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Hey Guys, I was looking for an AT/Primary/Secondary that would be good for soloing, I'm up for anything but a MM.

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Try a wp brute.

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Spines/ D A lvl 50 Scrap, stone/wm lvl 50 tank, Kat/reg lvl 50 Scrap
Grav/Kin lvl 50 Cont, Fire/Enegry lvl 50 Blast
Warshade lvl 50, PB lvl 39, nightwidow lvl 50, crab lvl 42
plant/thorns lvl 50 dom, ice/fire lvl 40 dom, grav/nrg lvl 41 dom

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Hey Guys, I was looking for an AT/Primary/Secondary that would be good for soloing, I'm up for anything but a MM.

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Pretty much any brute or stalker is a good choice. Ones I've had good success with solo are:

Brute
Super Strength / Invulnerability
Dual Blades / Willpower
Energy Melee / Electric Armor
Dark Melee / Dark Armor

Stalker
Claws / Regen
Ninja Blade / Ninjitsu

I also like Dominators solo, although it takes forever to kill things because of the low damage output, which it sounds like I-15 will fix (fingers crossed).

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Mastermind, Robotics... oh wait. Not that, then.

Brute, Energy Melee/Willpower. Darn fun.

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Elec/Shield brute. 2 charges is fun.

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Thw slowest soloer in the game is a build that you do not enjoy...

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DM/Shield Brute is fun and pretty reliable.

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What playstyle do you enjoy? All the villain ATs solo fairly well, though Brutes and MMs are generally the best at it. Since you don't want a MM, that leaves:

Brute - Great if you like nonstop, in your face action. There's very little strategy or finesse involved beyond "which mob do I smash first"... just nonstop plowing through everything you see. (Which is a lot of fun, by the way...)

Corruptor - Can solo very well if you pick the right secondary. Kinetics can boost your damage to near Blaster levels, and Rad can seriously boost your survivability. Traps is also nice since it gives you mez resistance, defense, and debuffs. Fire/Kin is an AoE death machine, and Sonic/Rad is deadly against hard targets (even AVs once you get IOed out). However, Corruptors are like Blasters in that they require more finesse to avoid faceplanting.

Dominator - After the I15 changes Dominators will be very good damage dealers, plus they have significant controls. They will probably solo faster and safer than most Corruptors, though /Rad Corruptors will be better against EBs and AVs with purple triangles.

Stalker - If you like stealthing to the end of a mission and killing the boss fast, this is the AT for you. They're a lot squishier than Brutes, but their insane burst damage and stealth means you can finish "defeat the boss" and "click the glowie" missions very fast. Think of them as Blappers with stealth... you can't stand and fight for very long but you can end the fight in a few seconds against small groups.

Personally, I prefer MMs over all, followed by Brutes. I like being able to solo anything I run into in a mission, and those two ATs are tough enough to handle elite bosses while still being able to take on hordes of minions. Though after I15 I'm definitely giving a Mind/Energy Dom a try...

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Cascade, level 50 Blaster (NRG/NRG since before it was cool)
Mechmeister, level 50 Bots / Traps MM
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Hey Guys, I was looking for an AT/Primary/Secondary that would be good for soloing, I'm up for anything but a MM.

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Ok.. try this... elec/ninja stalker.

I promise you will not be disappointed. Take all the aoe powers from electric along with charged brawl and havoc punch. this toon is a pve powerhouse that is fun to play. Very fun to play. And if you ever decide to play on teams, take tp power set and you are a monster team tf stalker that can shortcut mish's and get things done all by your lonesome if need be....

Just my two cents of course. ; D

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Overlord of "The Fiend Army"
39 Level 50 Toons

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Thw slowest soloer in the game is a build that you do not enjoy...

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Truth.

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Kinetics can boost your damage to near Blaster levels,

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Kinetics really shines the most on a team, however. For a soloist, I'd recommend /traps, /dark or /rad (with my own preference being /rad)

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/Rad Corruptors will be better against EBs and AVs with purple triangles.

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/dark is also pretty good too for debuffs, and /traps is practically made for soloing. Debuffing Corruptor sets are the way to go for solo Corrs.

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Stalker - If you like stealthing to the end of a mission and killing the boss fast, this is the AT for you.

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Or if you like murdering everything on the map. You do not need to stealth missions with a stalker. It's an OPTION, but it's by no means a requirement. I have two stalkers I've played a good deal and one I used to sneak by everyone and the other is a cold blooded killer who leaves no one alive. I much prefer the leave no one alive route

The fun part of that, is you can walk all over the area, pick which fights you want first and really make the enemy fight on your terms. Figuring out what those terms should be is half the challenge.

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They're a lot squishier than Brutes

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But perfectly capable of scrapping it out.

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you can't stand and fight for very long

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That depends. My Claws/Regen stalker has staying power. I can hold my own against EBs on CL5 for long drawn out fights, and most mobs can't put out enough damage to threaten my regen rate even WITHOUT instant healing or Dull Pain up, and I can keep my regen high enough that with a couple of Purples in my tray, the EBs will miss me at least a few times, and since a couple of seconds is all I need to bounce back in a fight, I never die.

In fact, the good END costs of that set really help with long fights. Add in Hasten to get those /regen powers up faster and that means AV fights are the only real threat to me.

I am sure other builds can scrap just as well, but that's the one I've been using for scrappy stalking.

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Personally, I prefer MMs over all, followed by Brutes. I like being able to solo anything I run into in a mission, and those two ATs are tough enough to handle elite bosses while still being able to take on hordes of minions. Though after I15 I'm definitely giving a Mind/Energy Dom a try...

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Who needs a team when you ARE a team? My Bots/FF MM can steamroll anything and my Necro/Storm looks like he's going to be doing the same thing soon enough.

I have a few Doms and my only complaint with them solo is damage output, but after I-15 that should be taken care of Looking forward to that.

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For solo work you can go with a random brute primary/random brute secondary. That will work most of the time.

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