Vindaloo

This is excellent stuff, thank you. It's exactly what I was looking for. I'm not a fan of Radiation Siphon however, I think the animation just looks kind of dumb. How often does the Chance for Build Up go off on Fusion?

Wow, after 3 weeks of no replies, this thread is finally seeing some life. Currently the character is lvl 44 and I have 650M influence, and most of my powers are fully slotted with Attuned IOs (spent about 150M kitting him out, yeesh). As you can see, I've been mostly playing the market or playing other toons. I appreciate all the responses, lots of good stuff in there. I did mention that this toon was for PVE content, not farming. There's so much information for farming available out there that it becomes very hard to make a Fire Brute for the general PVE aspect of the game rather than farming, and in fact some people seem to think that unless you ARE farming the Fire Brute is a subpar AT better suited to sitting on a dusty shelf. Well personally I am not that interested in farming, I would rather be doing TFs and going for Incarnate content. So any advice that can help me be better for that would be appreciated. My current build: This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.6.0 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Pyromane: Level 49 Mutation Brute Primary Power Set: Radiation Melee Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Contaminated Strike -- Acc(A), Dmg(3), EndRdx(3), RechRdx(7) Level 1: Fire Shield -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(5), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(5), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(13), UnbGrd-Max HP%(15) Level 2: Blazing Aura -- PrfZng-Dam%(A), Erd-%Dam(7), Erd-Dmg(9), ScrDrv-Dam%(9), FuroftheG-ResDeb%(11), EndRdx(11) Level 4: Radioactive Smash -- Acc(A), Dmg(13), EndRdx(15), RechRdx(17) Level 6: Fusion -- AdjTrg-ToHit(A), AdjTrg-ToHit/Rchg(17), AdjTrg-Rchg(19), AdjTrg-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(19) Level 8: Healing Flames -- Mrc-Heal/Rchg(A), Mrc-Heal(21), RechRdx(21) Level 10: Boxing -- Acc(A) Level 12: Super Jump -- Jump(A) Level 14: Combat Jumping -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 16: Plasma Shield -- TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtnCtn-ResDam/Rchg(23), TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(23), TtnCtn-ResDam(25), TtnCtn-EndRdx(25), Empty(45) Level 18: Irradiated Ground -- ShlBrk-DefDeb(A), ShlBrk-%Dam(27), TchofLadG-%Dam(27), AchHee-ResDeb%(29), ScrDrv-Dam%(29), Erd-%Dam(31) Level 20: Tough -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(31) Level 22: Weave -- Krm-ResKB(A), Krm-Def/EndRdx(31), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(33), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(33), EndRdx(33) Level 24: Consume -- Obl-Dmg(A), Obl-Acc/Rchg(34), Obl-Dmg/Rchg(34), Obl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Obl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Obl-%Dam(36) Level 26: Acrobatics -- EndRdx(A) Level 28: Burn -- Obl-Dmg(A), Obl-Acc/Rchg(36), Obl-Dmg/Rchg(37), Obl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), Obl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Obl-%Dam(39) Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(39), RechRdx(39) Level 32: Atom Smasher -- Erd-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Erd-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Mlt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), Mlt-Acc/Dmg(40), ShlBrk-DefDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(42), ShlBrk-Acc/DefDeb(42) Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx(A) Level 38: Temperature Protection -- ResDam(A) Level 41: Char -- Acc(A) Level 44: Melt Armor -- Acc(A) Level 47: [Empty] Level 49: [Empty] Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A) Level 1: Fury Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 1: Swift -- Empty(A) Level 1: Health -- NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Pnc-Heal/+End(42), Mrc-Rcvry+(43) Level 1: Hurdle -- Empty(A) Level 1: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A), PrfShf-EndMod(43), EndMod(43) Level 12: Double Jump ------------ Pyromane - Brute (Radiation Melee).mxd

