Miasmus

Does Fire dmg not scale well with recharge?
I mean if it is the "highest" dmg in a single target situation wouldn't the same amount of recharge grant the same damge increase as other brute primaries?

Agreed on the SS part, Footstomp and shield charge alone kills entire mobs for me with double rage.

I'm going to agree with Smurphy on this, there is no "best brute" a brutes job is to make people hurt make, em hurt so bad they wanna die, make em hurt so much they...
You get the picture lol usually I don't have to deal with the alpha I just charge in there put my shiled my shield in their face and then uppercut that same exact face off.
Sure I have a taunt aura but all that's for is to keep me angry and willing to break [censored] while my stalker buddies stab them in the [censored]. Also brutes don't "tank" they are simply the scariest and most powerful force ever imagined and any intelligent enemy will realize this and logically decide to go for you first.
And as far as the "brutiest" build goes I'd have to say SS/SD you crush everything you see and with the mitigation of footstomp and shield charge everything but Bosses and AV's will be on their [censored], so I say "Alpha...WHERE LEMME KIIL IT CUZ CLEARLY I'M THE ALPHA AROUND HERE!".

Hmmm so it seems that SS is ahead of the pack from what I read, can anyone help me on the SD Vs. Fire part?

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(Also can anyone reccomend a good /sd guide? I need some assistance with slotting and stuff of that ilk)

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Broot guide:
Electric Melee / Shield Defense Brute Guide (by ThugsRus)

Tank guide:
Block 'n Bash - The Shield Defense/War Mace Tank (by Garthalus)

Scrapper guides:
I13 Guide to the Broad Sword/Shield Defense Scrapper (by Miladys_Knight's)
For Honor! For Glory! I13 Shield Defense and its Rise to Power (by John_Printemps)

Should point you in the right direction.

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Thanks a gajillion for the links ^^ helped a bunch.

So I recently just made a SS/SD brute and the damage is just unreal once you get the dmg buff of double rage and the dmg buff from /sd (don't quote me but I think it's called "against all odds" the name just escapes me at the moment lol), it completely puts my old SM/SA to shame .
But my question is from your experiences without factoring in set bonuses what brute has the highest potential damage?


(Also can anyone reccomend a good /sd guide? I need some assistance with slotting and stuff of that ilk)

My level 1 just beat your ridiculous weapon toting brute :P.
And yes this is *very* addiciting.

Stone as a primary has great if not the the best single target dps. I've played most of not all of the brute primaries and none satisfy me damage wise as much as stone does.
Early on warmace comes pretty close but I think the mitigation of the great combination of knockdown with your mallets and disorient from seismic smash will give you the soloability your looking for end game.
Also the sounds and vibration effects of stone onscreen are much more "Bruteish" than the generic slashy sounds of warmace, since when do maces slash anyway :P.