A couple of things that stood out to me...
I'd try to squeeze in a Force Feedback chance for +Recharge in Fault - even when the proc gets fixed from its current broken state it will still be very good in that power (at the moment it's so good it's almost a cheat mode, but I wouldn't expect that to last). You can still get the recharge buff from Stupefy and just miss out on the ranged defence - worth it in my book.
Secondly, I wouldn't go with Mu on a SM brute myself - the -KB from Electric Fences takes away a huge amount of your damage mitigation from all your KD powers (Fault and Tremor in particular). The Web Envelope from Mace mastery worked better for me when it came to holding enemies in place for a Burn patch (assuming that's what you want the Immob for).
Just realised I'm not sure whether you're already at 50 or this is just a planned build to 50 - if the former there's not a lot you can do about the PPP choice I guess but not the end of the world!
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Thanks for the feedback Tundra; grateful for your opinions.
It is for a current 50 (as indiciated in my sig 
). The choice of electric fences was to reduce the KB from Fault and Tremor purposefully; it's the stun component of Fault that I'm interested in as a damage mitigation tool, so stunned and immobed enemies makes a nice set up for the burn patch.
As for your comments about the FF chance for +rech, I must admit I thought that the recharge bonus from Stupefy came in at 5 IOs from the set, rather than 4, but I'll certainly recheck that.
One thing I have played with since posting this build is not running blazing aura. It doesn't seem to make that much difference in Fury build up, but my end bar seems to last an awful lot longer. I did toy with the idea of speccing it out and replacing it (and the slotting) with Stone Fist. I've got a couple of copies of the character on Test for these purposes, but in essence what do you think of that idea?
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As a recent convert to the glory of SMASH I'd like some build advice about how to get the best out of Volkanik, my lvl 50 Stone / Fire Brute. Current build as below:
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php
Volkanik: Level 50 Science Brute
Primary Power Set: Stone Melee
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery
Villain Profile:
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Level 1: Stone Mallet Acc-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(7), Dmg-I:40(7), EndRdx-I:40(9), F'dSmite-Dmg/Rchg:39(9), F'dSmite-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:39(11)
Level 1: Fire Shield S'fstPrt-ResKB:30(A), Aegis-ResDam:39(3), ImpArm-EndRdx/Rchg:39(3), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg:39(5), ResDam-I:40(5)
Level 2: Heavy Mallet Acc-I:40(A), Acc-I:40(11), Dmg-I:40(13), Dmg-I:40(13), EndRdx-I:40(15), F'dSmite-Dmg/Rchg:39(15)
Level 4: Healing Flames Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx:39(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg:39(17), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:39(17), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:39(19), Dct'dW-Heal:39(19), Dct'dW-Rchg:39(21)
Level 6: Hurdle Jump-I:40(A)
Level 8: Fault Acc-I:40(A), Stpfy-KB%:39(21), Stpfy-Acc/Rchg:39(23), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun:39(23), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx:39(25), Stpfy-Stun/Rng:39(25)
Level 10: Build Up RechRdx-I:40(A)
Level 12: Hasten RechRdx-I:40(A), RechRdx-I:40(33), RechRdx-I:40(33)
Level 14: Super Speed QckFt-RunSpd:39(A)
Level 16: Health Numna-EndRdx/Rchg:39(A), Numna-Heal:39(31), Empty(31)
Level 18: Seismic Smash Acc-I:40(A), Acc-I:40(27), Dmg-I:40(27), Dmg-I:40(29), EndRdx-I:40(29), F'dSmite-Dmg/Rchg:39(31)
Level 20: Stamina P'Shift-EndMod:39(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:39(33), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:39(34), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:39(34)
Level 22: Plasma Shield Aegis-ResDam/Rchg:39(A), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg:39(34), Aegis-ResDam:39(36), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:39(36)
Level 24: Consume Efficacy-EndMod:39(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:39(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:39(37), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:39(37), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc:39(37), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx:39(39)
Level 26: Hurl Boulder KinCrsh-Dmg/KB:39(A), KinCrsh-Acc/KB:39(39), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB:39(39), KinCrsh-EndRdx/KB:39(40), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB:39(40), KinCrsh-Acc/EndRdx/KB:39(40)
Level 28: Blazing Aura EndRdx-I:40(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:39(42), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:39(42), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:39(42), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:39(43)
Level 30: Burn Dmg-I:40(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:39(43), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:39(43), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:39(45)
Level 32: Boxing F'dSmite-Dmg/Rchg:39(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg:30(45), Acc-I:40(45)
Level 35: Fiery Embrace RechRdx-I:40(A)
Level 38: Tough ResDam-I:40(A), ResDam-I:40(46), EndRdx-I:40(46), EndRdx-I:40(46), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:39(48)
Level 41: Electrifying Fences Acc-I:40(A), Acc-I:40(48), Acc-I:40(48)
Level 44: Tremor Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(50), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:39(50), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:39(50)
Level 47: Swift Run-I:40(A)
Level 49: Recall Friend IntRdx-I:40(A)
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Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
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Set Bonus Totals:
+2.5% DamageBuff
+1.58% Defense(Fire)
+1.58% Defense(Cold)
+9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
+4% Enhancement(Heal)
+23.8% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
+3% Enhancement(Stun)
+5% FlySpeed
+73.1 (4.88%) HitPoints
+5% JumpSpeed
+Knockback (Mag -7)
+MezResist(Immobilize) (Mag 1.65%)
+MezResist(Terrorized) (Mag 2.2%)
+9% Recovery
+58% Regeneration
+2.5% Resistance(Smashing)
+1.26% Resistance(Fire)
+1.26% Resistance(Cold)
+6.25% Resistance(Negative)
+1.26% Resistance(Toxic)
+1.26% Resistance(Psionic)
+13% RunSpeed
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I've tried to concentrate on recharge and regen sets to combat the main issue with the stone melee and fire aura set weaknesses - namely execution speed and the tendancy to be a bit on the squishy side.
I know that Hurl Boulder is not everyones favourite power, and putting 6 slots into it to get an additional 7.5% of recharge is probably not the most efficient way of doing it, but whilst I'd be open to suggestions to get the same recharge bonus without all 6 slots, I'd rather keep the power if poss!
Additionally, keep in mind that I generally don't farm, and inf isn't in plentiful supply, so builds full of enhancements with 20 million inf price tags really aren't viable for me, other than that I'm open to any advice anyone can give me!
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