Ice Melee/Bio Brute Assist

[jprewitt73]

One of my favorite combos right now is this Ice Melee/Bio Brute. Absolutely a blast to play. He's been level 50 for a while now, but I'm trying to fine tune his build for a bit more but I am somewhat a novice when it comes to both primary and secondary. Anyone play this combo before? Any advice that I can do to change things around a bit? I'm not planning on investing billions of influence in this build and I'm using a lot of IO sets I already have access to. 

 

What sort of  changes would you look for with this combo?

 

https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1674&c=716&a=1432&f=HEX&dc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

[jprewitt73]

Seem to be having issues with exporting the actual build, so not sure what I'm doing wrong on that end...

Edited February 9, 2023 by jprewitt73

[Yomo Kimyata]

When you get your build up and posted (I usually use plain text and a datachunk and I put it in a spoiler) let us know what you are looking to change up!

[hakurr]

here is how i would go with Ice/Bio

 

Brute - Ice Melee - Bio Armor.mxd

[jprewitt73]

Finally figured it out. This seems to be the easiest way for me to show the build. This is what I am looking at running. 

 

This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6
https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn

Too Cool For School: Level 49 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Ice Melee
Secondary Power Set: Bio Armor
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Villain Profile:
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Level 1:    Ice Sword    
 (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
 (42) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
 (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (43) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 1:    Hardened Carapace    
 (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
 (15) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance
 (15) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance
 (17) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance
 (19) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime

Level 2:    Inexhaustible    
 (A) Power Transfer - EndMod
 (5) Power Transfer - Damage/Recharge
 (5) Power Transfer - Damage/EndMod
 (7) Power Transfer - Damage/Accuracy/Endurance
 (9) Power Transfer - Damage/Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance
 (9) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self

Level 4:    Boxing    
 (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun
 (19) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge
 (40) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge/Accuracy
 (40) Absolute Amazement - Recharge/Accuracy
 (42) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff

Level 6:    Build Up    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (7) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 8:    Environmental Modification    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (11) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
 (11) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
 (13) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
 (13) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge

Level 10:    Super Jump    
 (A) Jumping IO

Level 12:    Adaptation    
Level 14:    Ice Patch    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 16:    Combat Jumping    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (17) Kismet - Accuracy +6%

Level 18:    Ablative Carapace    
 (A) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
 (46) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
 (46) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
 (46) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
 (48) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance

Level 20:    Greater Ice Sword    
 (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
 (21) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
 (21) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (39) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (40) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 22:    Evolving Armor    
 (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP
 (23) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance
 (23) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance
 (39) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance

Level 24:    Tough    
 (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
 (25) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance
 (25) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance
 (39) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime
 (45) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime

Level 26:    Freezing Touch    
 (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge
 (27) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge/Accuracy
 (27) Unbreakable Constraint - Recharge/Accuracy
 (34) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Endurance
 (37) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 28:    DNA Siphon    
 (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb/Recharge
 (29) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing/Absorb
 (29) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Healing/Absorb
 (31) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
 (31) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage

Level 30:    Weave    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (31) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
 (45) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance
 (48) Shield Wall - Defense

Level 32:    Frozen Aura    
 (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
 (33) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
 (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (34) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
 (34) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage

Level 35:    Genetic Contamination    
 (A) Obliteration - Damage
 (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
 (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (37) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
 (37) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage

Level 38:    Parasitic Aura    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (45) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 41:    Hasten    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (42) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 44:    Superior Conditioning    
 (A) Endurance Modification IO

Level 47:    Physical Perfection    
 (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
 (47) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
 (47) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge

Level 49:    Maneuvers    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (49) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance

Level 1:    Fury    
Level 1:    Brawl    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Sprint    
 (A) Empty

Level 2:    Rest    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Swift    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Hurdle    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Health    
 (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
 (3) Miracle - +Recovery

Level 1:    Stamina    
 (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
 (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
 (48) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge

Level 10:    Double Jump    
Level 12:    Defensive Adaptation    
Level 12:    Efficient Adaptation    
Level 12:    Offensive Adaptation    
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Edited February 10, 2023 by jprewitt73

[hakurr]

i apologize i thought you was looking for Ice Melee / Shield. Here is an Ice Melee / Bio build that you can look at.

