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I think DM/Elec was established as a pretty good anti-rikti build.
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DM is good for elec because it helps plug all the holes in the set.
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I just hope the Dev's are listening to this and taking notes for future changed because im basically re-rolling a "better" brute due to the fact that the IO sets stink and the dmg resistance isnt a good way to do things..making it more like willpower where you step into a group of baddies and getting a stack of +res buffs would HELP ALOT.
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I think, unfortunately, the problem with /ELA is that it's bad but not bad enough, not crippling bad, to get any dev attention to the problem. It's a mediocre secondary compared to the top ranked ones but it does "ok, maybe". Usually, changes don't come until something is broken. Unfortunately because I have an /ELA Brute I'd love to play more but the return is subpar.
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I think DM/Elec was established as a pretty good anti-rikti build.
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DM is good for elec because it helps plug all the holes in the set.
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Don't forget the Freaks-IIRC, they're pretty susceptible to nrg damage! Good times, good times. 
And I agree 100% on the DM/ElA pairing. 
Basically too many 50's to count, but I'm generally a brute/scrapper/tank kind of guy.
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I just hope the Dev's are listening to this and taking notes for future changed because im basically re-rolling a "better" brute due to the fact that the IO sets stink and the dmg resistance isnt a good way to do things..making it more like willpower where you step into a group of baddies and getting a stack of +res buffs would HELP ALOT.
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I think, unfortunately, the problem with /ELA is that it's bad but not bad enough, not crippling bad, to get any dev attention to the problem. It's a mediocre secondary compared to the top ranked ones but it does "ok, maybe". Usually, changes don't come until something is broken. Unfortunately because I have an /ELA Brute I'd love to play more but the return is subpar.
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Personally, I think that the reason it'll see little or no attention is because with SOs only (how the devs said they balance things) it's a reasonably competitive set. It's still not at the top, but you can make a decent case that there are worse sets out there (even with IOs, I'd still take /ElA over /FA, and /EA or /Shields without IOs are fairly weak until you add pools, /ElA with Aid Self is as strong using just SOs).
I'd certainly like to see some form of buff layering the protection, but I don't forsee it happening anytime soon. For how the devs supposedly balance things it's a middle-of-the-pack performer with holes that are plugged more easily using power pools than some of the other sets; it's not until you start looking at IOs that the few advantages it offers (end drain and -recovery protection, unlimited endurance through draining, +recharge and some slow resistance) become trivial and the protection it has - being all resistance - starts to look bad compared to mixed defense/resistance sets which can focus on maximizing the resistance, or sets with a heal that they can cycle much faster without bottoming out their endurance.
tl;dr version: It's bad in the post-IO world relative to other sets, but not bad enough without IOs to get looked at IMO.
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what are rikti - namely rikti bosses - weak to anyway?
i know there's a spreadsheet out ther somewhere but i always forget to save the link when i come across it.
edit: n/m apparantly i did download the spreadsheet. if i'm reading it right - fire/energy/cold
Culex's guide / spreadsheet (Download it now before you forget. 
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The bosses have 30% s/l/e resist, the psi users (mentalists/mesmerists/etc) have 30% psi as well. Otherwise, they have no extra resists to f/c/ne/tox.
Sarrate beat me to it already - Fire and Dark are good, but you probably want DM over FM on an /ElA.
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Yeah, I've been leveling an Elec Brute. He's currently at 33 and it's just horrid right now. He can't take alphas to save his life.
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I feel your pain. My axe/ela brute is stuck at 33. Same problem along with end drain issues due to axe being an end hog and running 4 toggles and sprint. So basicly 5 toggles. The knock downs help a little, though. Another problem I have is I can't build furry to save my life. I feel more like a weak tauntless tank then like the beast of a brute I was expecting. Now my DB/WP/Soul brute is a monster. I need to get my axe/ela to that status as well.
"All problems can be solved by throwing enough scrappers at it."
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I *love* my DM/ELA buzzsaw build. It's just fun. I have 4 damage procs in 2 powers. Sweet, I know.
I tear through paper missions with him at full speed.
Use /ELA brutes for what they're good at. Moving from mob to mob and killing everything very quickly. Don't try to farm or herd, that's not its strength.
I also like my FM/DA brute. It's more for show than play but he can be fun too.
I think DM/Elec was established as a pretty good anti-rikti build.