An attempt at a Elec/Stone ???
I've got no idea how elec melee is, all i've heard is that its damage sucks, so when u get granite u will problably make no damage But, what's your wanna make ur elec/stone for? PvE or PvP?
-Mud pots : 3 EndRed, this one's a hog
-Rooted : just 3 heals, it really doesn't use much end
-Swift : no need to 3 slot it. With just one slot, running in granite is perfectly fine, especially if you have TP. With rooted on, nothing will save you, except TP, even with a 6 slotted swift.
-Health : as a stone tank, you only need one slot. Earth's Embrace + rooted will take care of everything
-Aid other : you prolly can find something better to take at 49
-Your attacks could use better slotting : your two basic attacks, which you will use ALL the time for fury building, are heavily underslotted. Give em some rchg and end reds, you'll be spamming them.
With granite, you're gonna want at least 2 rchg in each attack.
Elec is slow. Granite is even slower. Both combine will make you weep tears of blood with your posted build.
-As far as Patron powers go, GW really ain't that good for a brute. Might wanna take BS/Mako instead to bring down fliers : remember, in rooted/granite, you can't jump.
And last but definitely not least : you are only taking rock armor and granite from /stone ? Do yourself a favor and take the other armors (you can skip brimstone, most ppl do), even if you spec out of em post granite (which is a mistake anyway). Minerals, for instance, is great : psi def, and +perc, great against those pesky smoke grenades.
well as a "former" stone tanker i can put my opinions on that side firstly:
Rockarmor: Slot it more, 3 Def Buff, an end or 2 if you can spare later on
Stone Skin, not needed if you dont want to, gives a rather "meh" res imo but it does stack with granite so thats a plus.
Earth's Embrace: nothing to add on that one.
Mud Pots: wait until after stamina for this one, uses alot of end, i recomend slotting it for 3end 1acc (not autohit afaik)
Rooted: 3heals or only 1heal in the base-slot
Granite: now this can be widely discussed since it can be slotted so differently, MY opinion is first of all that you need End Reduce in it, it costs quite a bit to have running. on my tank i have Granite slotted 2end 2def 2res atm and that is great (i also have stoneskin with 3res stacking)
i've also tried Elec Meele a couple of times so here's what i think of the powers i've seen:
Charged Brawl, fast attack, low damage, good for building fury but not much more.
Havoc Punch, nice attack, you should put some more slots into it
Jacobs Ladder, good cone attack. slotting looks decent (i would probably take an end reduce instead of recharge)
Thunder Strike, very nice attack, PBAoE, again change recharge for end reduce.
as for the pool powers:
Swift, 3slot it, defo, i tried with only the one slot and it drove me crazy.
Teleport, if you're using this as your main travel power you'll wanna slot it some more
the good thing about Brutes is that Fury lets you slot in a whole new way really, you dont have to focus on slotting damage first thing you do since you do more and more damage the longer you go at it.
Hope this has helped at least in some way
threw together a quick one, think this is how i'd try to have it but ofc its based abit around how i play brutes so it might not make sence to you or others
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name:
Level: 50
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Electric Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Havoc Punch==> Acc(1) Acc(3) EndRdx(11) Dmg(23) Dmg(29) Dmg(31)
01) --> Rock Armor==> DefBuf(1) DefBuf(5) DefBuf(5) EndRdx(37)
02) --> Jacobs Ladder==> Acc(2) Acc(3) EndRdx(11) Dmg(13) Dmg(27) Dmg(31)
04) --> Earth's Embrace==> Rechg(4) Rechg(7) Rechg(7) Heal(15) Heal(15) Heal(19)
06) --> Swift==> Run(6) Run(17) Run(17)
08) --> Thunder Strike==> Acc(8) Acc(9) EndRdx(9) Dmg(13) Dmg(23) Dmg(31)
10) --> Combat Jumping==> Empty(10)
12) --> Build Up==> Rechg(12) Rechg(37)
14) --> Super Jump==> Empty(14)
16) --> Rooted==> Heal(16) Heal(34) Heal(40)
18) --> Health==> Heal(18) Heal(19) Heal(34)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20) EndMod(21) EndMod(21)
22) --> Taunt==> Empty(22)
24) --> Mud Pots==> Acc(24) EndRdx(25) EndRdx(25) EndRdx(27)
26) --> Stone Skin==> DmgRes(26) DmgRes(29) DmgRes(37)
28) --> Recall Friend==> Empty(28)
30) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(30)
32) --> Lightning Rod==> Acc(32) Acc(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(34)
35) --> Minerals==> DefBuf(35) DefBuf(36) DefBuf(36) EndRdx(36)
38) --> Granite Armor==> EndRdx(38) EndRdx(39) DefBuf(39) DefBuf(39) DmgRes(40) DmgRes(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
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@EU Brimmy - Union and Exalted servers
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Granite: now this can be widely discussed since it can be slotted so differently, MY opinion is first of all that you need End Reduce in it, it costs quite a bit to have running. on my tank i have Granite slotted 2end 2def 2res atm and that is great (i also have stoneskin with 3res stacking)
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I have mine slotted 3 def / 3 res, and never had any end problems with it.
According to hero builder Granite is at 0.26 EPS, which really isn't that much, especially considering that while in granite you attack less (-slow), and thus use less end.
