I just wanted to thank Poison Pill for this great guide. Easily one of the best - if not the best - guide that I have ever read with a combination of numbers, plain turkey talk, and humorous anecdotes and analogies that made it informative and entertaining.
I took dual pistols and empty clips because I was so bored at the early levels but always had more important powers to slot and by the mid-30s could no longer squeaze them into my battle-budget, busy with other things, and respecced out of them at some point shortly thereafter.
I will also place emphasis on Alkaloid. I have this six slotted and can keep anything alive one on one, hell, two or three on one, with 300 hp every 3 seconds.
And you were right: The arsonist causes a lot of damage and he does pay for it. Without questions my #1 re-summoned minion.