I'd say /ElA is better on SOs than /SD, and quite solid.
ElM will have good AoE damage on SOs, but your ST damage will suck. But honestly, I think ElM is one of the worse sets on just SOs.
elec/elec is decent on just SOs. Once your fury builds up, the lesser ST damage on elec melee isnt as bad.
Don't know what you consider bad as far as the primaries go, some of them work a bit differently for brutes than they do for the other melee classes, mostly due to fury. I personally had no interest in claws until they proliferated them to brutes, and I have to say, they are amazing.
Like Exxar said, I wouldnt bother with SD on plain SOs. Elm/SD is incredible when it is IOd, but just looks painful on SOs.
My elec/elec is fun, now that they have buffed them with energize. He is still in just SOs, and will probably stay that way. I just don't see the potential in that toon that I see in my other brutes to justify the cost of IOs. Maybe as a farmer at some point, but that would require a fair investment.
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.
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Basically I've narrowed it down to elec melee. Everything else I've played and/or it's just bad. How is elec melee overall? Any strengths/weaknesses? I definitely prefer AoE damage potential, and I think I saw someone say it's good at AoE. |
Thanks for the quick replies guys. As bad I consider axe, mace, DB, and stone.
While I'm not making it for PvP, in the end I would like it to at least not be completely useless at it.
Sounds like elec/elec is the way to go for me.
umm, all of those are actually rather good. My stone/wp brute does a ton of damage.
if you want PvP, elec melee is not the way to go, it's single target damage is poor. Mace and Battle Axe both do a ton of single target damage. Seismic Smash is just brutal. Can't talk for DB, but I can talk for Elec Melee in PvP, and it is painful.
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've played basically everything except a brute. Kind of want to try it. I don't like repeating sets I've already played, so that leaves out a lot.
Basically I've narrowed it down to elec melee. Everything else I've played and/or it's just bad. How is elec melee overall? Any strengths/weaknesses? I definitely prefer AoE damage potential, and I think I saw someone say it's good at AoE.
As far as secondary, it's between elec and shield. Leaning towards elec, because of the heal and +end.
Let me know what you think.
Oh, last thing to mention is that I will most likely be playing with just SO's, so look at the sets from that perspective please.