Which Brute? SS/Fire or SS/Elec?

Really the title says it all. I'm trying out BOTH at the moment, and I'm currently leaning towards SS/Fire because it's a bit stronger in the lower levels, though lacking in resistance.

I plan on dabbling in PvP with this character, as well as farming. As far as I can TELL, they're relatively equal, with SS/Elec having a slight advantage in recharge and resistance, and fire having an advantage in terms of heals and damage.

Which one would YOU choose?

SS/fire is better at farming, hands down.
In PvP however they are somewhat tied.
The extra dmg FE and burn offers is very useful in allowing you to kill the enemy before they kill you in a PvP environment. Of course, for PvP you will need a ton of -KB procs thanks to i13s stupidness, even then its not always enough.
But with /elec, if your in a 1v1 duel setting at least, against an opponent that you would otherwise be tied with you can eventually sap them of their end and thus win. And you have an actual god mode, very useful.
And i guess one important think about brutes is, imo, they aren’t that great at PvP when compared to scrappers or tanks without the frenzy temp power which you only get redside.

Elec for survivability, Fire for offense. The differences aren't that major though, and you'd probably be best off going for whatever looks cooler to you.

Both would be fine in PvE, but don't bother with a brute for PvP. They really serve no purpose there, since tanks and scrappers are better in every way possible.

Alright. Thanks much for the info. I've gotten the SS/Fire brute up to lv 8, and he's...Well he's a fire brute, so he's squishy and needs his second armor toggle. Pushing off getting a travel power until the 20s will get me Tough, which will help, also.

While both are going to be fun they both peak in very different areas.

For farming, especially solo farming where the inspirations rain down like candy the SS/FA is hard to beat. Footstomp plus a patron AOE fueled by Rage+Fury+FE is just something awesome to behold when it comes to making whole spawns melt.

On the other hand without heavy IO investment you are probably going to want to get reigned to the fact that RotP is part of your attack chain in the end game where exotic damages fly fast and furious.

For end game PVE content /Elec is very nice to play. The Rikti are something to laugh at. Sappers, EMP grenades, Carnie death aura's and Mu can largely be put to the back of your mind. With the right IO's /Elec can get just about as sturdy as anything.