Set Enhancements for Corruptors

[Giocondi]

Hello all,

 

I am still pretty new to set IO's and am not yet savvy enough to figure out how to make my own builds. Is there a general way that corruptors should be using IO's? For example should they aim for ranged softcap over resistance softcap? I would like to get to the point where I can identify what my particular character would benefit from the most and then know which sets help accomplish that job. Does anyone know of some guide or post that exists to help me get the in depth understanding I seek? For the record I'm running a water/time combo and was unsuccessful finding any builds for this.

[Papaschtroumpf]

Defense is often the priority however it may depend on synergies with your power set, especially your secondary. Sometimes you can't get there with positional defense, I which case you may want to focus on S&L.

Don't ignore AoE if you go for positional.

 

I myself make recharge a big priority, it feels like no matter what AT or power set there is always something I want to make perma (including hasten) and then your nuke and other big hitters are up almost very group.

 

There are many posts with suggested builds that you can analyze even if they are not your power set . What is interesting is that you will often taken or slot powers that you wouldn't otherwise. Someone helped me improve my ice/rad in a different thread and I have 5 winter IOs in brawl (which I never use and is not in my tray). 

[Darkir]

On 8/5/2019 at 6:34 AM, Giocondi said:

Hello all,

 

I am still pretty new to set IO's and am not yet savvy enough to figure out how to make my own builds. Is there a general way that corruptors should be using IO's? For example should they aim for ranged softcap over resistance softcap? I would like to get to the point where I can identify what my particular character would benefit from the most and then know which sets help accomplish that job. Does anyone know of some guide or post that exists to help me get the in depth understanding I seek? For the record I'm running a water/time combo and was unsuccessful finding any builds for this.

So, basically you want to focus on global recharge and defense first, then add resists and damage where possible. Luckily the time secondary offers a lot of defense and recharge. You can get even more defense out of farsight by always using it with power build up (from power or soul mastery) or Clarion radial incarnate destiny or both. If I was you though, I'd go Clarion radial with dark mastery as you can get perma souldrain to buff your damage and tohit, dark embrace  to buff your s/l/n and dark consumption to help your endurance (albeit on a long cd). 

 

There is an article on the old coh paragon wiki about softcapping defense and why it is so important. I'd read it if you want to understand more about making strong characters.

 

Edit: but there are some developments with the i24/i25 changes to ppm procs that may change this a bit, you still want global recharge and to softcap defense, but procs are a way to do a lot more dmg, depending on the type (st/aoe/pseudo pet/etc.) and base recharge of the power. This is dependent on powersets as well though,

Edited August 6, 2019 by Darkir

[natewest1987]

Actuallllly.   I've been working on a water/time corruptor recently.   My build for that is below, maybe it will give you some ideas.   It is built for fire farming though, so you may need to tailor it to your own needs. I might have tweaked it in game, not sure.  Farsight allows you to slot a bit more offensively than you might otherwise, so take advantage of that.      Splitting up Superior Scourging Blast lets you take advantage of that low hanging recharge twice.    Good luck on your water/time corruptor.   Mine is a beast in a duo setting, and the build below allows her to farm 4/8's at a faster pace than my water/time blaster of equal gear.   

Edit: also ignore the levels that i took certain powers.   Pines gives me problems sometimes so I have to move things around in there to get the slots I want, but at lvl 50 with a respec it should all work fine. 

 

http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/download.php?uc=1483&c=735&a=1470&f=HEX&dc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

Edited August 6, 2019 by natewest1987

[Darkir]

36 minutes ago, natewest1987 said:

Actuallllly.   I've been working on a water/time corruptor recently.   My build for that is below, maybe it will give you some ideas.   It is built for fire farming though, so you may need to tailor it to your own needs. I might have tweaked it in game, not sure.  Farsight allows you to slot a bit more offensively than you might otherwise, so take advantage of that.      Splitting up Superior Scourging Blast lets you take advantage of that low hanging recharge twice.    Good luck on your water/time corruptor.   Mine is a beast in a duo setting, and the build below allows her to farm 4/8's at a faster pace than my water/time blaster of equal gear.   

Edit: also ignore the levels that i took certain powers.   Pines gives me problems sometimes so I have to move things around in there to get the slots I want, but at lvl 50 with a respec it should all work fine. 

 

http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/download.php?uc=1483&c=735&a=1470&f=HEX&dc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

This build does not load correctly in the newest version of the hero designer. It looks like you've not taken mandatory powers as well (you can't avoid taking time's crawl on a corruptor). I'd get the newest version of the hero designer and edit your post with an updated build.

