1) Well the top end chain for DM is Smite - Siphon Life - MG so neither is necessary, I love Maul tho but I can make good work of the cone. I'd take Maul while leveling and if you decide to drop it later, pick Gloom to round out your ST attack chain.
2) Yes and yes, you're invul, s/l res is your forte, as well as some defense.
3) Hasten is good for Soul Drain, Dark Consumption and Dull Pain come back faster.
4) It's expensive, typed defense sets are kind of a big deal in the market. Like Kinetic Combats for s/l defense.
5) S.Punch, S. Maul (though I love Maul, it's your only AoE), Touch of Fear, Dark Consumption (if you have an io'ed build you may find you don't need it, you can't build around this power like elecs build around the idea of using power sink because of its long recharge)
6) Now this is hard, I don't think I'd skip anything besides Unstoppable. I'll let other players with more Invul experience chime in.
7) DM: top chain that I mentioned and Soul Drain, Invul: everything but Unstoppable and well... I'd pick the passives since the buff (Resist Elements, Resist Phys Damage and Resist Energies) but I guess they aren't must haves if you mean must-have as the bare minimum not to gimp a build.
Hey all,
Alright. After a very long brainstorming session, I have finally decided on a Brute that is to be my future main... DM/Invuln.
Here is my issue though, I have not played invuln before, and only a low level DM, so I am not sure if there is any agreed upon powers that are needed/skippable/optional.
I will throw a few quick concerns out...
1) I thought I remember reading a while back to take Smite, SP, SL as the first 3 attacks in DM, but I see many skipping SP and using Maul, though I thought the long animation and hold on yourself drew people away, has their been a change to maul in a while? Am I gimping myself by going SP, Smite over Smite, Maul?
2) Should I take tough? weave?
3) Should I get hasten?
4) Would one consider this combo to be cheap/average/expensive to create a powerful build for?
5) Any skippables in DM?
6) Any skippables in Invuln?
7) Any MUST HAVEs in either one?
Builds aren't necessary, as I will play around with it later... thanks all!