MaXimillion_Zero

Hasten is needed to keep dark servant perma, and helps overall effectiviness.
Two travel powers is just personal preference.
Howling twilight could be useful, but not fitted it in personally.
Shadow fall is late, it's either that, ghost or PG, personally I thougyht shadow fall was the one to take late.
No pet can be slotted to enhance their RES or DEF, not since beta. Only way to increase their survivability with slotting is +heal (for siphon/drain life) or -ToHit (for knights and lich).

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TBH I cant remember when I have seen a spines/regen in the arena last time.. Lots of other primaries though.

[/ QUOTE ]I can be seen there occasionally

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there is no way to make a scrapper unable to scrap, a blaster unable to blast (and even more but that's another debat ^^) or to make a def unable to buff or heal


[/ QUOTE ]Debuffs, Debuffs and Debuffs.

One question: Why do you think you're supposed to solo on relentless?

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Sure I have Twilight Grasp, but it's never going to be as effective as an Empath's heals.

[/ QUOTE ]Actually, it's more powerful.

3 rech 2 def 1EndMod for me.

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Offensive:
Force Bolt
Detention Field
Repulsion Field

[/ QUOTE ]None of those do any real damage, they're control powers, thus defensive.

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Mind
Mesmerise OR Dominate at first since both are holds you can go without one of them

[/ QUOTE ]Incorrect, mes is a sleep, dominate is a hold.

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Yet another tyranical rule of free speech? Welcome to the internet I guess.

[/ QUOTE ]There IS no freedom of speech on private message boards.

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build looks good apart from night fall and...PROVOKE!?

Try to fit in shadow fall and maybe something else that comes in handy.

[/ QUOTE ]Shadow fall is in there already
Provoke is to gain full benefit from bodyguard mode.

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Tanking in CoV you got one choice, Brutes.

[/ QUOTE ]Or a mastermind, with provoke.

Brute is the closest thing to a scrapper in CoV, stalkers are really more like blappers, especially at low levels.

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is Shadow Fall by any chance like Steamy Mist from the Storm Summoning set?

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, except that it resists energy, negative and psi.

IMO, you should have 2 EndRdx in both shadow fall and darkest night.
Twilight grasp needs 2 ACC, no more than 1 rech, IMO.
Wouldn't pick howling twilight really.
You might want to try and get your patron hold by L47, so you can stack it with your other holds.

Zombies have highest survivability, thugs and robots have highest damage, others are gimps

Haze is lower cost, shorter recharge, higher damage than irradiate, and wide enough to suit my tastes. Also, it is in no way a short cone, one of the longest ones more like.

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What's wrong with wanting to win at all costs? I’m pretty sure everyone else in the zone is doing exactly the same thing.

[/ QUOTE ]Some of us are there to have fun

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Dont know much about mind, but for /FF in pve get:
Personal Force Field
Deflection Shield
Insulation Shield
Dispersion Bubble


[/ QUOTE ]Add detention field, force bolt and force bubble to that list and you've got my picks

Psiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!

That is all

Yup, not saying they're useless, just that I haven't had enough slots to put them in, yes.

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I agree with Shannons build as a pure PVE build, except maybe for 1 thing. I don't understand the reason for slotting Chilling Embrace with slow in PVE. I don't see the point in slowing PVE mobs as they don't exactly move very fast.

[/ QUOTE ]Personally would never put slow in it for PvE, since it has a negative impact on grouping them as they move so darn slow.

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And only putting 1 taunt in CE is negative to grouping - I've tried it

[/ QUOTE ]I have 0 and I group just fine

Much better putting those than slows there tho'

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I believe with Shadowfall the -speed effect was removed around issue 4 so now it does not reduce movement speed at all.

[/ QUOTE ]Yup, only pool power stealth has -speed

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I agree with Shannons build as a pure PVE build, except maybe for 1 thing. I don't understand the reason for slotting Chilling Embrace with slow in PVE. I don't see the point in slowing PVE mobs as they don't exactly move very fast.

[/ QUOTE ]Personally would never put slow in it for PvE, since it has a negative impact on grouping them as they move so darn slow.

Disruption arrow is AoE -res. Now, repeat after me:
You ALWAYS take AoE -res powers ASAP if you have access to them.
You ALWAYS take AoE -res powers ASAP if you have access to them.
You ALWAYS take AoE -res powers ASAP if you have access to them.
You ALWAYS take AoE -res powers ASAP if you have access to them.
You ALWAYS take AoE -res powers ASAP if you have access to them.
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You ALWAYS take AoE -res powers ASAP if you have access to them.

Clear?

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Should I get Lightning Clap?

[/ QUOTE ]A stun can be useful to drop acro, but you already have multiple holds to do that, and the animation is long.

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Actually, I like Lightning Clap partly because it has a nice short activation suitable for a panic button (approx. 1.2 sec.). Are you confusing it with the Storm Defender Thunder clap, which has a much longer activation? (approc. 2.4 sec.)

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, I was....Is lightning clap similiar animation to hand clap then?

If you want damage out of acontroller, fire/kin is propably best choice. Travel power isn't too relevant, although superspeed and superjump really have the best bonuses for such char. (SS increasing recharge speed and SJ leading to acrobatics, mez protection)

With dark you'll be running 2 costly toggles, and spamming certain powers. Personally I find stamina necessary, and even with it manage to run out of endurance in harder fights. and there's no way you'll be able to fit in leadership in any efficient /dark build.