omg War Mace + Energy Aura so strong!

SS? Not War Mace? Definitely not strong.

On an unrelated note, i cannot believe I read this whole thing again (must be the 5th time)

Ok, after reading through the thread that will not die, i decided to scrap my current WM/SD and reroll to WM/EA. Since i have never played EA except when CoV first came out and was severely underwhelmed with it I decided to give it a go.

Here is the current build. Lucky for me I have most of the LotG sets sitting on an unused toon.

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LOL, this thread. Was the Strong & Pretty badge actually inspired by this?

My blaster just got the Strong & Pretty Badge in honor of this thread.

Er... Did I say Blaster? Because I meant to say um, WM/EA Brute!

OK NOW IT'S ON I MADE A NEW ONE ON VIRTUE

I left the game for nigh on 3 years. I return, check some AT subforums and lo and behold this thread is still going?!

Just how strong is mace / energy aura???

(Answer: so strong)

Yeah I did it too, Strong and Pretty in Pink.

Pretty Strong is level 14 now. It feels weird not being able to hold aggro so I took Taunt ASAP. I saved a lot of squishies' bacons because other Brutes at this level don't usually have taunt and don't go chasing enemies to get caught in their taunt aura.

I never faceplanted so much as a Brute, not even my lowbies claws/DA and DM/DA but I'm having fun and Mace is awesome, it hits really hard. But I guess he will become strong with time, not just another pretty face also I had to fill up with DOs ASAP because Mace is bad for your blue bar, almost as bad as Stone Melee.

With my planned build that caps even neg energy defenses he may become very good, but... I'm thinking about fitting Aid Self (because the heal in the end drain power sucks) and that would require some serious retooling.

Hey I think this would be softcapped to s/l/e/n/f/c at level 25 since you get to keep powers 5 levels after... Am I right? (and no stinkin' kinect combats)

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.942
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Level 48 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: War Mace
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Pulverize -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(3), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(5), DefBuff-I(7)
Level 2: Jawbreaker -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(11), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(11)
Level 4: Power Shield -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(7), DefBuff-I(9)
Level 6: Dampening Field -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 8: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(9), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(15), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(29), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(29), GSFC-Build%(31)
Level 10: Entropy Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Clobber -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(13), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(13), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15)
Level 14: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(17), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(17), RctvArm-ResDam(19)
Level 18: Whirling Mace -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(19), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(25)
Level 20: Energy Cloak -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(21), DefBuff-I(21)
Level 22: Weave -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(23), DefBuff-I(23)
Level 24: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(25)
Level 26: Shatter -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(27), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(27)
Level 28: Energy Drain -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Maneuvers -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(31), DefBuff-I(31)
Level 32: [Empty]
Level 35: [Empty]
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A)
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 2.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 9.25% Defense(Smashing)
• 9.25% Defense(Lethal)
• 4.25% Defense(Fire)
• 4.25% Defense(Cold)
• 13% Defense(Energy)
• 13% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 8% Defense(Melee)
• 9.88% Defense(Ranged)
• 5.5% Defense(AoE)
• 3.6% Max End
• 5% FlySpeed
• 61.8 HP (4.13%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• MezResist(Immobilize) 5.5%
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 8% (0.5 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 5% RunSpeed

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It looks like Strong & Pretty is about to become Stronger & Prettier: From the Intrepid Informer:

Energy Aura Revamp

The most exciting part of any powers work for me personally is making improvements to existing power sets. So, porting over Energy Aura to Scrappers gave us a really good opportunity to make some changes to the set. The changes we chose to make were intended to make thematic sense and build upon strengths instead of filling intended weak spots. I won’t list the lengthy patch notes here, but I will sum them up for you:

Resistance on the set’s auto powers were slightly increased and now include endurance drain protection and slow resistance.
Entropy Shield is now Entropic Aura for Scrappers and Brutes. This power is a taunt aura that grants the user a scaling recharge buff based on the number of foes surrounding the user. The Stalker version of the set doesn’t have a taunt aura, but it offers a small Recharge bonus.
Repulse for Stalkers has been replaced by Disrupt, a stun aura.
Energy Drain no longer has a healing component, instead it offers a small defense boost per target hit.
Conserve Energy was replaced by Energize, a self Heal that offers a moderate regeneration and endurance cost reduction boost for a short while. This power works identically to the Electric Armor version.

Dang! I might have to make a strong and pretty now! But for what AT?! Oh maybe both! One can never have to much strongh ern pwetty-ness.

Scrappers can be pretty, but can they really be strong.

Either way, I am going to make a pretty scrapper, and maybe they will be strong too.

Strong + Pretty gets Prettier!

Scrappers get to be Strong and Pretty.

/heart asplodies

I've been seeing a lot of people saying that they wouldn't want to pair war mace with EA, I totally agree right now but when they make the changes it will much better then it is right now.

Thread too strong to fall to second page

YAY! This is still around! I love this post. My wife HATES gamming, but when I forced her to look at this post years ago, she cracked up and had to save this pic as her desktop wallpaper;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...enshot1_01.jpg

Really looking forward to rolling a WM/EA scrapper.