[natewest1987]

Hmm.   Not sure if I have the latest version of pines now or not.   It wouldn't auto update from the app.   Here is the build, though.    Again - for fire farming, so YMMV, but might give you some ideas. 

 

Hero Plan by Hero Hero Designer 2.23
https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer

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Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Water Blast
Secondary Power Set: Time Manipulation
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Aqua Bolt -- SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg(A), SprWntBit-Dmg/Rchg(48), SprScrBls-Rchg/+End(48), SprScrBls-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48), SprScrBls-Dmg/Rchg(50)
Level 1: Time Crawl -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Tidal Forces -- GssSynFr--Build%(A)
Level 4: Farsight -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), GifoftheA-Def(5), GifoftheA-Def/Rchg(9), GifoftheA-EndRdx/Rchg(29)
Level 6: Dark Embrace -- GldArm-3defTpProc(A), Ags-ResDam/EndRdx(21), Ags-ResDam/Rchg(23), Ags-EndRdx/Rchg(25), Ags-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Ags-ResDam(42)
Level 8: Time's Juncture -- ImpSwf-Acc/Slow(A), ImpSwf-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(9), ImpSwf-Dmg/Slow(36), ImpSwf-Dam%(42), ImpSwf-Acc/EndRdx(45)
Level 10: Soul Drain -- FuroftheG-Dam/Rech(A), FuroftheG-ResDeb%(43)
Level 12: Hover -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), WntGif-RunSpd/Jump/Fly/Rng(13), WntGif-RunSpd/Jump/Fly/Rng/EndRdx(15)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(19)
Level 16: Whirlpool -- Rgn-Knock%(A), Rgn-Dmg/Rchg(31), Rgn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17), Rgn-Acc/Rchg(17), Rgn-Dmg/EndRdx(19)
Level 18: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(21)
Level 20: Steam Spray -- SprFrzBls-Acc/Dmg(A), PstBls-Dam%(23), SprFrzBls-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(27), SprFrzBls-Rchg/ImmobProc(27), Ann-ResDeb%(46), AchHee-ResDeb%(46)
Level 22: Tough -- StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), Ags-ResDam(3), Ags-ResDam/EndRdx(3), Ags-EndRdx/Rchg(31)
Level 24: Oppressive Gloom -- AbsAmz-ToHitDeb%(A)
Level 26: Temporal Mending -- Prv-Heal(A), Prv-Heal/EndRdx(29), Prv-EndRdx/Rchg(31), Prv-Absorb%(7), Prv-Heal/Rchg(40), Prv-Heal/Rchg/EndRdx(50)
Level 28: Weave -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(37), LucoftheG-Def(40)
Level 30: Chrono Shift -- PrfShf-EndMod(A), PrfShf-EndMod/Rchg(5), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(7)
Level 32: Geyser -- Dmg-I(A), PstBls-Dmg/EndRdx(33), FrcFdb-Rechg%(33), Ann-ResDeb%(33), PstBls-Dam%(34), SprMlcoft-Rchg/Dmg%(34)
Level 35: Time Stop -- SprEnt-Rchg/AbsorbProc(A), SprEnt-Acc/Hold/End/Rchg(46), SprEnt-Acc/Hold(11), SprEnt-Hold/Rchg(34), SprEnt-End/Rchg(36), SprEnt-Acc/Hold/End(37)
Level 38: Distortion Field -- Slow-I(A), Lck-Acc/Hold(39), Lck-Acc/Rchg(39), Lck-Rchg/Hold(39), Lck-%Hold(40)
Level 41: Water Burst -- Dmg-I(A), HO:Nucle(13), FrcFdb-Rechg%(25), Ann-ResDeb%(42), ImpSwf-Dam%(50), PstBls-Dam%(11)
Level 44: Slowed Response -- AchHee-ResDeb%(A)
Level 47: Water Jet -- SprWntBit-Rchg/SlowProc(A), SprWntBit-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg(36), SprScrBls-Acc/Dmg(43), SprScrBls-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), SprScrBls-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Apc-Dam%(45)
Level 49: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge 
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run 
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(15)
Level 1: Combo Level 1 
Level 1: Combo Level 2 
Level 1: Combo Level 3 
Level 50: Ageless Partial Core Invocation 
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Edited August 7, 2019 by natewest1987