You only need one enhancement slot on boxing.
I'm not a Claws player but unless I'm mistaken or things have changed, Follow-Up is a nice power to have.
You've definitely missed out on the fun and effectiveness of Spin. Get it at 35. Devote your next 5 slots to it. Weave can wait.
YOU WILL NEVER BOX AGAIN.
pm me your global and i'll send you a little inf
you definitely want spin and followup
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.
Thanks for the advice so far, I respec'd and hit 35. I took spin and follow up. I'll post of my new build tomorrow, but thanks everyone for the claws advice.
Boxing is irritating on a Claws, because it causes redraw (at least I think it does). I wouldn't bother with slotting it.
Focus and Spin are the two "must haves" for me for Claws. Eviscerate is grand but slow to animate, decent if you're good at lining multiple enemies to be hit by it.
Follow-Up isn't that amazing on a Brute I find personally, I actually skipped it. The +Dam isn't as noticable as on a Scrapper or Widow (since it's added to your rather low base damage). The ToHit is handy though, but I just left it out and haven't really missed it.
Looking forward to your new build!
As promised, here's the new configuration. right now I'm running +1/x3 in solo missions with few problems. *grumbles about ring mistresses.*
I haven't found boxing to be all that irritating at all, the redraw for claws is not frustrating at all....now on broadsword, that redraw is a witch!
Follow up has been ok, Noticable but not amazing...though doing over 200 damage with slash, focus and eviscerate makes things dead fast.
Fast healing will come at level 38, I want all the defence I can afford going into the 40s.
At some point you'll want to put some more slots in High Pain Tolerance as well. Each healing enhancement slotted in it gives you more Hit Points, which is never a bad thing. For example, 3 Heal enhancers will give you a bonus of 292.2 extra hit points (at level 50). That may not sound like much, but I'm a firm believer that every little bit helps. 
Glad you're enjoying your Brute, they're tons of fun. I love every one of mine.
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As promised, here's the new configuration. right now I'm running +1/x3 in solo missions with few problems. *grumbles about ring mistresses.*
I haven't found boxing to be all that irritating at all, the redraw for claws is not frustrating at all....now on broadsword, that redraw is a witch! Follow up has been ok, Noticable but not amazing...though doing over 200 damage with slash, focus and eviscerate makes things dead fast. Fast healing will come at level 38, I want all the defence I can afford going into the 40s. |
You want HPT 3 slotted for +Health, extra HP means more chance of surviving an alpha and also means each regen tick restores more health. You also want 3 Healths in Rise to the Challenge.
I'd remove the a Recharge SO from Evisercate and one of the first two attacks and use them in HPT and replace the End in Rise with another health.
I find End Reductions in attacks do more for conserving the Blue than in the toggles personally. I'd remove the two from the two shields and stick them into your most costly DPE attacks (not sure off-hand what they'd be). For a Brute you can actually consider replacing a Damage SO in attacks with an End Reduction SO instead, if you are finding yourself gasping for End. Fury gives you a greater damage boost so you want to try and maintain a high Fury at all times.
These are just minor tweaks and not worth another respec but you certainly want to think about max-slotting HPT and Rise with Health SOs, it plays to your strengths as a WP Brute.
I've been playing Co* for a long time with some account deactivations here and there, but I've always enjoyed this game furiously. I've never been able to get that into villains until recently however.
This just might be the villain I can get up to 50, I know claws has issues with Lethal resists, but even then he feels like a rabid badger with a chainsaw! I love pulling an entire group around a corner and eviscerating them all. Right now he's at 33 and I see nothing stopping him.
This isn't much of a post, just a "I love my Brute" rave, but Here's my build if anyone wants to comment or just see the secret of my fun. (I' don't have much infamy at the moment so just plain ol SO's slotted. If anyone has suggestions for IO's I should look out for later that would be much obliged!))
Level 33 Claws/WP brute