Talk to me about Fire/Elec..

Hello all,

It struck me today while looking at Mids, that /Elec has some really cool powers and I became interested in testing one out.

I was thinking that I never see any fire/elec anywhere... I would assume that it would be a lucrative combo.

Anyway, does anyone have any information on it?

Also, is it strong for scrappers or would it be a better combo for a tank or brute?

Thanks!

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Ethros: Dark/Dark/Dark Defender - Protector
Ja-Ja: Fire/Kin/Earth Controller- Protector
Shadow Flux: Fortunata
Daily Forecast: Fire/Storm/Mace Corruptor- Infinity

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@Gammos

/Elec on scrappers is decent. A nice chunk of res and a self heal that also gives you a nice bit of regen to boot. Fire will give you some very nice damage and if you slot enough bonuses you could get your S/L defenses up a nice amount. Personally I'd go with kat/bs myself due to parry/divine. I'm sure a Fire/Elec could work though, would just take a bit more work.

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I see..

So would you say its say to presume that with fire you have more damage with less toughness and with kat/bs you have more toughness with a little less damage?

Also, im an AoE freak so I wouldnt mind giving up a little sturdiness in favor of more damage and AoE.

Thanks!

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My 50's:
Fiya Man: Fiya/ Fiya/ Flame Blaster -Protector
Ethros: Dark/Dark/Dark Defender - Protector
Ja-Ja: Fire/Kin/Earth Controller- Protector
Shadow Flux: Fortunata
Daily Forecast: Fire/Storm/Mace Corruptor- Infinity

"XP is for sissies. Real men collect debt." -Adelie

@Gammos

Re : Talk to me about Fire/Elec

Better as a brute.

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Why is that?

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My 50's:
Fiya Man: Fiya/ Fiya/ Flame Blaster -Protector
Ethros: Dark/Dark/Dark Defender - Protector
Ja-Ja: Fire/Kin/Earth Controller- Protector
Shadow Flux: Fortunata
Daily Forecast: Fire/Storm/Mace Corruptor- Infinity

"XP is for sissies. Real men collect debt." -Adelie

@Gammos

Elec armor was designed for brutes and it shows. It's a high resistance set, capable to hit above the 90% cap on energy res and 90% to everything with its T9. Scrappers are limited to 75% so the energy res and power surge aren't as good there. Basically, as an elec scrapper you'll take 2.5x as much damage against energy opponents (or against anything that isn't psi while in Power Surge) compared to an elec brute. This is especially important for a Fire/Elec, as your primary offers no mitigation other than "kill them ASAP".

The endurance management is awesome on brutes, and while it's still damn great on scrappers, it's not the huge advantage it is on brutes as scrappers have better epic tools than brutes for that purpose (Conserve Power, Physical Perfection). This will most likely be moot when Going Rogue is released, but for now brutes have it "better" on that one.

The damage aura combined with end drain is great on a brute, if you use Power Sink you can even sap some foes. Of course, you can do just the same on a scrapper, however lacking a taunt/gantlet effect like brutes get the elec aura tends to make wounded mobs flee for their life (on brutes, they'll stay put until they die, except for very specific mobs who always run like those mafiosi snipers in port oakes). This is, again, something especially true for Fire/Elec as the dots from FM combined with the damage aura and sapping will make mobs run even more on a scrapper.

As for Fire Melee, to be fair it's an awesome set on both ATs and the differences aren't as significant as with Elec Armor. Fire Melee brutes get Incinerate earlier and FSC later, which can be an advantage or a disadvantage based on your playstyle (personally, I really like having that full ST attack chain as soon as level 8, but more AoE oriented folks might be annoyed to have to wait an extra 8 levels for FSC). GFS does more damage (relatively, before mods are applied) on a brute than a scrapper, though. There's also dots ; Fury fully affect the damage of fire melee dots, whereas scrapper criticals don't take dots into account.

You can make a strong and fun to play Fire/Elec scrapper, but I'm absolutely sure you could just as well make a stronger Fire/Elec brute.

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Well thank you!

I will definitely take that into consideration...I was actually thinking about my next villain anyway.

I havnt had much luck with Brutes in the past but im willing to consider giving it another shot...

Thanks again!

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My 50's:
Fiya Man: Fiya/ Fiya/ Flame Blaster -Protector
Ethros: Dark/Dark/Dark Defender - Protector
Ja-Ja: Fire/Kin/Earth Controller- Protector
Shadow Flux: Fortunata
Daily Forecast: Fire/Storm/Mace Corruptor- Infinity

"XP is for sissies. Real men collect debt." -Adelie

@Gammos

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My 50's:
Fiya Man: Fiya/ Fiya/ Flame Blaster -Protector
Ethros: Dark/Dark/Dark Defender - Protector
Ja-Ja: Fire/Kin/Earth Controller- Protector
Shadow Flux: Fortunata
Daily Forecast: Fire/Storm/Mace Corruptor- Infinity

"XP is for sissies. Real men collect debt." -Adelie

@Gammos