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yeah, as pointed out that was a pencil sketch build. i am focused more on bringing energy resists up than i am on psi. my final build will reflect that. just showing what sets get you there

All those slots wasted oof

I have an Invul / Dark Tank. It is, indeed, tougher. I want to compare it as a Jagd Tiger Tank compared to a regular Tiger Tank from WW2. With the Jagd Tiger being the fixed turret self propelled gun Tank killer “Tank build” and the regular Tiger being the fully articulated regular turret “standard” King Tiger “Brute build”. The comparison breaks down quickly in that in CoH the Tank has way better AoE and arcs of fire, especially noticeable on Shadow Maul but so effective everywhere. Quite jealous in my Brute. And…the second breakdown is the Brute does the more damage. Hmmmm. I may have the example inverted lol. But the armor values are higher on the Tank. Just been a long slow journey soloing the game on the Brute. It would only have been more painful on a Tank…

Invulnerability has "some" Endurance Drain Resist and Recovery Debuff resist in Resist Energies. keep in mind most Invul builds are running nice defenses. You gotta lay a glove on me before you get my end bar! But my favorite pairing is Dark/Invul. Oh! You finally got to my End bar. Hmmm.... Dark Consumption. Have a Ghetto PBAoE and thanks for a full End Bar back! Next.... It bears saying that this is another overlooked area of the “Psi hole”. Very few psi attacks are pure psi and untyped. Invulnerability tends to run high defenses. Layered mitigation. Psi still needs to hit before it applies its mostly full affect to Invul. That tends to not happen often

