Ice Cold Ice

[Snarky]

I was perusing possible projects and realized I had never made an Ice Cold Troller.  Not a shock, I do not run Trollers.  But I do play Ice a bit.  And it is very control oriented even on a Blaster.  I do have an Incarnated Ice/Cold Corr.  
 

So I set about putting one together on Mids, focusing on global recharge, +range (got +25% from 5x2 Bombardment), and +mez from splitting the AT sets 5 ways.  
 

When I finished the horrible reality of the thing was there in it’s totality.  Almost no damage, no heal, and one Hard AoE hold.  Only one hard ST hold.  I’ve got a Dark Blaster with 3 ST holds…

[JJDrakken]

Try this out, may work out for you.

 

Specified Controller (Ice Control - Cold Domination).mbd

[Death2Tyrants]

IMO Ice/ is one of the Controller primaries that needs a build with a damage oriented pool dip and/or PROCs to boost damage if it isn't paired with a secondary capable of damage. The recent buffs helped but the set is low on damage.

 

A few powers like Flash Freeze and Cold Snap can be PROCed out at the cost of bonus slotting opportunities but these powers are generally skipped otherwise.

 

On an Ice/Cold (and Ice/Time) overlaying it's secondary Slow effects -Speed -Recharge elevates its overall control capability a bit but the effect doesn't prevent getting hit, it reduces the attack rate. Still not as good as hard control especially when resisted (+3/+4) but flooring movement/attack is hilarious.

Edited February 28 by Death2Tyrants

[Uun]

Ice/Cold provides great support and a lot of soft control, but as you correctly surmise, almost no damage aside from Jack. If you're looking to do damage, I recommend rolling a dominator.