Trying to salvage an Energy/Inv toon from the old days

[csr]

I built an En/Inv Brute as soon as Brutes became available a decade ago.  I really enjoyed playing her, right up until they changed villain Invulnerability to a dark smudge power set.  By the time they added power customization this toon had been relegated to my 3rd server and wasn't played.  After the bright/shiny came back I played her to 50 and then pretty much forgot her.  Her original build used Aid Self and Unstoppable to bolster defenses.  The final build was this...

 

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That was I21.  It was OK, but no better.  I've been trying to come up with a build I like for the rebuilt Shillelagh.  I'm current at L38 and working on this...

 

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But the AoE is very weak and the mitigations are just good, not great.  I have a build with much better AoE, but a bit weaker mitigations...

 

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I'm just not getting a build I really like.  Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

 

 

Edited October 7, 2019 by csr

[Bunmaster]

This is a post from the tanker thread about Invulnerability.

 

 

It has some older info, but should give you an idea on atleast the invul side of things.

[csr]

On 10/8/2019 at 9:58 AM, Bunmaster said:

This is a post from the tanker thread about Invulnerability.

 

 

It has some older info, but should give you an idea on atleast the invul side of things.

Thanks.  Not ideal since it's for soft-capping a Tanker rather than a Brute, but I'll try CMA's set preferences and see how that works out.

[csr]

CMA's ideas didn't really help with the build I'm currently working on, but did with the AoE build I posted 3rd above.  It's not as tough as the current build and END use isn't great, but it has much better AoE, about 14% better ST DPS, and I can take Ageless for END issues.

 

http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/download.php?uc=1483&c=684&a=1368&f=HEX&dc=78DA6594C96F12511CC7DF30D38DA5405B0A2D4B814AC12ED3A2C6A326DA569B96A42DEAB58EF28431932981C1D8A3774F7AF0EA7AF5E27A72F76FF1E492F4608C0BFE98DFB7A40913C8E7BDDFF27EDFF77BF3A67473D9FFF4DCADD342F19DB58C6673E74CA3E5C8C152CB311C73D7568510DE72CDB42C6919D5DA004D636EC44E495A52EA2BB66C54F7789264C7B2BC26EDA6D4D7EC1B2D8BDCC615D3329DBDF09A5D930D693BFAC120B0B9BB6BE9AB66B5E69876D5EBCECA75292B7E77B8218D3AD98307938A6C346B663DB25237AFEAD0D0DA29194D4736F662246C86FEFD8AC0D3EE139B84AC263C5BE036532B83E789494DF4AF33DF74D2DCFCB622A28A6B9B3F461D286AE26DC7C53E5549D1204F7919E660164C3315EA92CA1A845A116EFE3B421FE76B7D5B8A6BF36E33FD65F00273E422FC8401EC65C0AFB12DC01C1B0683CCF1101866662971087B199A630D31D0433E1FF4F9A0EF764E88006A057E7B5CDBF01FF02F33F40F6C334704F7E6036505D19B207AB388DE2CA237C529A69F10469D30CE2786F399C4F94CE27C12D0963849D4541125DDA3D03D1AE7DA9D3D46D8A644B0BF14A8527C14BAA2D09582AE1474A5A799E3143BC1B19E8908F77F619D6B2CEE333F9137EEBE046D358E984C081C654E8F31355A2F89DA49C4A6119B466C06B1C38429F464EA3ED73AF2007CC89C79043E069F303F775A05DD59D4C963DD8530F33285E6B07EEE19F726FF1C7CC93CFA0A7C0D7EE1F50D4201B905E4CE2277F605889C79AC318F5C1F959FC379CD5DE777E623CD74D62BF45F1CF79E664BB02D25F9DE25B4EE3DA61F3D62B6C7B2D46329F6588EF7584EF45856B5EEBD6F6FF478373538C9A2B896A150F77EB7BF7ABBDF05A12CF0FEBF7B0F7D2B3238C74B3813DCEDE229DEE7B7C3F905CEFF7138FF0EF76DFA2E788F594C73ECCF7102B4FC07634DDF50

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SHA LA LA! (Pikel Bouldershoulders): Level 50 Mutation Brute
Primary Power Set: Energy Melee
Secondary Power Set: Invulnerability
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Energy Punch -- SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprBrtFur-Dmg/Rchg:50(3), SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(3), SprBrtFur-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(5), SprBrtFur-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(5), SprBrtFur-Rech/Fury:50(7)
Level 1: Resist Physical Damage -- RctArm-ResDam:40(A), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(7), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(9), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(9), GldArm-3defTpProc:50(11), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(11)
Level 2: Temp Invulnerability -- UnbGrd-ResDam:50(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx:50(13), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam:50(13), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:50(15)
Level 4: Kick -- FrcFdb-Rechg%:50(A)
Level 6: Dull Pain -- Pnc-Heal/EndRedux:50(A), Pnc-EndRdx/Rchg:50(19), Pnc-Heal/Rchg:50(19), Pnc-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg:50(21), Pnc-Heal:50(21)
Level 8: Whirling Hands -- SprAvl-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx:50(23), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(23), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(25), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(25), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc:50(27)
Level 10: Resist Elements -- RctArm-ResDam:40(A), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(27), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(29), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(29)
Level 12: Taunt -- PrfZng-Dam%:50(A)
Level 14: Tough -- UnbGrd-ResDam:50(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx:50(31), UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam:50(31), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:50(31)
Level 16: Unyielding -- UnbGrd-ResDam:50(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx:50(33), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:50(33), UnbGrd-EndRdx/Rchg:50(33)
Level 18: Total Focus -- SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprUnrFur-Dmg/Rchg:50(34), SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(34), SprUnrFur-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(34), SprUnrFur-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(36), SprUnrFur-Rchg/+Regen/+End:50(36)
Level 20: Weave -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(36), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP:50(37), Rct-ResDam%:50(37)
Level 22: Resist Energies -- RctArm-ResDam:40(A), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(37), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(39), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(39)
Level 24: Combat Jumping -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(39)
Level 26: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(40)
Level 28: Invincibility -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(40)
Level 30: Super Jump -- WntGif-ResSlow:50(A)
Level 32: Energy Transfer -- SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx:50(40), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(42), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(42), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg:50(42), SprBlsCol-Rchg/HoldProc:50(43)
Level 35: Tough Hide -- LucoftheG-Rchg+:50(A), LucoftheG-Def:50(43)
Level 38: Char -- SprEnt-Acc/Hold:50(A), SprEnt-Hold/Rchg:50(43), SprEnt-End/Rchg:50(45), SprEnt-Acc/Hold/End:50(45), SprEnt-Acc/Hold/End/Rchg:50(45), SprEnt-Rchg/AbsorbProc:50(46)
Level 41: Fire Blast -- SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg:50(A), SprWntBit-Dmg/Rchg:50(46), SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(46), SprWntBit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(48), SprWntBit-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg:50(48), SprWntBit-Rchg/SlowProc:50(48)
Level 44: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Cross Punch -- Arm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(A), FuroftheG-Acc/Dmg/End/Rech:50(50), Obl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(50), ScrDrv-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(50)
Level 49: [Empty]
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
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 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End:50(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+:50(15), Mrc-Rcvry+:40(17)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%:50(A), PrfShf-EndMod:50(17)
Level 50: Agility Core Paragon
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