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Pyrobolt

Deevian

By Deevian,
Posted on: 2011-03-29 17:26 in Brutes

 

Posted

This thread is for a friend who needs help building his Elec-Fire Brute. I will be editing the first post as needed rather than making a ton of replies to myself for every update. Everyone can see the build this way, feel free to post your responses and/or suggestions on the build if you want. Two heads are better than one, or something... though I can't guarantee I'll implement anything posted here.

EDIT: With powersets like Elec Melee and Firey Aura, I thought it would be pretty obvious this build was for farming. If it wasn't inherently obvious, the power choices in the build REALLY give it away.


Here it is, I went ahead and enabled all the HP/END Accolades and picked a tier4 Cardiac for the build.

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.92
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Pyrobolt: Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Havoc Punch

  • (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  • (7) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
  • (7) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  • (13) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (15) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (15) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 1: Fire Shield
  • (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance
  • (17) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
  • (17) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
Level 2: Blazing Aura
  • (A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage
  • (42) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (43) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage
  • (43) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  • (43) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
  • (45) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
Level 4: Healing Flames
  • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
  • (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
  • (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  • (42) Doctored Wounds - Heal
  • (42) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
Level 6: Build Up
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (39) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 8: Thunder Strike
  • (A) Obliteration - Damage
  • (9) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (9) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  • (11) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (11) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (13) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 10: Combat Jumping
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  • (46) Karma - Knockback Protection
Level 12: Hasten
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (36) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (37) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 14: Boxing
  • (A) Empty
Level 16: Plasma Shield
  • (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance
  • (39) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
  • (39) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
Level 18: Chain Induction
  • (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
  • (19) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
  • (19) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
  • (21) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (21) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (36) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
Level 20: Consume
  • (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
  • (37) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (37) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
Level 22: Tough
  • (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance
  • (23) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
  • (23) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
Level 24: Weave
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  • (25) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  • (25) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 26: Maneuvers
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
  • (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
  • (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
Level 28: Burn
  • (A) Obliteration - Damage
  • (29) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (29) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  • (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  • (31) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
Level 30: Tactics
  • (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
  • (33) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  • (33) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
  • (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
  • (46) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
  • (50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
Level 32: Lightning Rod
  • (A) Armageddon - Damage
  • (33) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
  • (34) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (34) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (34) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance
  • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
Level 35: Fiery Embrace
  • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  • (40) Recharge Reduction IO
Level 38: Vengeance
  • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
Level 41: Char
  • (A) Empty
Level 44: Melt Armor
  • (A) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  • (45) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (45) Touch of Lady Grey - Recharge/Endurance
Level 47: Fire Ball
  • (A) Ragnarok - Damage
  • (48) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
  • (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  • (48) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
  • (50) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
  • (50) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
Level 49: Temperature Protection
  • (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
Level 50: Cardiac Core Boost
Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
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Level 1: Brawl
  • (A) Empty
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint
  • (A) Empty
Level 2: Rest
  • (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift
  • (A) Run Speed IO
Level 2: Health
  • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  • (5) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
Level 2: Hurdle
  • (A) Jumping IO
Level 2: Stamina
  • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  • (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
  • (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
  • (5) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
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Set Bonus Totals:
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  • 14.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  • 8% Defense(Smashing)
  • 8% Defense(Lethal)
  • 4.25% Defense(Fire)
  • 4.25% Defense(Cold)
  • 8% Defense(Energy)
  • 8% Defense(Negative)
  • 3% Defense(Psionic)
  • 13% Defense(Melee)
  • 13% Defense(Ranged)
  • 5.5% Defense(AoE)
  • 48% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  • 65% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  • 4% Enhancement(Heal)
  • 10% FlySpeed
  • 219.27 HP (14.63%) HitPoints
  • 10% JumpHeight
  • 10% JumpSpeed
  • Knockback (Mag -4)
  • Knockup (Mag -4)
  • MezResist(Held) 6.6%
  • MezResist(Immobilize) 6.6%
  • MezResist(Sleep) 8.25%
  • MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
  • MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
  • 13% (0.217 End/sec) Recovery
  • 40% (2.503 HP/sec) Regeneration
  • 6.3% Resistance(Fire)
  • 6.3% Resistance(Cold)
  • 10% RunSpeed




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Posted

You might want to start out by defining what exactly you want the build to do. There is no one size fits all for IO builds.

Taking a quick look at the build in mid leaves me feeling it has much to be improved. It doesn't have particularly good recharge nor defenses, yet still employs some of the most expensive sets in the game. It also has some questionable slotting such as the proc in blazing aura(auras can only pop a proc every 10 sec, making them poor homes for procs) and also 4 slots in stamina is more than is necessary.

I would come up with a counter proposal build, but once again, I would need to know what the general aim of the build is.

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Deevian View Post
also 4 slots in stamina is more than is necessary.

I guess I am really hopeless then. Maxing out the recov in stamina with 3 performance shifters or efficacy adapters (situational if you have too many 2.5% recov bonuses) means you need the 4th slot for the performance shifter proc, which is one of the most important IO's in most builds. I am pretty sure that if you plan to use a proc in stamina it will always be 4 slotted, there's little to gain from slotting it more and a lot to lose from slotting it less.

Also, not always do you need to gimp a build to hit 180% recharge or soft cap defenses. Getting defense where it is convinient and efficient, and doing likewise for recharge will get you a build that performs well at all times. A super defensive slotting leaves a lot lacking in recharge and dmg procs usually, which is counterproductive to farming. Likewise, a mass recharge build is often too squishy and relies on outside support, always needing lots of purple insps or requiring a body to Perma-Venge off of; Both usable strategies but not ones that I like myself or would recommend. An efficient well rounded build will function without relying on defense buffs and still pump out effective damage.

Finally if I could take the damage procs out of Blazing Aura and add them to my attacks WHILE STILL RETAINING the excellent set bonuses, then I would. Unfortunately I cannot 7 or 8 slot my powers, and thus adding damage procs into my damage aura to increase AoE DPS is the only option I have for them. I can understand possible arguments against the purple proc in Blazing Aura, but I want the set in Lightning Rod seeing as it is the shining power of Elec Melee, and I feel Lightning Rod is far too slow to warrant dmg procs. With a Cardiac helping on end costs it is feasible to move the 5 piece Armageddon (including the proc) into Blazing Aura and keep a second proc in the 6th slot; This allows you to slot Lightning Rod with another Oblit set for more defense. This setup is only better after you get the Cardiac, and is also more expensive inf-wise.

"Look, personally I just want a new issue to feature changes that don't cause a mass exodus of players..."
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How to suck at CoX
Literally the Best Build Ever: Years in the Making