Not really, no. Dominate I was mostly using for the set bonuses. My friend said he'd prefer to sacrifice defense for more damage, but I'd rather see him get as survivable as possible, because as you said, Fulcrum Shift and Siphon Power will raise his damage quite a bit. Not sure if he'd be close enough for Blaze and WoC to do much, though I see no reason not to use them for better set bonuses, if nothing else. The hybrid thing I was aware of, couldn't quite figure out how to reach soft cap without it. His stance was "damage at a distance", reasoning that if his enemies were too dead to hurt him, he could deal with lower defense. I understand that, but I'd rather give him some extra layers of survivability.