Primary for /rad

[Bandari]

I have quite a few masterminds of every primary, but I have never tried /rad as a secondary.  I really liked it on Defenders back on live, but I am having trouble deciding what to pair it with.  Any thoughts?

[Xandyr]

If I were to roll a /Rad MM, I'd probably go with Necro.  Double up on all those debuffs!

[Sutekh the Destroyer]

Radiation and Zombies at least go together a bit thematically, thanks to post-apocalyptic horror.  Thugs or Beasts could also be mutated wasteland scavengers from a radiation zone, or Robots be leaking radiation from their nuclear power cores, or Mercs be soldiers attempting to protect their factions 'secret nuclear power' (the MM!).  An atomic blast broke the barriers between dimensions and let Demons through!

 

I got nuthin' for Ninja without delving into Hiroshima, and I don't wanna go there.  🙂

 

A MM primary that explicitly paired with /Radiation (like how Necro and /Dark go together so nicely, thematically), like a Mutant MM (that summoned actual mutants) could be cool as hell.

 

 

[tjknight]

Demons/Rad

 

 

[evetsleep]

On 2/14/2025 at 12:35 PM, Bandari said:

I have quite a few masterminds of every primary, but I have never tried /rad as a secondary.  I really liked it on Defenders back on live, but I am having trouble deciding what to pair it with.  Any thoughts?

After seeing another thread recently on rad I was inspired to make Necro/red a few weeks ago.  Necro, in it's current state, is in a really good place and can go with anything which makes this pairing attractive.  The -ToHit from rad and necro meshes well and it really starts to feel powerful once choking cloud comes into play.  My Necro/rad is still not done, but it's a solid pairing if you can look past a secondary which heavily uses anchor powers with relatively a small radius.

 

I find it a fun pairing and would say they synergize well