and a third option (I do neither of the above) I build for extreme tankiness in the areas that Invulnerability already excels. Here is an example of this type of thinking. In reality I made a few errors puttering around on this last year. Including not taking smite. (!) But also not overcapping S/L to 100% (I now realize Res is it's own red def) But the build was a quick throw together to see what Rune of Prot adds. The base set placement is solid and a good example of what i strive for. The Heal/End Hami-O in Dull Pain are placeholders for the Heal/Rech that just came into the game. 9 I just tweaked this part, gained a slot!) This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.5.7 https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Brute Mage: Level 50 Magic Brute Primary Power Set: Dark Melee Secondary Power Set: Invulnerability Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Sorcery Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Shadow Punch -- SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg(A), SprBrtFur-Dmg/Rchg(3), SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), SprBrtFur-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), SprBrtFur-Rech/Fury%(7) Level 1: Resist Physical Damage -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(7), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(9), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(9) Level 2: Temp Invulnerability -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(11), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(11), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(13) Level 4: Dull Pain -- HO:Golgi(A), HO:Golgi(13) Level 6: Shadow Maul -- Arm-Dmg(A), Arm-Dmg/Rchg(15), Arm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Arm-Acc/Rchg(17), Arm-Dmg/EndRdx(17), Arm-Dam%(19) Level 8: Siphon Life -- SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg(A), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx(19), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(21), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg(23) Level 10: Resist Elements -- RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg(23), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(25), RctArm-ResDam(25) Level 12: Kick -- FrcFdb-Rechg%(A) Level 14: Tough -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(27), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(29), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(29) Level 16: Unyielding -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(31), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(31), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(31), UnbGrd-EndRdx/Rchg(33), UnbGrd-Max HP%(33) Level 18: Dark Consumption -- SprAvl-Acc/Dmg(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(33), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(36) Level 20: Resist Energies -- UnbGrd-ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(27), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(36), UnbGrd-EndRdx/Rchg(36), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(37), ImpArm-ResPsi(48) Level 22: Weave -- ShlWal-Def/EndRdx(A), ShlWal-Def/Rchg(37), ShlWal-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(37), ShlWal-Def(39), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(39) Level 24: Mystic Flight -- WntGif-ResSlow(A) Level 26: Soul Drain -- SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg(A), SprUnrFur-Dmg/Rchg(39), SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), SprUnrFur-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), SprUnrFur-Rchg/+Regen/+End(42) Level 28: Invincibility -- ShlWal-Def/EndRdx(A), ShlWal-Def/Rchg(42), ShlWal-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), ShlWal-Def(43), Rct-ResDam%(43) Level 30: Arcane Bolt -- Apc-Dam%(A) Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Hct-Dmg(A), Hct-Dmg/Rchg(43), Hct-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Hct-Acc/Rchg(45), Hct-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Hct-Dam%(46) Level 35: Tough Hide -- ShlWal-Def/EndRdx(A), ShlWal-Def/Rchg(46), ShlWal-Def(46), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(48) Level 38: Rune of Protection -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(48), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(50), GldArm-3defTpProc(50) Level 41: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50) Level 44: Superior Conditioning -- PrfShf-End%(A) Level 47: Physical Perfection -- NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(A) Level 49: Combat Jumping -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 1: Fury Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A) Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A) Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A) Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A) Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A) Level 30: Arcane Power ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1356;636;1272;HEX;| |78DA65934B4F53511485CF6D6FAD9416A848014BDF16680B051CE12B265A20284D4| |84C9C925A8FF5C6A690B618193A70AE6074E2037C4CFD09BE8D3FC6202AF81A5D77| |EF5A220924E5EB5E67ED73D63E272DDE2CF85FCEDC3AA38CF673D552A3B170B6BED| |CD49E62A96295DD4A299F53C7A5D65E29434EB950D455ADF38552FD3ABE462017F4| |555D6BE8FC6CEDC672B5A6EBA5CB56D56AAEA8C0FCE262353F6D55AE35AD5AC5EF5| |41717EB655D5FF1A158D2FA0AF4395D5A1253FFD49255CE4FC92695958562A9D114| |2FB2F5498CB87C3ECB4719AD7FB647AD4BD60953B936C8A7A0F98C7C0E1E7801BEF| |ADFEB563BA20DC9DA0FAC1DFC45FE065FB7ACF41A3BD07CF4FAE8F5D3FB465CAD5B| |13AFE19E14984AF9C94D8187793D932EC7DF719C3C01769D244F81874E835BD2E5C| |5BEA6F78E89B5BBE0E155720D0CDD03DF8ABB8DB9DBA28633632806F625C824E892| |CDDBE155EDB771A65BB400FB039CFB08E71EE0DC039CFB9DB83A395B27BD517AA3F| |446E98DFF24FF80DFA42BE85CB0ED093E44F6F82330F1987C42AE83A90DF0BD7475| |F3DCEE7F19794E8AE7A778DE51E618CB606653E6EB41AFD9334DCF0C390B0E9E275| |B46E15A5AA95EBC83EA0D63EDBB54FDCCDFEF47AEC10038D44176925D6026087E90| |AE307ACD3033649821C30C5966C86E83AB9221C2B78A4CE0ADB6A58AF11E6283D0B| |243E0C8309921B3E0680EFC285D49BE73921946996194678F5D00EFCBD969CCEF4E| |8F28AC9113BDB24944780CDEA4DCEF30F6358673F4906D41A5729C21F70039FCA2E| |5A9E52FE1BE43B2C738B571BEC1B4B9FBDBB5074CC53FBB55DAB69ADBA7CC9BB48B| |6238CAA66FF7174DE5CB3E656BAF92C0445FF76A4CFD292B436377FB2F8062D3C4| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Heh. In the scene the quote is from the "turning on the light" reveals the vampires undead pallor under an electric light with all it's penetrating power. But no sunlight, no.

This is not a troll post. Sigh. We can’t begin this way. Let me turn on the light. ( bonus points to anyone who caught the vampire reference) Psi Hole on Invulnerability CANNOT be fixed. In my opinion. Trying to do so is resource consuming and works at cross purposes to making a good build. I recently saw a couple friend’s chatting in SG chat and one was telling the other to make sure they put 5 +3 psi res globals on the build. I wisely decided not to jump in. A vampire raving about stupid mortals while the blood lust is on them will convince no one Psi is really a small portion of the game. There is an accolade power that gives a brief window of protection every ten minutes. There is Dull Pain and Oranges. Just fall into Scrapper mode during really tough Psi heavy task forces. Invulnerability Brutes are used to tanking. Once in a while you need to change gears Tiger Tank. Again, build to the strengths if your primary and secondary. Do not twist yourself in knots to get a build that can moderately handle Psi. If you desperately need to Tank Psi grab a Dark Armor. My Dark Armor Brute stands in the pink and purple patches of the Minds of Mayhem trial and laughs

I think a lot (too much) about statistical weighting. Where did the data come from? what type of builds posted for what reason? For instance you could do this with Brutes. But the data would be very skewed if all the posts were farm builds. It would be very different if you had a group of very good builders and all requested them to build with a single goal in mind. Quite differen t to grab some random group of data and call the results something useful. While I know this is not a homework assignment it is impossible to determine the usefulness of the data output without knowing what the input was. Tastes great, by the way, what went in the sausages again?

