Sci-Fi Soldier Concept

[biostem]

I am mulling over some ideas for a generic "Sci-Fi Soldier" character.  One AT/powerset combination I'm considering is an illusion/arsenal dominator.  Am I setting myself up for failure?  Anyone try this combo?  Any other suggestions?  I'd love to hear what you have to say.  Thanks!

Edited November 21 by biostem

[Meknomancer]

12 hours ago, biostem said:

I am mulling over some ideas for a generic "Sci-Fi Soldier" character.  One AT/powerset combination I'm considering is an illusion/arsenal dominator.  Am I setting myself up for failure?  Anyone try this combo?  Any other suggestions?  I'd love to hear what you have to say.  Thanks!

 

One of my favourite combos. I'm onto my 2nd one, one on torch, one on excel. Tried a lot of different builds, i do love running it with /dark for tar patch and darkest night. Trying it with /ice now.

ILL ARSE ICE - Dominator (Illusion Control - Arsenal Assault).mbd

[Grimm2]

15 hours ago, Meknomancer said:

 

One of my favourite combos. I'm onto my 2nd one, one on torch, one on excel. Tried a lot of different builds, i do love running it with /dark for tar patch and darkest night. Trying it with /ice now.

ILL ARSE ICE - Dominator (Illusion Control - Arsenal Assault).mbd 41.27 kB · 1 download

I've not done either Illusion or Arsenal Assault, could you elaborate further on why you enjoy the pairing so much? Looking at your build (nice), I'm guessing you use Unleash Potential as an oh-shit power? Do you miss Spectral Terror as another layer of control? I also see no +FF procs, it'd be tempting to put one in Buckshot.

[Meknomancer]

7 hours ago, Grimm2 said:

I've not done either Illusion or Arsenal Assault, could you elaborate further on why you enjoy the pairing so much? Looking at your build (nice), I'm guessing you use Unleash Potential as an oh-shit power? Do you miss Spectral Terror as another layer of control? I also see no +FF procs, it'd be tempting to put one in Buckshot.

 

Illusion trollers were always my favourite AT's alongside mm's, having it on domi's with the ability to put out all the extra damage from a secondary just makes them even better for me.

I've always loved assault rifle and have a ton of toons using it, Rad/rifle is one of my fav fender's, rifle/nrg one of my fav blasters and when i run mercs mm's i almost always try to fit in burst and m30 nade, something about the animations and the soft control that appeals to me.

 

Pretty much cycling unleash potential/hoarfrost/barrier/demonic aura to stay alive although a lot of the time its been unnecessary, gleam and flash do so much of the heavy lifting.

I have spectral on the build running /dark epic more a themed thing than anything else as i rarely use it and when i do i don't see it making a lot of difference. I'd never skip it on a troller but i couldn't fit it in with /ice on this domi build.

 

As to the no FF procs it hurts leaving them out but as you can see its not built with procs/damage in mind, it was just slotted for recharge to get PA up/near perma. I hate knockback in any form on any AT and when i toss the FF's in i lose the recharge bonuses if i also slot the sudden acc's kb/kd. Having tried it in buckshot and trip mine i decided i preferred the pure recharge.

 

If it wasn't illusion primary i'd slot differently, i do have an arse/arse domi that relies on force feedback procs and i find they are only reliable on mobs, when your fighting single targets your relying on sniper rifle/elbow strike and that means dropping a chance for damage piece. Its bad enough that i want to slot sniper rifle with a sudden acc too, thats how much i hate kb.  

 

Its a pretty lazy build, there's not a of of times i'm going into melee, i know burst is rubbish dps but i just like it too much and its lazy from the point of view that i don't have to rely on specific attacks firing off specific procs to get the recharge up for PA. I don't have to do much more that hop in for flash and trip mine and the rest of the time i can hide behind teammates. When i run with the melee attacks its a lot more active and constant repositioning, dps is way higher but i don't mind being a bit slow, some days its just relaxing to play a build like this.  

[BazookaTwo]

I rather like my Ill/arsenal dom. It's not super tanky yet but it is fun. 

[Grimm2]

Reporting back in, I took @Meknomancer's build out for a spin on Test, and it was wicked fun! Having no experience with the build and being a pretty bad Dom player, I still had no trouble with +4/x8 nuCouncil. I liked...

• The ranged play style. Shoot all the things never really gets old for me. 
• Gleam is a very fast ranged AOE stun, and you can combo with power boost, and keep a spawn perma-stunned.
• Unleash Potential/Barrier/Hoarfrost gave some very helpful wiggle room, and made building the domination bar to start pretty easy. 
• Happy chaos on the screen with PA.

I've taken a toon under 2x XP to 34, mostly teaming on TFs and radios. I've been slotting some IOs for recharge bonuses, up to 41% now. I wish I took Combat Jumping where Weaken Resolve is and taken the latter at 32 and set Unleash Potential at 35. I don't think Trip Mine needs -kb, it caps at .75 kb, which frees up a slot. I find Trip Mine slow, but still a worthy power pick.

 

It's been a great leveling experience. I have forgotten how powerful a tool a single target confuse is. Domination-boosted confuse got us our Posi-1 win vs. the clones, and generally sped us past CoT spawns by confusing Ruin Magi.

 

It feels snappy and mobile, some other sets may have more control, but this guy has multiple ways to be useful. Thanks!!!