 

 

Brute - Ice Melee - Bio Armor.mxd

[Yomo Kimyata]

SO MUCH ENDURANCE!

 

Bio has so many endurance recovery tools that you can probably skip Inexhaustible and choose an entirely different epic pool if you want.  But your current build is way overkill!

[jprewitt73]

I can definitely see it being overkill. I'll see what I can with the build. Overall there just weren't any epic pools that stood out to me on this character at all. Maybe Mu Patron for the two potential ranged AoE attacks. I'll see what I can come up with. 

[Meknomancer]

Freezing touch is your best st attack, frozen aura is your best aoe, both should be slotted for damage. If it were me i'd just go for 40'ish f/c/e/ne defence and as much s/l resists as i could and rely on a t4 barrier to make up the rest. For recharge, hasten and crosspunch slotted with an ff+rech. DNA Siphon to keep the blue bar topped up. Bio gives a huge amount of s/l res but everything else has to be built in (psi/toxic/f/c/e/ne resistance) and if you do that your sacrificing all your recharge and damage sets and won't even get close to having enough to make a difference.

 

Spoiler

This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7
https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn

ICE BIO: Level 49 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Ice Melee
Secondary Power Set: Bio Armor
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Villain Profile:
------------
Level 1:    Ice Sword    
 (A) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
 (5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
 (7) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
 (7) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
 (9) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage

Level 1:    Hardened Carapace    
 (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP
 (9) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance
 (11) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance
 (11) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
 (13) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
 (13) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%

Level 2:    Frost    
 (A) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage
 (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance
 (15) Bombardment - Damage
 (17) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance
 (17) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge
 (19) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge

Level 4:    Environmental Modification    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (19) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
 (21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
 (21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
 (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge

Level 6:    Build Up    
 (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up

Level 8:    Ice Patch    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 10:    Inexhaustible    
 (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
 (23) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
 (49) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self

Level 12:    Adaptation    
Level 14:    Boxing    
 (A) Empty

Level 16:    Ablative Carapace    
 (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime
 (23) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime
 (25) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance
 (25) Preventive Medicine - Heal
 (27) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance
 (27) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb

Level 18:    Tough    
 (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
 (34) Aegis - Resistance
 (36) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge
 (36) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge

Level 20:    Evolving Armor    
 (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
 (36) Aegis - Resistance
 (37) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge
 (37) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge

Level 22:    Freezing Touch    
 (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage
 (43) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (43) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
 (43) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage
 (45) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
 (46) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 24:    DNA Siphon    
 (A) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance
 (46) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus
 (46) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Recharge
 (47) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (47) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
 (48) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 26:    Frozen Aura    
 (A) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
 (40) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (40) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (40) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
 (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (42) Fury of the Gladiator - Chance for Res Debuff

Level 28:    Genetic Contamination    
 (A) Superior Unrelenting Fury - RechargeTime/+Regen/+End
 (29) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
 (29) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
 (31) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/RechargeTime
 (31) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage
 (31) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime

Level 30:    Cross Punch    
 (A) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
 (33) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance
 (33) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy
 (33) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
 (34) Armageddon - Damage
 (34) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge

Level 32:    Weave    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (37) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
 (39) Shield Wall - Defense
 (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance
 (48) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge

Level 35:    Hasten    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (39) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 38:    Super Speed    
 (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)

Level 41:    Combat Jumping    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (42) Kismet - Accuracy +6%

Level 44:    Maneuvers    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (45) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance
 (45) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage

Level 47:    Focused Accuracy    
Hamidon Origin:Cytoskeleton Exposure

Level 49:    Physical Perfection    
 (A) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self

Level 1:    Brawl    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Fury    
Level 1:    Sprint    
 (A) Empty

Level 2:    Rest    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Swift    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Health    
 (A) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance
 (3) Miracle - +Recovery

Level 1:    Hurdle    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Stamina    
 (A) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self
 (3) Power Transfer - EndMod

Level 12:    Defensive Adaptation    
Level 12:    Efficient Adaptation    
Level 12:    Offensive Adaptation    
Level 38:    Speed Phase    
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Edited February 12, 2023 by Meknomancer
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