Geomancer Mystra: anyone need debuffs?

[cyrone85]

PowerHouse (Link to this build)

Name: Geomancer Mystra

Archetype: Freeform

Super Stats:
Level 6: Intelligence (Primary)
Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary)
Level 15: Presence (Secondary)

Talents:
Level 1: The Hero
Level 6: Brilliant
Level 9: Agile
Level 12: Intimidating
Level 15: Coordinated
Level 18: Finesse
Level 21: Diplomatic

Powers:
Level 1: Wield Earth (Faltering Strikes)
Level 1: Stone Shot (Rank 2, Shard Burst)
Level 6: Tremor (Rupture)
Level 8: Aura of Arcane Clarity (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 11: Compassion
Level 14: Eldritch Shield
Level 17: Sigils of Ebon Weakness (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 20: Fissure (Rank 2, Reconstruct)
Level 23: Circle of Primal Dominion (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 26: Fault Line (Compound Fracture)
Level 29: Palliate (Rank 2)
Level 32: Molecular Self-Assembly
Level 35: Ebon Ruin (Paranormal Paranoia)
Level 38: Ritual of Arcane Summoning (Rank 2, Rank 3)

Travel Powers:
Level 6: Earth Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3)
Level 35:

Specializations:
Intelligence: Enlightened (3/3)
Intelligence: Tactician (2/2)
Intelligence: Detect Vulnerability (3/3)
Intelligence: Expertise (2/2)
Overseer: Administer (3/3)
Overseer: Ruthless (2/2)
Overseer: Overseer Aura (3/3)
Overseer: Impact (2/2)
Sentry: Twist Fate (2/2)
Sentry: Sentry Aura (3/3)
Sentry: Fortify (2/2)
Sentry: Persevere (1/2)
Sentry: Reinforce (2/2)
Mastery: Intelligence Mastery (1/1)

*modified, swapped Protector spec for Sentry spec*

Yes, that is AoAC.

This character is all about the debuff. Here are the negatives I can pump out into foes (best against Tough enemies and Legendaries+ since they don't die as fast)

Exhausting Strikes: Energy Builder now does -10% damage debuff for 10 seconds on primary target.

Impact: Critical hits now do -8% damage debuff for 5 seconds.

Sigils of Ebon Weakness: -32% (base) damage debuff per sigil (rank 3) and -80% movement speed per sigil (rank 3)

Stagger: -2% damage resistance and -25% movement speed per stack, 3 max.

Trauma: -50% healing on target.

Paranormal Paranoia: -10% paranormal damage resistance.

Fissure: -21% movement speed for duration

I've really enjoyed this character. Manage to turn some devastating attacks into kitten punches. Makes Gravitar's Cascade lose quite a bit of punch to it. The amount of damage debuff makes having a healer rather trivial since Reconstruct on Fissure has successfully out-healed everything I've run into (with debuffs going).

[SLoweCSL]

Hey Cyrone85,

Thanks for your great build guides. This build looks like a lot of fun to play and so I gave it a try on PTS. I had one question regarding it's present form. You chose Compassion and I was wondering if Concentration would be a better choice as almost all powers are ranged attacks and it scales off Intelligence?

Granted I was trying this in the Powerhouse but none of the powers or Auras will proc a stack of Compassion other than Palliate, but any stack from this power would drop off by the time its cooldown was finished to use it again. I know that there is the Persevere spec in Sentry, but that's only a 10% chance to heal allies if you are taking a direct single target attack. If you were in the Sentinel tree taking its Aura I could see Compassion stacks racking up fast, but not in the present configuration with the Overseer and Sentry spec trees.

Is the build designed to run in Hybrid or Support?

Thanks ahead of time for answering my question and keep up the great work with your build. I am looking forward to playing this one.

[plinske]

I'm just guessing since have never experienced Fissure + Reconstruct, but should it be affected by Compassion?

[SLoweCSL]

I don't have a lot of experience with Fissure+Reconstruct myself, but from the description, if you are getting healed from it, it should not proc stacks of Compassion as the description on the Wiki for Compassion says that you get stacks from healing Allies. It just seems you would get more stacks of Concentration easier and much earlier with all the ranged attacks.

From the build progression, it doesn't look like you would get any more than one stack of Compassion until you get to level 29 and then use Palliate on someone since the power won't work on yourself.

I tried the build at Level 40 on the PTS and the cool down on Palliate with Intelligence at 221 was over 1 minute. Admittedly the test character had no cool down reduction gear which would lower it further.

For the most part the build appears to be a ranged attacker, and the Fissure can be thrown from 50'. From the description, it is a 15' sphere at the point where you cast it. To get the healing from the advantage you have to be standing in that sphere.

It would work great if your target is in your face and you block while it works (even better healing if you use Stone Shroud as your block) but it doesn't seem at first glance to be very helpful in healing if you wish to remain at range from your target.

I could be wrong since I don't have much experience with the Earth power-set, so if I'm wrong, please correct me.

[cyrone85]

I play this character as an "in your face" debuffer. I rarely attack from beyond about 25ft. That said, Compassion will proc if you yourself receive healing, not just healing allies, and this works with Circle of Primal Dominion. Sorry for the delayed response, I've been in the process of getting resituated back in the US and am limited in my Internet access.