Best Primary for Invuln?

Hi,

Thinking of building a new Brute, and wondering which Primary Sets work best with Invuln. I will mainly PVE, and run Strike Forces with the toon.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Invuln is a solid set, and goes well with pretty much any Brute primary.

You lack an Endurance recovery tool, so that might be a concern, but honestly that's no different than several other secondaries.


If you just want to survive and be as tough as possible, DM might be a good contender although I personally prefer more AoE.

FM, SS, Claws, WM even Elm and DB would be solid choices.

My vote goes to claws.

I have never looked at Invuln but I beleive its a resistance set? If that is the case I would go Super Strength because of these reasons.

1.) The -def on Rage should not effect you.
2.) Rage and Fury is a lot of damage going out there for long time.
3.) Nothing says "I am going to stomp the ground and you will like it!!!" better than Foot Stomp with Rage and Fury.

Now I haven't even looked at Invuln on mids but if their is some defense powers then Super Strength may not work for you. Me personally, I hate the rage crash. I have an Ice Armor/ Super Strength (it's built bad) and the rage crash drops me below soft capped defenses and I get wrecked. So I go with Super Strength.

A melee one.

I find War Mace to be delightfully sadistic.

If this is your first time using /Invul, I suggest a Primary that provides some regular, reliable mitigation itself.

Battle Axe, Dark Melee, Super Strength, or War Mace come readily to mind. Stone Melee too, but that combo will have a lot of endurance management issues.

Claws doesn't help much for mitigation, but the two do mesh well when in the latter levels. Same goes for Dual Blades, as I understand it.

Just remember to take Dull Pain early, and watch out for Psychic enemies.

The -def on the Rage Crash will indeed affect Invul's survivability as it is a hybrid Resistance/Defense powerset.

DM has the best synergy with /Inv because it provides what /Inv lacks, a heal and endurance tool. The problem is that it has zero AoE capability.

Other sets that mesh well with /Inv are claws, DB, SM, SS and WM because each of them provides great mitigation (somewhat less so for claws, but it still has a reliable ST knockdown power and is terrific for both ST and AoE damage, as well as being comparatively endurance-light).

FM and ElM are also fine. They don't provide any significant synergy, but have great damage output, and /Inv already has great survivability on its own so they mesh well. The two sets I'd never pair with /Inv are BA and EM. BA simply because it's the same as WM but weaker, and EM because it's a purely ST set just like DM but DM is so much better with /Inv.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Thinking about trying DM, see how I like it.

The AoE on DM isn't bad when soloing and you can exclusively spawn clump on your person to maximize Shadow Maul's cone. The numbers on that skill are pretty broken when hitting 3-5 opponents. It levies frickin' 2.156 DS with just 8 seconds of recharge. The DoT nature means that Fury of the Gladiator's proc is particularly potent here, particularly when backed up by 5 parts Armageddon and its respective damage proc.

Dark Melee AoE indeed sucks when teaming and you are unable to claim exclusive rights to the entire spawn's agro.

Im working a DM/INV, currently at 28.

No Fitness pool, kickin **** and having fun.

Don't know if it's "TEH BEST!!!1!" pairing, but it certainly works. Especially on small to mid sized teams.

I've read a couple places where peeps have said not to take Unstoppable, but not why exactly. Did it get Nerfed?

Thanks.