Nobody? I can't be the only SS/EN in the village!
G.
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I've seen a few SS/EN builds and played witha few although never played myself - if your duo'ing without support then the lack of a self heal can hurt - also duoing with another brute will take away from your own rage.
I would advise going for Aid Self which after level 32 will time in very well with your foot stomp - SS dishes out tonnes more damage when that attck is slotted up due to the number of mobs hit and the damage mitigation factor too.
As for Hasten - well I'd say the three slots would be well spent having a fast KO blow is always nice 
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Nobody? I can't be the only SS/EN in the village!
G.
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I am a SS/EA. It gets much easier as soon as you start stacking your toggle defs - but you have to boost these as much as possible. Also Combat Leaping adds Defense buffs. Once you have all these Defs in place, you actually WANT to get beat up because it raises your Rage. The final piece of the puzzle is Overload - use it sparingly because the recharge time is about 15 mins but, once its on, you can go toe-to-toe with Giant Monsters.
Get Stamina, of course, to help you with the End cost. Hasten is useful to speed up attacks - and so is Air Superiority (drop one of the minor attacks and replace it with this; if they are on the floor, then they can't hit you.
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I've seen a few SS/EN builds and played witha few although never played myself - if your duo'ing without support then the lack of a self heal can hurt - also duoing with another brute will take away from your own rage.
I would advise going for Aid Self which after level 32 will time in very well with your foot stomp - SS dishes out tonnes more damage when that attck is slotted up due to the number of mobs hit and the damage mitigation factor too.
As for Hasten - well I'd say the three slots would be well spent having a fast KO blow is always nice
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I personally disagree with your requirement for a self-heal.
Firstly, it detracts from your attack chain/defence toggle (and you need every one of those to be really unchallengeable as a SS/EA brute).
Secondly, once you have all those Def toggles going, you can kill everything in sight (within reason = 2 x three groups of reds) without needing any healing other than Rest and some green Inps. This is what i have found.
If ever I get into a position where my health is reducing too fast, it's because I hjave been mobbed and no Self Heal would help me anyway.
I have an en build.
I Aid Self in late on (no patron power here!) and it's pretty useful since the DEF helps with the interupt.
I have a SS/EN brute in the low 25's and I have to say, i'm finding it hard going. I'm duo-ing with a dark/fire brute who seems to be better protected, cause more damage and hold more aggro.
Two things I'm considering are adding Hasten, to speed up those snails-pace SS attacks, and aid self, to overcome the lack of self heal. But, that means 3 power slots (1 for hasten, 1 for aid self and either aid other or stimulant) that I'm down.
Any advice?
G.
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A Dark Future
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