Hello All,

As soon as we went f2p I started messing around with my free retcons and sought a less squishy fire build. The details of the build will follow below. The goal was to have a sturdy build that capitalized on the great AoE damage of fire.

Prometheus

SS Con/Int (both of these are over 200)

Talents

The Hero
Diplomatic
Shrug It Off
Lasting Impression
Prodigy
Brilliant
Enduring

Powers:

EB: Throw Fire

Fire Form r3
Thermal Reverberation
Immolation
Heat Wave r3
Flash Fire r2/Sweltering Heat
Fire Ball r2/Unstable Accelerant
Pyre r2/Backdraft
Conflag r2/Burning Rain/Accelerated Metabolism
Protection Field r2
Resurgence r2
Bionic Shield r2
Force Shield Force Sheathe
Inertial Dampening Field r2

I realize that Thermal Reverb and Protection Field both scale off Pre, currently 67, so I am working to increase that as well. Up to this point the survivability has been really good with all the hp from SS Con there is a little margin for error, but sometimes it plays a little less smooth than I would like. Last night however, I seemed to find my groove and nailed everything I faced very quickly--maybe I have adjusted to how the keys are set for this build and how fire is working. I still thought it would be worthwhile to seek out the community's input, so the key ideas we must keep are: not squishy fire; be successful in endgame content; mostly built for pve.

Looking forward to hearing your comments.

My only comment would be to go Con/Pre instead and stack Int. Then take Conviction instead of Resurgence - with SS Pre, Conviction will be healing you 1000HP a pop, with only a 6 sec cooldown as opposed to the 90 sec one on Resurg.

There's a big difference in the Thermal Reverb energy from a SS Pre versus a geared Pre...

SS Pre/Con + End, or SS Pre/Int + Con would be better IMO. I think the increased energy from Reverb and the ability to bubble/heal yourself will do much more for your survivability than an extra 1k hp. Also it can help to take a defensive passive like Invulnerability for particularly difficult stuff.

I hear both of you and my hesitance regarding those suggestions is purely personal.

1. I have had one toon so far where I have put super-stats in competing gear slots and while the toon was viable it was also kind of meh.

2. My experience 'bubbling' hasn't been that great, refreshing the bubble ever 8s (or now 20s, or when it is popped) annoys me.

I was hoping that if I can get to 100 Pre and make some small adjustments this build would be both different and special.

I do appreciate your input--this is only my second fire toon--so I am still learning about that framework. I am going to go until I get this fire build balanced to within epsilon of awesome--after all he is Prometheus, and I appreciate all the people who will contribute to that.

If you switch Fiery Form for Defiance, you would get energy back from Defiance. It might make up for not super-statting Pre on Thermal Reverb.

Energy management is always an issue. Sometimes it's easier just to throw your hands up and use the dang energy builder... ;)