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Iggy, for a guy who doesn't know what he's talking about, you know what you're talking about xP as for the rest of course. Yes, he did have AAO which gave him more aggro, but the odd thing though, is that it seemed like I dealt more damage overall than he (Though, I had both TS and JL, he only had TS, so that's gotta say something). As for those of you who saying that SR will suck later on compared to SD, thanks for that :P But anyway, I know that SD has some points that make SR cry, and viceversa; this is the reason I made my Elec/SR: Firstly because I wanted a character that felt like he could be as powerful against one enemy as against 10; secondly, I wanted to try making a character that had the same characteristics as SD without being an SD, ya know, to be unique.

Despite what I've heard about Elec/Shield, I must say, at low levels, it really isn't amazing me. My Elec/SR scrapper seems to be a lot more surviveable than an Elec/Shield I teamed up with, who even was one level over myself! We are, for the record, talking about a level 16 Elec/SR scrapper and a level 17 Elec/shield scrapper.

(For the record, this thread is made as a discussion thread about elec/sr vs. elec/shield)

Ah, of course! I keep forgetting that set XD

Thanks for the notice

Hello everyone,

Today I began playing a long thought toon, an Elec/SR scrapper. I have been excited about the build, and I must say, he really is a funny dude! Now, I have made a build for him (likely not a leveling build, but a level 50 build, as I'll likely respec the character at that point). Here, have a look:

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Now, a problem I'd like dealt with, capped defense. First of all, how many percent is capped defense at? And more importantly, if I haven't hit the cap, can you please help me to get it?

Thank you for the help!

I have had a kinda slow past with Stalkers; I think they're nice, but the theme has always died out in me. Now I'm thinking of making a new one, an EM/SR if you'd like to know; though, this isn't the point of my thread, at least not now. My curiosity is whether or not Stalkers are able to solo AVs.

Hi all,

So, I have thought of about making a lunatic-ish kinda character, an AR/Sonic Corruptor, to be precise. Before I go nuts and make something dangerous, I would like some peoples' thoughts about the combo. I plan on a farmer kind of theme, in order to use AR as it might be at it's most awesome, ya know, AoE nightmare. Furthermore, I was, and am still rather excited about the Sonic power, Liquify.

Well, nonetheless, I plan on calling upon the masters of the two sets to give me some insight on them. I am in the making of a build, but I have some problems with slotting the powers, so everything said and done I would like some advices.

Thanks in advance!

Winged Fez Monkeys? Sounds insaneous! I like the idea

KK, thanks for the replies, needed to be sure

Hi everyone,

Will it be necessary to use both upgrades when you have the second pet upgrade? Ya know, will I for example need to use both Equip thugs and Upgrade Equipment when I have Upgrade Equipment in order to make my thugs use all possible powers?

Thank you for the sum-up of the build focuses. I would, however, like to get some goals of what to use the different builds for, you know AV-solo, farming etc.

Thanks for commenting! ^^ Hate it when everybody just takes a look and not a single one says anything to it.

Ok, down to business:
1) The reason I decided to ask about the res or res/end was mostly a question of whether I'll want half the resistance and 0.04 less End use, or getting as much resistance as possible and sacrifice 0.04 end, if you understand

2) ... Fair enough :P

3) About my immob, then yes I like being immobed XP No, seriously, I have totally forgotten about the Immob Prot :P I would also like to ask if you guys would say that I should keep SS or switch out with the Leaping Pool, as I have been able to find many occasions where SS can be annoying, and it isn't all that conceptish again :P

4) Blazing Aura: Touche Didn't really think about it, but agree that Fire res is irrelavant :P

5) The reason I four slotted Tough is because I want a lot of resistance, not because I can't sleep at night about 2,5 XP dept ;P

5.1) I don't understand what you mean about the last part of this critique... As I read it, you think that I should switch out the IO sets in tough and fire shield for SK'ing purposes, right?

The "plenty of other things" you mention make my heart ache :P As I said, I plan for the Brute to be an all-rounder, so for that purpose, the build is acceptable, isn't it???

Ok spectators, now you have all looked... What ya think? Which is the most reasonable brute build, IYO?

Hello everyone!

My main, a fire/fire brute, has been more or less inactive lately, likely because he's lvl 50 (I don't overplay my 50's, I have altitis :P). I came up with a build for him some time ago, before I tried to play with that many other characters, which led to him being more or less 'incomplete'. Here, take a look at his build:

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Now, as I said before, I have learnt a lot since this build, and has begun to think that maybe he should get a new, more powerful build. I like what I came up with and would like to get some advice as to how to make the build even better than it is (sorry if that sounded selfish). Here is the build as I've made now:

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I would already now like some thoughts on the following: 1. Should Fire Shield have an Aegis: Res/End or an Aegis: Res? 2. Do I need consume as it looks or could I change it for an epic?

