SS/Willpower General Purpose build

Hey folks. I am in the process of setting up a SS/Willpower Brute. I had one as my main for almost a year, but the build was not optimal by any means, and i stripped it some months back.

My goal with the new build is to place enhancement slots, I/O sets, and Procs/Globals in such a way as to always get the most bang for my buck. The theory being that the Alpha Slot content will build on a very solid base.

So, I am not trying to softcap anything, I am not trying to max anything. The goal is that everything I put on, I want to use as few slots as possible to get as much as possible. It is a generic build. Much like the Willpower set itself that I am building this on, not great at anything, just good at most things.

The toon will run mostly at 50+ content, so the enhancers should be highest level where possible, except for Globals when it makes most sense to be minimum level.

Thanks in advance for any input.

I'll warn you up front: I had an SS/WP Brute. Took him to 35.

My god was he boring to play. Sit in the spawn, Foot Stomp until the spawn's dead. Yeehaw. Unless you find ease enjoyable, then disregard my post.

heh, I guess I like boring. The SS/Will was my main for almost a year. And here I go making another.

But yeah, i even want to push boring further I guess, by enhancing the Willpowers okay at everything, not a master of anything feel to become pretty good at everything, master of nothing. Part of the thought being on Def/Corr/buff heavy teams he really shines, since his base numbers are all repectable to begin with. Or when I pop Oranges and Purps just one goes a long way.

And yes, i really do enjoy the SS build, but for Knockout Blow really lol.

Yeah, it's hard for me to run Dark/Dark because the toggle management and timing of certain powers like AoE End Drain and Heal are art forms. So willpower is fun for me. But someday (After Dark/Invul is done) I will look at creating the Uber Dark guy. But whereas my Dark Invul is built very straightforward (if stubbornly so) I will really need to sit with Mids for weeks and decide my buildout before i tackle Dark/Dark. I have dark/dark tank at 32, and a dark/dark Brute at 40, both SO'd except for KB prot and that Proc in the heal. But yeah, SS/Will is just pure fun for me for now.

I build mine for recharge so my build won't help, but I here's a couple of thoughts:

Take tough/weave. You've got lots of recovery.

I'm seriously considering Maneuvers post i19, i.e. I've got lots of recovery.

The Steadfast Protection +DEF IO is an incredible bargain.

I like Air Superiority as mitigation for low level content. ymmv.

Get the accolades, that extra HP noticeably helps your regen.