Feedback Please! DM/DA build and any DA experiences!
My dark/dark was my first 50. She remains one of my favorite characters, and one of only three of my brutes that are truly 'comfortable' in x8 spawns or sweeping the wall in Cimerora for fun (the other two are /wp and /stone). Darkest Night was *such* a massive boost in survivability when it was released. Its -to hit stacks so very nicely with the -to hit in cloak of fear and the -to hit in attacks. Against anything not resistant to debuffs (ie purple con enemies, who faceplant her in 6 seconds) it's almost like being softcapped.
I have tough on every single brute I have because it's hard to go wrong with more smash-lethal resistance. Your call, though.
Having both cloak of fear and opp gloom was something I tried for a bit but ultimately respecced out of opp gloom. This was pre-IOs, though, so I guess if you have the slots you can put some really nice IO sets in it, like you did.
I have combat jumping instead of cloak of darkness, since I like seeing my costume and it's a lot cheaper to run endurance wise. Once again personal preference - I think you can even disable the invisibility part of cloak of darkness at the tailor these days.
Weight training: Because you'll never hear someone lament "If only I were weaker, I could have saved them."
I have a lvl50 DA/DM tank fully IO'd, my only regret is that he is not a brute. I am just thinking of the possibilities and it would be BEAST. I would be able to skip some of my fillers for a bit more AoE later on.
Damn, I am gonna have to rebuild my tank as a brute now.
Dark Armor is like that kid you knew in school that didn't know when to shut up, and no matter how bad he got beaten down, he got right back up again and kept on talking.
I finally made a DM/DA Brute and I am L34(Man I can't wait for L35) and it is the most fun I have ever had on ANY brute! I made this build and I am wondering what people think about it and what feedback they can offer! ... (Oh and I am NOT taking tough, but feel free to mention it if you wish) Here is what I threw together. Thank you for any feedback!
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.703
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Level 50 Science Brute
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Smite -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(17), Dmg-I(19), EndRdx-I(33)
Level 1: Dark Embrace -- S'fstPrt-ResKB(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(3), ImpArm-ResDam(3), ResDam-I(5)
Level 2: Shadow Maul -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(13), Dmg-I(15), EndRdx-I(33)
Level 4: Death Shroud -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(5), Acc-I(9), Dmg-I(9), Dmg-I(11), Dmg-I(13)
Level 6: Murky Cloud -- ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam(7), ResDam-I(7)
Level 8: Siphon Life -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(23), Dmg-I(25), Heal-I(25), Heal-I(27), EndRdx-I(27)
Level 10: Obsidian Shield -- ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), ImpArm-ResDam(11)
Level 12: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 14: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(15)
Level 16: Dark Regeneration -- Theft-+End%(A), RechRdx-I(17), RechRdx-I(19), EndRdx-I(43), EndRdx-I(45)
Level 18: Air Superiority -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(33), Dmg-I(34), EndRdx-I(34)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21), P'Shift-End%(21)
Level 22: Cloak of Darkness -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), EndRdx-I(23), LkGmblr-Rchg+(34)
Level 24: Dark Consumption -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37), EndMod-I(39), Dmg-I(40), Dmg-I(42)
Level 26: Soul Drain -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39), Dmg-I(39), Dmg-I(40)
Level 28: Cloak of Fear -- SipInsght-%ToHit(A), SipInsght-ToHitDeb(29), SipInsght-Acc/ToHitDeb(29), SipInsght-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(31), EndRdx-I(31), EndRdx-I(31)
Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(42), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(43), Dmg-I(43), EndRdx-I(45)
Level 35: Oppressive Gloom -- Amaze-Stun(A), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(36), Amaze-ToHitDeb%(36), Amaze-Stun/Rchg(36), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(37), RzDz-Immob%(37)
Level 38: Soul Transfer -- Dsrnt-I(A), Dsrnt-I(40), RechRdx-I(42)
Level 41: Gloom -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(45), Dmg-I(46), EndRdx-I(46)
Level 44: Darkest Night -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(48), ToHitDeb-I(48), ToHitDeb-I(48)
Level 47: Dark Obliteration -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(50), Dmg-I(50), EndRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Touch of Fear -- ToHitDeb-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 6: Ninja Run
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