Stone / Rad vs. Stone / Elec

[sammcs]

I'm getting an itch to build a brute again, and I was looking for combinations that seem particularly suited to Brutes. Stone melee looks and feels great, and I read a bit about it in this topic:
 

 

There's some good pairings in there, but two that stood out in particular are /rad and /elec. I can think of several cool themes to make either work, but I'm more curious to hear from the Brute forum denizens about pros/cons etc.

Thoughts?

Edited August 4, 2020 by sammcs

[Gobbledigook]

Elec is Good but Rad is a little better to be honest.

 

Both will cover endurance.  Both offer +recharge.

 

Elec is slightly easier to cap resistances and has some nice psi resist. It is weak to toxic which is quite common. It has a damage aura. Elec can be weak to knockback also.

 

Rad has more heals. It has some psi resist and is weak to ice which isn't common. Rads aura reduces to hit and defence and can slot a resistance debuff proc. It has 2 mini nukes when procced out and one acts as a +endurance. The Tier 9 is better and more useable than elecs.

 

My vote is \Rad.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 4, 2020 by Gobbledegook

[Uun]

FWIW, I ended up going Stone/Elec. Only up to lvl 28. Hits like a freight train, but really strains the blue bar at this level.