The most important thing to do is slot endurance reduction in your attacks and Death Shroud. I'd say 2 SOs worth. Let fury be your damage.
Second most important thing is getting the Theft of Essence proc in Dark Regeneration. It turns Dark Regen into a power capable of endurance recovery. 240 Reward merits or 2 alignment merits and its yours.
Where to now?
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Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
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I just want to point out that this is good advice for leveling if you're having endurance problems, but not for a final build. You want full damage enhancement eventually.|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
Let fury be your damage.
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I would try to franken-slot cheap IOs for heavy endurance reduction for leveling up, along with whatever damage/recharge you can squeeze in. Then overwrite those IOs when you are ready to slot your final build.
As for providing a build, I find it nearly impossible to put together a build for someone without knowing about their preferences. My suggestion is to either put together a starter build for people to work from, or provide some more information about what you want from the build, such as:
- Preferred travel power (or willingness to skip one)
- Primarily solo or team (or mix)
- Any other pool powers you want (or definitely don't want)
- Same for Patron/Epic pools
- Survivability (do you need to be able to tank?)
- etc.
You've discussed your budget, at least in general terms, so that's a start, but more information will help others help you.
Primary travel would be flight, as she's supposed to be a sort of Celtic stormcrow. I'd like to be able to take a few good hits. Being a sort of "glass cannon" can be sort of frustrating. While soloing is fine, I'd like to be able to be the person someone wanted in a team.
For the epic/patron pool, I haven't even given it a thought. I've gotten her up to 38, and as I said, I was slotting/choosing powers as I went.
Finally, with regard to tanking, I'd like to be a secondary fill-in tank, but I realize that with Dark Armor, that's sort of unrealistic.
@Joe Public
"Now, now. God never burdens us with more depleted uranium than we can carry."
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It most certainly is not unrealistic. Even my Claws/Dark brute, who is not built for tanking, makes for a great tank if that's what the team needs.
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Originally Posted by DarwinPrime
Finally, with regard to tanking, I'd like to be a secondary fill-in tank, but I realize that with Dark Armor, that's sort of unrealistic.
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Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
Okay well I didn't have much to go on but I decided to take a wild stab at it anyway. Let me know what you think. Note that while I tried to keep the build priced low, I did include a small number of premium IOs. I find it quite worth getting those with reward/alignment merits if inf is in short supply, so I included them in the build. If you'd rather not have them, I don't think it will hurt the build overly to remove them.
I built for a bit of defense, close to 20% on S/L/E/N. Nothing to write home about, but a nice base to build on with external buffs and inspirations.
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BA/DA: Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Battle Axe
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Chop -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(5), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), HO:Nucle(15)
Level 1: Dark Embrace -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam(11), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(13), S'fstPrt-ResKB(13), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(42)
Level 2: Gash -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(5), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), HO:Nucle(15)
Level 4: Murky Cloud -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam(31), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(31), ImpSkn-ResDam/EndRdx(31)
Level 6: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 8: Swoop -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(9), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(9), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), HO:Nucle(23)
Level 10: Obsidian Shield -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam(37), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(37), ImpSkn-ResDam/EndRdx(37)
Level 12: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Dark Regeneration -- Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Heal/HP/Regen(17), Theft-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(17), Theft-Acc/EndRdx/Heal(23), Theft-+End%(34), EndRdx-I(34)
Level 18: Whirling Axe -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-%Dam(19), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(25), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(25), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 20: Cloak of Darkness -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(40), RedFtn-Def(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 22: Tough -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam(36), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(36), ImpSkn-ResDam/EndRdx(36)
Level 24: Death Shroud -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(40), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(42), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx(42)
Level 26: Cleave -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-%Dam(27), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(29), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(29), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 28: Combat Jumping -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(39), DefBuff-I(39)
Level 30: Build Up -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 32: Pendulum -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-%Dam(33), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(33), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 35: Oppressive Gloom -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(45), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(46), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(46), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(46)
Level 38: Soul Transfer -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 41: Superior Conditioning -- P'Shift-End%(A)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-End%(A)
Level 47: Taunt -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(48), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(48), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(48), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(50), Mocking-Rchg(50)
Level 49: Grant Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- HO:Nucle(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(21), P'Shift-End%(39)
Level 4: Ninja Run
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If you're using Flight as a travel power and plan on keeping hover active while fighting (I would), switch the two extra slots from CJ into hover, you can run both together and it will improve your defence a little. Plus the Kismet will be available at lower levels.
I've been trying to construct a battle axe/dark armor brute but I've been working as I level, and it's a disaster. I spend about half of a fight using blue inspirations to get enough to keep myself moving.
If someone's got a suggested Mids build, I'd love to see it. And while I do plan on IOing her out, I'm kind of on a budget.
Thanks in advance!
@Joe Public
"Now, now. God never burdens us with more depleted uranium than we can carry."