Brawl only

[smnolimits43]

I haven't seen this in a long time.  Am i being masochistic ??  Has anyone else tried this ??  What are the rules ??  No Inspirations.  Dbl Xp is allowed.  If i die, i have to start over.  Also, i wasnt sure which forum to place this ??

[smnolimits43]

Also, what AT would be best for this ??

[Ghost]

I had no idea there were other rules for this.

I just thought you had to fight your way to 50 only using brawl.

[Greycat]

I haven't done so, but I do know people have, proccing out brawl. I don't recall what AT they used. I highly doubt there was a "no inspiration" rule in place for them though.

Are you being masochistic? *shrug* Probably. Especially if you enjoy it.

[MoonSheep]

4 hours ago, smnolimits43 said:

I haven't seen this in a long time.  Am i being masochistic ??  Has anyone else tried this ??  What are the rules ??  No Inspirations.  Dbl Xp is allowed.  If i die, i have to start over.  Also, i wasnt sure which forum to place this ??

 

post your mids export for it in one of the archetype subforums. it wouldn’t stand out much compared from some of the terrible builds that are posted on there

[Maelwys]

9 hours ago, smnolimits43 said:

Also, what AT would be best for this ??

Superstrength/ Brute.
Proc that baby up and add Fury and Rage.

Also DO NOT FORGET to take Boxing, Kick, and Cross Punch (merely having each of them buffs Brawl a bit; you don't need to activate them)

[Laucianna]

@Projector did the hardest content in game using only Brawl 💛

[Snarky]

1 hour ago, Laucianna said:

@Projector did the hardest content in game using only Brawl 💛

Warum?  um.... Why?

[Maelwys]

Funsies?
 

 

[Gobbledigook]

52 minutes ago, Snarky said:

Warum?  um.... Why?

Theres all kind of crazy, you should know that lol.

[BillyMailman]

Gather 'round, friends, and let me share with you the story of Pinnacle Server's best toon, the great Brawling Humiliator.

 

Back on Pinnacle, Brawling Humiliator was a toon by @houtex. A War Mace/Willpower Brute. War Mace was chosen solely to draw it, and have Brawl use the mace. But that wasn't enough - the character was meant to humiliate the enemies, and that meant suffering utterly but still being better than them. So, the Brawling Humiliator levelled entirely from 1-50 on solo Street Sweeping. Near shutdown, when the devs were doing various invasions (Captain Mako Week, plus I think there was a Nemesis one?), BH was the toon us folks on Pinnacle wanted front-and-center, "tanking" everything. And he did! Hell, several of us put a lot of work into trying to figure out how to tune the Humiliator's build for the upcoming PPM proc changes, which sadly never came to be.

 

And then Homecoming happened, and people came back. And all us old Pinnacle regulars remembered the Humiliator. And so, tribute alts started happening. @Bill Z Bubba made a whole thread about his, though it was Swipe-only, because it's Bill - gotta be a Claws/ Scrapper. I made a Spines/Dark Brute with no enemy-affecting click powers other than Brawl, named the Toggling Humiliator. Levelled him to 50 (and even unlocked incarnates via vet levels) entirely off solo street sweeping - if I'm on a team or in an instance, I turn XP off! That toon managed (with a handful of purple insps spaced out across the fight) to solo AV Infernal in the one Maria Jenkins mission. It took twenty minutes, but Brawl and toggles slowly whittled him down.

 

And then the OG himself showed up! Brawling Humiliator lives on once again on Excel, and has been street sweeping ever since. I haven't talked to houtex in a bit, but the character is alive and kicking once more. If you go check that thread of Bill's, houtex even commented on it once we all found out he was back. He was astonished we'd remembered him, let alone made tributes to the insanity of his character, but of course we had - Brawl only, solo only, street sweeping only is a ludicrous combination. And he remembered some of his own best kills back on live. +3 Elite Boss Chimera with no help whatsoever, no other sources of damage, just Brawl.

