Symphony/Nature Affinity - Help?

[Barbearian]

I have this concept of a wild canary in a forest.  I'd love to have a controller that might represent this.  I think Symphony - Nature Affinity would work, but to be honest, I focus on Brutes/Tanks/Scrappers and Stalkers.  I have no idea how to even start the controller or build it.  I'd love for this to be something I could level to 50 and run +4/+8 with, but not sure how to go about building it.   Are there any Controller guru's that can give some basic advice.  I've been looking on the forums, and lots of information is out there, but I haven't found this combo in the threads.  Any help is appreciated.

[Auroxis]

It is a very good combo, and there are a lot of ways to build it. This one for example focuses on support and confuse stacking while maintaining good AoE:

 

 

You can change the epics, pools, and alpha slot around in a variety of ways. One thing to remember is that in the coming patch, Dreadful Discord will apply Containment and AoE holds are gonna be a lot better, so Chords of Despair will probably replace Aria of Stasis in my Symphony builds.

Controller (Symphony Control - Nature Affinity)(Confuse Stack).mbd

Edited June 5 by Auroxis

[Barbearian]

Thank you so much.  I tend to do a lot of solo work, so I'm worried more about survivability than anything.  None of the Defenses are 45.0% which is what I'd do for the tanks/brute's etc.  How is this different?  WOuld it survive solo play?

[Psyonico]

Doesn’t Enfeebling Lullaby do decent -damage?

 

I haven’t played any of my symphony toons in a while but I seem to remember that, which really makes it worth looking at taking.

[Auroxis]

6 hours ago, Barbearian said:

Thank you so much.  I tend to do a lot of solo work, so I'm worried more about survivability than anything.  None of the Defenses are 45.0% which is what I'd do for the tanks/brute's etc.  How is this different?  WOuld it survive solo play?

It's very tanky and you can comfortably run +4x8 solo with this. You have multiple defensive layers with resists, power boosted absorb+heals, power boosted spores which can effectively put you at the defense cap, and most importantly crowd control. Dreadful Discord with the stun proc combined with Confounding Chant also gives you more reliable boss CC than most other controllers.

 

  

4 hours ago, Psyonico said:

Doesn’t Enfeebling Lullaby do decent -damage?

 

I haven’t played any of my symphony toons in a while but I seem to remember that, which really makes it worth looking at taking.

It's just not high on my priority list, you're already loaded with other ways to mitigate damage.

Edited June 8 by Auroxis

[Barbearian]

Thank you everyone for the guidance

[Doomguide2005]

It's a fun and powerful pairing.  Cones galore going down range and the pet is not to be underestimated.  It should be turning you nearly into a Dominator as it sends the same power into your foes again (doubling the mez magnitude as it does so).

 

Edit:  Great now i have another character to visit again

Edited June 13 by Doomguide2005