Here is Maelwys' build exported for you. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.6.0 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Level 50 Science Stalker Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Medicine Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery Hero Profile: ------------ Level 1: Havoc Punch Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg(A), Mk'Bit-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Mk'Bit-Dmg/Rchg(5), Mk'Bit-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17), Mk'Bit-Dam%(31) Level 1: Hide LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 2: Jacobs Ladder SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(A), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(3), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(17), Arm-Dam%(25) Level 4: Deflection LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), RedFrt-Def(9), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(15), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(40), RctArm-ResDam(40), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(40) Level 6: Assassin's Shock SprStlGl-Acc/Dmg(A), SprStlGl-Dmg/Rchg(7), SprStlGl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), SprStlGl-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), SprStlGl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), SprStlGl-Rchg/Hide%(25) Level 8: Battle Agility LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), RedFrt-Def(9), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(15) Level 10: Combat Jumping LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 12: Placate RechRdx-I(A) Level 14: Super Jump BlsoftheZ-Travel(A), BlsoftheZ-Travel/EndRdx(50) Level 16: Active Defense RechRdx-I(A) Level 18: Chain Induction Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg(A), Mk'Bit-Dmg/EndRdx(19), Mk'Bit-Dmg/Rchg(19), Mk'Bit-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(21), Mk'Bit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), Mk'Bit-Dam%(23) Level 20: Stealth LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(34) Level 22: Aid Other DctWnd-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(A) Level 24: Aid Self NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(A), NmnCnv-Heal(43), NmnCnv-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(46) Level 26: Build Up GssSynFr--ToHit(A), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg(27), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(27), GssSynFr--Rchg/EndRdx(29), GssSynFr--ToHit/EndRdx(29), GssSynFr--Build%(31) Level 28: Against All Odds EndRdx-I(A) Level 30: Hasten RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(31) Level 32: Lightning Rod SprAssMar-Acc/Dmg(A), SprAssMar-Dmg/Rchg(33), SprAssMar-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), SprAssMar-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), SprAssMar-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), SprAssMar-Rchg/Rchg Build Up(34) Level 35: Shield Charge Obl-Dmg(A), Obl-Acc/Rchg(36), Obl-Dmg/Rchg(36), Obl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Obl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Obl-%Dam(37) Level 38: One with the Shield UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(39), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(39), UnbGrd-Max HP%(39) Level 41: Mu Bolts Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(42), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43) Level 44: Ball Lightning SprFrzBls-Acc/Dmg(A), SprFrzBls-Dmg/EndRdx(45), SprFrzBls-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45), SprFrzBls-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), SprFrzBls-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg(46), SprFrzBls-Rchg/ImmobProc(46) Level 47: True Grit Prv-Heal(A), Prv-Heal/EndRdx(48), Prv-Absorb%(48), ResDam-I(48), GldArm-ResDam(50), GldArm-3defTpProc(50) Level 49: Super Speed Run-I(A) Level 1: Assassination Level 1: Brawl Acc-I(A) Level 1: Sprint Clr-Stlth(A) Level 2: Rest Empty(A) Level 1: Swift Run-I(A) Level 1: Hurdle Jump-I(A) Level 1: Health Pnc-Heal/+End(A), Mrc-Rcvry+(37) Level 1: Stamina EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21) Level 14: Double Jump Level 49: Speed Phase Level 1: Prestige Power Dash Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Slide Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Quick Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Rush Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Surge Empty(A) Level 50: Ion Core Final Judgement Level 50: Warworks Core Superior Ally Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment Level 50: Preemptive Radial Flawless Interface Level 50: Barrier Radial Epiphany Level 50: Intuition Radial Paragon Level 50: Task Force Commander Level 50: The Atlas Medallion Level 50: Portal Jockey Level 50: Freedom Phalanx Reserve ------------

Hello everyone, I just returned to CoH after a 10yr hiatus, woo! Anyways, I've got a few toons going but am currently levelling up a Rad/Melee Brute for teaming, general missions, and TFs; and focusing on AoE as much as possible. I'm currently lvl 34 and sitting on a bunch of Inf. (~70M or so). I am thinking of blowing part of that on getting the Attuned Obliteration set but am unsure as to where it would be best to slot it. At first I was thinking to put it into Burn, but I think I want to try and get the Burn recharge down as low as possible, so Obliteration is not the best fit there. Other choices would be Blazing Aura and Irradiated Ground, since they are always on, or I could put it into Atom Smasher which I am not using much at the moment but could start using it more. I read up a lot on IO sets and how they work, but now am unsure as to which IOs would be best where for my build. Any advice would be appreciated. Also, please let me know if Obliteration isn't the first set I should be looking at, I can always buy something else. Thank you.