Rock_Crag

I agree with Shift. Power Surge needs another Resist and Recharge IO at the very least, and Power Sink has to be slotted pretty heavily.... It's pretty much your only weapon that makes use of your secondary mitigation: End drain. And trust me on this.... you NEED the End Drain. Especially for Fire Melee since it doesn't provide any secondary mitigation for you to use. And I know, Fire Melee's mitigation is to kill faster.... but that won't help you much here.... and you'll probably die much faster than they will. Well... if you get over-whelmed, that is. Which.... probably be pretty often considering how poorly Elec Armor can perform.

lol, sorry, I'm just rambling by now.

It looks like I might be able to move into my new office tomorrow!
Hooray for more work space! Hooray for not having to put up with the annoying co-workers! Hooray for the posters I'll be able to create, print out and put up on my office walls!

Yeah. IW is available at, like, level 10 I think. I'd take it as soon as possible.

Will Power already has plenty of regen potential. The small amount afforded byt Health won't do much, IMO. Tough and Weave would be my choice.

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2. Irrelevant, since you're working for him and not fighting him.


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Going Rogue should cancel this irrelevance once it's released, though.

Can't you.... ya know... look at the stats of your MM pets?
Pretty sure the game allows it. I believe 'Threat Level' is in the base stats category.....

This topic makes me laugh out loud.

lol, awesome.

Happy B-day OSHA!

I got a surprise visit from the Mayor at work today. He brought a bunch of Japanese businessmen with him to show them the new building. This is the first time we've ever had anyone asian visit us at work. They visited a co-worker of mine..... who was wearing a shirt I had never seen him wear before. It was black and had white text that said "I'm huge in Japan.".

This was literally a one in a million thing....

I still can't get over it...

OP asked for super-speed themed attacks, and those attacks are as close as they come to looking like they are super speed.

However, I will try to offer an alternative.
Even though it doesn't have the 'fastest' attacks, Dual Blades looks like a winner. On average it seems to be your best bet, It's casting times are solid, and it also has some of the best recharge times of all the brute sets.

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You could use sands of mu, dark melee's shadow maul, and flurry. All of them have super fast punches being thrown all in succession.

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Seconded.

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Thirded.

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It just didn't fit in my build. With the demonic accolade and inspirations, I've filled that hole should I ever need them. And on the bright side, I won't crash in the middle of an AV fight. The only thing I miss from power surge is graphics and the toxic resistance. I suppose I could drop Ball Lightning. Actually in that case, I'd probably pick up Jacobs ladder instead and slot that with Obliteration for another 3.75% defense.


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I see. I usually use Demonic Aura for when I crash... as a way to help my survivability.... And if the crap gets too tough, I use both at the same time. Not sure if the over-kill registers or if I'm just hitting the cap ceiling even more... but it's nice knowing I'm doing all I can in that panic-inducing situation.

Power Surges crash is pretty harsh.... but I can't imagine not taking it. It certainly saved my but when we did an LRSF last night.

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I do think of Brutes as scrappers, except everyone else expects Brutes to Tank.

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It's sad but true. In reality, the tanks of Villains are supposed to be the Master Minds. A strange, twisted version, mind you.... but they are the one who were supposed to be able to handle taking alpha the easiest.

Hhmm... perhaps in my second build I'll go with 1 recharge and 4 end mod and try to gauge the difference. I had never tried that combo before.

Agreed. Anything over 3 IOs is just wasted. Use that 4th End Mods slot for Recharge instead.

I have a Stone Melee/Elec Armor brute. While they aren't the same, they are pretty close in terms of strategy here, IMO.

Foot Stomp needs to be used as a defensive power, not offensive. I would replace the damage slots with recharges. Use it more often, knock them on their feet more often, keep them from attacking more often.

I would replace Combat Jumping and Super Jump with Hasten and Super Speed. Also, lose Grounded (for now). Then use the extra power slots for Punch and Tough. The added protection to your Smashing/Lethal resists, pathetic as it may be, does make a difference. Mostly because it's the most common attack type. At the fact that you get to keep Aid Self and you should have a better time surviving.

Keep in mind, Elec will always have a hard time Alpha'ing. Make sure your team knows you will have trouble. Ask for any buffs you can get, make sure your inspiration tray is filled with heals/resists, and tell the team to focus on any enemies who are attacking you from a distance. With the distance damagers done, you shouldn't have a problem. All melee attackers should be falling on their bums and endless.... posing no threat to you as lightning field keeps their attention off your team.

No, they don't. I hope you didn't eat that rat.... But if you did, I'm sure the bacon made it taste pretty good. Bacon makes everything better.

But it's pretty much the American way. When our ancestors won the revolutionary war, I wouldn't be surprised if a few people raised a middle finger towards Great Britain. lol.

Do you believe in life after love?

Doms can be a brute but a brute can't be a dom. It's like squares and rectangles, man.

I think DM/Elec was established as a pretty good anti-rikti build.

There's a Dominator forum. Usually reserved for....

.......wait for it........

.........questions about Dominators.

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You'll be better off if you suggest to people that you either get protection buffs, or invite a primary brute so you can be the secondary brute. Unfortunately, /elec in the mid ranges is brutal.... for you, not the enemies.

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On my SS/ELA Brute the mid range wasn't bad at all. It was hitting the 40s and the ton of Arachnos missions and all that toxic damage. Such a huge gaping hole for set to have when you consider how ofter toxic is faced in the 40s on redside.

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SS played a large part in your survival. Trust me.