Brute primaries

I have a few questions regarding Brutes. I have only one Brute over lvl 20. Although I like my current shield brute, I still have never felt the awesomeness with any Brute, that others feel about their Brutes.

1) How would you rate Brute primaries?

2) Do you think Brute primaries are slow? Or fast? Or somewhere between? Regarding playability (blasters are fast, controllers are slow).

3) What are some of your others thoughts about Brutes.

thanks for your input

1) Awesome. I don't like the lethal sets (battle axe, dual blades, claws) but that's pure personal preference. They're all awesome.

2) Faster than scrappers before 22. Same speed as scrappers afterwards. So however you rate scrappers in speed.

3) Brutes are the most fun AT in the game. Your mileage may vary... but if it does, a brute might SMASH you.

I don't have a lot of experience, but I have two brutes and love them both, KM/WP and SS/Inv. They are fast, sturdy, and just a joy to play. My Fire/Shield scrapper seems a bit faster, but nowhere near as much damage resistance yet. I'm not using numbers to back this up though; it's just my gut. My KM/WP is almost 48 because I enjoy playing her so much. Try Kin Melee or Super Strength. I think you'll like it.

All Brute primaries will arrest mobs quickly. Some have better AoE (Electric, Mace), some are good at both (Claws, Super Strength), and some excel at single targets (Dark Melee, Energy Melee).

The Brute is my favorite melee AT, because it has the capability to tank and control agro while achieving very high levels of damage.

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Originally Posted by Deus_Otiosus Outside of serious resistance buffing, that's the only functional difference in terms of resilience between an SD Scrapper or Brute.

Just to add, the HP cap also comes into play when OWtS is active. An IOd Brute can chase 3200 HP, while a Scrapper is pegged at 2400, which is a very significant difference for peak situations. My SD Brute has about 500 more HP than a hard capped Scrapper when OWtS is active.

Well, it's not a complete build, but this has over 3k HP with OwtS active, and 2414 hp (6 over the scrapper cap) when OwtS is down.

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Ever since I got my first villain to 50 (dm/Inv brute).....I doubt I'll ever make another scrapper!!! Love the fury mechanic, vs unreliable criticals. Especially awesome from 1 to 22! Any combo is a breeze, I find! (to 22....after that their are some combos I dislike.)

1) How would you rate Brute primaries?
-Depends on a few things. Do you prefer slow attacks that hit like a train, or fast attacks that hit quickly and continuously for less damage per hit. Since fury seems to be about 1/3rd your attacks, and 2/3rds enemy attacks at you, your fury isn't going to be too much worse either way once you have a good attack chain.

I have at least tried all the brute primaries, and my favorites (pre level 20) are in order:
-Dual Blades (beware though, you need to take most of the attacks from the set due to the combos)
-Stone Melee (slow, end heavy, massive hits are fun)
- Electric Melee (a full chain in 3 moves so i can take my defenses? yes please.)


2) Do you think Brute primaries are slow? Or fast? Or somewhere between? Regarding playability (blasters are fast, controllers are slow).
-Fast. They have to be to keep their fury up. I find that my brutes need more active playing than my blasters, so they feel faster. The blaster, I can just memorize the shot rotation, and change targets once in a while while watching TV. The brute needs my attention, but it's worth giving it, since I tend to be full of SMASH all the time.

3) What are some of your others thoughts about Brutes.
-This is what the melee sets should all be. Tough + damage = badass. It was stated somewhere once that the Villain ATs were designed for (or just better than) the Hero ATs for soloing, but without sacrificing their indivudual usefulness on teams, and nowhere is that more apparant than on a brute. Solo, it's tough to get your fury bar to full. Your health and your defense aren't terrrible (you're no tanker, but you're not squishy), but on a team, played right, you can carry the team due to your fury.