quickest leveling Villain?
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Amy_Amp,
Posted on: 2011-04-20 19:13 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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Originally Posted by MajorTractor
I got mine from 18 to 50 in about 6-8 hours of play time.
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for getting to 20 quickly, especially since they made stamina inherent, IMO best is a brute. Claws would be one of the better power sets, you get quick recharging single target attacks to build fury quickly, and you get spin at level 6. Spin is just really great. It's not a huge Aoe, but with Fury it does huge damage compared to the hps of mobs pre-20. For Secondary there are a couple good options. Fire and Dark are both nice, because Fury + Damage Aura is really nice. A Claws/fire Brute works really well, Healing flames is nice right out of the box, you pick up Blazing Aura and spin, and things die really fast.
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Originally Posted by MajorTractor
I got mine from 18 to 50 in about 6-8 hours of play time.
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Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
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@Roderick
For me, anything works... when I take them to RWZ and pair them with a scrapper from my other account in AE. 
Which I did last night. I like playing on blue side, so when I want a villain AT I PL them to 20 so I can switch that much faster.
my lil RWZ Challenge vid
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Yeah once you get burn you can run +2/x8 easy just fill up on purples and pop 2 or 3 at once. Then you get footstomp at 32 put it at +3 or +4 and watch the XP fly. I stopped at 47 and put most of my sets in and was 50 in about 4 or 5 runs. 3 or 4 hours on a Saturday and then 3 or 4 more on Sunday and he was done. Easy Peasy!
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Originally Posted by Roderick
Sounds about right. A SS/Fire brute, Elec/Fire brute or scrapper, or Fire/almost anything Tank (plus a variety of other builds) can have capped Fire Resistance and very high Smashing/Lethal Resistance, plus good AoE before they get SOs. By selecting the right farm missions in AE, you can level at ridiculous speeds.
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Originally Posted by Organica
For me, anything works... when I take them to RWZ and pair them with a scrapper from my other account in AE.
Which I did last night. I like playing on blue side, so when I want a villain AT I PL them to 20 so I can switch that much faster. |
I casually took a villain from 1-16 in about an hour last night.
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what powers did you take to do this and how was it slotted??????/
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Originally Posted by YoumuKonpaku
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. |
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For damage, the key power is Blazing Aura. Slot it for 2xAcc and 3xDmg as soon as possible (I also threw 1xEnd in there). Knockout Blow is good for dealing with Lieuts (solo) or Bosses (teamed) and Haymaker is always fun. I like to pick Jab pre-IOs and respec out to Punch when I throw in sets. I tend to slot my Brutes' click attacks with 2xAcc and 2xEnd to start, relying on Fury and reds to provide the damage, with Recharge going into the heavy-hitters when I can fit it in.|
Originally Posted by thunderhawk_NA
what powers did you take to do this and how was it slotted??????/
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For survivability, Healing Flames is a huge benefit (3xRech, 1xHeal, 2xEnd). I set Healing Flames to auto for those early levels and just coast. You also need Temperature Protection (single slot Res, unless you plan on heading out of the AE, in which case use Steadfast -KB) and your two toggle shields (I slotted for 3xRes).
Rage (18) & Consume (20) are your next big powers. I prefer to take Boxing (12), Tough (14) & Hasten (22). You'll have SOs and slotted Consume at 22, so the endurance cost of faster recharging attacks and the endurance crashes of Rage & Hasten can be mitigated a little.
A Claws/WP Brute can get to 20 in a few hours, if you find the right team. They are mighty, terrifying monsters.
Too many alts to list.
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The days of boring endless grinding are finally gone!
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Originally Posted by Mr_Kingkillaha
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I casually took a villain from 1-16 in about an hour last night. |
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Having two accounts and using one to PL the other isn't really casual play.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Kingkillaha
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I casually took a villain from 1-16 in about an hour last night. |
L50s: Tanks: Cryofission - Ice/EM - Dr Celsius - Fire/Ice - Saint George - SD/SS | Controllers: Psichosis - Ill/Kin - Major Chaos - Ill/Stm | Scrappers - Neutron Crusader - DM/SR
Currently Levelling: Angelic Blade - BS/WP Scrapper | Seeds of Destruction - Plant/Kin Controller
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I meant casual as in my difficulty was only 0x2, my brute is built to live outside of AE. But yeah, farming isn't fun. I've only been doing it for a week and I'm already sick of it. Getting villains to 20 and then rogue so they can join a team feels worth to me though.
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Originally Posted by Psiphon
Having two accounts and using one to PL the other isn't really casual play.
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Naw but it finally makes up for all the nerfing they've done to the farming community to please the whinebots. |
Originally Posted by Psiphon
Having two accounts and using one to PL the other isn't really casual play.
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Back to OP, dm/invul brute for "casual" play and ss/fire for quick 1 to 50 play.
You just want to get to 20 as fast as possible and not play the toon again?
Make a Claws/FA brute. Make a fire ambush farm that gives full xp that locks at level 3 so that you have hasten and spin. Go craft a hand grenade temp power. Get yourself a set of good keybinds for insp combining and go to town on your mission. Should take less than an hour
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