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Second Wind is a Rez! I haven't looked at the in-game wording but MIDs does not say it is. I died with it off cooldown for the first time the other night and realized it was lit...clicked and I was vertical again. In the final build the recharge with be around 90 seconds. So it might be possible that it's ready if I were to fall, but my guess is not likely. So, then I have to ask, why build a rez into a power that we use to buff our HP? Wish they could just make it a background ability with a 90 second recharge. Like build it into an auto power and just give us a popup message like a rez from a teammate would.

Are PvP sets out of your price range? 3 5-piece Panacea sets would help with global recharge. I would sacrifice your Taunt slotting for this. You could get 7.5% x3 over the 5% you get from the Perfect Zinger 4 piece.

A small concern may also be that you don't have Second Wind on perma. It's off by 14 seconds. That's a 600+ point hit that could come at the wrong time.

This is an old build I put together for my son, back when he was still learning to play. I wanted it to be tanky so he could learn rather than die. It still does decent damage but it could be tuned for more. Brute (Electrical Melee - Electric Armor)-4.mbd

hahaha Yes!

LOL so not a Tank?? But a Blaster....hahaha love it. I do not know why I like the idea of regen so much. And when I say regen I really mean all three power sets, Regen, WP, and Bio. I mean sure, Wolverine was my first love in comics, but I think there is more to it than that. Speaking of Wolverine... He'd totally be a Brute in my mind. I think the rage mechanic fits his style of literally going berserk and rage killing everything in his path. Ok serious question...sort of With the changes made to Regeneration, does this shift the ranking at all? Before it was: 3. Regeneration 2. Willpower 1. Bio Armor Still? Or has Regen bumped WP?

This build.... HAHAHA I admit my adjustments may have been detrimental to the build...but I also only have SO's equipped right now. Just hit ~23. So, I'll find out soon. Also will be able to confirm if RoP is needed or not LOL I have face planted so so so many times. I do OK, like really really good, until I don't. Gonna get some gear on him tonight, hopefully get my recharge up a bit. I'm wondering if Fast Healing is needed when leveling, but then it looks to help so little. May just put him a farm and get past all the low levels...

I didn't die in the last room. It was at the platform right after the the squids were downed and everyone was getting back to me. I either reengaged Rom too quickly or was just outside Barrier range. One of my fixes for this is I'm just gonna save my Barrier so I don't have to worry about timing or a teammate. Recording is a great idea! Thanks

I think I can see the appeal of controlling mitigation. I think the tipping point for me is the debuff resistances RR brings to the table. If things go South all hands will be swinging at the Brute, so RR will get jacked, then pop MoG for 15 secs of godmode, by which point you should be back to 100% HP, if you were down at all. Couple questions about RR from MIDs data. It states "2.5 sec recharge." Does this mean it can only activate once every 2.5 seconds? It has accuracy, so can it "miss?" Does each stack reset the 20 second duration?

Yup! Lol thanks! I corrected it in the OP.

Thanks everyone!

Fast Healing Instant healing vs. Reactive Regeneration Looking at just the wording it sounds like Reactive Regen might be less effective on a team if your defense numbers are high enough that you are dodging attacks. So would Instant Healing be better if this is the case? Guess from my layman perspective one looks better for solo the other for teams. Anyone got any practical knowledge they can lay on me? Also, cause I don't know anyone that's rolled one, how is Regen on Brutes now? I've got my first sitting on go. Thanks! -WT

SS doesn't have a cone so Cross Punch fills that void. Also, it procs fairly well with the added bonus of a +recharge proc. Not taking Weave is a good idea, as far as I can see since overall it won't actually add any noticeable survivability to the set and since there isn't any deep DDR and the fact that every 60 seconds you get a -def debuff for 10 sec from rage, Weave looks unnecessary to me, 'less you need it for a mule. But I'd listen to Betty or her peers before me... I still like @Spaghetti Betty SS/Regen Brute build, which I've tweaked and am about to roll with.

Hands down best decision you've made for your gaming life. Welcome!

@Spaghetti Betty Yeah I knew it wasn't optimized for 4 star. I was just wandering if it was a lack of something (HP - res - def) or just bum luck. I've got the tactics down and kite well (have for decades from WoW), it was just getting dropped 3 times from 100% got me to thinking. I talked to one of the players that was on the team and she thinks maybe I missed a barrier when they got back from smoking the squids. It's funny because if I get dropped and I'm anything other than the tank I don't give it a second thought, but when I'm the meat shield it bugs me. Something else I do with this build is I don't pop Particle Shield unless it's completely depleted. Should I be popping it on CD?