I know right ? I never realized. Then i looked at the number. If you cant eat that end cost on your build without help you need more tinkering than mitigation of that crash would give you

This used to be me. Especially on my Brute. But even when I switched to Dark/Dark Blaster I would fly for the corners of the map at the word “crackle”. Now….. not so much. I step out to around where I guess 80 is? Look for crackles. See if my health bar is plummeting (invisible). Even comfortable cozying up to a crackle (not too close) but I am concentrating on keeping damage up. Period. After crackles over I like to zoom into middle of league and use Destiny Rebirth and pop a couple team incarnate damage inspirations. Seriously that first minute means so much. You get through two crackles with most of league grinding him down and you are almost done. The alternative strategies are, no disrespect, inferior

So many good things. Fixing Energy Melee! Thank you! Tweaking Tanks! Stares at my old SS Brutes…..now if you could just….. The new Hami Os that give me a Heal /Rech option! About a zillion other things. oh, and glad they fixed that bug where the game disappeared off the face of the planet!

The P2W end power temp is easily iverlooked and provides an incredible backup in hard fights

Another story that was well told was the red side Johnny Sonata arc. Just great storytelling.

Most people that gravitate to Brutes seem to have a concept in mind. In my opinion. What might seem like one of the most mindless archetypes… well maybe it is a pick based on feeling. There are some sets that perform better than others sure…. Most of us sort of know whats what. But our ‘decision’ tends to be a gut choice based on how we want to smash. My two cents

Lol. Some people use targeting macros for stuff like sappers. Two things 1) i never figured tge Fing things out 2) what do you do with a roomful of freak superstunners? This is why even my squishies play dirty. Dark/Dark Blaster. Stealth….Nuke (has a massive to hit debuff if you live). Ice/cold Corruptor… fully ranged. Softcap ranged defense. Stays way out if the combat zone But the Dark/Invul Brute. Heh. The more the merrier.

Yeah I am currently maining a Dark Invulnerability Brute. Go for my end bar. No really, it’s funny. If you actually manage to make headway I will zap two or three of the mobs with Dark Consumption and fill it back up…

A good olace to start is looking at invulnerability. It has a power resist energies which resists end drains and recovery debuffs. Check this in mids. Boot up one in game and see if the stat shows in combat stats anywhere

Since you were asking about optimizing…. Willpower is a great set. Its just hard to not recognize Invulnerable is better late game with I/Os. You fix all of Invul end issues either with I/Os or Alpha slot. Invul has better defense debuff resistance. Higher resist values actually work to resist having resistance debuffed as in the Aeon SF. The list goes on.

I want you to know I never post mistaknly or innacurately. Bwah hah hah! still, find it humorous you question Dull Pain. "Well, the brochure said the steering wheel was optional...."

I moved on to an ice/cold Corruptor Scourge is very powerful with a blizzard and ice Storm. The debuffs from cold are extremely powerful. This is what i run in high end leagues during incarnate trials

I love Willpower. Mained a Ss/Will on live. Having said that with sets and in modern game Invul will outperform Will so much that you might want to consider rerolling. Hyperstrike has written a bkank invulnerability template where you just plug in your primary You should really take a look good luck

Generally no. Any full stealth (the +stealth celerity is not full) is fine. Then….there are things you cannot be stealthed from. Rularuu eyeballs. Ritki drones. Some Nemesis troops. Any ambush (98%?) run right to you stealth or no. You get to know them.

The only Corruptor I run is a I e/Cold I use for SG incarnate activities. This is my “main” for incarnate work. It is insanely overpowered right out of the box due to the debuffs and DoT rains working with Scourge. Add in a ton of slows for giggles

nice to know next time i level a Dom

Not if he bought winter packs and was burning experienced temps….