Stone Melee/Electric Defense is a very amazing set. It is strong offensively and has great resistance. It has a few downsides but the good sides to the set overcome the bad sides. The downsides are that the end cost is high, and its hard to get them down until you get SOs. The great thing is that in pvp if u battle an energy/energy blaster you will not be touched at all. The build is fairly good for pvp and good for pve.
Lets start with an overview of the powers, followed by a description, a rating, then a recommendation for slotting.
Stone Melee
Stone Fists
Stone fists is a great attack to start with. It has fairly good damage for a started attack, and the recharge isnt too long.
Rating: 4/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Damage, 1x Accuracy, 1x Endurance Reduction, 1x Recharge
Stone Mallet
A fairly good attack. Great as a lvl 2 attack. Grab this attack asap. One of the attacks that will be very useful to you until you reach the high lvls.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Damage, 2x Endurance Reduction, 1x Accuracy, 1x Recharge
Heavy Mallet
The second of the two mallet attacks. You want to get both because the mallets are very strong. To be an effective stone/elec brute you must get both mallets.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Damage, 2x Endurance Reduction, 1x Accuracy, 1x Recharge
Build Up
Honestly I hate this power. 10 seconds of +damage. Just what I want and need as a brute. NOT! I honestly hate this power. Some love it. But I am not one of those people.
Fault
An ok attack until you get your aoe tremor. This attack is great in the lower lvls for knocking down foes and killing them fast while they cant kill you.
Rating: 4/5
Recommended Slotting: I dont remember. I respected out of it.
Taunt
What is the point of this power? As a brute why do you need to make one foe come attack you and no1 else. This power is [u]not[u] for a stone/elec brute.
Rating: 0/5
Recommended Slotting: If you took this power find out the slotting on your own. IDIOT!
Seismic Smash
This is [u]the[u] power of the stone melee set. It will become your favorite power by far. This power is a must. Great damage!
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Accuracy (You want it to hit. If it doesnt your going to be mad) 2x Endurance Reduction, 1x Recharge, 1x Damage
Hurl Bolder
This power is ok. The animation is long and the damage is just ok. The thing that a lot of brutes like about this power is that it has range. I respected out of this power as well because of the slow animation. Im leaving the choice of choosing this power up to you.
Rating: 3/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Range, 2x Damage, 1x Accuracy, 1x Endurance Reduction
Tremor
The one and only aoe in the entire Stone Melee set. This attack is a much. A great attack for when your getting aggroed. You can run into a group and then hit this power. It will knock them down and do damage all at the same time.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Damage, 2x Endurance Reduction, 1x Accuracy, 1x Recharge
That just about sums up stone melee. Lets look at the electric defense now.
Electric Defense
Standard Slotting For Electric Defense is 3x Attack Resistance, 2x End Reduction. If you see under Recommended Slotting that it says Standard Slotting that is what the slotting is.
Charged Armor
You are forced to take this power at lvl 1, but that isnt a bad thing. This is a must for the elec defense set. It is one of the 3 shields you get.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: Standard Slotting
Lightning Field
An endurance reduction (to the foe) defense. What a great thing to have. This power is a great one to take. I didnt take it at first and was very disappointed. It drains more endurance then some of the other defense powers but it is still good.
Rating: 4/5
Recommended Slotting: 2x Damage, 3x Endurance Reduction
Conductive Shield
The 2nd shield you will get. This is another must have. Great resistance.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: Standard Slotting
Static Shield
The 3rd shield in the set. If you have all three shields you will be very strong.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: Standard Slotting
Ground
A good substitution to acrobatics if you stay on the ground. If you jump around or fly around this power isnt for you because it wont help you.
Rating: 3/5
Recommended Slotting: Not really sure yet. Ill have to get back to you on this one.
Lightning Reflexes
This power is kind of like the sprint power in the fitness set. Same concept. Lighting Reflex's also inscreases your attack speed and resists -spd.
Rating: 3/5
Recommended Slotting: 3x Running Speed
Conserve Power
Not a very useful power when at lvl 35 you can get Power Sink. This power recharges your endurance at has a very long recharge.
Rating: 1/5
Recommended Slotting: Dont bother.
Power Sink
This power is great. Unslotted, it has a 60 second recharge, and for every foe it hits it gives you ¼ of your endurance back.
Rating: 5/5
Recommended Slotting: 3x Recharge, 3x Endurance Modification
Power Surge
This power makes you almost invincible for 3 minutes. Just hope you arent in the process of killing when this power is done. Because it leaves you with 10% of your hp and 0 end. It last like this for 10 seconds without recharging. Oh ya, it also makes you look like a gremlin.
Rating: 4/5
Recommended Slotting: Whatever you want. I dont want to pick what the final powers slotting should be.
Alright, so we have looked at both the stone melee set and the electric defense. Now lets look at some of the power pools that go well with this set.
Fitness
Stamina is a must with stone melee. Pick this power up soon.
Fighting
Tough and Weave can be useful, but u better make sure you have stamina full slotted if you get these as well. Because with all of the defense your going to have with stone melee your end is going to get drained easier.
That about sums up the Stone Melee/Electric Defense Brute. If I have forgotten to add anything please post letting me no.
