Ripstick Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hello all! Apologies in advanced for some base-line questions. I'm pretty new to the game (again) and trying to catch up with the current balance of everything. I read through this topic here: There's lots of discussion on Ice vs Water. Seems like water has a great potential for procs. Does this mean a chance for extra damage on attacks? I've also read that procs per minute has been nerfed so is this still a viable strategy for building a character? I've leveled a Storm/Ice defender to about 26 and overall I'm not that satisfied with it. Seems like just to kill one pack I've got to use my whole blue bar and that's even before getting to Tornado and Lightning Storm (which may allow me to kill faster?). I'm worried with Water (I have a Water/Time blaster) that if I'm trying to use Tornado and LS on cooldown I won't be able to consume the Tidal Power effectively. Ice seems to have a decent single target nuke in Freeze Ray but like I said I feel like I have to toss my entire End bar at a pack to kill it. So what would you roll and why? The idea of a proc heavy build seems fun if I'm understanding it correctly. My goal would be able to be effective at soloing as well as have a noticeable difference in team performance when teaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltak Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Ripstick said: Hello all! Apologies in advanced for some base-line questions. I'm pretty new to the game (again) and trying to catch up with the current balance of everything. I read through this topic here: There's lots of discussion on Ice vs Water. Seems like water has a great potential for procs. Does this mean a chance for extra damage on attacks? I've also read that procs per minute has been nerfed so is this still a viable strategy for building a character? I've leveled a Storm/Ice defender to about 26 and overall I'm not that satisfied with it. Seems like just to kill one pack I've got to use my whole blue bar and that's even before getting to Tornado and Lightning Storm (which may allow me to kill faster?). I'm worried with Water (I have a Water/Time blaster) that if I'm trying to use Tornado and LS on cooldown I won't be able to consume the Tidal Power effectively. Ice seems to have a decent single target nuke in Freeze Ray but like I said I feel like I have to toss my entire End bar at a pack to kill it. So what would you roll and why? The idea of a proc heavy build seems fun if I'm understanding it correctly. My goal would be able to be effective at soloing as well as have a noticeable difference in team performance when teaming. Both are good. Water and Ice , both go very well with storm. Either one will seriously be just as fun and strong. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxibotJoe Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Sorry for the late reply. /water has more opportunities for force feedback +recharge and storm/ wants all the recharge. You may consider a +end in dehydrate plus any other +end you can find. Storm is fantastic but eats blue like crazy. 1 If you think this game is too easy, run AE 801.* missions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyusrex Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I can’t speak to storm/water but my second favorite character is a storm/ice. Very tough, deals a lot of damage and mayhem. A real blast to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Dingo Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 22 hours ago, Troyusrex said: I can’t speak to storm/water but my second favorite character is a storm/ice. Very tough, deals a lot of damage and mayhem. A real blast to play. Would you mind sharing your build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyusrex Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 46 minutes ago, darkdingo said: Would you mind sharing your build? I should know this, but I don’t… is there an easy way to export a build without having to enter every last IO into mids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Dingo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Troyusrex said: I should know this, but I don’t… is there an easy way to export a build without having to enter every last IO into mids? If you don't have the build saved, I don't think so. One easy option would be taking a screenshot of your characters enhancement window like the good ole days lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeraphimKensai Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Personally I'm more of a fan of rain based DoT's on corruptors ala ice storm, blizzard, whirlpool. But storm is so good with high recharge either way you'll probably be just fine playing on defender as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smnolimits41 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 does tornado take damage or whats the best way to slot it ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomguide2005 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, smnolimits41 said: does tornado take damage or whats the best way to slot it ?? Yes it takes damage enhancements. I'd probably slot 4 Expedient Reinforcements and a kb to kd proc +/- an Achilles proc --> so 6 slots. There was a time when I liked 3 defdebuff/recharge and 3 Soulbound but that was pre kb to kd specials. Goal was to get out as many as 3 Tornadoes at a time. It autohits and also causes Afraid (mag 10) and will cause some AVs to turn into runners but generally isn't a huge problem in this respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Tornado takes damage. My Plant/Storm has the Achilles Heel proc, the Sudden Acceleration KB>KD IO, and then 4 slotted with Expedient Reinforcement because Tornado takes the Recharge Intensive Pet sets and Storm wants more recharge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomguide2005 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 9 minutes ago, Krimson said: Corruptors are my favorite AT and I chose to go Defender with Storm. Put KB>KD in Gale and lead with it. There's a reason I named her Cloud Control. 🙂 Love the name 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Dingo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 11 hours ago, Krimson said: This is mine. Cloud Control 2 - Defender (Storm Summoning).mxd 4.05 kB · 4 downloads Thanks for posting. Any idea why Mids is showing it as unfinished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Dingo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Krimson said: I'm dumb. I thought Cloud Control 2 was the most recent, but turns out I edited the original and never completed the second. Cloud Control - Defender (Storm Summoning).mxd 5.41 kB · 2 downloads Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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