So I tanked my first 4 star ITF, this is after I tanked a 3 start ITF and a 4 star Aeon without much issue, did drop once on the Aeon though. The 4*ITF humbled me a bit. Everything was smooth until the last Rom fight. In this fight Rom floored me 3 times from full health, as luck would have it my Particle Shield was also depleted at these times. So I was wondering if this was just bum luck or if there are adjustments I could make to better handle the big shots Rom lays out. Me dropping did not cause a wipe, solid team, but I really didn't like my showing. My build is a Rad/MA/EM. We were Barrier cycling, the one thing I can't say is what % my defenses where at these times, like if there was a gap in the cycling just long enough for Rom to line up on me. My guess is my HP needs some love. The build is solid as is for everything I've put it through ('cept this one thing), this is just me wondering what went wrong or if there is anything I should change. My HP is 2335 with a 1593 absorb. Particle shield will be up every ~30 sec on a team. Thanks! -WT Tanker (Radiation Armor - Martial Arts)Final-1.2.mbd

Fire is still king, but I did just roll my first about a week ago. So according to most that I've read Fire is still top. The secondary, in my mind, is still up for debate. Mine is a triple Fire. Fire Manip has a great sustain, build up that boosts damage 100%, 50% endurance resist in Consume, and some stout PBAOEs, but I can't say it's the best because it's the only one I've paired with Fire Blast.

This guy is fully slotted now and I ran a +4 ITF last night and half a TinPex, both proved to me the build is solid, thank you @Snarky, and that the power combo just obliterates the enemies. No incarnates yet so it's just pure build, and it does not disappoint. Can't wait to get it full incarnates and see how badass it is then, finish that up today...hopefully.

I'll get him decked out by this weekend and see how badass the build really is. Question....Your Alpha selection was Agility Core? Would Intuition Rad be a tad better? Or do you find the recharge/endurance mod to be the best option?

OK firstly, I have to bring in the @Snarky since it's his build, but he's not the only one that knows this.... Fire Blasters are OP AF. Don't get me wrong, not screaming for a nerf, but I mean, let's give some love to the others. I actually thought maybe it was just a bit up there, nope it's next level. I'm not even fully slotted, in fact, the ITF I was in last night, I started out at level 45 and was annihilating groups of 52s, I was level shifted to 49 ATT, but still that's 3 levels up. I've never had that with any other toon. How do you roll one so powerful then play anything else?? I did die more than a few times...but never did Rise of the Phoenix let me down. Now I'm wondering if Fire Blast is as strong when paired with other secondaries. I rolled a Mando themed blaster (AR/Devices) at the same time, the look is so good I will play him, but it'll be with a Fire Blaster sitting on my shoulder whispering, *not quite as good though, is he?*

I'm like @UltraAlt concept first then figure out how to make it work, well I say "make it work." really I pop on here and hope sometimes that y'all can help me make it work. I haven't rolled a psi melee or psi anything for that fact. There is a blaster that I roll with in ITFs a few times and he's psi but absolutely dominates those Romans. I hear anything without a brain (robot) has high resist to psi damage. You could mitigate that with a damaging secondary of a different type, proc'ing out some of you attacks with different damage types, and choosing an epic pool of a different damage type. Should serve you well, I think.

I rolled a DP/Time Corruptor. He's a '30s era shamus. I also made a build for a Fire/Time. Built right /Time can just sit in melee. So, I think the primary is just what flavor you want.

Proc it out for a boost in damage.

I had to cheat a little and use a build I got from a person who fire farms on Everlasting and switch out the primary, but it should do you in a farm. Fire.Fire.Fire-Fire Farm.mbd

Did you mean fire defense? Fiery Aura should have max fire res right out the box, and for defense beyond ~48% def is a waste. I have a Rad/Fire/Fire but I built it for general content so I maxed out S/L res as well. From my understanding the biggest benefit from using Fiery Aura for fire farming is that you get maxed fire res for basically free, then easily build for fire defense, and that allows alot of room to build for max DPS. I'm not well enough versed in all enhancements, so the way you've displayed your build doesn't help me see what you are doing. Do you know how to add the MIDs file as an attachment? Click "choose files...." Then browse til you find your MIDs file then click "open" This way we can DL it and root all up in your business.