Is Elec/Elec really THAT bad?

Haven't been able to find a viable recent build for elec/elec/mu which just seems odd, as thematically it's kind of a no brainer. I'm assuming this means that, just as with all other thematic powersets, the one Electric Armor is least compatible with is itself? Ugh. Anyone have an old build of this laying around? I've got ANOTHER one of those damned concept toons in my head that won't leave me the hell alone.

I'll understand however, if you're silent, Forum. After screwing around with it in MIDS a little while, I'm not sure how I can see a viable toon coming out of this combination.

I don't see how that would be a bad combo. Other than the weak single target damage you should be able to put out pretty good aoe, potential mitigation by end drains, good all around resistances, a self heal, and much more. The only thing I'd have against it is I'm not too big of a fan of building for defense without DDR.

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Originally Posted by Tater Todd "My Thugs/Pancake can solo Breast Cancer!"

/Elec is somewhat better for Brutes, due to their higher resist cap and the taunts preventing enemies from running from your damage aura, but Elec/ favors scrappers because of Lightning Rod.

I had an elec/elec/mu Brute long ago, who was pretty cool even when softcapping elec armor wasn't a thing and Energize didn't exist. So yeah, if you don't mind some scatter from the damage aura, it should be fine on a Scrapper.

Edit: Power Sink and Energize. Endurance will be the least of your problems with /Elec by the mid levels. You get to laugh at sappers, too.

Are you 50? or at least 35? I found that while electric armor was a end hog at lower levels, things normalized when I got into the 40s on my TW/Elec brute. And TW is a End hog in it's own right. Going for the atlas medallion and portal jockey help a lot since the larger your end pool is the more recovery you will get.

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Originally Posted by Tater Todd "My Thugs/Pancake can solo Breast Cancer!"

Thanks for the input you guys. Been reading over the forums back to about a year, and yeah, elec/elec is looking like a no go with other, better options out there. I actually HAVE an Elec/Elec/Soul brute I had forgotten about and just rediscovered, so I was thinking about trying something else. But really, given that numerically and functionally /Elec is for brutes and elec/is for scrappers, I don't really have much interest in mixing and matching, and for the record I loathe Shield defense, so everyone's favorite FotM is also a total no go for me. All good, I'll find something else. One of the amazing and truly glorious things about this game is the endless variety of things to try.

Elec/Dark could be lots of fun to play....

Elec/SR...bye bye end problems on SR...

Could go Elec/Ice stalker....that's a win/win...keep the AoE and pick up a good ST hitter.

On a Scrapper I would go Elec/Energy/Mu. All the theme with little to no sacrifice.

Edit: Or Elec/Shield/Mu. The devs did everyone a great service making shield almost theme neutral with all the options.