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So, back in the day I had a Elec/Shield Brute, right after Shield Defense launched.   I'm thinking of remaking said character, but I've had people tell me to go Elec/Shield Stalker instead.   Some have said go Scrapper, due to damage values and something about how Lightning Rod and Shield Charge don't benefit as much under a Brute as others ?   I even think someone suggested I go Tanker as well.  So...by all means...I'm happy to listen to the pros and cons for this combo under each of the ATs?

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I've had all 4 (tanker/brute on live, scrap/stalker here). Stalker > Tanker > Scrapper > Brute. The point about brutes and pseudopets is true, but really with any of these the aoe isn't your problem, it's hard targets after all the minions/lieuts are dead from the aoe. Since you don't have a lot of mobs left to have against all odds help your lousy single target attacks, you'll end up nuking then standing there dealing with the leftovers for what seems like forever. This is magnified on brutes since AAO doesn't really help them as much as other ATs anyway. But even my scrapper seemed to take forever once down to bosses. 

 

Stalker solves this with AS and the ATO procs doing their thing, and is plenty tough, especially as the dangerous foes go down much faster. Plus LR doesn't break hide.

Tankers I'd put ahead of scrappers because you'd have an easier time with tanker defense values having the free slots to proc out your single target attacks to make them hit a bit harder. But really ymmv between those two. To me stalker is so far and away better than the other three that the differences in the others hardly matter. They're all serviceable but the stalker is way more fun, especially when you have full team crit bonus working for you on top of the rest.

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Got an elec/shield stalker myself and love him. I personally found electric melee a tad lackluster on scrappers and very lackluster on brutes. I love using lightning rod and shield charge which don't break stealth and then AS the boss. 

 

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