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...and the Weaveless version with Phoenix Rising, which is what I'll probably play. 88% S/L Resist on a Fire Armor Brute? View This Build In MRB Frostburn Witch v 2- Brute (Ice Melee - Fiery Aura).mbd

Version with Frost and more proctacular Burn. Probably the way to go. Le-sigh. *contemplates dropping Weave for Phoenix Rising* View This Build In MRB Frostburn Witch v 2- Brute (Ice Melee - Fiery Aura).mbd

Frost is a good cone, but I don't currently miss it. Had it for the first 27 levels, and respec'd out of it. Still leveling so haven't dialed it up to +4 yet, at +1 Burn/Frozen Aura/Blazing Aura clear out the riff raff just fine. I'll see how it plays at 50, +4/*8. I can always drop Phoenix Rising for Frost, but a two minuet self rez on a Brute makes me giggle. I currently value the additional resists over more proc damage in Burn, and I don't know where else to stick Unrelenting Fury. If the Brute ATs sucked less, that would be nice, but here we are. Drop Phoenix rising, take Frost, put Unrelenting Fury in Frost, Proc out Burn? Will tinker, thank you. Here is the Frostless version after some more small improvements. View This Build In MRB Frostburn Witch v 2- Brute (Ice Melee - Fiery Aura).mbd

Thank you, I have not been keeping up on proc math changes. Minor tweaks made: View This Build In MRB Frostburn Witch v 2- Brute (Ice Melee - Fiery Aura).mbd

Slightly mo' better? View This Build In MRB Frostburn Witch v 2- Brute (Ice Melee - Fiery Aura).mbd

I couldn't decide which way to go and now I've got a muddled mess. What should an Ice/Fire be building to? My current unsatisfactory attempt. View This Build In MRB Frostburn Witch - Brute (Ice Melee - Fiery Aura).mbd

Heat Loss, Victory Rush, and Power Sink for End Management tools, but mid levels will probably be a lot of selective toggle running until those get slotted right. 2 Slotted Stamina and Health with the standard health and endurance procs. At this point slot shuffling is just moving bonuses from column A to column B, I'll play a bit and see what works best. At 5 LoTGs, Hasten is 14 seconds away from Perma, which is close enough for government work.

Thanks all! Lifelong scrapper player so skipping the fighting pool feels very wrong but I'll give it a whirl. This character will have a consistent team to play with and through 15 levels we've only had a couple of faceplants (mostly mine when I play too aggressive) so I'm going to skip on the Vengeance. But Victory Rush could be dropped to add it for a more PUGtastic build. And agreed on the Power Boost/Electric Blast combo, I have a friend that plays that regularly. Would swap out Electric Mastery pics if this were a PUGging build, but the other Defender in the regular team is also /Electric. Two Short Circuits should pretty well clear out most mobs blue bars. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Auger: Level 50 Magic Defender Primary Power Set: Cold Domination Secondary Power Set: Electrical Blast Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Experimentation Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Ice Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (3) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (3) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection (5) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (5) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (7) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 1: Lightning Bolt (A) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Defender's Bastion - Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Defender's Bastion - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (9) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Defender's Bastion - Recharge/Chance for Minor PBAoE Heal Level 2: Infrigidate (A) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Defense Debuff (48) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff (48) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff Level 4: Ball Lightning (A) Superior Vigilant Assault - RechargeTime/PBAoE +Absorb (15) Superior Vigilant Assault - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (15) Superior Vigilant Assault - Damage/RechargeTime (17) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (17) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown (19) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage Level 6: Glacial Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (19) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (21) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (21) Reactive Defenses - Defense (50) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 8: Frostwork (A) Miracle - Heal/Recharge (46) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (48) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime Level 10: Short Circuit (A) Power Transfer - EndMod (23) Power Transfer - Damage/Recharge (23) Power Transfer - Damage/EndMod (25) Power Transfer - Damage/Accuracy/Endurance (25) Power Transfer - Damage/Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (27) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self Level 12: Arctic Fog (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (29) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (29) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (31) Aegis - Resistance (31) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge Level 14: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 16: Charge Up (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 18: Benumb (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO (34) Accuracy IO Level 20: Tactics (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 22: Zapp (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage (34) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range (34) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance (36) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (36) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (36) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic) Level 24: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 26: Sleet (A) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (37) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge (37) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge/Endurance Level 28: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (37) Recharge Reduction IO Level 30: Victory Rush (A) Endurance Modification IO Level 32: Heat Loss (A) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance/Recharge (39) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (39) Synapse's Shock - EndMod/Recharge (39) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (40) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Endurance Level 35: Thunder Strike (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (40) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (40) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (50) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 38: Thunderous Blast (A) Superior Vigilant Assault - Accuracy/Damage (42) Superior Vigilant Assault - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (43) Superior Vigilant Assault - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (43) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (43) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (45) Javelin Volley - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 41: Charged Armor (A) Aegis - Resistance (45) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (45) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge Level 44: Power Sink (A) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Recharge (46) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance/Recharge (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge Level 47: Experimental Injection (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 49: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 1: Vigilance Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1655;731;1462;HEX;| |78DA7594CF4F134114C75FA7BB62CB6F0AB4FC860A82B49416F1AEFC888950444CB| |C364DBBD44D4ADBB425817FC2831EBC007A32F1E20F143D7BD468D0C4B389F1E041| |450C6A8231599FF3E6D501E226DBFDCCCC77BEEFCDDBD78DAF4CD5BC7A397B165C7| |593D964A99498B216AD5CDA2A9AF164C64E015EE6B9E58C55AC42EAE2C5C4C4F2E2| |6264329F4D27A6F24B762E59B6F3B9DECAEA423297B1D291E9AC952A17ED54329B9| |840EF32D4CFE7F3D9C8AC954451E9AA5DF0CAF1E58265A59B254EAF14ACA2BD64E5| |CAD2B186F5053B97094C17EC54C5D32EAF26E2E86915570398591FDE33027F5CC09| |76302B4E03066808066860042970106F819C6DC72E9183490E6DE519B4D963C2238| |0E8F19B608BCF084E129C105A1BB80235CB02D64C8517886E0FB0BC22D67EEE3D8A| |D694D379C31A44B1D8C33C4081AE09D5BC17B822610A68438DA987AE62617A009F6| |48DB0C330C3B0431D86750459A439B2ACD4654C1791C0E1A300271928CC227DAF40| |0B51E3DA4077629CF56F8C6B0471080EF0C3F08DAE127C145B4A9D66DAA39F376CE| |AA93DF4F274409BA619C2146D0884D5AAB675ECB36DD6CD3CB360F3164BDA675D54| |30894E4AE90308F8F46DDAEF19F44411F2628C187A17D9A167CB227716553501F56| |CED602DBBCF90DC36B821310130AC26E056F69A90903F8F5007E0E7009B7B4E969B| |6C147DADC0FCF858217044174E9D04FDDC127E967B8338C3DA907EAC2E3CA9505F4| |E87155BADA317AE037BDBF93704D28F8CC33376866107ED1CC1AE614D49B3C086B8| |692AC336C109C825B0CB70DD59D1F08B6D07640B71980286B4F130CC31883FA670C| |7345C2102458C7C7905EB421EEA630F75798DB6A03B521EDDC2204FB1460840B30C| |2C79DC3EA45F4EA45B8AEAD58FAA8BE12E5E69C330E7E719C4E03F4CB91938E03B3| |8784787B54AB1A07BF3638903BBE788FEC90F33BFF99FF7A681EB18F0A56035728D| |BDDA3929B4249AE1304425292AE1C6806AB12D5D273FE001DC0D492| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

