A bit of advice posted back in beta by a dev:
Set brawl on auto attack at the early levels, it helps with fury generation.
I have no experience with /SR, at least not since I tried it in beta. I find the many cliky powers in that secondary makes it less fin to play for me.
My advice:
1) Try a willpower brute first. Most of the powers are either auto or toggles, with the exception of god mode and self resurrect. That mean you can concentrate on attacking.
2) Get as many attackers on you as you can handle, and kill the strongest ones first (Boss>Lt>regular).
3) Do not fight purple/ red mobs ad first. All the missing can get annoying.
4) Slot Endurance Reductions and Accuracy first, do not bother with Recharge/Damage/Defense/Resist...
As a brute you are not a boss killer, even if you can build a brute to that. Remember the movies, where you se the big bad monster, that walks right the throe the rank and file of the good guys swatting people at will? Thats a brute. You are specialized in taking down large groups of weaker enemies, or at least that is where you shine.
You are also a high pace kind of AT. Waiting to rest between mobs kills your furry.
And finally maybe Brutes are not your kind of AT, I have for one not yet found a stacker that I like.
Assailant, you say that SR has too many clickies, when it has the same number as WP :S Practised Brawler and Elude.
I object to you with your definition of a brute. The brute is THE destructive AT, and should be incredibly powerful versus both single targets AND lots of them, though sets and builds adjust the focus. You'll notice how most of the powers in the sets are ST, and how some sets have only very weak AoE.
A brute is whatever you want it to be, and they start being incredibly powerful (as opposed to good) after 22 (SOs) IMO.
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Assailant, you say that SR has too many clickies, when it has the same number as WP :S Practised Brawler and Elude.
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Granted (and I know this is off topic), but a mes resisters on a clicky. With WP I only have to use a defensive click if something goes badly, or very badly.
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I object to you with your definition of a brute. The brute is THE destructive AT, and should be incredibly powerful versus both single targets AND lots of them, though sets and builds adjust the focus. You'll notice how most of the powers in the sets are ST, and how some sets have only very weak AoE.
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Again granted (and again off topic), but from everything I have read, it can be difficult to out damage some AVs and EBs regain. Being able to take the pounding is only half the job.
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A brute is whatever you want it to be, and they start being incredibly powerful (as opposed to good) after 22 (SOs) IMO.
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Well I would say level 27 and close to over powered (IOs)
Right terrible off topic, just thought I should clarify my point of view 
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i´ve rolled about 25 brutes and not liked anyone so i was wondering if someone had any experience with em/sr or db/sr?
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what do you not like about it?, the damage/resistance ?
i myself luv brutes , once fury is up and you use BU and ya heavy hitter attacks, you almost half health a purple boss(depends on melee set also)
on a note: Duel Blade is more a AoE beast, i myself not like the single target dmg of it(could be the Lethal dmg also), but with EM you should kill bosses real fast
Brute's FTW
49 level 50's(CoH/V), cant be arsed to list em all :P
Surely mez resist being on a clicky is ok, because you just click it when it's up, not when you're in a jam, doesn't require much attention in my book. /SR is one of the more hands-off secondaries in my book.
Also, Brutes, along with MMs, are THE ATs for people who want to solo AVs, and many people post about their brutes soloing AVs (without shivans, sometimes without insps too) on the US forums.
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Waiting to rest between mobs kills your furry.
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QFT 
If it has eyes, you can blind it, if it has blood, you can make it bleed, if it has a mouth, you can make it scream.
Clicky mez resist is good. It doesn't drop if you manage to detoggle due to endurance drain somehow, and it also doesn't cost any endurance to keep up, itself.
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Waiting to rest between mobs kills your furry.
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QFT
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Please think of the kittens!
i´ve rolled about 25 brutes and not liked anyone so i was wondering if someone had any experience with em/sr or db/sr?