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Thank you all very much for the feedback. After reading your advice, I have decided that Shield Defense is what I am looking for, but have not decided what to pair it with. It seems that it only pairs with certain primaries? I chose brute because I liked the high scores in tanking and melee damage, but as I don't actually plan to tank perhaps scrapper would be a better choice as some have alluded to. I will look at the pairings available with Shields on both classes and decide. I also wonder what the difference in gameplay would be with and without a rage (fury?) bar.

Hello. I am just starting CoH again after playing it a long time ago. I have a few questions if you have time. I'm looking for a build that has a good mixture of single target attacks, multi target attacks, and survivability. While the Spines/Fire thing seems very appealing from an AOE farming perspective, I would rather build a more well-rounded character. So my questions are: What is a primary that has a nice balance between single target damage and multi target damage? Why do I never see any builds that use Regeneration? Are other secondaries better for survivability? I like the idea of Regeneration because the concept reminds me of a classic Paladin and its ridiculous survivability. I was thinking if it was combined with a good primary, it could actually have decent damage, unlike a classic Paladin. Am I way off base on this? Any advice is most welcome and thank you for reading.