Electric melee/shield defense...what am I doing wrong?

So, I've rolled up a elec/shield scrapper to see what the hulabaloo is all about. He's Praetorian so, I'm up against the usual Praet stuff. So far, I've been soloing him and feel...well, underwhelmed. I'll post my build so far (to lvl 15) for critique below, maybe I'm just missing something. I'm only running DOs right now and I know that things don't really ramp up much till SOs and then IO sets but, I've played other scrappers that rocked socks from the get-go. This one, so far, is leaving me cold. Am I just missing something?


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Level 15 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Speed

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Charged Brawl -- Acc(A), Dmg(7)
Level 1: Deflection -- EndRdx(A), DefBuff(3), DefBuff(3)
Level 2: Havoc Punch -- Acc(A), Dmg(9)
Level 4: Battle Agility -- EndRdx(A), DefBuff(5), DefBuff(5)
Level 6: Jacobs Ladder -- Acc(A), Dmg(7)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(9), RechRdx(11)
Level 10: Thunder Strike -- Acc(A), Dmg(11), Dmg(15)
Level 12: Active Defense -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(15)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Run(A)
Level 16: [Empty]
Level 18: [Empty]
Level 20: [Empty]
Level 22: [Empty]
Level 24: [Empty]
Level 26: [Empty]
Level 28: [Empty]
Level 30: [Empty]
Level 32: [Empty]
Level 35: [Empty]
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Run(A)
Level 2: Health -- Heal(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod(A), EndMod(13), EndMod(13)
Level 4: Ninja Run

G side content is harder than blue or red typically, and you have used 2 slots on abilites that wont increase your incombat suvivability at your level

In my experience, most lowbie Scrappers suck. Not all of them, but the good ones are the exception. Also, what's good in your teens probably has almost no correlation to what's good for the rest of the game.

At a low level, I don't focus on survivability. I focus on damage output and killing them before they kill me. Small to moderate amounts of defense just don't do as much for your survivability as, say, doubling your damage output. And doubling your damage output will make those ugly, dying levels go by faster.

This is all just general advice. I haven't leveled an Electric/Shield.