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I have Stamina. I just have Autopowers hidden on my UI.

I lol'd.

I understand totally. At the time I created him the Iron Man movie was close to being released. I was pretty excited by the trailers and it wasn't much of a stretch to put together an Asain Iron Man type. Using power armor and the Talsorian blade.

Way to go!

And no Infernal is not a small fry in my book. Most of the Praetorians are on the easy side compared to the AVs that came later but I don't think Infernal is at all. He's a good solid AV to go against.

If you can take him, there are plenty of AVs out there you can drop.

I do indeed.

I'll grab my BS/WP scrapper December Knight and we can all team!

Heh, that's a thread unto itself

I agree completely with all the advice given so far on DM/SD. I'll post my build here so you have something to consider as you level. Builds are highly personal though and while I think this is the very best DM/SD I can build others will have a differing opinion. Still, if you click the Scrapper Vids or the Multiple AV link in my sig it will give you some food for thought too.

As far as the cost of puples and the market? Milady's Knight hit it right on the head I think

That's the reason. AE. I myself am totally guilty of running boss farms to level. After 3 years my "fun" in game comes more from creating "uber" builds and then creating and testing the toons than it does from playing the same story driven content I've done over and over.

But help is coming. The difficulty slider will change all this for me. I will be more than happy to dump the crazy XP for slightly less crazy XP and the chance to get rich PL'ng a toon to 50 with regular missions.

Anyway, here's Saint October's build to give you a starting point.

Good luck!

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Saint October: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Smite -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), T'Death-Dam%(7)
Level 1: Deflection -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(13), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(13)
Level 2: Battle Agility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(9), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(9)
Level 4: True Grit -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(11), Numna-Heal/Rchg(15), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(17), Numna-Heal(33), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(34)
Level 6: Boxing -- Amaze-Stun(A), Amaze-Stun/Rchg(19), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(21), Amaze-Acc/Rchg(48), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(48)
Level 8: Siphon Life -- Nictus-Heal(A), Nictus-Acc/Heal(11), Nictus-Heal/HP/Regen/Rchg(21), Mako-Acc/Dmg(23), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(25)
Level 10: Active Defense -- HO:Membr(A), HO:Membr(27)
Level 12: Hover -- Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(A), Zephyr-Travel(15), Zephyr-ResKB(17), HO:Enzym(19)
Level 14: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(39), Zephyr-ResKB(39)
Level 16: Against All Odds -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 18: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 20: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 22: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Heal(27)
Level 24: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(A), P'Shift-EndMod(29), P'Shift-End%(31), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(34)
Level 26: Soul Drain -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(29), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Oblit-%Dam(34)
Level 28: Grant Cover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 30: Tough -- ImpArm-ResDam(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(31), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(36), ImpArm-EndRdx/Rchg(36), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(37), Empty(46)
Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Hectmb-Dam%(40), Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(40), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(42), EndRdx-I(50)
Level 35: Shield Charge -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Oblit-%Dam(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(42)
Level 38: Dark Consumption -- P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(A), P'Shift-EndMod(42), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(43), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(43), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(45), P'Shift-End%(50)
Level 41: Shadow Maul -- Armgdn-Dam%(A), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(43), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(45), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(50)
Level 44: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(45), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(46), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 47: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 49: Phalanx Fighting -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit

Funny how these things go.

You guys remember Sarrate's thread from a few months back, the one asking if defense was out of control in IO sets?

Well, I remember, and much like Bill's post, I remember even quoting Syndrome from The Incredibles,

"And when I'm old and I've had my fun, I'll sell my inventions so that *everyone* can have powers. *Everyone* can be super *reflexes*! And when everyone's super *reflexes*--
[chuckles evilly]
--no one will be.

As that thread progressed I actually relaxed my opinion on this somewhat. Nihilii made some very relevant points I thought, about the other things /SR brought to the table. Ease of softcapping, how many folks really put this much time and money into top end builds versus the actual player base, Defense De-buff Resistance, etc.

But here's my point.

I wanted to build a DM/WP Brute that maximized WP first then added in as much defense as I could get to create the most survivable AV killer I could. I really like my the last build I posted. In fact, I'm still going to go with that.

But I look at Iggy's and Shredder's builds and I think they will work better.

I regen 72hps at 35% defense. They regen 40hps at the softcap. Often I don't have the insight to know just by looking at numbers which, of two options, would perform better in play. I need to try it to know for sure, but I think I'm on the loosing end here and it's a bummer. I do have a few things going for me. I'm sure I'll hold up better against DDR AVs, I've still got Shadow Maul (an under-rated power imo), I didn't take taunt ( I'm going to solo exclusively).

Hopefully this doesn't come across as whiney.

If anyone does make it to 50 with a DM/WP Brute and softcaps him/her be sure to wander over here with a screenshot or a video of your accomplishemnets, I love to watch.

Oh hell yes! Kat/WP is very capable of soloing AVs. In fact the first time I saw Werner go "Holy Moly, that looks HAWT!" he was looking at a proposed Kat/WP build that was softcapped.

Hey! I can do this now! Yay! Click it!