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I cant advise you on your attacks, but I do have a lvl 50 elec/elec brute. Later on in your 40s, you will not need conserve power, PS slotted just right will all you need. However, you will not feel you resists are doing their jobs until Power surge. I didnt feel like I had a good build until lvl 44. /Electric is all resists with no defense. I added the fighting pool for the extra help.
This is my personal opinion, take it as you will.
I think Conserve Power is a waste of a pick per my experience with Em/ELA and having Powersink.
Weave is ok if you have at least 20% defense on your build, otherwise I'd look into dropping it for something better. Perhaps, you could start the medicine pool for Aid Self.
So, on my EM/ELA I took Fighting, Fitness, Leaping and Medicine Pools. I did take Acro because I found myself leaping alot in combat and Grounded does not protect you while not...um...grounded.
So is the general consensus that Medicine (Aid Self) is a "cannot do without" pool, for /ELA?
For me, wih all the powers I use and need for resistance and AOE end attacks, the medicine pool is useless. Tried, didnt work for my build.
Well, I've always considered Grounded+SJ=bad, as the moment you jump, you lose every bit of effect Grounded had. I went SS instead, so I wouldn't have to use another pool selection. With the recent buff (I should say alteration, not buff...) to Barrage, I decided to play around with it. My chain is EPunch>Barrage, once I hit 50% Fury, I add Bone Smasher. 70%+ I start throwing out the two big hitters. Having another melee attack lets me slot another nice melee IO set into it, as well as building fury like a madwoman. All up to you.
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Schnell Bullet: Level 50 Science Brute
Primary Power Set: Energy Melee
Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Barrage -- (A)(3)(5)(7)(11)(13)
Level 1: Charged Armor -- (A)(15)(17)(34)(37)(40)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- (A)(3)(5)(7)(11)(13)
Level 4: Conductive Shield -- (A)(15)(17)(37)(40)(40)
Level 6: Swift -- (A)
Level 8: Hasten -- (A)(9)(9)
Level 10: Static Shield -- (A)
Level 12: Boxing -- (A)
Level 14: Super Speed -- (A)
Level 16: Health -- (A)(29)
Level 18: Total Focus -- (A)(19)(19)(23)(23)(29)
Level 20: Stamina -- (A)(21)(21)
Level 22: Stimulant -- (A)
Level 24: Aid Self -- (A)(25)(25)(27)(27)
Level 26: Grounded -- (A)
Level 28: Build Up -- (A)(46)(46)
Level 30: Tough -- (A)(31)(31)(31)(43)(50)
Level 32: Energy Transfer -- (A)(33)(33)(33)(34)(34)
Level 35: Power Sink -- (A)(36)(36)(36)(37)
Level 38: Power Surge -- (A)(39)(39)(39)
Level 41: Mu Lightning -- (A)(42)(42)(42)(43)(43)
Level 44: Electrifying Fences -- (A)(45)(45)(45)(46)
Level 47: Lightning Field -- (A)(48)(48)(48)(50)(50)
Level 49: Lightning Reflexes -- (A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- (A)
Level 1: Sprint -- (A)
Level 2: Rest -- (A)
Level 1: Fury
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[u]Set Bonus Totals:[u]<ul type="square">[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Fire)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Cold)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Energy)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Negative)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)[*]18.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)[*]14.3% Defense(Smashing)[*]14.3% Defense(Lethal)[*]6.13% Defense(Fire)[*]6.13% Defense(Cold)[*]3% Defense(Energy)[*]3% Defense(Negative)[*]3% Defense(Psionic)[*]25.5% Defense(Melee)[*]3% Defense(Ranged)[*]4.56% Defense(AoE)[*]20% Enhancement(RechargeTime)[*]6% Enhancement(Heal)[*]15% Enhancement(Accuracy)[*]10% FlySpeed[*]241.8 HP (16.1%) HitPoints[*]10% JumpHeight[*]10% JumpSpeed[*]MezResist(Held) 13.8%[*]MezResist(Immobilize) 11%[*]MezResist(Sleep) 6.6%[*]MezResist(Stun) 6.6%[*]6.5% (0.11 End/sec) Recovery[*]28% (1.75 HP/sec) Regeneration[*]2.52% Resistance(Fire)[*]2.52% Resistance(Cold)[*]15% RunSpeed[*]2.5% XPDebtProtection[/list]
I decided to try out the drain build, and I'm impressed. With our innate recharge and end mitigation, shutting down entire mobs is cake. I also ended up taking the power I never thought I would (Lightning Field). Drain is, of course, worthless against AVs, but that's where Energy Melee shines anyways.
I consider Conserve Power a good power, just not on Ela or Energy armor. Power Sink / Energy Drain are insane tools, and with Hasten+Lightning Reflexes, our Power Sink is up, what, every twenty seconds? You stop using PSink as an endurance tool and use it more as a PBAoE endurance attack. It's Short Circuit with the added bonus of recharging you.
I'd pick up Hasten, and consider dropping Weave, unless you build heavily into Defense with IOs (My melee defense is currently 23% without Weave or SJ, from IOs alone). Leaping has always seemed counter-productive to Grounded to me.
Don't forget to switch to Swift instead of Hurdle if you go with Hasten/SS instead.
Edit: Forgot to mention Aid Self. Yes, you'll want it. Muchly. Respec into it and try it out, you won't regret it.
EditEdit: Ewwww, that was an older build. Switched to the one I'm currently building into.
I've been having some trouble with my Brute, owing largely to the fact that I'm new to the game, and also because, apparently, I went and picked a powerset that recently got the nerf bat taken to it. However, I do enjoy playing the character and want to come up with the best build possible. I have my 24 respec yet to do, and am coming up on my 34 (I'm currently level 32).
So, here's what I have right now, to 40. Number of slots are given as (n):
Energy Melee:
Energy Punch (6)
Bone Smasher (6)
Build Up (3)
Total Focus (5)
Energy Transfer (6)
Electric Armor:
Charged Armor (4)
Conductive Shield (4)
Static Shield (4)
Grounded (1)
Lightning Reflexes (1)
Conserve Power (3)
Power Sink (3)
Leaping:
Combat Jumping (3)
Super Jump (1)
Fighting:
Boxing (6)
Tough (3)
Weave (3)
Fitness:
Hurdle (1)
Health (3)
Stamina (3)
Attack chain under 50% fury would be:
Boxing > Energy Punch > Bone Smasher
And then TF and ET when it becomes worth the time (and HP loss)
Feel free to rip this to shreds constructively. I've been doing my best to do my own legwork on figuring this out, but there isn't a whole lot of information on EM/ELA more current than a year or more.