Dark Current Posted April 7, 2023 Posted April 7, 2023 Put together a build to maximize the amount of cones with a ranged position dominator: Symphony Control = 4 cones Fire Assault = 1 cone Leviathan PPP = 1 cone Force of Will = 1 cone Idea is to just spray cones at groups of enemies and stacking oodles of soft control from range. Here are some sample vids from a Manticore TF I ran with Opal Dragyn from the other day to see how the concept works in the 30s. We were doing a 'kill most' taskforce run vs +2s most of the time. Only deaths I suffered were from the countess, which were not the fault of the build or powersets, but bad positioning in the first death (7a) and then getting range ganked by her on the second (7b). Here are links to the complete series of vids if you want to check it out in action:Manti TF Pt 1 Manti TF Pt 2 Manti TF Pt 3 Manti TF Pt 4 Manti TF Pt 5 Manti TF Pt 6 Manti TF Pt 7a Manti TF Pt 7b And if anyone is curious about the current build, it looks like this (not going for permadom, just range and soft control): This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Opal Dragyn: Level 50 Natural DominatorPrimary Power Set: Symphony ControlSecondary Power Set: Fiery AssaultPower Pool: Force of WillPower Pool: LeadershipPower Pool: LeapingAncillary Pool: Leviathan Mastery Villain Profile:Level 1: Hymn of Dissonance (A) Gladiator's Net - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold (5) Gladiator's Net - Endurance/Recharge/Hold (5) Gladiator's Net - Accuracy/Recharge (7) Gladiator's Net - Accuracy/HoldLevel 1: Flares (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (7) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (9) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Devastation - Chance of HoldLevel 2: Aria of Stasis (A) Ice Mistral's Torment - Chance for Cold Damage (11) Ice Mistral's Torment - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Ice Mistral's Torment - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (13) Ice Mistral's Torment - Damage/Slow (13) Ice Mistral's Torment - Endurance/Slow (48) Debilitative Action - Disorient BonusLevel 4: Fire Breath (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage (15) Detonation - Damage/Endurance (15) Detonation - Damage/Range (17) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range (17) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (48) Annihilation - Chance for Res DebuffLevel 6: Mighty Leap (A) Springfoot - Endurance/JumpingLevel 8: Dreadful Discord (A) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Recharge (19) Glimpse of the Abyss - Endurance/Fear (19) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Endurance (21) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge (21) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (48) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient BonusLevel 10: Fire Blast (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (23) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (23) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Devastation - Chance of HoldLevel 12: Enfeebling Lullaby (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize (25) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (27) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (27) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (29) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (50) Annihilation - Chance for Res DebuffLevel 14: Weaken Resolve (A) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage (29) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/RechargeLevel 16: Embrace of Fire (A) Recharge Reduction IOLevel 18: Confounding Chant (A) Razzle Dazzle - Chance of Immobilize (31) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (31) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (31) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (33) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/EnduranceLevel 20: Wall of Force (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage (33) Detonation - Damage/Endurance (33) Detonation - Damage/Range (34) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (34) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range (50) Annihilation - Chance for Res DebuffLevel 22: Project Will (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (34) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (36) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Devastation - Chance of HoldLevel 24: Maneuvers (A) Red Fortune - Defense/EnduranceLevel 26: Chords of Despair (A) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold (36) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold (37) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge (37) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold (37) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/HoldLevel 28: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IOLevel 30: Combat Jumping (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) (39) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist DamageLevel 32: Reverberant (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage (39) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance (39) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge (40) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/RechargeLevel 35: Bile Spray (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage (40) Detonation - Damage/Endurance (40) Detonation - Damage/Range (42) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/RangeLevel 38: Blaze (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (42) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (43) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (43) Devastation - Chance of HoldLevel 41: Shark Skin (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (43) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (45) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (45) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HPLevel 44: Water Spout (A) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown (45) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback/Accuracy/Damage (46) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback/Accuracy (46) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (46) Touch of Lady Grey - Recharge/EnduranceLevel 47: Unleash Potential (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge SpeedLevel 49: Consume (A) Preemptive Optimization - Accuracy/RechargeLevel 1: DominationLevel 1: Brawl
Dark Current Posted April 8, 2023 Author Posted April 8, 2023 Made a couple more vids from some Level 43 radio missions. Carnies Circle of Thorns I have pretty much no defense, so the build is kill or be killed.
Mopery Posted April 9, 2023 Posted April 9, 2023 Best part of a Symphony/Fire perma-dom is the non-stop aoe "Domination" over the heads of all the enemies, then melting them all. Those times you saw no footprints, I had Fly toggled on.
Dark Current Posted April 11, 2023 Author Posted April 11, 2023 Let me tell ya, I AM tempted to permadom this dragon. I can definitely imagine what you're talking about. Was keeping this one on the cheap just to monkey with the concept, but it might be worth the investment of some purple sets at some point. Right now, she's really good on teams where I have other targets drawing fire. Otherwise, solo, she takes a beating. Which is it's own kind of fun.
Dark Current Posted April 11, 2023 Author Posted April 11, 2023 Rolled up a symphony / electric build to compare with. Have an idea about stun stacking with the energy manipulator procs.
Clave Dark 5 Posted April 11, 2023 Posted April 11, 2023 Bile Spray is a wonderful cone. Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Dark Current Posted April 11, 2023 Author Posted April 11, 2023 Yeah, I chuck that up with my symp / fire / leviathan. Gonna go that route with the new one, too. Force of Will pool has Wall of Force on top of all that.
PtownRebel Posted May 31, 2023 Posted May 31, 2023 This seems like a fun concept and build. Do you have a revised build? I can't load this one into the current version of MIDS but I'll definitely use it as a basis for my own!
SeraphimKensai Posted June 1, 2023 Posted June 1, 2023 Late to the party...but just saying thorns gets one more cone power than fire assault.
Dark Current Posted June 20, 2023 Author Posted June 20, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 3:42 PM, PtownRebel said: This seems like a fun concept and build. Do you have a revised build? I can't load this one into the current version of MIDS but I'll definitely use it as a basis for my own! Sorry for the delay. Here's the version of the build in the new Mids format. Should be compatible for you.[/img]View This Build In MRB
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