Scrapper AAO is very good, and will keep most enemies from running.
That being said, however, the 1-2 punch of built up LR and SC will cause surviving enemies' morale to break really easily. If survivors aren't actively in AAO's radius they do tend to run a bit. Try to wait for the enemies to cluster a bit before you wipe them out and you will minimize runners.
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Scrapper is the way to go due to the damage scaling. My DM/SD reliably tanks for groups with no issues, which usually includes 1-2 blasters, as long as the blasters don't start piling the damage on before the mobs get within AAO's radius.
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Originally Posted by Celestyna
Hi guys,
Trying to decide between brute or scrapper for my Elec/SD. It seems like scrapper is the superior choice for LR/SC damage, but I hate how mobs tend to run from most of my scrappers. None of my brutes have this problem. Is the taunt in Scrapper AAO sufficient to keep them from scattering? Or is it the brute taunt-attacks that keeps them clustered up better? |
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Originally Posted by Celestyna
Hi guys,
Trying to decide between brute or scrapper for my Elec/SD. It seems like scrapper is the superior choice for LR/SC damage, but I hate how mobs tend to run from most of my scrappers. None of my brutes have this problem. Is the taunt in Scrapper AAO sufficient to keep them from scattering? Or is it the brute taunt-attacks that keeps them clustered up better? |
You want the scrapper hands down.
AAO will prevent any kind of Scatter, and the scrapper versions of SC & LR are in a class by themselves.
The Brute versions are a pale imitation and do no justice to either set.
Awesome, good to know. Thanks guys!
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Scrapper AAO will out taunt Ice Tanks. That's how much the enemies will love you!
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Originally Posted by Celestyna
Hi guys,
Trying to decide between brute or scrapper for my Elec/SD. It seems like scrapper is the superior choice for LR/SC damage, but I hate how mobs tend to run from most of my scrappers. None of my brutes have this problem. Is the taunt in Scrapper AAO sufficient to keep them from scattering? Or is it the brute taunt-attacks that keeps them clustered up better? |
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I can vouch for this. I have a ice/electric/pyre tanker. and if Sheild scraps are on the team. I must gain agro not only by aura, but by punch voke, then often times have to regain my agro off of the shield scraps with a taunt.|
Originally Posted by BrandX
Scrapper AAO will out taunt Ice Tanks. That's how much the enemies will love you!
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AAO has such strong agro control it is really insane.
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I couldn't rip it off the shield scrappers, with 2 auras, taunt, and punchvoke. But maybe that's because they said "Lol IceMelee" |
Originally Posted by protector_knight
I can vouch for this. I have a ice/electric/pyre tanker. and if Sheild scraps are on the team. I must gain agro not only by aura, but by punch voke, then often times have to regain my agro off of the shield scraps with a taunt.
AAO has such strong agro control it is really insane. |
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My Fire/Shield Scrapper sometimes pulls aggro from an Invulnerability/Super Strength Tanker I play with, and even with a slotted Taunt he often can't get aggro back. I can survive some aggro bleed, but I think it wounds his pride if anything ever attacks anyone else.|
Originally Posted by BrandX
Scrapper AAO will out taunt Ice Tanks. That's how much the enemies will love you!
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I have very little trouble with running enemies. It's in stark contrast to my Katana/Dark, even if they do occasionally wander off.
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As other had said you want the Scrapper. I have a level 50 Elec/SD Brute and a Level 50 Elec/SD Scrapper. The Scrapper does a lot more damage and is more fun to play in my opinion. I really haven't played my Brute in some time, and when I got my Scrappers build done the playing time went down a lot. The Scrapper is just that much for fun to play for me.
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Hi guys,
Trying to decide between brute or scrapper for my Elec/SD. It seems like scrapper is the superior choice for LR/SC damage, but I hate how mobs tend to run from most of my scrappers. None of my brutes have this problem.
Is the taunt in Scrapper AAO sufficient to keep them from scattering? Or is it the brute taunt-attacks that keeps them clustered up better?