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Nice man! Which of the secondaries are you pairing with it?

Nice man, seems like a cool combo. I know a lot do Shield/StJ, but I could see MA being really good with the added defense.

Super Reflexes is intriguing on a Tanker. I hear really good things.

THERE WILL BE NO SURVIVORS

Thanks so much for sharing this man! I wasn’t even sure how to bring slotting Temporal, so this is great. Also, it’s cool that this build has added layers of survival

So basically, you’re walking around looking like Bigfoot, right? 😂 Soul Drain into your rotation is monstrous.

This is super helpful man, thank you. It seems that, as far as PvE is concerned, there is Fire and than there is everything else. Pretty much any secondary can work with it. I also hear that Fire Manipulation secondary is amazing, and was thinking of pairing with Dark Blast for all the heals. But it’s also hard to just not pick Fire blast when I look at the damage numbers 😂😂😂 animations are sexy as well.

Probably Elec, Rad or Spines?

I’m definitely open to other suggestions as well. Reading through the forums and powersets, 3 combos have stuck out to me: Fire/Elec: This seems to be a really strong blapper combo that can function well from afar and up close. Fire/Temporal: Just seems to be an overall strong combo. Temporal has a lot of tricks and -regen and Fire brings the damage. Dark/Atomic: A bit more of an obscure pairing. I can’t really find info on it. I don’t know if that means there is anti-synergy there, but I just felt the -Tohit from Dark and the -Def from Atomic would pair nicely.

Gotcha, so if I went that route, DP/Ninja would prob be the way to go.

Good to know! How do you feel it compares to Martial Combat? Both sets kind of give off the dual wield ninja vibe haha

Dual Pistols/Ninja also seems pretty cool. Is there some anti-synergy there though, with neither having a build up type power?

This is impressive. Even shows of that combo’s strength in the early levels.

Didn’t think about that with SS/Bi! I get it hits like a truck when Rage is up haha

Sai always coming through with the great advice! Darkir has also pointed out a cool synergy with Sav/Bio Brutes: they’re DOT monsters where the damage from Savage and toxic damage from Bio’s offensive stance ramps up with fury.

Perfect, glad it’s a simple answer 😂 thanks Haijinx.

Savage/Bio and Kat/Rad were both combos I was looking at on a Brute myself. Have any experience with either of those combos? Also, I’m always kind of confused as to what the “exhausted” mechanic is in Savage Melee... what debuff does that apply to you?

Cool combo man! This makes a lot of sense. Might try one of my own sometime =P Another pairing I like on a Brute is the classic CEBR: Claws/Electric Brute. It just seems to peak in all the right places and is an absolute blender.

That's right buddy, "arrest" them all 😉

I didn't factor in the -ToHit for Rad Armor, definitely a thing to consider.

This is amazing, thanks so much for the write up Linea! My top 3 tanks currently are an SD/Elec, Invuln/EM and Dark/Staff. I was thinking of making a "Superman" type hero to give some of these tests a run, and was stuck between Invuln and Rad. It seems like Invuln is the, as you put it, the "more comfy" way to go. Not to say Rad CAN'T do it as well, it would just be an easier time for the Invuln. +1 to EA on Tankers though! Love it on my Stalker. I wonder how they'd adjust it for Tankers.

Yeah I'm noticing that seems to be the case. Ice and Dark at least have some rarer damage types. They also seem to be the top tier choices for PvP, but I don't PvP so it's kind of a moot point. I guess I could rest on the fact that if I ever DID do an arena match or something, I'd have a setup that was semi-optimal for it 😂

This is extremely helpful!!!! Thanks so much Erratic for writing this up, it went over some synergies that I wasn't even thinking off. Also, the color scheme for your powers on your Fire/Dark is AWESOME. Some others have mentioned Dark/Energy... Would you throw that combo in there with the others you mentioned?

These are amazing, thanks Sai! I’ll tell you what, those are some impressive resists you are able to get out of that second shield/dm build. Crazy! I also think you’re right about that Inv/DM... unkillable. Especially when you start factoring in the -tohit.

Nice man, thanks! I’m looking at Dark/EM, Fire/Fire and Fire/EM now. Is there one you’d say was best for overall content, one for fighting AV’s, things like that?