For what you're trying to accomplish, the build does not look bad at all. You're not sacrificing all that much in the way of enhancements to get to the softcap, so that's good. One thing that's a big no-no is slotting the Numi unique into RTTC. Please, put it into a passive power.
The only thing that I question is your goal of softcapping to F/C/E/NE. It's not worth spending inf. on the sets when you're not going to encounter many enemies with pure F/C/E/NE. Just in case you didn't know, an enemy's chance to hit with a power using two types of damage is rolled against the higher defense of the two. I.e. if a Rikti Conscript hits you with "Rikti Sword" (Melee, Energy/Lethal), it will be rolled against your Energy defense. If you had built for the S/L softcap, it would be rolled against your Lethal defense, making there no need for Energy.
Now, you only have 50ish Resistance to S/L, which is not all that great. True, it's helpful, but with 70%+ of the mobs in the game having some form of S/L damage, it's not enough. I would strongly consider going for S/L Defense, as I just don't see the exotic defense bonuses that useful.
As a WM/WP, your Regen coupled with the damage mitigation of WM/ should be enough to go toe to toe against the rare enemies with pure F/C/E/NE damage.
If you would like to see a sample build, just lemme know!
~Alpha
"People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is
light from within"
To be honest, I mostly went for the Fire/Cold/Energy/Neg. Energy Defense because I already had a decent amount to begin with (Heightened Senses + Weave was about 23%, I think). I'll see what I can do about rolling up a S/L soft-capped build. In the pursuit of the S/L soft-cap, how important would it be to maintain the E/N/F/C soft-cap? My guess (hope?) would be, "Not very." I have the Numina unique in Rise to the Challenge for the set bonus. The only time it might go down is in I get mezzed, right?
Oh, and I'd love to look at some other builds if you've got 'em.
Edit: I've got a build with 47.5% S/L, 31.4% E/N, 26.4% F/C. It also has an extra 12.5% bonus to recharge and regenerates about 8 more HP/sec. Unfortunately, the cost of the build also jumped astronomically. Here it is:
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While that's a good idea (build with what you've got,) for exotic defense types, I would just keep what you have, and not build upon it. 23% Defense is not too shabby, considering that pure F/C/E/NE is rare, and adding in Willpower's great Regen, you shouldn't have any problems. |
Originally Posted by Demon Keeper
To be honest, I mostly went for the Fire/Cold/Energy/Neg. Energy Defense because I already had a decent amount to begin with (Heightened Senses + Weave was about 23%, I think). I'll see what I can do about rolling up a S/L soft-capped build. In the pursuit of the S/L soft-cap, how important would it be to maintain the E/N/F/C soft-cap? My guess (hope?) would be, "Not very."
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And when going for the S/L softcap, F/C/E/NE is not important at all. Unless you really want it, I don't see a reason for it. Most damage will be mitigated by a combination of your softcap'd S/L defense, passive Regen, and Knockdowns from War Mace.
So, TL;DR, don't worry about exotics on this particular toon.
As for the build, yeah, that will cost a boatload of Inf., but I don't see any problems with it. Looks great. I'm not sure what your budget is, but I'll throw a build together.
Here it is:
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Good Luck!
~Alpha
"People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is
light from within"
I'm not planning anything grandiose with this Brute, I just want it to be tough enough to make it on a decent team. It's soft-capped in Fire, Cold, Energy and Negative Energy. I didn't focus on Smashing/Lethal because I have a decent amount of resistance there. One thing I was wondering about is that I had to drop some extra +HP and +Regeneration to get the last couple percent of Energy/Neg. Energy defense (I think they were at 42% with the extra +HP and +Regeneration).