Fiery Melee vs Super Strength vs War Mace vs Battle Axe

I mean overall, when taken as a whole set rather than focusing on one or two really good abilities (like Rage and Footstomp)

I hope that :P means it was in jest...if not, my invul would like a word with you


I'd NEVER tank on a /fire brute though. Thats kinda crazy. lol. Not main tank anyway. Maybe off tank but never main.

He mentioned his brother plays a Fire/Kin corruptor. Perhaps he just meant tanking for his brother? If so then /Fire is plenty tough since he'll be backed up by the brother's Speed Boost and powerful heal. Basically as long as the brute holds aggro they'll be an unstoppable buzz saw of destruction.

That's exactly what I meant by it. I'm no main tank but I'd like to be able to hold the brunt of damage incoming between the two of us.

"AoE" means Area of Effect, so any attack that can hit more than one target is basically a type of AoE, this includes "cones". (I think you're going by the idea of not needing to target, so perhaps we could call these TMAoEs for Targeted Melee AoE).

Shatter is a Cone, and Crowd Control is also a 'cone" but to call it that does a disservice to the actual size of the thing. I call it a REALLY wide arc.

Whirling Mace is a PBAoE, "player based" or "point blank" depending on who you're talking to.

So that makes 3 attacks in the set, all capable of hitting more than 1 target - which is what i think the OP was looking for.



There are other tools to holding aggro.

Both Invuln, and Shields have very strong Taunt Auras.

In fact, every Brute secondary (except Energy Armor) has a Taunt Aura of some kind (with Willpower's being the weakest of the bunch).


Now, pairing SS/FA Brute with Fire/Kin Corr should be whole sale mass damage to everything, however that's if it's played well between the two of you.

FA is easily one of the squishiest of all secondaries, and would not be my first choice of soaking incoming damage.

If you're going to have a kin backing you up and one who you intend to keep aggro off of, I'd probably chose one of the tougher sets that have no end recovery tools.

Invuln and Shield would be good choices, and you could even make a case for Dark Armor, but you need to be prepared to deal with it's holes.


So if you think you and your brother are prepared for a high risk, high damage playstyle Fire/Kin and FM/FA or SS/FA (I would choose SS for the KD/KU & because you have perma speed boost) would be an extremely high damage combo, but also a very squishy one depending on what you're fighting.

Or a tanker! O.o