I made a claws/EA brute with the thought that the fast recharge time on spin would help overcome the lack of a damaging aura. Also the defense powers for LoTG recharges and large Patron/Epic/Incarnate aoe powers should fill in the wholes late game or at least thats my theory.
Energy cloak really reduces aggro to the point it really hurts fury generation once you get into the late 30s and could actually withstand the step up in damage/attacks, I am really excited for the changes to come through. Also I find myself suprisingly using conserve energy alot, definitely get enough slots into energy drain before the changes go through to help with leveling.
I considered stone melee too, but the lack of aoe scared me off. I was trying to see if you could proc it up some to up the damage but if you can handle the lack of aoe this would be a real fun and synergetic combo.
I think I'm going to shoot for street justice... but Dark Melee sounds very nice with the revamp... MOAR soul drain!
Pretty much whatever primaries worked well with EA before will still work and be better off now.
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I think Kat/EA will be an extremely nice build to level up with. Although the +melee/lethal defense will be overkill by the time you reach 50. Regardless Kat is a good set.
I have a Kin/EA at 50 who I enjoy. Burst makes the set a lot more survivable because enemies are always on their butts. I'm not a huge fan of Siphon Power personally, but Kin does decent AoE and has great ST dam.
I have an Elec/EA who is "ok" currently, there's some synergy there from all the -end drain. With the new changes the +rech in Energy Aura I see helping out by bringing Lightning Rod up more often, since LR pretty much makes the set.
I am speculating about a Fire/EA. The +Rech in EA will make FSC recharge quicker for great AoEness, and also your ST big hitters. I'd like to see what kind of DPS can be reached with a Fire/EA combo. The self heal in EA really means you don't need as much in terms of mitigation from your primary, so it might be something to look into.
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Fire/EA would be fun.
I am pretty tempted by nrg/nrg for thematic reasons. And hey, it's CoH, nothing is actually so bad you can't use it.
I'm not sure what i will be making, i was thinking BS/ but i really dont like weapon sets...
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I haven't tried BS on beta, but did they change the sound effects? That was one of the big things about BS that I didn't like. Just didn't sound right to me. The animations are also pretty bland, if not boring.
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Fire/EA would be fun.
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Anyway, energy aura seems to be a fairly neutral set in terms of synergy. It's got a little recharge, and a lot of endurance management. Stealth too. If I had to pick a primary to go with that, I'd probably say Stone Melee. Slow, endurance-heavy attacks? No sweat.
What, no mention of War Mace? Strong and Pretty? Buehler?
Dual Blades...Never tried um. What better time than i21?
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I need a primary set to go with energy aura.
Any suggestions as to what will go well with it post revamp?
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