DA better for Brute or Tanker?

[ivioin]

I really want to get a DA character going, but I can't decide on a Tanker or a Brute. Any input would be amazing.... Thanks!

[Werner]

I've played a fully-built Katana/Dark Brute and Dark/MA Tanker. There's the obvious stuff - the Brute does more damage, the Tanker is more survivable. But I enjoyed playing the Tanker significantly more than the Brute, at least once fully-built. Enjoyment is subjective, of course. I sped through the leveling on both, and it was a while back, so I can't speak much to that aspect of them.

Edited August 26, 2021 by Werner

[Sovera]

The question boils down to the same as usual: want more damage? Go Brute. Want to be sturdier? Go Tanker.

[ivioin]

21 hours ago, Werner said:

I've played a fully-built Katana/Dark Brute and Dark/MA Tanker. There's the obvious stuff - the Brute does more damage, the Tanker is more survivable. But I enjoyed playing the Tanker significantly more than the Brute, at least once fully-built. Enjoyment is subjective, of course. I sped through the leveling on both, and it was a while back, so I can't speak much to that aspect of them.

Why did you enjoy the tanker more?

[PLVRIZR]

1 hour ago, ivioin said:

Why did you enjoy the tanker more?

 

Because it's a tanker forum? 😁

 

I've tried a couple of brutes, one to incarnate levels, but the only one I continue to play is EnergyAura armor, since it's not available on tankers...  I rarely solo, so I always fall back on tanks, and take the aggro/protector role and let the brutes, scrappers and blasters put out the DPS.

[Werner]

1 hour ago, PLVRIZR said:

3 hours ago, ivioin said:

Why did you enjoy the tanker more?

Because it's a tanker forum? 😁

Haha, yeah. On my finished characters, I normally solo at +4x8 with no temporary powers or inspirations. Under those conditions, my Katana/Dark Brute struggled against Antimatter (died every attempt), Carnies, MoITF with enemies buffed, and AE mission 801.2. They were all much smoother on my Dark/MA Tanker, and I still put out enough damage that I didn't feel like it was a slog to beat things up.

[Warboss]

My vote would be for Tanker, but DA does well on Brutes as well.