Rad/WP, viable?

[provoked]

Hello everyone! I am currently at work and trying to theorycraft a build in my head. Rad seems really good because of the -DEF and WP seems like a general all around good set. Would this be able to carry me through 50 and able to solo x8 missions? I know the aoe is pretty weak until you get to 32, but whatever. I'm not looking for a "crazy farm" build as I already have one. I just want setting that can take on hard missions in a team or solo.

 

Thanks,

Provoked

[Erratic1]

Radiation Melee has been, in my experience (33 Rad/SD Scrapper and 36 Rad/Fire Brute) a bit endurance hungry. Willpower comes with Quick Recovery to alleviate that problem.

 

As for lack of AoE, there is the "splash" damage of the Contaminated mechanism which in reality makes an attack on all nearby foes when you hit a contaminated target with a single target attack. For best damage output you need to (a) be contaminating enemies and (b) changing targets to hit ones which are contaminated.