Foremost Agricultural Options
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Carnifax_NA,
Posted on: 2011-04-20 04:31 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
SS/Fire Brute is the best.
Elec/SD would be better for conventional map farming, since the majority of their AoE comes from the two telenukes. For ambush farms where you're almost permanently target saturated, the best way to go is several faster recharging AoEs. SS/FA has Burn, Footstomp, Fireball/Dark Obliteration/Ball Lightning, the patron AoE immob if you take it as well as Blazing Aura ticking away.
Spines/Fire has a lot of AoEs (as does Spines/DA) but the problem is they don't have a taunt component in their auras like SS/FA does. This means stuff will scatter.
Fire/Fire Tanker can work too, but SS/FA Brutes do more damage.
Shield/SS Tanker can work but if going with Shield you'd be better off with a Scrapper for farming since they benefit more from AAO. Fire/SD Scrapper would work, but still wouldn't be as good as a SS/FA.
SS/FA (or anything /FA) has the advantage that you can fight fire damage dealing mobs so you've got capped resists to their damage. This means you can use all your inspirations to max out your damage taking advantage of the high Brute damage cap.
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Great answer, thank you. However I'm very pressed for time (due to school schedule etc.) so i guess i'd have to stay vill side for a while till i can come back and get him over to Paragon. Now for a build >_< I hope their not too expensive.
Got one by any chance? ^_^
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Originally Posted by Supa_Powered
Great answer, thank you. However I'm very pressed for time (due to school schedule etc.) so i guess i'd have to stay vill side for a while till i can come back and get him over to Paragon. Now for a build >_< I hope their not too expensive.
Got one by any chance? ^_^ |
Go to the Brute forum, you can't move in there for SS/FA builds and threads.
SS/Fire Brute is the absolute best, but if you wanna be different and still very effective you could go Fire/Shield Scrapper, Elec/Fire Tanker or even Fire/Dark Brute (all of which are also far more survivable)
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Ambush farms are in AE and you can do those anywhere, there's no need to be in Paragon at all. If you want to farm in a team with your hero friends, then use the AE in the Rikti Warzone. But in general, Farming works better solo anyway.
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Originally Posted by Supa_Powered
Great answer, thank you. However I'm very pressed for time (due to school schedule etc.) so i guess i'd have to stay vill side for a while till i can come back and get him over to Paragon.
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I was more reffering to charging Xmpr, it seems to me that AE is much busier in AP then anywhere else (more opportunities to make inf). |
Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
Ambush farms are in AE and you can do those anywhere, there's no need to be in Paragon at all. If you want to farm in a team with your hero friends, then use the AE in the Rikti Warzone. But in general, Farming works better solo anyway.
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Anyway I made the ss/fire brute and leveled him as fast as I could, spent all my savings on the build he currently has... and I'm LOVING it. I almost breeze through 54x8 cyborgs. Still need 2 more LoTG +Rechs, other than than I'm done.
Sidenote: is there a better farm for a ss/fire brute in terms of xp for "customers" than cyborg farm? >_<
EDIT: Oh, and here's the build.
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One - Two: Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Super Strength
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Punch -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(5), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(7), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(7), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(9), Mocking-Rchg(9)
Level 1: Fire Shield -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(11), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(11)
Level 2: Blazing Aura -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(17), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(21), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21), Oblit-%Dam(23), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23)
Level 4: Healing Flames -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Dct'dW-Heal(15), Dct'dW-Rchg(17)
Level 6: Boxing -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(43), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(46), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(46), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(50)
Level 8: Knockout Blow -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(25), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(25), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(27)
Level 10: Temperature Protection -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Krma-ResKB(29)
Level 14: Kick -- KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(A), KinCrsh-Acc/Dmg/KB(42), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(45), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB(45), KinCrsh-Rechg/EndRdx(45), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB(46)
Level 16: Plasma Shield -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(40), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(40)
Level 18: Rage -- AdjTgt-Rchg(A), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(19), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(19), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(33), AdjTgt-ToHit(40)
Level 20: Consume -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(37), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(37), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(39), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(39), Mocking-Rchg(39)
Level 22: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(33)
Level 24: Super Speed -- Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 26: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 28: Burn -- Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Oblit-Dmg(29), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(31), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-%Dam(33)
Level 30: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Foot Stomp -- FrcFbk-Rechg%(A), Oblit-Dmg(34), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(34), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(34), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-%Dam(37)
Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 38: Grant Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 41: Ring of Fire -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg(A), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(42), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(42), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(43), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(43)
Level 44: Fire Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A)
Level 47: Fire Ball -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dam%(50), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Heal-I(3)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(3), EndMod-I(5)
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Since reactive damage procs, my spines/fire is up there with SS/FA brutes for kill speed, but it does scatter like they say. If you're duo farming, you may pump out more damage as one (With them to keep the enemies tight) but if you're not, you're gonna lose seconds (probably a full minute in the end) rounding up runners.
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Yes, farming....
Simply I would like to know the "best" melee farming character (between tankers and scrappers) for ambush farms specifically.
I know a couple of choices -
Elec/Shield Scrapper (& Tanker?)
Spines/Fire Scrapper
Fire/Fire Tanker
Shield/SS Tanker
If you could include a reason why, too, that would be great.
I have no clue which one is the "best" for AE Ambushes, please let me know. I don't really need builds posted, I could probably search for 'em. (Can't find a single post debating my question).