With all being said, I wouldn't recommend elec/stone btw, your attack speed in granite will make you cry unless you slot them really nicely.
How about a change of concept?
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A child whos natural skin was so thick and heavy she developed a super human strenth to even be able to move around. Her apperance at first made her seek specialist care (basically locked away from all human contact). Even when an arachnos wolf spider party ransack the place for potential candidates for Ole LR, she is judge as unsuitable.
With little knowledge of anything but the institute she remained in solitude. A guy known only to her as The Source, came to her sanctuary, fearless of her thick hide. He offered her a choice, the only choice she had ever been given... freedom from isolation and the chance to control her special abilities.
The Price was simple...
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The thick hide idea is a winner if you ask me :P
Kidding aside, SS/Stone is a sweet build I hear... over and over and over and over again... /me smacks aerys
The MORE people tell me to ditch this combo of powersets the MORE I wanna play then
Thus far I'm at 15, just waiting for rooted and OK I can see a few issues with me at the momnt (with a slightly modified build than posted), but I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOO enjoying it tbh.
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name:
Level: 15
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Electric Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Charged Brawl==> AccAcc
01) --> Rock Armor==> EndRdxDefBuf
02) --> Stone Skin==> DmgResDmgResDmgRes
04) --> Havoc Punch==> AccAccRechg
06) --> Earth's Embrace==> RechgRechgRechgHealHealHeal
08) --> Jacobs Ladder==> AccAccRechg
10) --> Swift==> Run
12) --> Mud Pots==> EndRdxEndRdx
14) --> Health==> Heal
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty
01) --> Brawl==> Empty
01) --> Fury==> Empty
02) --> Rest==> Empty
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Thats about where I am atm, for travel I'm using the Raptor Pack, The Gold Brickers Jet pack or the Jump pack...
Just a joke from my side, important thing is to enjoy yourself
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Just a joke from my side, important thing is to enjoy yourself
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heehee yea... am doing
I HAD considered SS/Stone but ive seen soo many lec/lec and stone/stone brutes/(Tanks) i figured why not combine them... (this ofc leads me to the thought of doing a switch aswell ofc stone/lec )
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-Aid other : you prolly can find something better to take at 49
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Yer, prolly..... but how else am i suppose to get the healing badges LOL
Was mainly thinking concept throughout this build, but was hoping that I'd got a decent balance with playability! (Kinda didnt know what to do for the patrons, have very little experience with any villain over 20)
Concept:
A child whos natural electrical impulses are unnaturally high and uncontrollable. She's taken into specialist care (basically locked away from all human contact). Even when an arachnos wolf spider party ransack the place for potential candidates for Ole LR, she is judge as unsuitable.
With little knowledge of anything but the institute she remained in solitude. A guy known only to her as The Source, came to her sanctuary, fearless of her instability. He offered her a choice, the only choice she had ever been given... freedom from isolation and the chance to control her special abilities.
The Price was simple...
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Name: Malice Nite
Level: 50
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Electric Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Charged Brawl==> Acc(1)Acc(3)
01) --> Rock Armor==> EndRdx(1)
02) --> Havoc Punch==> Acc(2)Acc(3)
04) --> Stone Skin==> DmgRes(4)DmgRes(5)DmgRes(5)
06) --> Swift==> Run(6)Run(7)Run(7)
08) --> Earth's Embrace==> Heal(8)Heal(9)Heal(9)Rechg(11)Rechg(25)Rechg(25)
10) --> Jacobs Ladder==> Acc(10)Acc(11)Rechg(13)Dmg(33)Dmg(34)Dmg(37)
12) --> Mud Pots==> EndRdx(12)EndRdx(13)Slow(15)Slow(15)
14) --> Recall Friend==> EndRdx(14)
16) --> Health==> Heal(16)Heal(17)Heal(17)
18) --> Rooted==> EndRdx(18)EndRdx(19)Heal(19)Heal(31)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)EndMod(21)EndMod(21)
22) --> Thunder Strike==> Acc(22)Acc(23)Rechg(23)Dmg(33)Dmg(34)Dmg(37)
24) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(24)
26) --> Build Up==> Rechg(26)Rechg(27)Rechg(27)
28) --> Hasten==> Rechg(28)Rechg(29)Rechg(29)
30) --> Chain Induction==> Acc(30)Acc(31)Rechg(31)Dmg(33)Dmg(43)
32) --> Lightning Rod==> Acc(32)Acc(34)Rechg(37)Rechg(39)Dmg(46)Dmg(50)
35) --> Taunt==> Taunt(35)Taunt(36)Rechg(36)Rechg(36)
38) --> Granite Armor==> DmgRes(38)DmgRes(39)DmgRes(39)DefBuf(40)DefBuf(40)DefBuf(40)
41) --> Soul Tentacles==> Acc(41)Acc(42)Dmg(42)Dmg(42)Rechg(43)Rechg(43)
44) --> Dark Obliteration==> Acc(44)Acc(45)Dmg(45)Dmg(45)EndRdx(46)Rechg(46)
47) --> Summon Widow==> Acc(47)Acc(48)DefBuf(48)DefBuf(48)Dmg(50)Dmg(50)
49) --> Aid Other==> IntRdx(49)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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