EM/ and /DA

I have an idea for a brute and EM/DA would go nicely but I've heard a lot more negative than positive about each

Is it EM? I haven't taken it to 50 so I don't mind the changes much and I'd like to be able to be the hard target bane

Is it DA? I'm a fan of it on scrappers (not worried about the end problems) and I'm also aware of the fury issue but I'm more interested in the survival it brings

I intend to build for recharge for the heavy hitters and the heal

If it seems like a gimp build I'm also thinking EM/SR but I'm thinking there's less room to build for recharge and two attacks with 20 recharge doesn't float my boat

Thanks in advance

It's not a gimp build... those are kindof hard to make with Brutes. It's just not "optimal".

If you want to roll with it, it fits the concept, you don't mind the long animations, and you understand how to control your endurance for DA, go for it and best of luck to you.

I personally only play EM on Stalkers anymore - I still have a 50 EM/Elec but that's just because she was my badge collecting character and she's been respecced enough times to pull off all the IOs so I could distribute them to other characters that are likely to actually see playtime.

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if you have a concept then roll with it

otherwise stipulate what you want out a brute and you will get planty of opinions.

If you really want to go EM on a brute then pick a low-interactive secondary like WP, SR, EA and sheild

If you want something really difficult to play but had the ability to lock down anything uncluding hoards of bosses thenI would recommend SM/DA as fault + OG = mag 4 aoe stungasms. Brutes cloak of fear is also mag 3 so fears LTs, that may be a bit anti-fury though. Be warned it will suck your endurance like a mob of sappers.

I highly recommend Stone melee, its the best DPS ST damage set in the game now with the mitigation abilities of a whole secondary in the awesomeness of fault. Its aoe ability is mediocre but not terrible. Sure its all smash damage but its SO MUCH smash damage it hardly seems worth quibbling over

For secondaries anything will do, SR is great, EA will give you the endurance to do whatever you like, fires interactivity (heal spamming, end recovery and the second build up in FE) goes great with SMs fast animations (bar tremor but you cant have it all ) and sheild is great.

I've heard good thing about oppressive gloom+ EM's stun.

With EM/DA, you'll be the perfect ghost killer and you'll be able to kill any psi AV solo. =P


On a side note, EM/SR have WAY more option to build for recharge.... you start with +20% and you can get five +7,5% LotG with just your secondary powers. That's a huge advantage.

I'd love EM/DA on a Scrapper. I think on a Brute it is pretty good but it doesn't shine compared to a lot of the other options available. As far as Stuns go, though very much more endurance intensive, SM/DA makes a very effective combo.