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.....but I just don't see them, even when slotted up, as being enough to really make a tank out of him.
...I thought that maybe if I play him as an end drainer, I can take the alpha and lose some health, and then have everything shut down at zero endurance, and then just naturally regen my health back up (with the occasional inspi to speed the process). Does this seem workable? Basically just cut down incoming damage with endurance drain and mezzes and then regen what little damage does get through.
Anyway, I was wondering what slotting and playstyles people have come up with to make their /elec brutes into the uber type toons that we get when we have billion-dollar IO builds. It seems like the sets are good at giving us insane levels of defense and recharge, but slotting for other areas just doesn't get very far.
So what do people think?
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I don't play as a Tank, I play as a Brute, a Berserker, a Bringer of Damage, not a character that stands in the middle of mobs picking it's nose and autofiring Taunt.
Team support via HP-DeBuffs.
Take the offensive route immediately and build Fury through attacks. Slap down the Power Sink against harder foes or just for lulz.
I didn't slot much for specific set bonuses, just for base enhancement values and whatever decent set bonuses were available.
On the bright side, it didn't cost too much.
Lightning Field: 2 EndMod, 4-Frankenslot for EndRed/Acc/Damage. (I'd delay until after Stamina).
PowerSink: 3 EndMod, 2 Recharge and 1 very optional EndRed (almost wasteful).
Stamina: 2 L50 commons and skip Conserve Power (redundant), Lightning Clap and either Jacob's Ladder or Chain Lightning (your choice).
Avoid Arachnoids and thier Toxic damage unless you want to live in your Tier9.
I took Aid Self and did okay. Respecced to add Tough at L49.
I got an elec/elec brute that I am having fun with, but not really sure about slotting. Now I also want to avoid aid self. Does en /elec brute without aid self have a chance of being uber? My EA brute is just a god now that he's got most of his defense types are capped and his recharge is faster than light. Thanks to IOs. But the elec brute is a unique scenario. Pure resistance. Other sets are defense, and easily capped, or they have some mixture of resistance, defense, heals, regen, etc. But elec is just pure resist. The IO sets give paltry levels of resist to one or the other damage types. Slotting for resist on this elec just doesn't seem like I am going to get enough bang for my buck. There doesn't even seem to be enough bang out there. I got tough already, and my shields are not slotted up yet, but I just don't see them, even when slotted up, as being enough to really make a tank out of him.
Is it possible to slot enough regen so that with as much resist as possible, the natural regen will keep his health high with the occasional orange and green inspi to keep things in check? I thought that maybe if I play him as an end drainer, I can take the alpha and lose some health, and then have everything shut down at zero endurance, and then just naturally regen my health back up (with the occasional inspi to speed the process). Does this seem workable? Basically just cut down incoming damage with endurance drain and mezzes and then regen what little damage does get through.
Anyway, I was wondering what slotting and playstyles people have come up with to make their /elec brutes into the uber type toons that we get when we have billion-dollar IO builds. It seems like the sets are good at giving us insane levels of defense and recharge, but slotting for other areas just doesn't get very far.
So what do people think?