I was going to see what I could move around in the build, but the way you've built it is pretty different from what I would normally do.
Do you get much use out of the pet? While the set bonuses are nice, I'd personally rather have Dark Obliteration slotted for more AoE damage as opposed to a pet.
As for Gloom, to be honest I don't know if it is helping or hindering your DPS.
On the one hand KM encourages you to stick to the KM attacks to make the most of power siphon.
On the other hand, you're a Brute saturated with +damage bonuses from Fury & AAO. So Gloom might actually be a good way to go.
I don't get a lot of damage out of the pet. She seems fairly fragile to me, but I wanted to try it because of the two nice +def bonuses in that set.
I normally have Fury at about 70%, and with AAO Gloom easily hits for over 200.
Is there a general consensus I've missed on the attack chain for Brute KM?
So, I've been level 50 for a while, and I'm finding a brute with capped positionals to be highly entertaining. I've been working on increasing my recharge and getting an actual attack chain rather than clicking whatever is up.
I've heard good things about the Brute form of Gloom in Soul Mastery, so I recently changed to that from Energy Master (with SC and PP). What I didn't realize is that using Gloom heavily in my chain is -murdering- my endurance. The DPA may be really high, but its End/s is killing me.
At any rate, I'm trying to see if I can squeeze out enough damage to solo turrets in RWZ, just as a fun target to hit. If anyone has suggestions on an attack chain or a change to the build, I'd love to hear it.
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Immovable Wall: Level 50 Technology Brute
Primary Power Set: Kinetic Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Body Blow
- (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
- (13) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (21) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (39) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
Level 1: Deflection- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (3) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (15) Titanium Coating - Resistance
- (31) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- (39) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
Level 2: Smashing Blow- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
- (11) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (13) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 4: Battle Agility- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (5) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 6: Power Siphon- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (9) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (17) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (19) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (31) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 8: Super Jump- (A) Jumping IO
Level 10: True Grit- (A) Resist Damage IO
- (19) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
- (40) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
Level 12: Combat Jumping- (A) Defense Buff IO
- (46) Defense Buff IO
Level 14: Boxing- (A) Empty
Level 16: Against All Odds- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 18: Active Defense- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 20: Tough- (A) Aegis - Resistance
- (21) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
- (34) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge
Level 22: Burst- (A) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage
- (23) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
- (23) Multi Strike - Damage/Recharge
- (27) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (29) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
- (29) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
Level 24: Weave- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (25) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
- (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
Level 26: Hasten- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (27) Recharge Reduction IO
- (40) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 28: Phalanx Fighting- (A) Defense Buff IO
Level 30: Maneuvers- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
- (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 32: Concentrated Strike- (A) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (33) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
- (33) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance
- (33) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
- (34) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge
- (34) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
Level 35: Shield Charge- (A) Obliteration - Damage
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
- (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 38: One with the Shield- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 41: Gloom- (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
- (45) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
- (45) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
- (46) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
- (46) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (50) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 44: Dark Obliteration- (A) To Hit Debuff IO
Level 47: Summon Widow- (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
- (48) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (50) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
- (50) Blood Mandate - Damage
Level 49: Grant Cover- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
Level 0: The Atlas MedallionLevel 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 50: Spiritual Partial Core Revamp
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Level 1: Brawl
- (A) Empty
Level 1: FuryLevel 1: Sprint
- (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja RunLevel 2: Swift
- (A) Run Speed
Level 2: Health- (A) Miracle - Heal
- (11) Miracle - +Recovery
- (42) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
- (43) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
- (45) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 2: Hurdle- (A) Jumping
Level 2: Stamina