For a secondary I cant see any advantages except Fire giving you stun protection and a self heal. So I'd go FA. you could pick up Acro later to cover hold and KB, CJ would give you imob and it would just leave you missing sleep.
None of the primaries have that big an edge for me, DM would give you a nice cone I guess, battleaxe might give you enough knockdown to keep you alive longer though.
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I'd have probably suggested Dark Melee/Willpower - HPT and Fast Healing are both passive and protect against all damage types, dark melee provides tohit debuffs for extra protection alongside quick and simple attacks that will sit nicely alongside any pool attacks you might choose (Air Superiority would complete your attack chain quite nicely all on its lonesome).
Best of luck on your venture anyway 
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Question..if you can use MA to level , will you allow your self to pick MA missions with all the mobs doing a limited type of attack ie all do smash or all do energy ..as this would get around the major holes in your RES / DEF s and cope with mez and KB protection ..until you get your Aegis Io .. 
BTW i love Fun toons so if you want to set up a team shout ..
Oh and which power pools will you take ..
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Edit: Meh decided to go with Nrg/Elec anyway...just can't wait to get started!
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Wow that got pushed off the first page pretty fast...didn't expect THAT many threads about doing a certain something to crop up.
Anyway, yes I may have gone with nrg/elec anyway...I just wanted to get the ball rolling.
Now on the question of power pools, 3 of the choices are really easy, Fitness, Fighting (not just for tough/weave but also boxing/kick) and Superjump (immob and KB protection and...Jump kick...hey I need attacks alright!) now the fourth becomes an interesting question.
Do I pick Medicine for the healing, do I pick Super Speed for Hasten and...*shudders*...Flurry and Whirlwind, or do I take leadership for the defense/+dam/+tohit options...it's a curious conudrum.
Also, other people should feel free to use this topic to announce any insane Iron Man challenges of their own they have planned, hell we could do a glorious gimp team together sometimes...just don't expect anything glorious apart from the randomness of our builds!
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People want drama they can invite this monstrosity to a team without telling anyone else my build...other than that...no..
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I'll personally think of a prize at the end for you Dr_Mechano just cause. Sound plan, I look forward to hearing how it goes. I'd think /elec will need medicine at the early stages probably.
I think we should get a team together for this pools challenge. ( Leadership x8 :P )
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Well the mighty Power Pool Gal is now level 10 yay! 40 more levels to go...eek!
So far, as is often the case with the 1-10 game, damage isn't a problem so far, survivability is a bit iffy but I appear to be about as survivable as a low level Arachnos Widow.
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As to your last pool pick ..wacky option 
Presence ..the single target taunt for pulling , and the two fear powers for control /damage mitigation , yes no good for bosses , but ouch 
if your fighting too many of them .
Brute or tank seem the better iron-person AT picks , I have seen some one play a petless MM
, if you where doing it as a team you could get a buffer from pool powers medicine , leadership , concealment , and something .
But Mech Please keep us posted how it goes ..
I'm going to do something very stupid right now...not I'm not going to drink bleach, whinge about Issue 15, or anything to do with a speech by a certain someone...no..I'm going to start my own Iron man challenge in a completely random idea for my own celebration of the 5th anniversery. City of Heroes has been here for five years, struggling against adversity of the bigger MMOs hanging over it. Therefore I need to make something that will, itself, struggle against adversity...
I, Dr Mechano, want to know, what powersets for a brute, would be suitable for running the Power Pools only levelling challenge. Of course power pools start at level 6 SO I need to know what sets, up until level 6 offer the best goodies.
Anyway, the rules:
1) No MA farming or Power levelling of any kind whatsoever, if I'm going to have to level it's going to be through either solo or with teams insane enough to let me on them.
2) I can, however, use the MA to level just no farming.
3) I do reserve the right to drop out at any time if the situation is looking so bleak that it's unbearable but I will randomly pay whatever this alt has earned, in influence, for a level 1-10 randomly selected TO enhancement, if they end up earning 50 million through lucky drops, so be it, if they end up earning 500k, well it's still a nice suprise. I will not be allowed to keep any inf the character has when I quit the challenge.
4) I can fund this alt using inf from another character but will not be able to trade it to any other if it's excess inf, it's going to be a struggle enough as it is without having to work up the funds.
5) I must have atleast 1 Strikeforce badge by the time I hit level 50, hopefully I'll find equally insane people on Sals badgehunters to drag me along.
So...those are the rules laid down, what powersets would you suggest for a Brute?
My own idea run to Energy melee, provides good quick damage early on and Elec Armor, since it provides it's two main resist toggles early on.
Also, going to need a name for a female character, was thinking Power Pool Gal!
Edit: Meh decided to go with Nrg/Elec anyway...just can't wait to get started!
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