Meta Primary Powerset for Brutes?

[Marshal Valor]

I took SS because it fit my character concept. I hear Rage has been nerfed so if you double stack you now double crash. That really bothers me... alot. Enough to remake my character. 

 

What's considered the goto or meta for Brutes? Someone told me Titan Weapons and I was just like noooooooooo. So I am curious what are good offensive abilities.

Edited March 12, 2020 by Marshal Valor

[crkohl]

Here’s a list of current meta primaries:

• Battle Axe
• Broad Sword
• Claws
• Dark Melee
• Electrical Melee
• Energy Melee
• Fiery Melee
• Ice Melee
• Katana
• Kinetic Melee
• Martial Arts
• Psionic Melee
• Radiation Melee
• Savage Melee
• Spines
• Staff Fighting
• Stone Melee
• Street Justice
• Super Strength
• Titan Weapons
• War Mace

Edited March 13, 2020 by crkohl

[Outrider_01]

1 hour ago, crkohl said:

War Mace

Just this.  Very satisfying when clobbering the bad guys.

[Obus Form]

1 hour ago, crkohl said:

Here’s a list of current meta primaries:

• Battle Axe
• Broad Sword
• Claws
• Dark Melee
• Electrical Melee
• Energy Melee
• Fiery Melee
• Ice Melee
• Katana
• Kinetic Melee
• Psionic Melee
• Radiation Melee
• Savage Melee
• Spines
• Staff Fighting
• Stone Melee
• Street Justice
• Super Strength
• Titan Weapons
• War Mace

Lol you listed every primary powerset for a Brute

[crkohl]

7 minutes ago, Obus Form said:

Lol you listed every primary powerset for a Brute

[Obus Form]

2 minutes ago, crkohl said:

Well done I say, well done.

[Obus Form]

3 hours ago, Marshal Valor said:

I took SS because it fit my character concept. I hear Rage has been nerfed so if you double stack you now double crash. That really bothers me... alot. Enough to remake my character. 

 

What's considered the goto or meta for Brutes? Someone told me Titan Weapons and I was just like noooooooooo. So I am curious what are good offensive abilities.

@Marshal ValorThe best primary is subjective, and relative to your intended goal.

 

Do you have a character theme, concept, or in-game goal?  Do you prefer single-target damage, AOE damage, survivability, or flashy flash animations?

 

It might help if you let us know what you don't like Titan Weapons?

 

Last but most important: are you a power gamer?  Do you crave maximizing character output of damage and/or survivability?

Edited March 12, 2020 by Obus Form
TW dislike. Powergamer

[Without_Pause]

It also helps to know what you are pairing it with. 

[Gauntlet_Prime]

Man, I dunno.  My buddy's SS/Inv brute is a monster and i haven't ever heard him complain about SS.  Double Rage is broken.

[crkohl]

1 hour ago, Gauntlet_Prime said:

Man, I dunno.  My buddy's SS/Inv brute is a monster and i haven't ever heard him complain about SS.  Double Rage is broken.

Dude double Rage is ridiculous. KO Blow feels like it one shots everything. Foot Stomp destroys. Mine is SS/Fire so Burn with that + Fiery Embrace is even more stupid damage. 

 

The crash is an inconvenience. 100 percent. But the ten seconds of pathetic damage is worth the following couple minutes of carnage every time. Though I will admit I have faceplanted a couple of times when I was "Scrapperlocked" and the defense crash hit. It'll happen. But debt badges are a thing.

[Nemu]

Whirlwind is the meta

 

Especially if you are regen, and use a staff.

 

and your name is Princess Spinaroonie.

 

Have you heard the Gospel of SPIN?

Edited March 12, 2020 by Nemu

[skoryy]

WM/EA because nothing beats strong & pretty.

[Gauntlet_Prime]

17 hours ago, Nemu said:

Whirlwind is the meta

 

Especially if you are regen, and use a staff.

 

and your name is Princess Spinaroonie.

 

Have you heard the Gospel of SPIN?

Nimu, we have spoken about this... You need to ask for permission before you bring up our lord and savior; SPIN!  It was part of the accords we had to stop the complaining about diversification.

