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With the new Changes you SHOULD roll a Claws/FA Bill...I dare you.

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LOL. I think Claws/Fire kills faster than SS/Fire....but comparing the two is like apples and oranges...Foot Stomp keeps you safe with SS but wit claws...your stuck. Shockwave only goes so far when it comes to mitigation compared to foot stomp.

I still can't bring myself to roll a SS again. That set bores the snot out of me...which is weird b/c I love Ice Melee and Stone Melee *shrug*.

Alt-itis has struck again and I think I am going to roll a Claws/Dark...I've been trying to make a /Dark toon forever and claws might help me take the leap. Now if only I could make a Dual Blades toon...

I'm with you on SS, Negate. I've played it several times, twice past the foot stomp range. It's just dull.

Point of note: You will never hear me bad mouth FA as a damage boosting set. It is Awesome for that. And if that's what someone wants out of the set, it Does deliver.

You're right Bill...but even I admit it sucks when you have to scarf down more than +3 purple inspiration before you head into a mob.

I'm new (relatively) to Brutes, but I'll agree with the bulk of the commentary here... Claws/Fire is, well, an eye-opener.

I've been leveling one since Going Rogue went out and he's fun to solo and the damage output continually surpasses my expectations. I'll be on even level-teams with him and he consistently drops spawns faster that his other team members and steals aggro like he's the only one in the room. I repeatedly get a chuckle when I'm stripping aggro off Tanks, even with them Taunting (still not quite sure how that happens, but oh well).

Here's something I noticed about the pairing, too. For teams (if you roll that way) most of the prevalent "support" AT's have buffs and powers that increase character survivability. Pair insane damage output with survivability boosts from the team and Dammmmmn. You turn into a flaming edged juggernaut of DOOM. I had an Empath last night hitting me with Fortitude and it was all I needed to go helter-skelter rolling though Arachnos like tissue paper.

Good fun. As survivable as say /SR at high levels? Probably not. Mechanics aside though, it's a fun, fun pairing. Try it for a "spin"

(pun intended)

This thread is making me think about remaking my Claws/WP as Claws/FA...

My question is: Will Claws/FA still be awesome without any Set IOs? I don't use them. If that would make it sub-par to Claws/WP, I'll stick with that, as I know it kicks *** from 1-20, since that was the character I tore up Praetoria with once we were able to leave in the Closed Beta...

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Kheldarn, FA's tradeoff, something that is probably more true now since the last batch of fixes, is that it pushes damage in trade for mitigation.

When ignoring IOs, I have little doubt that FA's extra damage output should make it as survivable as any other set slotted with SOs for no other reason but that you'll be spending less time dealing with incoming damage.

That's the theory at least.

I agree as well. IO's would be in your best interest. /FA can easily get overwhelmed. I made a Claws/FA on Beta (lvl 41) and he was tearing through minions like they were going out of style so...yeah the dmg output doesn't change as you lvl.

I should probably clarify: I meant no IO Sets. I use Common IOs, and I'll occasionally use a specific IO to plug a hole, like the Steadfast or Karma -KB one (I've gotten, like 4 Karma -KB as drops since GR launched...).

So, given that, I should "Do a barrel Reroll!!", eh?

Oh, I should probably mention that I have a Fire/Fire Tanker I made back in 2006, who is only 34, and who I've loved playing, when I do play him, so I'm semi-familar with /FA.

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Claws/Fire is freaking great. I love to hop into a group rock out my claw attacks, then burn and then heal. A few groups later throw in consume to get endo back. It is a very endo heavy set, but thats what hero merits are for. I have slotted a miracle + recovery, and one set of 4 kinetic combat. Fire is pretty weak, so IO's make a big difference. I can slot some reactive armor when I hit 37 that will help as well.

My favorite brute so far.

Consume now is AMAZING. So much so I had to change my build on several toons just to include it!

I'm starting to think I should remake either my Claws/WP or Claws/Elec as Claws/Fire.

But which one??

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Originally Posted by lunaseed Claws/Fire is freaking great. I love to hop into a group rock out my claw attacks, then burn and then heal. A few groups later throw in consume to get end back. It is a very end heavy set, but thats what hero merits are for. I have slotted a miracle + recovery, and one set of 4 kinetic combat. Fire is pretty weak, so IO's make a big difference. I can slot some reactive armor when I hit 37 that will help as well. My favorite brute so far.

Fix'd that for you. There's no 'o' in Endurance.

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i have a 30 claws/sr brute anybody have a few builds i could look at?