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As soon as GR came out I started a claws/fire brute. It has been one of the fastest leveling toons I have had. The only problem so far is endo. I have yet to take consume, but I should get that tonight I love blazing aura, even If I get slowed that thing is still kicking out pain to everyone. I hit bosses or baddies with psy with focus and they are flat on their backs. By the time they stand up they are falling down dead. The set is soooooo fast and I have not even slotted many IO's. I do have a Karma kb protection in combat jumping, as well as the Kismet +6% (lucky drop). Not a tank, but I am a clawing angry fireball of damage. Speaking of that, even after GR I can maintain a nearly full fury bar because of the speed. When its full BA hits with nearly the damage of swipe every 2 sec. When I get to higher lvl I plan on taking Rise of the Phoenix, but also Shockwave, to knock groups down if I get too much aggro. That will give me enough time to hit my heal and get back to SMASHING.

BURRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!
Where are the FREAKS!

Thanks for the guide, I do not take taunt for a scrapper either, I just typically position myself to prevent the squishes from getting hit. If a high lvl char does attack a teammate, I typically can get there in time, or fire a ranged temp weapon to bring in the aggro. I also find INV does a good job of getting aggro. I would never drop parry for a taunt. I would use parry every single fight, vs once in a blue moon using a taunt. The best way for me to keep them alive is to have a high DPS and to pay attention to where they are in the fight.

Have you used this toon against any av's? Were there any slow spots on leveling up?

I don't have the cash for purple sets any thoughts on a cheaper build?

Working my DB/INV to 50 now, currently 44. I really love the set and the playability. I FEEL SO STRONG

I blow my nose at you and all your silly english kaniiiiighits

Last night I slotted Perfect Zinger Chance for Psionic damage. I decided to head to Cimerora and knock some clowns off the wall. I gathered up a bunch, taunted a few times, and started seeing random 50 points of damage popping up. Then it happened, I taunted, and two of them dropped dead. Laughing I finished up the herd and started to wonder, What kind of insult would kill?

You just got nerfed by a fire tank?
Your mom posted your pic on Failblog?

I love that my taunt can now kill thank you IO sets. Thank you.

I have a fire/axe tank and have fully slotted 3 attacks with kinetic crash (currently 49). I will respec out of one or two when I have the money, but it has really helped in my rise to 50.
I fully slotted 3 attacks with kinetic crash for less than 3 million. Very cheap and it gives some very good ROI for a fire tank.

Kinetic crash
Two enhancements improves your Run Speed by 3%.
Three enhancements increases Smashing Resistance by 2.5%.
Four enhancements provides 3 points of protection against Knockback effects on you.
Five enhancements improves your Regeneration by 6%.
Six enhancements improves the Recharge of all your powers by 7.5%.

Fire tanks love KB protection, Regen and recharge. This set has all 3, plus some more smashing resistance. The damage output is less, but your also on fire burning all that get close.

Fire tanks are not the best at taking damage. KB really helps with that, you sling half of your targets out of melee range with one hit. Most INV or WP would balk at this due to their bonus, but a fire tank is different. You need to keep people off of you, but keep them coming back. KB and Burn work very well together, I like to knock a bunch down, burn, watch them scramble, healing flames, knock a few out of range, and then repeat.

When I hit 50 I will get a few other more pricy enhancements, and trade out for some harder hitting attacks. I want to softcap defence eventually, but I will keep some KB in my attacks.

Oh one more thing, its very very very fun to knock your enemies around. BOOM! bodies skid across the floor, on fire, ah now that is nice.

Nice, I have been working my fire tank to 50. Getting pretty close and I need to get some IO sets to make fire into a "tank"

Build looks good! you may want to look into doctored wounds in reconstruction, Im not sure if you will get the IO bonuses because reconstruction also adds toxic resistance. Check your numbers in game play and see if they show.

I have to say I love Fire/Regen. The damage is amazing, animation is fast, and oh did I mention damage? Mitigation? Personally I use Air Sup. Flip the bosses on their butts and burn em before they can get back up. I have Air Sup on auto hit, it cuts down on my dps, but it ruins the enemys dps.

Fire works very well with MOG. Jump into very large group, hit mog, AOE your brains out, and then the last remaining bosses can be kept on their backs using air sup.

To me, breath of fire wins out over shadow maul, its range is very nice.

Combine build up, breath of fire, and fire sword circle, you get amazing.

DM is a sweet set, but the damage of a fire/regen scrapper is sweet and fast.
Knife thru butter!

So how should you slot MOG? 3 Recharge or slot for +def??