[Without_Pause]

There's three which could fit the most easily in terms of weaponless and not exotic. I don't have enough experience with MA to say, but I doubt someone looking for something along the lines of an agent of SMASH to switch to Mr. Boot to the Head. Kin's animations are slow and I couldn't stick with it. I got a StJ stalker to 50 who I love, but the set is better on a stalker. I will say it practically killed scrappers for me for a time. I have a level 22 StJ/invul brute who has been solid and fun so far. My default suggestion for anyone who wants SS but not SS is to go StJ. 

[Snarky]

I played SS forever on live and have a 50 with it here. The set is extremely powerful. If the crash bothers you .... pick anything else

 

my go-to set these days is Dark Melee. sime people dont like it because not enough AoE. 
 

every set has good and bad.  Here is the thing. In the modern PvE i/o incarnate game you have to really try to make a horrid toon. I am currently light Bruting on a Blaster. I know my characters armors and the game well enough to not stand in the patg of the truck and i stay alive long enough to kill everything. The sets are not my first choice on paper. Dark/Dark. They do not have exactly what i want. But they have stuff i like and fit my theme perfect 

 

find something you like. Run that

[therealtitanman]

On 3/13/2020 at 5:21 AM, Nemu said:

Whirlwind is the meta

 

Especially if you are regen, and use a staff.

 

and your name is Princess Spinaroonie.

 

Have you heard the Gospel of SPIN?

did someone said spin? just made for fun

[InvaderStych]

On 3/13/2020 at 7:06 AM, skoryy said:

WM/EA because nothing beats strong & pretty.

I cannot possibly be the only one who got this Thread Winning Reference.

[Obus Form]

On 3/18/2020 at 12:34 AM, InvaderStych said:

I cannot possibly be the only one who got this Thread Winning Reference.

Could you kindly explain the reference

[InvaderStych]

1 hour ago, Obus Form said:

Could you kindly explain the reference

 

It was an epic thread from the old boards.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20120906164029/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=124689

 

This Gem is not to be missed:

 

 

I don't remember if the thread spawned the badge, or if the badge informed the thread.  Someone else might know the history more clearly than I.

 

https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Strong_%26_Pretty_Badge

Edited March 20, 2020 by InvaderStych
added important image

[Errants]

Thread formed the badge.

[00Troy00]

On 3/11/2020 at 7:57 PM, crkohl said:

Here’s a list of current meta primaries:

• Battle Axe
• Broad Sword
• Claws
• Dark Melee
• Electrical Melee
• Energy Melee
• Fiery Melee
• Ice Melee
• Katana
• Kinetic Melee
• Martial Arts
• Psionic Melee
• Radiation Melee
• Savage Melee
• Spines
• Staff Fighting
• Stone Melee
• Street Justice
• Super Strength
• Titan Weapons
• War Mace

Are these arranged in order of DPS?

[oldskool]

22 minutes ago, 00Troy00 said:

Are these arranged in order of DPS?

It was a joke to represent that all of the primaries are good.

Edited April 25, 2020 by oldskool

[Dixa]

On 3/11/2020 at 10:06 PM, Obus Form said:

@Marshal ValorThe best primary is subjective, and relative to your intended goal.

 

Do you have a character theme, concept, or in-game goal?  Do you prefer single-target damage, AOE damage, survivability, or flashy flash animations?

 

It might help if you let us know what you don't like Titan Weapons?

 

Last but most important: are you a power gamer?  Do you crave maximizing character output of damage and/or survivability?

when someone asks about meta, they do not care about theme. they care about power. raw power and raw power only. 

 

nobody has answered the OP's question properly. I don't play brutes so I can't answer it, but he wants to know the META primary ie. the highest dps primary in any situation that's not SS.

[Rathulfr]

36 minutes ago, Dixa said:

when someone asks about meta, they do not care about theme. they care about power. raw power and raw power only. 

 

nobody has answered the OP's question properly. I don't play brutes so I can't answer it, but he wants to know the META primary ie. the highest dps primary in any situation that's not SS.

 

/em enters to pour gasoline on the fire.

1. Titan Weapons (at 50 + IO sets)
2. War Mace (with the bat model)
3. The rest of them.

 

[Haijinx]

2 hours ago, Rathulfr said:

 

/em enters to pour gasoline on the fire.

1. Titan Weapons (at 50 + IO sets)
2. War Mace (with the bat model)
3. The rest of them.

 

Pretty much

 

For those ok with the rage crashes i'd add healthy 2xrage SS as #2.5