First Defender since live, not sure if I'm missing any tips or tricks. Not going to solo with this one often, if ever. Any recommendations? This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Auger: Level 50 Magic Defender Primary Power Set: Cold Domination Secondary Power Set: Electrical Blast Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Ice Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (3) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (3) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection (5) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (5) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (7) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 1: Lightning Bolt (A) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Defender's Bastion - Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Defender's Bastion - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (9) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Superior Defender's Bastion - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Defender's Bastion - Recharge/Chance for Minor PBAoE Heal Level 2: Infrigidate (A) Defense Debuff IO Level 4: Ball Lightning (A) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown (15) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (15) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (17) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (17) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (19) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage Level 6: Glacial Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (19) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (21) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (21) Reactive Defenses - Defense (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 8: Frostwork (A) Miracle - Heal/Recharge (46) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (48) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime Level 10: Short Circuit (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (23) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown (23) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (25) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (25) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (27) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 12: Arctic Fog (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (29) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (29) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (31) Aegis - Resistance (31) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge Level 14: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 16: Charge Up (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Benumb (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO (34) Accuracy IO Level 20: Tactics (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 22: Zapp (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage (34) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range (34) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance (36) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (36) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (36) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic) Level 24: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 26: Sleet (A) Superior Vigilant Assault - RechargeTime/PBAoE +Absorb (37) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge (37) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge/Endurance Level 28: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (37) Recharge Reduction IO Level 30: Kick (A) Empty Level 32: Heat Loss (A) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance/Recharge (39) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (39) Synapse's Shock - EndMod/Recharge (39) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (40) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Endurance Level 35: Power Sink (A) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Recharge (40) Synapse's Shock - EndMod/Recharge (40) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (42) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (42) Endurance Reduction IO (50) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self Level 38: Thunderous Blast (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage (42) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (43) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance (43) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (43) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (45) Javelin Volley - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 41: Charged Armor (A) Aegis - Resistance (45) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (45) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (50) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance Level 44: Tough (A) Aegis - Resistance (46) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (46) Aegis - 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This is the finalized build I went with. My thanks to AustinSmith off the Homecoming Discord as well as several others for their input. Got my Alpha unlocked and it plays solo very well at +0/*6 or *8, depending on the mob faction. Teams are lulzy. I use Seismic Force with Shockwaves to knock about 10 seconds off Meteor cooldown, Chronos reduces cooldown about 5 more seconds. When it's all clicking right I drop a Meteor on 2 out of 3 Spawns. Bonfire is perma'd without any recharge slotting and is a great panic button vs anything with legs. Going for Agility and Ageless for more recharge because giant rocks from space solve a lot of problems. Downsides, no hard controls so if the mobs can't be knocked down you need to kill 'em fast. This particular build is about as tough as some un-IO'd scrappers though, so you can handle quite a bit of incoming damage. Until you very suddenly can't. ; ) This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Aspect of Bast: Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Seismic Blast Secondary Power Set: Temporal Manipulation Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Shatter (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 1: Time Wall (A) Accuracy IO Level 2: Rock Shards (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (11) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (11) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (13) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (13) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (15) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 4: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 6: Entomb (A) Apocalypse - Damage (15) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (17) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (17) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff (19) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (19) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage Level 8: Super Speed (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 10: Chronos (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 12: Upthrust Hamidon Origin:Nucleolus Exposure (21) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) (23) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (23) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (25) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage Level 14: Boxing (A) Empty Level 16: End of Time (A) Armageddon - Damage (25) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (27) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (27) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (29) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (29) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 18: Tombstone Hamidon Origin:Nucleolus Exposure (31) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (31) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (33) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (33) Decimation - Chance of Build Up Level 20: Temporal Healing (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (33) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (34) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (34) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (36) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 22: Tough (A) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance (36) Aegis - Resistance (36) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (37) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 24: Combat Jumping (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (37) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 26: Weave (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (39) Shield Wall - Defense (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 28: Future Pain Hamidon Origin:Nucleolus Exposure (40) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) (42) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) (42) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal) (42) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic) Level 30: Maneuvers (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (43) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (43) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (43) Shield Wall - Defense (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 32: Meteor (A) Ragnarok - Damage (45) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (45) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (46) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (46) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (46) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 35: Bonfire (A) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 38: Time Lord (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (48) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection Level 41: Fire Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (48) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (48) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (50) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (50) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 44: Seismic Force (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 47: Rise of the Phoenix (A) Miracle - +Recovery Level 49: Tactics (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl

