When HC first released The Snap, I was firmly in the camp that there was no reason to ever play a Tanker if a Brute exists.
The following are the numbers of each melee AT that I posses both Pre and Post-Page 4:
Tanker: Pre-1 (only to run at Tanker Tuesday), Post-9 (including a Fiery Melee retired until that set gets an update)
Brute: Pre-9, Post-6 (including an Elec/Shield retiree and two converted into Tankers).
Stalker: Pre-2, Post-4
Scrapper: Pre-2, Post-2 (including a Dark/Dark that was my very first character and never made it to 50 before HC and a Katana/WP for my Willpower complete set).
It looks like it’s “why roll a Scrapper” from my side of the spectrum.😁