Iceboxer

I'm not 100% sure how it's working Werner...but with 1 enzyme in battle agility and 2 membranes and 2 enzymes in act def I'm sitting at 89.7% ddr in-game. According to mids I should be at 95 but I'm not sure if it's all getting effected by ED.

Quick fix is to move an enzyme from Battle Agility to Active Defense.

I think shield/ice would be fun, just havn't had time to do it yet. If you use the ice shield you can think of it as an ice tank w/out the block of ice look. Plus, shield charge + frozen aura would be fun and the AAO would help with /ice's damage....somewhat.

I'll join if there is still room.

@Iceboxed, Icebahx cold/ice def

If you could post the data chunk that would help alot.

For upping your overall defense, what I can see so far is...

use kin combats instead of makos
use reactive armor (4 of them) for eng & s/l def
use 3 numina for +regen & +HP
use perf shifters for +HP
you can slot out taunt for some nice bonuses as well.

For me, leveling speed on a brute is more about managing the blue bar than the green bar pre level 22. More blue, more damage, faster leveling. I like grabbing MoB after I get QR so I can better deal with the end cost (basic, DO and low level IOs don't have enough end reduction). I also like having FH to reduce downtime.

I prolly wouldn't do this on a tank or scrapper, but I do like it on a brute. I also don't think it's "wrong" to get it early on a brute either, its just my preference to get it later.

Here is what I used to lvl to 38ish. It's pretty basic.

The 2 Reactive armor sets are some pretty low hanging fruit that you can slot at lvl 37. If you don't wanna use them, just run 1 end reducer and 3 dam res.

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 37 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Super Strength
Secondary Power Set: Willpower
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Punch -- Acc(A), Dmg(3), Dmg(3), Dmg(13), RechRdx(15), EndRdx(33)
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Heal(A), Heal(5)
Level 2: Haymaker -- Acc(A), Dmg(5), Dmg(7), Dmg(7), EndRdx(15), RechRdx(25)
Level 4: Fast Healing -- Heal(A), Heal(9)
Level 6: Boxing -- Acc(A), Dmg(9), Dmg(11), Dmg(37), RechRdx(37)
Level 8: Knockout Blow -- Acc(A), Dmg(11), Dmg(13), Dmg(27), EndRdx(27), RechRdx(29)
Level 10: Indomitable Will -- EndRdx(A)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Rise to the Challenge -- EndRdx(A), Heal(17), Heal(17), Heal(19)
Level 18: Rage -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(19)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- EndMod(A), EndMod(21), EndMod(21)
Level 22: Mind Over Body -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(23), RctvArm-ResDam(23), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(25)
Level 24: Hurdle -- Jump(A)
Level 26: Health -- Heal(A)
Level 28: Heightened Senses -- EndRdx(A), DefBuff(29), DefBuff(31), DefBuff(31)
Level 30: Stamina -- EndMod(A), EndMod(31), EndMod(33)
Level 32: Foot Stomp -- Acc(A), Dmg(33), Dmg(34), Dmg(34), EndRdx(34), RechRdx(36)
Level 35: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(36), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(36), RctvArm-ResDam(37)
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 4: Ninja Run

Extreme examples...but I see dead AVs...

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=226677

Something like this....


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I think part of the beauty of this game is that no AT is needed really. I can easily see teams running a STF (our 'current' hard end-game as an example) w/out a blaster, defender, controller, scrapper or tank, warshade, peacebringer, dom, corr, mm, fingers getting tired, stalker, br00t, zomg u has crabs, or a fort.

The game has a ton of ATs with overlapping abilities. Roll what you want, play it, love it, profit. I think tanks, and defenders, and anything else that will be 'dead' will be just fine once GR hits.

Thanks, that helped alot. Something is wonky in me build in Mids then cause the damage numbers are way too high in the tank build.

Looking again, it looks like Mids thinks I'm double stacking rage, pushing my damage up an additonal 80%, even though it's clearly set to one as the numbers I'm seeing are exactly 80% too high.

Here is the math with the tank double stacking rage.
Tanker = 0.8 * (1 + 0.29 + 1.6 + 0.95) = 3.07
Brute = 0.75 * (1 + 2.0 * 0.67 + 0.8 + 0.95) = 3.07


That also explains why I was thinking I'd need 66/67% fury to equal tank damage.

Thanks for all the help!

Hey all - I'm hoping you all can verify what mids is telling me or correct it.

I've got a will/ss tank and a ss/will brute and I'm trying to figure out at what level of fury the brute needs to do more damage than the tank.

Few notes...

The tank has a 29% damage buff from IOs. The brute 0%.

Assume one application of rage each.

Mids is telling me I need to maintain 66% fury for a 132% buff to equal the damage the tank does (212% total buff including rage).

I want to verify this number so as I run around on this guy, I can start to make mental notes about when he is doing more damage than the tank, and when he does less.

On the other hand, I have no idea if Mids calculates fury correctly so any help would be appreciated.

I know scrappers don’t have rage, but this forum seems to be the place for DPS discussions and that’s what my question is really about. I’ve been tinkering with my slotting on rage and I’m trying to figure out how often I really want it up…but I think I’m going a bit overboard into theory craft. So I figured I’d post here to check.

Theoretically, given infinite (or at least gross amounts of) recharge, rage would recharge fast enough were you’d reach a point where you’d be spending more time in the ‘rage crash zone’ than actually doing damage. Given the recharge we can realistically achieve, is it pretty much, the more rage the better? Or is it possible for us to reach a point of diminishing returns?

I guess what I really want to know is for the best DPS do you want rage recharging and activated as fast as possible?