Pretty much alternating Bonfire and Meteor every other spawn would be my goal. Rise of the Phoenix for when that doesn't work out. Debt is just another badge. Anubis just sends me back each time, pretty quick. But, yeah, my first pass was similar to yours. Stuffed in as many Winter sets as possible to drag defense up, but it felt like I was ignoring a fair amount of damage potential. I've got several Scrappers for "Safe DPS". 18% to 25% defense is a bit more than 0. Two small purples gets you soft capped if you're solo. And in a team setting Def buffs are fairly common so building for Resistance has some upside. Your build is likely more survivable though. I'll keep it tucked away if I decide to live the solo blaster +4/*8 lifestyle. Thanks!

The cat goddess Bast has sent an aspect of herself through time to bring back Bobcat. Because Bobcat is the real catgirl, not that copy Mynx. : ) Anyway, need a little build help on my quest. This is what I have so far. Not really attached to anything specific other than Seismic / Temporal. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Aspect of Bast: Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Seismic Blast Secondary Power Set: Temporal Manipulation Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Shatter (A) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (3) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (3) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 1: Time Wall (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status (11) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 2: Rock Shards (A) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (13) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown (13) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (15) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (17) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 4: Time Stop (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge (50) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold Level 6: Entomb (A) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (17) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (19) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (19) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (21) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (21) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 8: Seismic Force (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (23) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge Level 10: Chronos (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception (23) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge Level 12: Upthrust (A) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (25) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (25) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (27) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (27) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (29) Bombardment - Damage Level 14: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (29) Recharge Reduction IO Level 16: End of Time (A) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (31) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal) (31) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage (31) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown (33) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 18: Tombstone (A) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (33) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage (34) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range (34) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage (34) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (36) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 20: Temporal Healing (A) Endurance Modification IO Level 22: Super Speed (A) Celerity - +Stealth Level 24: Kick (A) Empty Level 26: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (40) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (42) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (46) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection (46) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance (48) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance Level 28: Future Pain (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (40) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (40) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy Level 30: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 32: Meteor (A) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (42) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (43) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (43) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 35: Bonfire (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge (36) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (36) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff (37) Bombardment - 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Forgive the minor necrothreading. @crysis did you ever try playing a similar build with Hurricane? My main difficulty is that the PBAoEs like Consumption and Inferno just don't play nice with Hurricane for obvious reasons. Hurricane is too much debuff for me to skip, I'll work it into my build somewhere. And also, do you get much out of Rain of Fire? It really doesn't seem to do much damage.

Theory crafted for my next Brute. More Defense, less Resistance than the other builds in this thread. Proc'd up Devastating Blow and Mud Pots. Could be an okayish Fire Farmer if it wanted to at 44% Fire Def and 82% Fire Res. Clear time would be less than a /Fire, but still good. Also added taunt and would presumably be running Ageless for the Debuff resistance anyway. I've got a Savage/Stone that is really similar, and it tanks very well. Savage melee I'm hoping gets a tweak or two soon.

This. Have a 50 Staff/Electric. It's fun, but it's damage output is as low as any Melee character I've played. Survivable as all heck if you can get Mobs clumped up for the KD though. Staff is a fun set to play, but don't play it if you're looking for numbers or fast clear times.