Well, no replies, so will reply to myself saying I think I'm going to go ahead with widow. Gloom+DN is just too nice.
My build if anyone's curious - I know SM/DA builds are sparse to say the least :P
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I went with Leviathan Mastery on my Fire/Dark for the 2 AoE cones. That gives me 3 good AoE attacks and to make the cones work like a PBAoE I just jump straight up before firing them off.
I hear good things about DN and Gloom,but haven't put them in any build yet. I would imagine your brute will have a hard time running DN with all the other endurance issues a Stone/Dark has.
I'm getting my SM/DA up in levels (my endurance - where'd it go!) and I've been giving patron choices some thought.
Basically, it's between GW and Scorpion. With sets, I'll have 26% melee, 23% rng/aoe defense, so I had initially planned on darkest night to nudge enemy overall tohit even further downward... gloom would also be great, given SM's sparse attack chain (only room for one mallet).
BUT... I'd really love to have Focused Accuracy at times, not to mention that Scorpion's AoE immob would synergize incredibly with fault + Opp. Gloom.
Opinions on either/or from anyone else who's put themselves through this endurance agony? I plan on having 4end/s regen when it's all said and done, so running FA would be somewhat manageable.