I ran it on a scrapper. its good. Elec wont turn you into an iron whip (resist sets in general wont do that), but its good, gets by and teams well. shockwave's fun.
The powers I'd say that you HAVE to take are Swipe, Slash, Spin, Follow Up, Focus, your resistance toggles, Lightning Field, Energize, Power Sink, Lightning Reflexes, and Grounded.
Eviscerate and Shockwave are personally recommended, but I can see why some people would want to go without them because of Eviscerate's long animation and Shockwave's Knockback. Squeeze in Hasten if you can to keep Energize and Spin recharging as fast as possible. I personally like Power Surge because it lasts a good long time and you can instantly recover your lost endurance with a Blue Inspiration and Power Sink when you're near a mob.
As for powers you want to skip, Strike kind of sucks, since the whole set recharges fast and you don't need to worry about building Fury.
I like the Mu Epic with this set, in theory. Electrifying Fences could help mitigate the Knockback from Shockwave, and adding another Ranged attack or two might be fun. You could also pick the Fighting Pool and grab Tough, though I wouldn't get Weave unless you have some IO slotting plan for it. Electric Armor is a resistance set.
In terms of playing, try not to jump around too much while fighting. Grounded, the auto power that gives you your KB protection, only works when you're on the ground. It took me a little adjusting, since a lot of my other Melee toons have combat jumping.
I think that Claws/Elec is probably better as a Brute than a Scrapper. Fury's more steady damage buff does more for a build based on constant, quick recharging attacks than the occaisional Critical Hit.
I'm not bashing Scrappers. I love my DB/WP and Broadsword/Fire. I just think that Fury works better for Claws.
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*nods* I honestly figured this to be a good combo for brutes, but I always like to have other opinions . I have never played Claws or Electric Armor, and the only thing I knew about either before researching for this toon was that you should NEVER take Claw's first power (Strike?)
Thanks for the input, and looking forward to more, hopefully.
Edit: Broadsword/Fire eh? My main ("Outback" on the Virtue Server) is a BS/WP, and I love him...but honestly never thought about paring BS and Fire. Sounds interesting
I do not know the numbers, but I think that the endurance costs for some of the brute claws attacks are higher. (well that is how i feel with my claws brute). But paired with /ele that definately makes that not matter 
Id say go for it.
To address your other question: The first attack is useful for getting more fury, but i havent bothered taking it. It feel that it is a matter of taste. Definately get spin, eviscirate (cant spell lol) is really nice the damage is amazing in my opinion, shockwave i skipped but i forgot about the electric fences (stated by Mr Grumpums) so shockwave may be pretty good with that 
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Strike is decent for building Fury, but Brawl costs no endurance and is up just as often, making it better overall. Also, Claws Brutes build up Fury faster than any other brute I've played, and Lightning Field will help you with that, as well. |
Originally Posted by Outback
*nods* I honestly figured this to be a good combo for brutes, but I always like to have other opinions . I have never played Claws or Electric Armor, and the only thing I knew about either before researching for this toon was that you should NEVER take Claw's first power (Strike?)
Thanks for the input, and looking forward to more, hopefully. Edit: Broadsword/Fire eh? My main ("Outback" on the Virtue Server) is a BS/WP, and I love him...but honestly never thought about paring BS and Fire. Sounds interesting |
And yes, my Broadsword/Fire Scrapper is pretty fun, but not really some kind of Uber build. I made it so that I could use both Build up and Fiery Embrace to slap down bosses or larger groups quickly, and I ended up softcapping its Melee defense with IO bonuses (in the AoE attacks) and Parry (Slotted for extra defense and recharge), giving it decent survival in close range while having Healing Flames and resistance toggles for ranged damage and Consume to keep myself from having to rest. With Power Customization, it was fun to play around with the colors for Fiery Aura to make them match the aura around the Rikti Sword and Nictus Sword. The only thing keeping it from being a decent PvP toon is its mez protection, which is kind of low without the expensive IOs that I didn't want to bother purchasing.
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I have a claws/electrical armor brute that I am running up the ranks. She's only 23 or so, but it's lots of fun. Spin ought to be illegal! However I am very squishy, I hope Energize makes this problem less of a problem.
Thanks mates. I just made the claws/elec brute, and look forward to Br00ting.
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I'm making a Claws/Elec brute, but wondering if anyone out there has made one of these before and if so, what are some suggestions you might have?
Also, if anyone with an opinion on this, please, I am open ears to anything...