EM is good it has its issues... whiffing hands...
basically EM has build up - extreme dmg - extreme dmg ...
while this is good the animation times suck
ss has rage...
i prefer the stacking of disorients that EM can do vs maybe one or two status effects...
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You're right, EM isn't that great.|
Originally Posted by w00tman
I'm coming back to the game after a long break and was curious as to which combo works better? Like the pros and cons of each. I know I want my secondary to be shield and I'm almost positive I don't want to go with SS/ so i ended up with these two. Help me out please.
Edit: Upon doing a little more research it turns out EM/ isnt that great? So now I'm considering DM/ and I guess SS/ again. I just want a good primary to pair with /SD I guess |
Here's a quick breakdown, of my opinion, on possible primaries as they apply to Brutes.
SS/SD - Late game blooming combo. Extremely powerful with a high end IO build. You will suffer from massive endurance issues until you either get the body master epic or get T3 or better Cardiac Alpha.
DM/SD - Good survivability, great recovery tool, good ST. Very weak AoE.
FM/SD - Great all around combo, capable of solid ST and solid AoE. Lacks any extra mitigation tools, does not necessarily kill faster than SS/SD. (This comment is for brutes only)
WM/SD - Fun and thematic pairing. Decent ST, good AoE. Good mitigation through KD in crowd control.
I have actually played all 4 of these IOd at L50.
Some other ideas:
KM/SD - Good ST, better AoE than DM with no utility.
My personal opinion is, that at the top end a lot of the Brute primaries are fairly even in terms of ST DPS due to Fury & damage bonus saturation. I ported a lot of my builds to the test server a while back to compare their ST DPS with "unlimited" builds. FM and DM edged SS out a tiny bit, but not so much as to make a massive difference (and DM required fully saturated SD nearly permanent to do it).
If you want something that can attempt a variety of build challenges like no temps/no insps - DM/SD is the way to go.
If you want something that will be a great general play top end build (SFs, teaming, etc) SS/SD and FM/SD would be my first choices.
Thanks for the responses you guys, especially you deus. Ended up making a WM/SD and I can tell Im gonna like him. Next one I make will probably be SS/SD
Edit: One more question about my WM/SD. Will it farm?
Anything can "farm". The fastest farming builds are listed in the thread on the first page of the Brute forums. War Mace isn't one of them. Shield Defense is much better on a Scrapper due to the low base damage on a Brute and the pet damage cap on Shield Charge.
Electric Melee / Shield Defense is a good farming set, but stick with Scrappers for that.
I'm coming back to the game after a long break and was curious as to which combo works better? Like the pros and cons of each. I know I want my secondary to be shield and I'm almost positive I don't want to go with SS/ so i ended up with these two. Help me out please.
Edit: Upon doing a little more research it turns out EM/ isnt that great? So now I'm considering DM/ and I guess SS/ again. I just want a good primary to pair with /SD I guess