Symphony/Sonic - Build request/advice

[Raddy]

I'm searching for an end game build for Symphony/Sonic - having searched for one around the forums, and discussed it a little over on discord. I'm finding lots of Symphony advice for Dominators, but less so for a Controller. 

 

/Sonic on a controller is a little confusing to build for me, feeling a little underwhelming and difficult in it's niche to not over-build for personal resistances. 

 

All help and advice, or builds appreciated. 

[scottocamp]

Here is a data chunk for my Symphony / Sonic controller.   I ended up using a lot of procs as that seemed to work well for Symphony.  I do use the Sonic Barrier and Sonic Haven shields on the Reverberant pet and they seem to help.  But I often forget to refresh.  I'm not sure the Disruption Field is all that impactful on the Reverberant.  And I can't say I really understand what the Reverberant pet is doing to help me but I certainly do better with the pet than without.  No clue if my slotting on the Reverberant is any good.  I mostly just hover at a distance and spam cone attacks after laying down Liquefy.  The cones are all quite good but there are clear advantages to using the cones in a particular order.  Like Liquefy, then some sort of containment then Confounding Chant and then mopping up with Energy Torrent or Dreadful Discord is a good progression.  Liquefy is now up much faster than Mids is indicating.  For single target, Hymn of Dissonance and Impassioned Serenade are both solid but the set seems ultimately better at AOE.  Not great defense but there is a ton of controls which largely keep you safe.  And a lot of -tohit in Liquefy.  I skipped Sonic Siphon just because I never seemed to use it.  The two powersets seem to go well together in the sense that Symphony needs a lot of slots and Sonic hardly needs any.  Power Boost seems helpful.  Increasing your range is exceptionally helpful.  

 

Bottom line - not my most elegant build but it has worked well for me.  Just ran a couple of missions against the newly refurbished Council at +4/8 and the build did very well.  But again - you can't just leap right in.  You need to stay back and run your cones in a specific order to be most effective.  And I'm basically only using two Sonic powers while solo (Liquefy and Sonic Dispersion) which is kind of odd.  It is an unusual toon for me to play as it creates a lot of perceived chaos while still doing quite a bit of damage.

 

Hope this helps!!

 

 

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[LegionAlpha]

On 2/27/2024 at 4:50 PM, scottocamp said:

Here is a data chunk for my Symphony / Sonic controller.   I ended up using a lot of procs as that seemed to work well for Symphony.  I do use the Sonic Barrier and Sonic Haven shields on the Reverberant pet and they seem to help.  But I often forget to refresh.  I'm not sure the Disruption Field is all that impactful on the Reverberant.  And I can't say I really understand what the Reverberant pet is doing to help me but I certainly do better with the pet than without.  No clue if my slotting on the Reverberant is any good.  I mostly just hover at a distance and spam cone attacks after laying down Liquefy.  The cones are all quite good but there are clear advantages to using the cones in a particular order.  Like Liquefy, then some sort of containment then Confounding Chant and then mopping up with Energy Torrent or Dreadful Discord is a good progression.  Liquefy is now up much faster than Mids is indicating.  For single target, Hymn of Dissonance and Impassioned Serenade are both solid but the set seems ultimately better at AOE.  Not great defense but there is a ton of controls which largely keep you safe.  And a lot of -tohit in Liquefy.  I skipped Sonic Siphon just because I never seemed to use it.  The two powersets seem to go well together in the sense that Symphony needs a lot of slots and Sonic hardly needs any.  Power Boost seems helpful.  Increasing your range is exceptionally helpful.  

 

Bottom line - not my most elegant build but it has worked well for me.  Just ran a couple of missions against the newly refurbished Council at +4/8 and the build did very well.  But again - you can't just leap right in.  You need to stay back and run your cones in a specific order to be most effective.  And I'm basically only using two Sonic powers while solo (Liquefy and Sonic Dispersion) which is kind of odd.  It is an unusual toon for me to play as it creates a lot of perceived chaos while still doing quite a bit of damage.

 

Hope this helps!!

 

 

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Not me. Makes me think of that meme "learn to code". So confused.