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My problem with AAO aggro aura would be most seen with either herd messers (who I wouldn't worry about from shooting off ahead with this set) and its ability to claim attention around most other brutes auras, sure other brutes auras can lack in accuracy but some don't and don't whilst having a greater taunt duration to every tick. Lack of attention can mean less fury and that is why I said that I wouldn't want to rely on it solely.


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I'm curious. Does anyone have experience of the Super Strength / Super Seflexes combo? If so how does has it turned out? Any suggestion from your experience?


 

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I'm curious. Does anyone have experience of the Super Strength / Super Seflexes combo? If so how does has it turned out? Any suggestion from your experience?

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As I said in an earlier post, I have one of these. :3 It's probably my strongest brute in PvE.

Since you'll be aiming for softcap, this makes your build pretty tight, what with taking the Fighting Pool.

For me, I took:
Flight (Air Superiority, Fly) <-- you may want superjump for combat jumping
Fitness (Swift, Health, Stamina) <-- virtually required on all brutes
Medicine (Aid Other, Aid Self) <-- just in case hits get through, heal it off, can fiveslot Doctored Wounds with sixth slot an interrupt IO
Fighting (Boxing, Tough, Weave) <-- place to slot steadfast and more def

Due to concept build, I took Hurl too, which didn't leave any room for Hasten. You may want to do things differently.

Though you'll be using Touch of Death sets in some melee attacks, remember that Rage will help boost your tohit, so the 42% acc or so (equal to a single Acc IO) in the set will be boosted a bit.

If I recall, I skipped Jab, Taunt and Handclap from super strength, and Elude from super reflexes. It's up to you what you want to take, of course. Do bear in mind that most SR alts target is to hit the magical softcap of 45% (or more) on melee/range/aoe defence.

If you aim for this, things to get are:
Touch of Death (melee attacks, not all of them, use mids heroplanner to check out how many to use before it caps)
Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control (put in rage)
Performance Shifter (six-slot, the proc will help your endurance issues)
Miracle +recovery and Numina +regen/+recovery in Health (for endurance issues)
Blessing of the Zephyr (in your main travel power and Combat Jumping/Hover if you took that instead of attack power)
Red Fortune (five slot for recharge, if you need more range % def, six slot)
Steadfast Protection Res/Def (3% def to all unique)
Force Feedback +recharge proc in Footstomp perhaps, if you want stuff to recharge faster. Combine with a PBAoE set like Scirocco's or Armageddon. If you don't want Force Feedback, try Perfect Zinger's chance for Psi damage.

If you didn't pick up Hasten, look into finding ways to improve recharge so rage and the mez protection clicky can recharge in time.


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Thanks Ideon! That's some useful advice.