WM or BA w/FA

I've tried checking a few searches to find this info, but really didn't come up with much outside of the tankers.

I was curious, I solo most of the time, and I was curious if WM & BA, both seem to have good mitigation, combined with the FA secondary, one with the least mitigaton, if it was a viable combo to try. Now mind you, I suffer from altitis and if I don't feel like it is decent earlier on, I will probably move on to another character. If it is, can someone offer some advice on either or let me know what doesn't work.

I have been playing CoX for sometime and have a few 50's on both sides - mostly melee types. It seems to be the style I like - and while I have leveled a few brutes up to the 30's, maybe it's the way I build them, I don't get the feeling that I am walking into a room and laying waste to everything in it (EM/ELA for one). Maybe it's the villian side with all the endless Longbow, but I want to FEEL like I am a machine of destruction.

One last note - I am not a rich player. The high end IO's are usually out of my reach. I play the market and build up some inf, but I usually have to build cheap in Mids.

Thanks in advance to all.

Well, War Mace and Battle Axe are quite similar. No 'bad' powers in either set. War Mace is a little bit better in the AoE department. Battle Axe has the consistent knockdown secondary which could be of use if you want to take burn.

I'm currently running a WM/SR brute and find WM quite impressive. Up to 24 so far, and don't have any of the AoE's yet, but the 4 ST attacks I have flow nicely and hit hard.

If I had to pick, I'd likely go for WM/FA for the extra AoE potential, although you can't really go wrong with either combo.