honoroitisfantastic POLL: Brute - best of AT 2023

[honoroit]

POLL: Brute - best of AT

 

- best primary

 

- best secondary

 

- best epic power pool

 

¡you can choose however you like!

• Most Effective Tactic Available
• My favorite
• My desert island power picks
• If there could be only 1

Edited September 16 by honoroit

[honoroit]

stand outs for me this year:

 - savage/rad/earth

 - elec/ea/mace

[Neiska]

My best brute is Savage/Bio.

[arcane]

The only reasons to play a Brute include:

 

- /Fire farming

- Tankiest versions of /Regen and /Energy

- Scrappiest version of Super Strength

 

So it’s gotta involve some of that. I voted Rad/Fire/Mu for most meta even though I run Spines/Fire/(Energy or Pyre).

[Snarky]

Dark/Dark.  Mic drop.

[Thraxen]

Spines/stone I just got to 50 and IO’d is a lot of fun. 

[Without_Pause]

Claws/ea or Ice/stone. I do think the best combo is something I haven't played like Savage or BA with Stone. I created a BA/ea today just to try out the BA hype. I had a tech look so Stone just wasn't working for me. 

[Grimm2]

On 9/17/2023 at 10:04 AM, Thraxen said:

Spines/stone I just got to 50 and IO’d is a lot of fun. 

Still one of my surprise favorites, 122 vet levels on mine. 

[Tux]

What's the hype with Savage - did it get buffed?

[Without_Pause]

10 minutes ago, Tux said:

What's the hype with Savage - did it get buffed?

Fury loves DoT. If I had to make one Brute, Savage is in the running. It's biggest con is that it offers so little of mitigation outside killing speed so it pairs better with sturdier armors. It is end friendly so if the armor is end heavy, it helps. ST damage could be better since Hemorrhage isn't worth taking. 

[Without_Pause]

On 9/18/2023 at 1:18 AM, Without_Pause said:

Claws/ea or Ice/stone. I do think the best combo is something I haven't played like Savage or BA with Stone. I created a BA/ea today just to try out the BA hype. I had a tech look so Stone just wasn't working for me. 

Update, I rerolled to BA/stone for no fault of EA. I just wanted another go with Stone on a Brute. By no means a 1:1 comparison, but the BA/stone Brute has had a decidedly easier time on certain missions compared to my Claws/ea. Part of that is due to burst damage. Another factor is while BA is end heavy, Stone allows you to stand there and take a breath while Mud Pots slowly works on them. Using Mud Pots and Brawl, yes Brawl, to finish off various targets has helped a lot in keeping End sane, but the build is only 23. Slotting is currently a mish mash of IOs with only some logic for the slotting. I went and did a build, so I will convert over at 27. Energy Def like others is a work in progress so First Ward missions are interesting at +0/x3.