Xanatos

Anyone got any decent ss/fire brute builds? This is purely for the intention of farming.

I managed to throw this together. With the FF Proc in footstomp I have 200% recharge, perma hasten, and perma double rage. I'm not too happy with it though. Would probably want to take the slot from health and put it in CJ for another zephyr -KB. I don't think one would be enough if I'm farming.

I'm not new to the sets. I have a 50 inv/ss tank and 50 EM/FA brute. So I know how to work them. I'm just looking for an optimised build.

How's this look?

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Devilform: Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Super Strength
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(15), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(15), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17), T'Death-Dam%(17), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36)
Level 1: Fire Shield -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(7), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(7), TtmC'tng-ResDam(9), TtmC'tng-EndRdx(9), TtmC'tng-EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 2: Blazing Aura -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(3), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(3), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Oblit-%Dam(5), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11)
Level 4: Healing Flames -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(13)
Level 6: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 10: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11)
Level 12: Taunt -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(13), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(19), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(34)
Level 14: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(23)
Level 16: Plasma Shield -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(19), TtmC'tng-EndRdx/Rchg(36), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(36), TtmC'tng-ResDam(43), TtmC'tng-EndRdx(46)
Level 18: Rage -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(21), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(25), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(25), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(27), GSFC-Build%(27)
Level 20: Consume -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(21), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50), Oblit-%Dam(50)
Level 22: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(23)
Level 24: Tough -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(39), TtmC'tng-EndRdx/Rchg(39), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(46), TtmC'tng-ResDam(48), TtmC'tng-EndRdx(48)
Level 26: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 28: Burn -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(29), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(29), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Oblit-%Dam(31)
Level 30: Super Jump -- Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 32: Foot Stomp -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), FrcFbk-Rechg%(34)
Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 38: Knockout Blow -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(39), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(40), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), T'Death-Dam%(50)
Level 41: Electrifying Fences -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg(A), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(42), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(42), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(42), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(43), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(43)
Level 44: Ball Lightning -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(45), Posi-Dmg/Rng(45), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 47: Weave -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(48)
Level 49: Temperature Protection -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury

I'm looking to swap 1 billion influence for 1 billion infamy.

Does anyone on Virtue do this?



Xan

Ah so I'd need to do a bit of farming and actually transfer 1.25 billion?

Gotcha. Will pop on tomorrow and grind out that extra 250. Will be in touch bro.

Xan

I've got a billion influence heroside and i'm looking to swap it for 1 billion infamy redside.

On virtue.

Loving the new forums much much more. Though I wish I didn't have "_NA" at the end of my name.

*Shakes head*

There -is- no EU version of me.

Unless it's me on a long dead beta account.

>.<

All the oldschool roleplay we had when the game first launched. That was awesome. It really felt like the entire server was included. (Even though it likely wasn't.)

I won't forget it.

Why do you care about other players understanding your characters motivations? The responsability on communicating your character traits falls on your shoulders and your shoulders alone.

Congratulations my friend!

Xan

Haven completely given up on making my SS/Elec into a boss farmer...

Which of these two would be superior? I already have a level 50 FA and would have to give the nod to it for the heal, blazing aura, and burn.

Looking forward to it. Hook me up

Clown Masterminds! Positron was wrong!

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What experience have you stone armor guys found?

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I've found that the guys with Fire Armour are always asking why I never die.

For the rare times you're fighting characters with -def attacks. Assuming you haven't got them perma mez'd, then just pop a purple inspiration.

Your main concern will be surviving the alphastrike of a mob before your mezz powers can lock them down. Defense is superior for surviving alpha strikes.

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It's a farming build so slotting for damage is pointless as it's at the damage cap. Using purples on it is counter-intuitive too. It's supposed to MAKE money, not cost an inordinate amount itself.

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That was originally my line of thinking regarding my Fire/Kins, but after sinking about 300 million into my Fire/Kin/Stone (I bought when purples were cheaper, and I already had most of the Unbreakable Constraint set lying around) I can say that expensive builds pay for themselves. It may take a while, but the speed at which you farm means your drops and inf are coming in that much faster - there's a huge difference between my purpled Fire/Kin/Stone and my mostly-SO'd Fire/Kin/Fire (even though Fireball, even with SO's, is far and away a better attack than Fissure).

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Sounds like you agree with me then. Considering that I sunk ~600 million into my fire/kin/stone.

Now that i've switched to level 50 maniacs I don't need to use transfusion or transferrence as much as i did with 52s. Plus 1500 tickets every ~7 minutes isn't a bad conversion rate. The miracle/numinas would be overkill. But they might remove my need to use those powers all together. Which would be nice.

Props to DasBert &amp; Dr. Brave for being my mentors.

At one point today I hit 330% recharge bonus. Absolutely rediculous!

I've never used any of the Ice AOEs since Issue 1.

It's a farming build so slotting for damage is pointless as it's at the damage cap. Using purples on it is counter-intuitive too. It's supposed to MAKE money, not cost an inordinate amount itself.

I use the build Dasbert posted and am having a whale of a time. Already made my money back on it. (Baring in mind I bought it for the "buy is NAO" price of ~600 million.) AM currently farming 52 maniacs. But after the argument in the other thread i'm thinking of switching to level 50 DB/regen's. I'm averaging ~150k influence / minute with 52 maniacs. If the custom bosses are better than that then i'll switch.

I took one of the slots out of hurdle and put it in health. This was so I could put the numina &amp; miracle unique's in there if I ever wanted to. Would push the +recovery from 158% to 183%. Not essential by any means due to transferrence, but would make the build that little bit easier to use.

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Eckhart Tolle.

I don't understand why you're only writing half finished sen

A well slotted Fire/Kin has a heal for 400+ HP every 3 seconds, can refill his end bar anytime he wants, is constantly fighting at the damage cap, has imps constantly fighting at the damage cap, and can Speed Boost an entire team.

I don't think /rad even compares. RI won't matter as you should be capped for smash/lethal anyway. EM won't matter as you'll have perma hasten and transference removes the need for +recovery.

Choking cloud would be good though! Especially stacked with Cinders! And Enervating Field would mean you do more damage - but would it make you hit as hard as a controller at the damage cap? That's the million dollar question.

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BertTwo, what's the AE powerset combo that this is designed to be best against?

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DB/Regen

Though I think Maniac slammers might be better?

Bert's build is worth ~600 million influence.

Why does "challenge" matter? This isn't an epeen measuring contest. Farming is all about the influence/tickets to time ratio.

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Hell by the end of a few runs, he might have me considering changing to Earth.....but I do love my Fireball!!!!!



I dunno if I could stand fissure plus it just doesnt go well with the concept of a fire/kin IMO.

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Say he's been blessed by a god. Or maybe it's a secondary mutation. Perhaps he's tuned into his ancient roots and the earth tries to protect him. Maybe it's the side affect of a science experiment gone wrong, or maybe it's a nano-bot system of defense?

Could be anything. Maybe he's just a human volcano.

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To be 100% honest, I fully expect him to do well vs lvl 50 and 51 bosses. Its lvl 52+ that I think he'll struggle with and even faceplant against.

But we'll see!

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Well I'm doing okay against them and I've been playing my character a lot less time then Bert. So we'll see

Not tried with 53s yet. Hmm...

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Can I come to? I have a fire/kin with the -exact- same build as Bert!

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You can come if you like....you just can't help him on the runs.

They key here is doing it "solo" AND in a reasonable amount of time. It doesnt matter if you can solo 54 bosses if it takes you 2 hours to clear the run.

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Yeah I just wanted to see it in action. I'm very new to Fire/Kins.