Illusion / Dark Dom - Build for Feedback/Comments

[Blindwookie]

Hi all,

 

I've been tinkering with an Ill/Dark Dom build and I'd be happy to hear some of your thoughts on it please.

 

Always looking to learn and improve when it comes to slotting.

 

Thanks for your time. 🙂 

Defi Ant - Dominator (Illusion Control - Dark Assault).mxd

[Snarky]

On 10/11/2024 at 1:31 PM, Blindwookie said:

Hi all,

 

I've been tinkering with an Ill/Dark Dom build and I'd be happy to hear some of your thoughts on it please.

 

Always looking to learn and improve when it comes to slotting.

 

Thanks for your time. 🙂 

Defi Ant - Dominator (Illusion Control - Dark Assault).mxd 4.95 kB · 19 downloads

you have violated the "rule of 5s" with LOTG  5 max of any type of % bonus.  although lotg is counted sep from other 7.5s

[Meknomancer]

On 10/11/2024 at 9:31 PM, Blindwookie said:

Hi all,

 

I've been tinkering with an Ill/Dark Dom build and I'd be happy to hear some of your thoughts on it please.

 

Always looking to learn and improve when it comes to slotting.

 

Thanks for your time. 🙂 

Defi Ant - Dominator (Illusion Control - Dark Assault).mxd 4.95 kB · 22 downloads

 

You have PFF on, turn it off. You have no damage. No recovery. No defence. No resists. Worst of all you have no recharge. And no accuracy. And you skipped Blind.

 

6 slotted spectral/dark blast/engulfing bonuses do nothing for your build. Gloom and Midnight Grasp are your 2 heavy hitters and you have them slotted for everything except damage (and no accuracy in midnight grasp). Flash has no accuracy.

 

You have 8 luck of the gambler slotted, only 5 will count. 

 

Soulbound chance for Build Up should be in Phantom Army.

 

Most powers look like they were slotted at random with pieces with no aim in mind, Superior Invis, Gloom, Spectral Terror, Life Drain , Phantasm, Midnight Grasp. Phantasm does knockback and that just makes it take longer to defeat mobs so you'd want an overwhelming kb/kd or sudden acc kb/kd in it. 

 

With ill domi (and troller) you want to aim for as close to perma Phantom Army as you can or enough control from gleam and flash to cover the downtime. With any domi you want to aim for as much recharge as you can (i forget the exact number its math and i don't really do math) so you'll have perma domination. If you aim for perma hasten you'll have perma dom. I usually just do that and it saves me number crunching.

 

Click Totals (below the powersets) . Look at your recovery, look at your end drain, even at perma domination your going to have serious endurance issues.

 

I'm assuming you tossed in scorp epics for the luck of the gamblers rather than theme or for the smashing and lethal and energy defence. Or for the panic button of PFF.

 

If you check the other build for ill domi's on the forums you'll see they aimed for specific targets/goals in their builds and by clicking Totals you'll be able to see what they are and why they slotted the way they did. 

 

Just as an example here's something with /ice epic and perma hasten and some hp bonuses and a panic button in hibernoob. And sleet is a great debuff. PA isn't perma and defence isn't softcapped without gather shadows but it's not going to get 1 shotted if the controls miss.

 

ILL DARK ICE - Dominator (Illusion Control - Dark Assault).mbd

Edited November 26 by Meknomancer

[Blindwookie]

Thank you for the feedback, all very helpful, I’ll tweak some (a lot) of things and aim for perma-dom and damage where you suggested. 👍