Tater Todd

*Rubs Temples*

Ok, I can't help you with this build. I'm a theme person as well but I have my limitations and I don't let a theme override synergy. I'm also not a fan of KB unless it can be carefully controlled. (I have a Plant/En/En) I'm not capable of understanding what you want...in fact, I think that you already know what you want.

This is not how I would slot my Grav/Dark but I took time out to try to cater towards your style....we are on opposite ends of the spectrum though so maybe it wasn't wise of me to attempt this task.

-Your original build had defense so I was trying to continue that system. Tough and Temp Invul are Frakenslotted but you would benefit more with the Steadfast Set. It will protect you from KB when you're on the ground and the bonuses like +Recov and +Hitpoints help out. If you're concerned about Regen why did you underslot Luck of the Gambler twice? It offers great Regen values.

-Drain life is amazing it's provides an excellent heal and great damage but again I was limited with my options. It is best to go the damage route though like you were saying.

-I normally use Lift as set mule for procs, the same goes for Crush which I didn't add in the build because I was trying to respect your wishes. I think that you are missing potential damage by just throwing Kinetic Crash in there. I build my doms for recharge based on Alpha or Destiny so I don't lean to heavy on recharge sets but I'm guessing that you don't and that you do a lot of low level content.

-Gloom is underslotted because I ran out of slots.

-Maybe I sent you the wrong build but I did not slot the Res bonus in Singy if I did it was by accident.

-I depend on sleet or my global bonuses to help me with my Accuracy needs. Sleet fills in the holes and gives me more slotting flexibility.

-Health is underslotted? You don't need to focus that much on Regen with a Grav/Dark. Your mitigation, Singy and Life Drain is enough to keep you alive and safe. Throwing in extra regen even if you're in melee is a waste on a Dom unless you have something to improve upon it like Drain Psyche or Conductive Aura. You should protect your self with lockdown since you can easily get taken out by a decent ST attack.

-I built my Grav/Dom to focus on Range first then Melee second...much like a Grav/Energy Dom...but you seem to be focusing on melee which kinda goes against the benefits of gravity BUT it's your style that's fine but I can't help you with this build .

1) I respect and understand your choice on Fly.

2) I would recommend finding a way to squeeze in the Dom ATO Proc to add more oomph to your damage. I run in and hit Engulfing Darkness and run out of melee. I also run mishes on +3/ +4 instead of -1/+8 which I run on all my other doms since grav/dark oozes ST damage.

3) I understand. I went out of my way myself to make a build that would make choosing /Primal the best...well the best choice. I love sleet due to the fact that it help with low accuracy, it's possible to perma, it can reduce a mob's res by 50% and it provides superb mitigation through knockdown, Slow and -Recharge all in one power. I also love anything to do with Water, wind, ice or lightning. I only chose Fire if I am leveling a /Fire toon.

Well I wanted to make a Grav/Dark Incarnate but I deleted the toon for more server space. Here's the build I have for you but before you look at what I have I have a few questions...

1) Do you have to have Fly in your build? I find Fly to be horrible unless I'm aiming for the Hover/Fly/Afteburner combo. After burner is great for a set mule and it helps you fly much faster. I like to save power choices and I like Super Jump so I normally pick super jump every time no matter the theme. It also frees up two slots. OH! Super Jump is 2 times the speed of Fly.

2) It seems you are focusing on using your Immob as soft control for a crowd...but a Grav/Dark dom is almost strictly ST oriented. Do you have to have the Gravanchor purple proc there? And are you going to focus on ST or more AOE?

3) The Fighting pool doesn't mesh well with this build and it's not necessary. A Grav/ can keep safe by just using Wormhole, Singularity, the AOE hold and Dimension shift...unless you are going for a more AOE Grav/Dark toon.

4) With Explosive Blast as your lvl 47 power things can get ugly FAST. the immob for Grav doesn't Negate KB so your targets are going to be all over the place putting you in danger since your controls are aoe natured. I think you should pick Energy Transfer or to be completely honest I would pick another PPP choice like Ice which will provide reliable soft control, debuff and excellent damage.

I can make show you my Grav/Dark incarnate build to see what you think.


