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Tried a elec/elec brute...and from what I saw before any slotting I was not impressed...might get better at higher levels but at this level I couldnt even take out one LT and a minion....very sad...not sure if elec brute is gonna be for me.

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I was able to take on 3 lieutenants and a minion, all evel level. I was level one. I had charged brawl and brawl, plus the crappy origin power. I was left with low health, but it's still much better than you described.

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Well if it's 40% then I'm pretty happy about that. Plus tough and you got 57% S/L which is nice. Slightly higher than /Dark has with tough.

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dark armor also gets immobilize protection, an aoe disorient, and aoe fear, a stealth power, and one of the best pve heals in the game. all electricity does defense-wise is resistance, so it needs to be really good at resistance. it's not.

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QFT! I was expecting at least 30% resistance base for something with so many holes and ONLY resistance.

I don't think it's acceptable to take away damage mitigation because the set has a few utilities like TP resistance and recovery debuff resistance. Sure those are nice to have, but the set has ONLY resistance, and in order to survive it needs to have plenty of it.

40% slotted resistance is roughly less mitigation than /EA gets just from its slotted defense, but then /EA also has the resistance passives and has a much easier time making use of Aid Self, if we want to include pool powers into the equation.

Sure the level 38 power looks really good, but IMO that's no excuse for making the rest of the set subpar.

OK, I've got a question. In the build you posted you've got Fluffy slotted with 3 recharges. Is that required in order to perma him or is that just so you can have him out more often if he dies or to use him as alpha absorption?

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