.  Or bots to the face, that's fun too.

[Coyote]

6 hours ago, Clave Dark 5 said:

Or bots to the face, that's fun too.

 

So... your suggestion for replacing Repair is to give Bots a "Rocket Charge" power where they use those jets normally used to return to base, to do a high-damage charge at an opponent? 100% Knockdown, Stun, and high damage? Affects all bots of a given tier?

[Clave Dark 5]

Well it is now.

[Six-Six]

I see your bots to the face, and raise you burning demon butts to the face. If you've ever run a team with demons MM in caves, you know what I mean.

Oh, were we talking about enemies or allies?

[Clave Dark 5]

Yes.

[JnEricsonx]

I have a Grav/Psi dom who took the cold Epic Pool.   I drop Ice Storm and Sleet almost before everything else at this point.

[Force Redux]

23 hours ago, Coyote said:

 

So... your suggestion for replacing Repair is to give Bots a "Rocket Charge" power where they use those jets normally used to return to base, to do a high-damage charge at an opponent? 100% Knockdown, Stun, and high damage? Affects all bots of a given tier?

Make it so, Number One!! 👍🏻😄😁

[Gulbasaur]

On 1/21/2021 at 5:23 PM, Rishidian said:

Anyway,  I tend to think of my Geyser as my Forced Water Enema.

->No Strain, No Pain: Just let it drain

Yes officer, this post right here.

[wjrasmussen]

On 1/20/2021 at 2:53 PM, Black Zot said:

Hailstorms.  Thunderclouds.  Meteors.

 

One classic way in fiction of marking a character as a scary mofo is to give them the ability to call down ruin from the skies.  It plays into that primal sense of wonder and fear people naturally have when they look up and see that vast, ever-shifting tableau looming overhead.  It also implies quite a bit of power to be able to forego attacking directly in favor of just waving one's hands and letting the heavens handle the rest.  Plus it's just really darn cool.

 

City of Heroes, of course, has its own share of powers that do this - mostly rain powers, but some of the available summons also fit the bill.  So, fellow heroes, villains, and other assorted power-wielders, what's YOUR favorite way to drop the sky on some unfortunate sod?

How about one that throws a moon at a single target.

[JasperStone]

I have Psychic Tornado  on my Fire/Kin slotted with KnockDown.

May not be raining from above per se .... 

But when it hits after FS ...the bodies go up and some come down 😉

[Snarky]

The Storm Elelemental Lore pets are some of my favorites.  You dont have to try to explain "this random guys" in your backstory working for you.  Works with a lot of power concepts.  I wish the Phantoms were actually anything ghost like.  They are just a couple of bland tight wearing helpers.  Really?  But Storm elementals work well.