You have to consider the fact that you get 2 respecs so picking a power you wont need later on shouldnt stop you. All it will do is slow your levling down and you will get bored of the character.
Just my experience.
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Already in another post but thought i'd add it here too.
Just got my stone/stone to 40 and he is ace!
Here's my build: -
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.5.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Little Rocky
Level: 41
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Stone Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Stone Mallet==> Acc(1)EndRdx(11)EndRdx(15)EndRdx(34)
01) --> Rock Armor==> EndRdx(1)DefBuf(3)DefBuf(3)DefBuf(5)
02) --> Heavy Mallet==> Acc(2)EndRdx(13)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(34)
04) --> Earth's Embrace==> Rechg(4)Rechg(5)Rechg(7)Heal(7)Heal(9)Heal(9)
06) --> Boxing==> Rechg(6)
08) --> Teleport Foe==> Acc(8)
10) --> Mud Pots==> EndRdx(10)EndRdx(11)EndRdx(31)Dmg(40)
12) --> Swift==> Run(12)Run(13)Run(15)
14) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(14)
16) --> Rooted==> EndRdx(16)EndRdx(17)Heal(17)Heal(25)Heal(25)Heal(27)
18) --> Seismic Smash==> Acc(18)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(37)
20) --> Health==> Heal(20)Heal(21)Heal(21)
22) --> Stamina==> EndMod(22)EndMod(23)EndMod(23)
24) --> Tough==> EndRdx(24)EndRdx(33)DmgRes(36)
26) --> Fault==> Acc(26)EndRdx(27)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(37)
28) --> Hasten==> Rechg(28)Rechg(29)Rechg(29)
30) --> Stone Fist==> Rechg(30)
32) --> Tremor==> Acc(32)EndRdx(33)EndRdx(33)EndRdx(34)
35) --> Minerals==> EndRdx(35)DefBuf(36)DefBuf(36)DefBuf(37)
38) --> Granite Armor==> DmgRes(38)DmgRes(39)DmgRes(39)DefBuf(39)DefBuf(40)DefBuf(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Run(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Rechg(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Rechg(2)
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All the endreds in attacks are needed so you can keep going when your fury is up, also out of granite hasten makes the attacks recharge so fast ur end suffers bad.
Dont worry about the lack of dam enhances - fury sorts that and with brawl, boxing and stone fists it doesnt take too long to buildup your fury.
Started yet another alt over the weekend - went for a stone/stone brute this time. I'm up to level 12 and loving it. I know what my build is gonna be up to 20, so I thought I'd see what you lot think, and see what you suggest for post-20
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.2.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name:
Level: 22
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Stone Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Stone Fist==> Empty(1)
01) --> Rock Armor==> Empty(1)
02) --> Heavy Mallet==> Empty(2)
04) --> Earth's Embrace==> Empty(4)
06) --> Swift==> Empty(6)
08) --> Teleport Foe==> Empty(8)
10) --> Mud Pots==> Empty(10)
12) --> Air Superiority==> Empty(12)
14) --> Teleport==> Empty(14)
16) --> Rooted==> Empty(16)
18) --> Health==> Empty(18)
20) --> Stamina==> Empty(20)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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(too lazy to do the enhancements
Notes:
No Stone Mallet? Yep. It's too slow to be used for getting fury (I played around with a stone/stone for half a dozen levels in beta), and HM and later Seismic Smash should be enough when I need the massive hits.
Air Sup. God, I wish I'd gotten this at 6. Not a power I'd ever used before. Went for it cos I thought it might come is handy for PvP (TPFoe -> AS -> HAMMER!) and it might be useful for building Fury, but god damn it's amazing. Damage and recharge are similar to Stone Fists, but that knockdown is brilliant. With a couple of -recharges I'll be able to keep an enemy on his backside permanently.
So what next? Sesmic Smash is an obvious choice, or maybe brimstone armour. From my experience most fire or ice attacks also have a S/L component so, seeing as I'm def-based pre-38, will this make up for not taking BA, or should I take it anyway? And what about the otehr armours later? Or should I take taunt? Is it any use for a brute? Maybe even fault to use as an opener to stop a nasty alpha strike... I'm overwhelmed with things to chose.