Yeah like I said... I have no real experience with PB or WS... neither of them really interested me. I took the approach of a ranged Human PB. So if I were going to change the build to allow for Radiant Strike I would simply swap out Tactics. My logic though was that most stuff is going to be ranged from you anyways so that was why I didn't take anything melee.
PB/WS are the only ATs I have never taken to 50. So thanks to anyone else who has a much better understanding of those two ATs and provides a build for them As for any other AT... I'm more than happy to do builds for people to give them ideas on their toons possible builds
First, I do appreciate your time and effort.
Secondly - my own highest PB is ...level 26, I think. The one thing I can tell you about them is the human only Aliens don't really fit into a "ranged" or "melee" type character. Although, Nova and Dwarf forms aside, the warshade has more ranged attacks and the PB has more melee attacks - at least, that's my memory of the two.
I did see a few things in the ice/mental blaster build which I found ...interesting. Some, I gather were just a matter of choosing the wrong enhancement within the choice of 6. For example, an LotG def/end/rech and an LotG 7.5%, instead of a Def or a def/end plus the 7.5% rech. within a toggle.
I also noticed the choice of both SS and SJ. I chose to drop SJ (I mentioned CJ, perhaps I confused you, or perhaps you liked the options of SJ for redside - much more useful there than SS)
My main started off as an ice/ice/cold blaster - but in pursuit of badges, and with multiple builds and respecs available, I did change him to ice/ice/Mace mastery.
I found it useful to drop the spiderlings and let them "tank" for me from time to time, while waiting for my incarnate pets to recharge. Sometimes, I'd try to solo AV's or monsters - just to see if I could hang on long enough to whittle them down. With enough temp powers, anything's possible. Never could get a monster down - although I got pretty close with Echoai. Silly pets never did last quite long enough.
I also had a fire/mental blaster - which was a real hoot to play! A great deal of fun, that toon! Good defense, and with Drain Psyche, it was awesome. Nova, pop a blue, Drain Psyche on the next mob, Rain of Fire, Fire Ball, tk on whoever was still standing. A great deal of options with that build. Looking forward to seeing if ice/mental will be that much fun.