All in all, I would like some advicing as to what has been done wise and as to what I can do better. I don't really have any specific needs for the character; I don't need him to be a killer farmer, No. 1 enemy of AV's or anything else, I just want him to be as strong as a fire/fire brute can be.

Thanks for your interest!

Thanks for the advicing Lewis. Let me give some feedback: Of course I'll have the summon primaries, I am lvl 26, or actually 27 And with this said, I know that Stamina ill be needed; my end isn't all that ma-min-x, but I certainly do experience end issues, when I'm desperately trying to heal my pets with O2 Boost. And about the epic pool I am gonna choose Leviathan Mastery, for concept reasons.

Über lol over your references Adeon!

A bit more sticking to the subject, is Ice/Traps 4 Corrs about the same amount of nice as Traps/Ice for 4 Defs?

Hi all,

So, I'm leveling a Thugs/Storm MM atm, and I'd like some advice as to what powers I should choose and how to slot them. I am at lvl 26 atm so I know how the sets work.

I do not have many plans for the sets, don't know if I'll go farming, AV soloing or whatever, just so you know.

Thanks in advance!

Why isn't there an Energy Aura guide headliner??

Thanks for all the comments! I must apologize that I haven't been around here for some time, have been busy. So let me fill ya in:

When I decided to re-try the character, I assumed he would be able to deal with enemies +1 lvl; I don't remember if I have x2 players, though. The current enemy was Councils, and at that lvl the only "exotic damage" is fire/ice from their part. From my own PoV, I have 4 WP powers: HPT, MoB, QR and IW=very indecent damage resistance, at least to F, C, E, NE (and toxic, but meh XP).

A build was requested. I have not made a build for this character, I can list his attacks, but not the amount of slots and enhanceds:

Pulverize
High Pain Tolerance
Mind over Body
Bash
Jawbreaker
Swift
Indominable Will
Hasten
Super Speed
Health
Whirling Mace
Quick Recovery
Stamina
Clobber (Don't remember when exactly I got this power, but still)
Shatter

I remember that not every single slot in my powers were filled, but I remember the character does not have the infamy to SO out.

There, now I have filled out your needs, or some of them...

I have made a build for the character, but I'm not that good at making leveling builds, I think, so I'd like it for you to analize a little.

Hello all!

So, I decided to go have a look at my WM/WP brute yesterday, and suddenly it hit me: He is *squishy*! He is at lvl 27 atm, having both fitness and QR (somewhy not FH but nvm). The problem is, he kept faceplanting! I have no idea why this would happen on a brute, so I'd like some tips as to why he is so poor for a brute. I have made a build for him, but that is only for when he is at a higher lvl than 27, so please, give me some help to make him more 'Brutish'!

There's a been a change in my build, since I can't use the new animation for Haymaker (Gaddamn the current state of things!), so I'm open for changes in the build that can fill out for Haymaker.

Bruise, to answer your question: Basically I plan on teaming, that's mostly what I plan on doing with any character... Though, I cant say that it won't happen that I'll try soloing AV's, just don't know.

But I would actually be glad if the char could do some AE'ing, as I haven't tried it that much (Not farming, at least not primarily)

About your post with this Iron General, what I didn't understand was the different informations. Iron General is one of your toons i presum? What do you mean by ND?

Also, about your changes, I would like to know if there is an actual reason why you have put an SO in Hasten instead of a common IO? Also, a more or less general question: what should True Grit be slotted out with, when we're talking Heal, Doctored Wounds or Numina's Convalescence?

Ok, let's see.

Bruise: Why should I drop Haymaker? I do not mind losing Grand Cover as it was just a filler, which can be seen on the slotting. The reason I chose Hurl is mostly so I won't need to run after enemies, although I realize that that might not happen with the taunts... Thus, I would like an idea as to what to choose instead of Hurl, and gladly Grand Cover too.
I do not plan on losing OwtS, as I always like to have pre-cautions, for example if it should happen that I'd like more Max HP/Res while fighting an AV.
Your comment about not going that much after regen bonuses is understandable, but as I can see it, I only have one set that is giving a Regen bonus, and I am gonna switch that set out with Mocking Beratement.
About Jab, I'm gonna at least remove 1 of it's 4 slots, into Taunt, but having the power rather mentionably slotted is in my opinion 'smart', as I can't respec it out and thus might as well use it.

Ok, I've made some more changes, please comment

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