Katana/Regen Brute Questions

The scrapper is probably going to have a slight damage lead, especially at the begging of a fight before you build fury. The brute is going to slightly more durable at the start and potentially a lot more durable if you can get perma-DP and all the +HP accolades, as they have higher base HP and max HP, which translates into a more HP regenerated per second. The scrapper does have a defensive advantage once you get to APP's/PPP's as they can take shadow meld in the soul mastery patron pool, which is a mini-MoG on a shorter recharge timer so you can alternate it with MoG and with enough recharge have a huge def boost at the start of every fight.

Not really any good ones unfortunately - every active power in the app/ppp pools is going to cause redraw. If you where not regen I would suggest energy master for superior conditioning and physical perfection but the last thing you will probably need is more recovery :-). Your best bet is likely to be soul mastery - take either gloom or soul tentacles as a set mule and then take Darkest Night for the -to hit. You can use it at the start of a fight to pull and bunch up your opponents, so the redraw is not going matter as much.

Go to the scrapper boards and search on this topic - I know it has been discussed to death there. I don't believe you have any optimal AoE chains - not enough AoE in katana, but the single target chain is something like GD -> GC -> SD -> something??? I don't remember the details and I think it takes a lot of recharge to get the top chain but I know the goal is to cycle your top two attacks as often as possible (soaring dragon + golden dragonfly) and fill in the gaps with gamblers cut, as it has the best DPS in the set after the top 2.


Unless you somehow magically manage to hit the def softcap in your build (not likely without a ton of sacrifice) Barrier Destiny is your best bet - not just for the def, but also for the resistance it supplies. In many ways it plays out a lot like MoG does - a huge burst of defenses up front that tapers off fairly quickly. Get the longest lasting version you can (Barrier Core Epiphany if you can manage it) and use it at the start of fights when its up, just like MoG.

Judgement is really up to personal choice - there are pro's and cons to all of them, although for a melee type the cyronic judgement cone is going to be tough to use. For Lore, if you don't have a roleplay/thematic reason to get a specific one the cimerorans put out the most single target damage and have great heals, otherwise you could look for some constant def buffs in the pets. As for interface, the reactive -resistance + fire DoT is usually best.