You can go with the classic Super Strength, which generally does well with Elec or Fire (it's popular, anyhow).
I like putting Stone Melee with Fire or Elec though, that way you don't have to worry about redraw plus the additional endurance management is a godsend. Of the two, it's a case of which you'd be more comfortable with - If you try a Stone/Elec then your endurance will be fine, which synergises with Stone, plus there's the auto +recharge, which synergises with Stone; Stone/Fire on the other hand, while having the extra endurance management also pumps up your AoE damage which Stone Melee's lacking so that'll fill in that gap.
Stone's also incredibly satifying, such a SMASHING set to play, really takes away the GRIND of leveling later on, but without ability to handle the endurance costs you'll have some ROCKY levels before you can get Energy Mastery.
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Stone/Electric and Stone/Fire both sound good in terms of synergy, CBeet. Thank you. With regard to Super Strength, can I assume that Electric Armor's recharge boost will bring Rage back up sooner? I don't have much experience with SS but perma-Rage seems to be the goal that all SS brutes pursue. (if I'm remembering correctly, that is)
I prefer to pair the sets that have ample KD or Stuns with the 'damage aura' (resistance based) sets.
You could make Warmace work, but my personal first choices would be either SS or SM to pair with something like FA or Ela.
Claws would be my choice. It builds Fury pretty quickly, and has pretty good AoE in it's own right (Spin is just sick on a brute)
Also has Follow Up, which is stackable for a pretty much constant 75% damage boost. Plus it has significant effect on your accuracy, so if you're short on slots you can forego accuracy in your damage aura and let Follow Up boost the to-hit on it. That is of course assuming you run on SOs or generic IOs. With Follow Up active you can slot the damage aura with 1 end reducer and 3 damage and still have it hit pretty reliably.
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I've done it on two Brutes (both in an inactive account now) :
Stone/Fire : Was hideous on the End bar, especially in the teens, I19 should fix that. It was also a bit fiddly in keeping things in Burn and FE was underwhelming. Since i18 neither of these two things is remotely true and I'd say it's a pretty good combo now (the improvements to consume will also help a lot)
Claws/Elec was a blender and a hell of a lot of fun. It can look brilliant as well. Only downside was, as a Brute, Energize comes in later than for Tanks and Scrappers and I was in sore need of it by the mid-20s.
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I really like the idea of damage auras on brutes. It seems that fury turns a damage aura into the gift that keeps on giving, allowing you to dish out more damage than either scrappers or tankers. So my question for you experienced brutes is this: Which primaries do you enjoy pairing with Dark Armor, Electric Armor or Fiery Aura and why do you enjoy it?
Just so you know, this would be for a solo, PvE character. I'm planning on a Claws/Electric but would also like to try other combos as well. Thanks. |
On the other hand, your original comment about the Brute out damaging Scrappers will be true with certain power sets and circumstances, but a damage aura Scrapper will very likely give you a run for your money. A Spines/Dark Scrapper, for example, can get 2 damage auras with 2 exotic damage types, on top of awesome AoEs.
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Super Strength is the most popular choice, so be original and pick something else.
Stone Melee provides excellent AoE mitigation, Claws and Fire deal sick AoE damage if you don't mind herding the spawns, and also do very good single target damage.
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SS does good with elec or fire. However claws does good with dark as well due to its slightly lower end use on a set with an end hog of a self heal. Although if you hate redraw stay away from anyweapon/fire. Heal, consume and burn all cause redraw.
Also have a friend that loved his electric blender set of DB/Elec and this was before the buff.
Got my new Claws/Electric up to level 6. As expected, I like the play style of fast attacks with low endurance cost. I also have an Energy/Electric sitting idle who I'm going to dust off and start playing again.
Decided to also make a Stone/FA. Inherent Fitness will help with the ungodly endurance cost until he gets Consume. I enjoy FA on my Spines/FA scrapper (especially since it was upgraded) so I'm looking forward to trying it on a brute. Thematically, I think SM and FA go well together, like a walking volcano. Smash and burn... what's not to like?
I really like the idea of damage auras on brutes. It seems that fury turns a damage aura into the gift that keeps on giving, allowing you to dish out more damage than either scrappers or tankers. So my question for you experienced brutes is this: Which primaries do you enjoy pairing with Dark Armor, Electric Armor or Fiery Aura and why do you enjoy it?
Just so you know, this would be for a solo, PvE character. I'm planning on a Claws/Electric but would also like to try other combos as well. Thanks.