Why would you want to rely on Overload? It has a devastating crash.
Anyway, EA will definitely improve, but in terms of potential with IO's ELA still wins out. How much are you willing to invest? If you're going for the long haul with deep pockets, go for ELA. If you're not fond of putting tons of influence into one character, go for EA.
Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster
I'd go with EA for sure. I don't get the part about Clarion (mez protection) boosting your defense though. Did you mean Barrier (def + res)?
Well /EA is getting lotsa buffs so maybe you should wait a bit if you decide on it.
I like godmodes, nothing that can't be offset by using insps at the right time (or running away in the worst cases, solo it's easy, on teams I have a macro to announce I'm about to crash because before the macro I got teammates killed when I had to run because even with another brute on the team he was ELM/ELA and didn't have the mitigation to tank lotsa longbow like my SM/ELA), I love my ELA's god mode but I only use it when I really need it (not often since she's SM and has great mitigation since DOs) but I agree with Auroxis in the point that /Ea doesn't have layered defenses. I'm even in doubt now if I go ahead and make the 'uber' build for my claws/SR scrapper because I simply got one shotted a lot of times by the final AVs at that Admiral task force, even with Painbringer on me and capped defs. And Aid Self. And Tough. And no, it wasn't the Air Strikes they summon. My /SR felt like paper near them because it relies on defense only.
Hello people. So the title says it all. Which one should I io out and incarnate in your opinion.
I am a very singular type of person and generally can only play 2-3 characters tops at any given time. Since my main/concept character an Em/Inv brute is already fully io'd and working on t4 incarnates I have the time to pimp out one of my other brutes.
I've made some pretty nice builds in mid's. I have around 2 billion to work with and can earn villain merits for the lotg's to save a decent chunk of money. No purps would be used.
The SS/ELA is already pretty beast just on SO's, and pimped out he would have around 50% resist to most all and stack darkest night with paralytic interface to easily debuff foes for -30% or more damage. That and 30% s/l defense(combined with DN's -tohit) and around 20% for all else and just under 2k hp.
The SS/EA by comparison seems flimsy by comparison at first glance, but I've got a build with Overload up about 70% of the time if I wanted which would cap hp at 3200 plus 28% s/l resist and bookoo defense. Also considering using soul mastery for the same reason as the /ela brute. Use of clarion would bring this guy up to/over the incarnate soft cap on all for the most part.
So we got a more offensive(damage aura) /ela with good defensive potential and great resists or /ea with uber defense and capped hp a large portion of the time.
Also keep in mind the incoming buffs to /ea:
Energy Aura Revamp
Resistance on the set's auto powers were slightly increased and now include endurance drain protection and slow resistance.
Entropy Shield is now Entropic Aura for Scrappers and Brutes. This power is a taunt aura that grants the user a scaling recharge buff based on the number of foes surrounding the user. The Stalker version of the set doesn't have a taunt aura, but it offers a small Recharge bonus.
Repulse for Stalkers has been replaced by Disrupt, a stun aura.
Energy Drain no longer has a healing component, instead it offers a small defense boost per target hit.
Conserve Energy was replaced by Energize, a self Heal that offers a moderate regeneration and endurance cost reduction boost for a short while. This power works identically to the Electric Armor version.
SO? All you fellow brutes what is your opinion on which brute to take to Godhood or at least Demi-god?