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Grav.Dark: Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Gravity Control
Secondary Power Set: Dark Assault
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Primal Forces Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Lift -- Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(37), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Decim-Build%(42)
Level 1: Dark Blast -- Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(11), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(25), Apoc-Dam%(25)
Level 2: Gravity Distortion -- BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(3), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(3), BasGaze-Acc/Hold(5)
Level 4: Gloom -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(11), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(17)
Level 6: Propel -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(9), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9)
Level 8: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Crushing Field -- AotDominator-Rchg/+Dmg%(A), GravAnch-Hold%(17), TotHntr-Dam%(43), Acc-I(46)
Level 12: Smite -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(13), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(15), Hectmb-Dam%(15)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 16: Gather Shadows -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 18: Gravity Distortion Field -- BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Hold(19), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(19), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(21)
Level 20: Engulfing Darkness -- Armgdn-Dam%(A), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(31), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 22: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(23), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(23)
Level 24: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 26: Wormhole -- Amaze-Acc/Rchg(A), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(27), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(27), Amaze-Stun/Rchg(31), Amaze-Stun(34)
Level 28: Life Drain -- Nictus-Heal(A), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(29), Nictus-Acc/Heal(29), Nictus-%Dam(31)
Level 30: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(34), S'fstPrt-ResKB(42)
Level 32: Singularity -- ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(34)
Level 35: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(36)
Level 38: Midnight Grasp -- C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(39), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 41: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 44: Energy Torrent -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(45), Ragnrk-Knock%(46)
Level 47: Explosive Blast -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng(48), Posi-Dam%(50)
Level 49: Temp Invulnerability -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-EndRdx(50), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(50)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Domination
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: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 4: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Health -- RgnTis-Regen+(A)
Level 4: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), EndMod-I(37), EndMod-I(43)
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I agree...I WANT to like Nightfall but ugh..no just NO lol. Hrmm, and I take it that this build is non incarnate? I will revise yours a bit and see what you think.

He might of PM'd the Devs. Arbiter Hawk, Zwill and Synapse are pretty awesome about giving feedback and answering questions via PM. Now I'm not saying "EVERYONE! BOMBARD THEM WITH EVERYTHINGZ!!!" but they take time out of their busy Shedjewl :P to reply...and I respect that.

I was in reply typing when you posted this...totally didn't see this post! I think if we had to buckle down and pick a theme for this set I would like to see something magical/artifact based.

I don't think there's a lot of sets in this game let alone buff/debuff sets that unanimously scream "MAGIC!!!". I know many would disagree with me but to me the only set that has a strong magic feel to it is Demon Summoning...but Demon Summoning it's flexible enough for a person to RP it as something else if they so desire. I would love to see a player reading from a floating book to summon the pet or wielding a giant crystal ball that shimmers and shakes as blasts it's foes or summons the Orbs itself.

In fact, since I'm on that kick. I would love to see jagged crystals/stones (like the floating pillars stones in Ouro) inside of the glowing Orbs to add an even more arcane feel. Maybe Turquoise inside the Healing Orb with an eerie slow pulsing green glow, Stun Orb could use Moon Stone and it would have a soft white glow ect. I'm just throwing random stuff out there.

This set reminds me of Time or Dark Affinity. It can do a little bit of everything. I feel that Time has QUITE a few defining powers and the same for Dark...but for me the powers in this set that seems the most attractive/set defining are..

Sonic Orb-You can use this early much like Tar Patch this would speed up mishes from lvl 1 to 53. A -Resistance debuff is always welcomed!

Stun Orb/Rage Orb- I could do some damage with these two with just procs alone...these two powers would be amazing together. Imagine the Lockdown Proc in Stun Orb and the Constraint Proc...this provides soft control much like Distortion Field.

I would love to make a buff/debuff set that is all about upping your HP Cap or pushing you to the cap like frost works but a little more. I would also like to focus on nothing but Regen and Recovery...or some strong heal over time.

Some other fun ideas would be buffing teammates with element damage buffs like granting a player small fire damage to their attacks or debuffing a mob to make them weak to random types of damage. For instance debuffing a mob of council making them vulnerable to smashing or lethal ect.

Eorps! Sure didn't Local lol. Thanks!

It's not worth it. He's a Plant/ controller anyway. I've been able to solo a Plant controller by slotting roots with procs and just blasting away with only that and my wands.

Don't think of roots as an Immob, think of roots as a aoe blast...like Fireball. Roots puts out some CRAZY damage on a dom and just plain SICK damage on a controller.

If one wants to focus on damage with your Plant/ toon proc out roots with either the ones mentioned in this thread or the lvl 1 procs you are awarded at I think Tier 7?

Also if he wants to focus more on damage and not support then he should of picked a more aggressive secondary like /TA, /Storm, /Poison or /Kin.

Wait you think that Cold is boring and that FF is not?! *Head Asplodes*