I'm looking for a Corruptor Build for a Ice Blast/Cold Domination

[smnolimits41]

This is my first curroptor that i've gotten to 50.  What powers would you keep, especially the attacks ??  How would you slot the buffs and debuffs ?? 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Also what incarnates would you choose ??

[Icono04]

You can have a look at this build for inspiration. I have not respecced this char in several years, so there might be room for improvement in some areas; but overall it plays very smoothly, with a good balance between attacking and debuffing. I generally never use the buffs (shields), this is a personal choice because I enjoy being a enemy-debuffer more than being a teammate-buffer.

This build is good for playing on teams. I almost never play this char solo, so I can't tell you how the build performs when solo. 

 

allrounder_ice_cold_corruptor.mxd

[Maelwys]

Freeze Ray and Bitter Ice Blast are your best attacks and should be treated as such - proc them up and get as much global recharge as possible (Sleet and Benumb also want lots of Global Recharge anyway). Infrigidate should be Procbombed and used as your other main attack. There are also a few Epic Set ranged attacks that are proc-friendly (like Dominate and Char). Ice Bolt and Ice Blast have much lower proc activation rate and Damage Per Activation so are relegated to being "fillers".
Aim should ideally have a Gaussian Build Up Proc in it and up to ~70% local recharge aspect. The other thing to point out is Ice Storm and Blizzard and Sleet... as "Rain" powers these do not proc well; but interact extremely well with Scourge; so IMO they're each a good place to put a Purple Set or 3x Superior Scourging Blast ATOs.

Incarnatewise... Musculature Core is the obvious Alpha, whilst Intuition Radial improves Slows you'll already have everything at the -movement cap and the additional Hold Duration IMO isn't worth the damage reduction. Reactive Interface for most content, Degenerative vs AVs/GMs. Banished Pantheon (likely Radial) Lore. Assault (likely Radial) Hybrid. Whatever Judgement you like (Pyro is probably best for raw Ranged damage). Clarion Core Destiny for mez protection (unless the team lead is demanding you help with the Barrier rotation in 4-star "hard mode" content runs!).

I intentionally don't play an Ice/Cold Corr (because I hate chasing the "meta") but I do have a Water/Cold in case you'd like a second opinion for the buff/debuff slotting (mine does slot + use the allied buffs!) -  Corruptor - Water_Cold (HydroBlast).mbd
 

Edited August 13 by Maelwys

[Renatos1023]

My experience is with Cold/Ice on a Defender, I've attached the build I use below for reference/inspiration. With enough recharge, your single target attack chain can be Ice Bolt --> Freeze Ray --> Ice Bolt --> Bitter Ice Blast, repeat. Then sprinkle in Ice Storm and Blizzard for AoE as needed.

 

For incarnates, I always take Reactive Interface for the extra -res. I went with Agility Alpha because it enhances End Mod, Recharge, and Defense Buffs -- all of which help you (but for a Corr, you're probably looking for extra damage with Musculature). For Judgment, take your choice - I went with Cryonic for theme, but I know it isn't deemed as the best choice. For the Destiny slot, I ended up creating both Clarion for the mez resistance and Barrier for the extra Defense and I swap them as needed - I didn't think I really needed to take Ageless as once you have Heat Loss, your endurance issues disappear. I also went Support for Hybrid as this was a support-oriented defender, but if I were to re-roll this character as a Corr, I'd probably go with Assault.

Liza Frost - Defender (Cold Domination).mbd

[True Legend]

This is my most recent build that I mainly focused around the Hard Mode content but is very viable for any other content as well. I've kept my build the same for the most part but have been experimenting with the epic pools mainly. As for your Interface slot I'm still not dead set on one but I'd say Reactive Core, Degenerative Core or Diamagnetic Radial would be my top 3. Not the highest recharge as previous builds I've had or seen but Benumb, Heat Loss & Hasten are all a few seconds off perma. Defense I didn't go for soft cap as I typically team anyways so other buffs tend to fill in the missing % and also having barrier covers that. Hibernate as my panic button if things go south. The slotting on sleet is really just for the bonus. Just under HP cap for Corrupters with about 120 max end but even then, with heat loss being up just as it's wearing off you shouldn't have any end issues at all.

Corruptor (Ice Blast - Cold Domination) 2.mbd

[Griffin]

I would take freeze ray over bitter freeze ray. BFR hits like a truck, but the animation is so painfully long. Damage per animation is significantly better on freeze ray. 

Phrost - Corruptor - Ice-Cold - 2025 updates - ice mastry.mbd