The Delima: stone melee, war mace, or battle axe

got a problem here lol, i was wondering which was a better choice for my brute... Stone melee, War mace, Battle axe, or even electric melee.

i focusing on dps and the more AOEs i have the better. i need your input.... help???

Hi,

can I respectfully point you to the Forum section for "Archetypes" and the subsection in that specificaly for "Brutes"

All the wise heads that roll Brutes will be monitoring that thread and you will for sure get some helpful guidance.

Hope you enjoy whatever new At you roll

Cheers

Jacktar is correct, however, since you already asked here....

Stone Melee has great Single Target damage, but it's a bit endurance heavy, and only has one AoE (two if you count the one that just knocks enemies down without damaging them).

Mace and Axe both have a mix of ST and AoE attacks. None of the AoEs in either are singularly impressive, but they're still good attacks.

Electric Melee is about half AoE. Jacob's Ladder and Chain Induction are kinda "meh" on the AoE damage, but not bad. Thunder Strike is pretty good, even if it is kinda slow. Lightning Rod is amazing. One thing to remember is that LR summons a pseudopet to deal its damage, and pets have a +300% damage cap, not the +650% of normal brute attacks. That means that normal (97%-ish) slotting, a high Fury bar (+120-150%) and Build Up (+80%) will put you at or above the damage cap for that power - don't go overboard on extra buffs before using it, they may well be wasted.

Good secondaries for a high DPS/AoE brute are Fire or Shields. Fire has Fiery Embrace, which adds fire damage to all your attacks for a short while, Burn, which drops a flaming patch at your feet, damaging foes near you (also a pseudopet, see the note above), and Blazing Aura, a damage aura which harms all enemies near you. Shields has Against All Odds, a taunt aura that debuffs nearby enemies' damage, and gives you +damage for each enemy in melee range, and Shield Charge, a slightly weaker version of Lightning Rod.

Dark Armor and Electric Armor also have damage auras, but aren't quite as offensively oriented as Fiery Aura is. Dark has a couple toggles which can Stun or Fear nearby enemies helping keep you upright, and Electric has Lightning Reflexes, which allows you to attack and run faster, allowing you to build Fury faster, and lose less Fury traveling between mobs.

Ultimately, you're better off picking something you'll like, and asking for help with those specific powersets - there's too many options otherwise.

If you're willing to sink some money into the brute to put together a solid build, consider Super Strength/Fire. It may not seem that great at a first glance, but running Rage, Fiery Embrace and Blazing Aura while spamming Burn and Foot Stomp as often as possible is a beautiful thing. And then when you get low on endurance, you hit Consume - and deal more AoE damage to refill your end bar!