fm/shield

i know i am abrute, but i thought since brutes have tank-like numbers, ill post my build here.

http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...E8ED3F96FECC70

Brutes actually have Scrapper-like numbers. Their armor sets are on a scale that is more comparable to Scrappers. The only number I know of that Brutes share with Tankers is their resistance cap at 90%, but most Brute sets can't reach it. For comparison, Deflection's base (unenhanced) defense on a Brute is 11.25%. For the Tanker, it is 15%. For the Scrapper, it is 11.25%, just like the Brute. You might get more help on the Scrapper forums than the Tanker forums, unless you're posting about Stone Armor or Energy Aura.

To simplify it, Brutes are basically Scrappers with slightly lower damage and slightly higher HPs. They can survive slightly better than Scrappers, but the margin is so small that in most cases it is insignificant. Brutes also get better taunting so they can hold aggro as well as Tankers.

Why did you post your build? Are you looking for advice on improving it? It falls far short of the soft cap (45%) on Ranged and AoE defense, but there are a lot of things you could do to bring your defenses up. If you were posting a Shield Tanker build, I could tell you to slot your toggles + CJ + Weave, add a Steadfast 3% defense, and Gaussians set, and that would put you at the soft cap. Unfortunately, Brutes don't get nearly the same amount of buff values from their armor sets.

Yea im looking to soft-cap and i need help, im not very good with Mids at all. I Thought i had a good build going, like im slotting for it now, iv got half the sets alrdy, lucky i still have another respec and 2 builds to choose from

Try looking at some Shield Defense builds on the Brute and Scrapper forums to see how they reached the soft cap. The melee set is not quite as important because you can usually transfer the IO sets to most melee sets' powers.

Here is my DM/SD Scrapper build to get you started. It uses a Gladiator's 3% defense IO (worth 2-3 billion) so I'm not sure if it will be in your budget.

| Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|MxDz;1406;704;1408;HEX;|
|78DA65935B6F125110C767D9C516CA1D7A2FA5500A05CA52D444634C4C144D3425A|
|9A9FA5A5738968D48374B5BDB27AB7E037DA89757ADFA31FC1AFA09BCB4FAAE1567|
|670E588500BF7366FF67CE7F66CFA96E577C00BB1740095C6A1AEDF6EA4ACD362C4|
|BD8EEAAB166D6A295CDFB567B43D8331573CBF937B6C400008C7765AB55D11442AF|
|18F63D1E267A4F2AE2AE68B585BED23045B3DE9D86AFB61AC216AD0DBD3BF02DAFA|
|F37F5256158666BCD4B93154B887AB01BAF0BBBDD302D3FCDAF986B8D0D14862F5B|
|664DBFB85EDF59AD1A8EC39D31F495C19FED18A44FC70DB7116570198C3B04ADC6A|
|8134E145C0EBC7E9C29B44A8361859E8408836730A8A930B8407AEF2846E330847A|
|85F52E85F55ED6FBA4DE870A552AD434ADF531029C69048DBAA5C0CD29023142685|
|205F0C0260A0664250367396B4832D2659C72C5CEF33416511D777EDCDB23537BCE|
|F1A391FF98C2D443523354A02C63FF6016057EDE5EF17FA42E4D7C422C4200C341A|
|ABE03C12489C3280ECB6C612E6682FB3125FB11C445515640F4081C9B0F70D13075|
|BDE31EFEEC7242535F08D35F19DF1807849943440C145C35CABEB4D187B4C7CC2EE|
|31121F998F184B08DF271B9C9F84F2A23F98B307BC4F8CDE8204A9006EC601142E8|
|7652BA9DE412554C149725C65338C8427A9A9124ECA02021DF5782CF5A4630F81C6|
|6F81C66F9E465B9CD61DC2925CB49B1952CFBCBB1DB1CDBCC75081A6E32275DCC71|
|A3F3DCE8BC6CF40D2C605EDA987F4D8BF26F080BFB8CB78C7784E27BC23EDA28C88|
|20B7B14BA8989749948FF80A108945E825369698F507EC578CE784188F89D23C289|
|164FAA7404B4DE95C42F7E60E978C443BB2D6BF2026248215142EBDDC98E2704CE8|
|BA1F181B777F7408972D187C763018E7DFF1B53946BF48A8AB71039F8E13D767BB9|
|D8E23342E9A9CB112CF639CEF745CA7D91D37D91537D91EB68B82C8BFA039C80DCC|
|3|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|