I'd take CoD before Death Shroud (if you're set on taking Death Shroud, though with EN being mostly single target it might help) I didn't take Death Shroud cause I saw it as a big end issue waiting to happen.
I'd have Barage instead of Energy Punch, builds fury nicely, replaces Brawl, and is generally very handy.
I like having Build Up in my build but its really not something I use that often, mostly at the start of fights. I currently have 3 rchg reds in it, but will be changing to 1 when I respec. Maybe move that to later and bring CoD forward
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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I'd take CoD before Death Shroud (if you're set on taking Death Shroud, though with EN being mostly single target it might help) I didn't take Death Shroud cause I saw it as a big end issue waiting to happen.
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I'd not take / didn't take CoD at all, Stealth = less agrro = less Fury 
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I'd have Barage instead of Energy Punch, builds fury nicely, replaces Brawl, and is generally very handy.
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I have both Barrage and Energy Punch, and not Whirling Hands. Not enough damage in the AoE for me.
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I like having Build Up in my build but its really not something I use that often, mostly at the start of fights. I currently have 3 rchg reds in it, but will be changing to 1 when I respec. Maybe move that to later and bring CoD forward
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Yeah, I'm not sure about the usefulness of Build-Up anymore myself. Good to have, not exactly a crisis if you don't.
Two AoEs give agro with CoD running, am sure that Death Shroud alone would pull through it. Mostly its a thin layer of defence, a good imob protection and a way of ghosting missions if you dont like what you see inside.
I find AoEs unbelievably helpfull, but then maybe Fire ones are much nicer than the En ones. They also hold agro better than the damage aura's, so a good way to pull from other brutes and keep your own fury high.
Sometimes I forget I have build up, that's how usefull it is 
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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Mostly its a thin layer of defence, a good imob protection and a way of ghosting missions if you dont like what you see inside.
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erm, good immob protection? the scrapper version is mag1, i cant see the brute version be any higher (even mag2 is pretty useless)
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
Has kept me unimob'd for 14 levels now, with one exception, multiple Singularities. Not needed to turn CJ on to back it up and am freequently on large teams. Maybe I'm just lucky, but it seems to be working fine for me
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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I'd not take / didn't take CoD at all, Stealth = less agrro = less Fury
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I couldn't care less about stealth (and believe me, they'll notice you soon enough).
Ability to get close to spec-ops before they see you + perception = Worth the power pick.
I'm levelling up my 2nd Villain thinking 'Why the hell didn't I notice how annoying smoke grenades were before? ... oh yeah.'
Synaesthetix:if your mum wasn't already dead I would go kill her for bringing
you into the world
my first post!!!anyway...
hmm i would take hasten at level 6 and not bother with whirling hands until later,i strongly agree with the build from 14-22 couldnt be better
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I'd not take / didn't take CoD at all, Stealth = less agrro = less Fury
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I couldn't care less about stealth (and believe me, they'll notice you soon enough).
Ability to get close to spec-ops before they see you + perception = Worth the power pick.
I'm levelling up my 2nd Villain thinking 'Why the hell didn't I notice how annoying smoke grenades were before? ... oh yeah.'
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this was my initial thought, but now that i have barrage (wrong power picked in planner only), bone smasher and whirling hands. with brawl on auto. i can perfectly keep on SMASHing happily. So thats why i left hasten for later. furthermore, CoD is indeed not picked for stealth, i know for a fact that on my scrapper death shroud easily negates the stealth effect (any attack does afaik) but more for the +perc. and offcourse for being the big black cloud with red puffballs of DOOOOOOM! 
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
Hey there, im new to playing brutes. But i like the melee classes (specially scrappers
) And i know brutes play differently, but im having a blast with my fluffy cloud with pompoms of doom. Now at lvl 7.
So with the small bit of knowledge i have, i cooked up this build. Mind you, i didn't take CoF or OG because i don't really like them on my Scrapper. And i picked ST because the idea behind it is cool (altho the power in itself is pants). Any gaping holes you brute experts can see?
Name:
Level: 41
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Energy Melee
Secondary: Dark Armor
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01) --> Energy Punch==> Acc EndRdx EndRdx Dmg Dmg Dmg
01) --> Dark Embrace==> EndRdx DmgRes DmgRes DmgRes
02) --> Bone Smasher==> Acc EndRdx EndRdx Dmg Dmg Dmg
04) --> Murky Cloud==> EndRdx DmgRes DmgRes DmgRes
06) --> Combat Jumping==> Jump
08) --> Whirling Hands==> Acc EndRdx EndRdx Dmg Dmg Dmg
10) --> Obsidian Shield==> EndRdx DmgRes DmgRes DmgRes
12) --> Swift==> Run
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump
16) --> Health==> Heal
18) --> Total Focus==> Acc EndRdx EndRdx Dmg Dmg Dmg
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod EndMod EndMod
22) --> Acrobatics==> EndRdx EndRdx
24) --> Death Shroud==> Acc EndRdx EndRdx Dmg Dmg Dmg
26) --> Dark Regeneration==> Acc Acc EndRdx EndRdx
28) --> Build Up==> Rechg Rechg Rechg
30) --> Cloak Of Darkness==> EndRdx
32) --> Hasten==> Rechg Rechg Rechg
35) --> Energy Transfer==> Acc EndRdx EndRdx Dmg Dmg Dmg
38) --> Soul Transfer==> Rechg
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."