quickest leveling Villain?

so after getting my Robotics/FF mastermind to 20 in praetoria & finding out it DOESN'T unlock the VEATs, i need some suggestions.

Whats the villain powerset combo that can get me to 20 the fastest? I like the idea of MMs, but only ever tried robo's. Any help?

Thanks all!

Well...

My fastest levelling Redside toon to date would have to be my
Necro/Dark MM.

That said. Just push to level 21 and go train, that should unlock them for you if I remember correctly.

Unless it was changed during my break from the game, Praetorian characters won't unlock EATs of either side. The reason being because they reach level 20 prior to setting their alignment as either Hero or Villain. Thus, when the game checks to see if it should unlock Epics it sees a Praetorian alignment that doesn't meet its requirements.

But that could all be old news.

I would suggest a claws/willpower brute. Willpower will keep you alive, and with fury, and the quick aoe you get, your damage won't need SOs or higher to be good.

It is without any doubt whatsoever - Fire/Dark corruptor.

You can run at level 10 - 0 x 8.

Get these powers:

1. Tarpatch
2. Rain of fire
3. Howling twilight
4. Fireball
5. Fire Blast
6. Darkest night
7. your heal Twilight grasp

This isn't the order you can get them it just is the powers you need.

To play - Run forward put darkest night on a group and turn a corner, drop tarpatch and wait until they are on it - use Howling twilight to stun them and slow them - drop rain of fire - fireball and clean up with blast.

Slot rain of fire, your heal, howling twilight and tarpatch until you are 12 with recharge only.

You will burn - pun intended through the enemies like nothing you have ever seen. You will be 22 getting SO before you know it.

Sorry network hiccup caused double post.

I dont know about the actual unlocking part but you do get the on screen pop-up that the EAT has been unlocked upon dinging 20 as a praetorian. I remember seeing it the other day on one of my alts.

awesome, thanks for the replies guys!

they really should fix that misleading message at the least...

I was one of the folks (like many) who got a hero and a villain to 50 to unlock the EATs and VEATs. Yet, everytime I level a new character to 20 (in Praetoria as well), I get the message that Epic Archtypes are now unlocked...

Anything/Kin Corrupter (preferably Fire or Rad)

Get to L10 ASAP - go to CAP, broadcast that you are a kin with SB looking for a farm.



I kid, I kid.



Maybe...

I recently tried leveling another one up to 22 just to see how fast it was.

I did exactly what I recommended and it was fast - very fast.

Howling twilight is not up every group - when it is use it

Cop out answer: the one you'll actually stick to playing. I still haven't found that one yet.

SS/Fire Brute was the single fastest leveling character I've ever had in this game. Get up to 16, self-PL the rest of the way. +0/x8 no bosses until footstomp, then add bosses and cruise to 50. Takes like 3 days of interrupted play. And that was with PLing other friends along the way.

edit: If you are having END problems, you need to 1. slot up end reducs and 2. eat more delicious candy.

SS/Fire Brute with the self-PL option is nice (I have one myself), but lack of AOEs hurts. Instead, I'd recommend Elec/Fire if you're looking for a self-PLing character to hit 20 fast. You get Jacob's Ladder at 2, Thunder Strike at 8 and Chain Induction at 18. Find a nice fire farm at 16 and watch the levels melt away.

For something a little different, I might recommend an Elec/Earth Dom. It's a bit weird, sure, but Conductive Aura + Static Field is one evil sapping combination and the self-refreshing sleep keeps you safe. Earth gives you an early PBAOE and KB mitigation for all your attacks up to L20 (Elec doesn't grant KB resistance, unlike a lot of other Dom primaries).

For another option, consider a Fire/Traps Corruptor. Fire Ball and Rain of Fire meet Caltrops and Acid Mortar? FFG at 16 will help protect against nasty mez, too.

I'll 2nd (or 3rd, or whatever) the Fire/Dark Corruptor build. It's a powerful build in general, but the main advantage for this particular request is it blooms very early. Drop Tar Patch on a corner, drop Darkest Night on the spawn as you jump back round the corner, drop Rain of Fire when they hit the Tar (before they can even see/attack you), then pop out to Fireball them into the ground. Relatively safe AoE mayhem, all at level 8.

But yeah, try switching to the 2nd build and training that to 20 first, may save you some time.

When working my way through low level redside, I've always found any MM to be great. I make a point to take out a few street foes along the way to the next mish (if the pets fail and die, I'm already working on high-tailing it) and it always seem like I turn around and I've dinged again.