neurro1

A lot of effort went into the OP's guide, I think a bit more praise is in order, come on guys!

Some great information, thanks!

Ok guys, I've looked over everything and have narrowed down my rebuilt Brute to the following combinations: SS/Fire, SS/Invuln, SS/Stone

I have builds ready for all three, that I think will work based off the suggestions given by everyone in this thread. So which do you think would work the best minimizing downtime and maximizing damage in a solo situation?

Thanks once again!

Thank you everyone for the great information, we even got a developer post! I'm going to remake my Brute and take everyones advice and see if I like it any better. I'll also be evaluating the power sets to figure out what would best suit my style. But, maybe you guys can help here too!:

I want a self heal.
I want good damage mitigation. (+res)
I want to avoid an abundance of toggles.
I want a great single target attack.
Summary: Great solo.

Thanks for the replies all, here is my build up to 8 as requested:

Archetype: Brute
Primary Powers - Ranged : Super Strength
Secondary Powers - Support : Fiery Aura

01 : Fire Shield damres(01) damres(5)
01 : Punch dam(01) dam(3) acc(7)
02 : Haymaker dam(02) dam(3) acc(5)
04 : Blazing Aura dam(04) dam(7)
06 : Healing Flames recred(06)
08 : Knockout Blow recred(08)

Slotting might be SLIGHTLY off, I didn't go in game to check, have to get ready for work.

Granted my Brute is only level 8, but currently he chomps down inspirations, has to use his self-heal every third battle or so, and in general isn't very effective in solo.

This is daunting me from playing the AT, so does it get better? All I hear about is how great Brutes are for Solo and I'm just not seeing it yet.

Discouraged and looking for answers.

Here's my Fire/Devices build. Robinson please comment:

Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Fire Blast /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Web Grenade /Immob
Slot[03] Level 2 : Fire Ball /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[04] Level 4 : Caltrops /Slow,Slow
Slot[05] Level 6 : Maneuvers /DefBuf
Slot[06] Level 8 : Fire Breath /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[07] Level 10 : Targeting Drone /HitBuf
Slot[08] Level 12 : Hasten /Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg
Slot[09] Level 14 : Super Speed /Run
Slot[10] Level 16 : Smoke Grenade /HitDeb,HitDeb,HitDeb,HitDeb,HitDeb
Slot[11] Level 18 : Hurdle /Jump
Slot[12] Level 20 : Health /Heal
Slot[13] Level 22 : Stamina /EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec
Slot[14] Level 24 : Cloaking Device /DefBuf
Slot[15] Level 26 : Combat Jumping /DefBuf
Slot[16] Level 28 : Blazing Bolt /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[17] Level 30 : Rain Of Fire /Dmg
Slot[18] Level 32 : Blaze /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[19] Level 35 : Trip Mine /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[20] Level 38 : Auto Turret /Rchg,Rchg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Robinson, check your private messages. I sent you a PM about my build.