 

So yes, all a toon really needs is Brawl. You don't need teammates, you don't need all those toggles I took on my Brawler, you don't even need instanced maps to make it work. You just need Brawl, enemies to punch, and the ability to wait as your enemies slowly die a very humiliating death. And all us former Pinnacle folks will always remember it.

[Projector]

6 hours ago, Snarky said:

Warum?  um.... Why?

At first, I thought it would be funny. Then, it turned into wanting to see how much survivability I could squeeze out from literally just set bonuses.

 

Then, it just continued to be hilarious, and proved a lot of points about the meta conversation in 4Star content 😄

 

at this point he has tanked:

 

Really Hard Way

4Star LGTF

4Star Aeon

MoBAF

MoTPN (was outside tank for Maelstrom)

 

and I think he’s done more, I just can’t remember off the top of my head. :D

[Projector]

5 hours ago, Gobbledigook said:

Theres all kind of crazy, you should know that lol.

And then there’s me 🙂

[Techwright]

8 hours ago, Laucianna said:

@Projector did the hardest content in game using only Brawl 💛

 

5 hours ago, BillyMailman said:

... the Brawling Humiliator levelled entirely from 1-50 on solo Street Sweeping.

 

A man walks down the street brandishing just Brawl, people know he's not afraid of anything.

[Ultimo]

Many of my characters use Brawl, usually because they have a weapon in their other hand (eg. Shield, Mace, Sword, etc.) and Brawl doesn't put it away to attack.

[Jacke]

On 11/28/2024 at 3:33 AM, smnolimits43 said:

I haven't seen this in a long time.  Am i being masochistic ??  Has anyone else tried this ??  What are the rules ??  No Inspirations.  Dbl Xp is allowed.  If i die, i have to start over.  Also, i wasnt sure which forum to place this ??

 

No one has done Brawl better than Brawling Humiliator:

 

[Glacier Peak]

Brawl and Group Fly. 

[Jacke]

5 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:

Brawl and Group Fly. 

 

Aggro Foe and Friend!

[Ukase]

Well, you can do what you like, of course. I've certainly come up with my own share of silly/senseless challenges. 

I am not real clear which would be more...interesting/silly/stupid - leveling up with brawl only, or only using what drops to outfit the character. 

I presume this brawl only character can still buy enhancements for stamina and such, so you'll probably fare as well or better than my poor drop challenge characters that seemed to be in a no-enhancements ouro challenge, despite having the odd common acc or damage IO in a few powers. Better as it leveled up, but getting to the mid-20's was a genuine grind. Not for the faint-hearted. 

Just do us all a favor - unless you find some like-minded silly people - don't team up. It's just not as funny when you're on a team with someone like this, and you're trying to get things done. But - cheer up - this game has a lot of folks who think this kind of thing is hilarious and great fun. 

[Octogoat]

25 minutes ago, Ukase said:

Well, you can do what you like, of course. I've certainly come up with my own share of silly/senseless challenges. 

I am not real clear which would be more...interesting/silly/stupid - leveling up with brawl only, or only using what drops to outfit the character. 

I presume this brawl only character can still buy enhancements for stamina and such, so you'll probably fare as well or better than my poor drop challenge characters that seemed to be in a no-enhancements ouro challenge, despite having the odd common acc or damage IO in a few powers. Better as it leveled up, but getting to the mid-20's was a genuine grind. Not for the faint-hearted. 

Just do us all a favor - unless you find some like-minded silly people - don't team up. It's just not as funny when you're on a team with someone like this, and you're trying to get things done. But - cheer up - this game has a lot of folks who think this kind of thing is hilarious and great fun. 

 

I dunno I'd team with him just to see what he could do to keep my passive defenders alive.

[houtex]

Whelp, I log in, and there's Billy tellin' tales of ol' BH, and Jackye finding the City Tracker for Calvin. Brings a tear to the eye of this here old man.  Dang.  

 

Yep, BH lives, he's 50.2or .3, and... the Honoree is a bit harder than I remember the last time.  So, cheatin' a bit, I'm gonna have to gather some better slotting to get him done.  But get him done I will, dammit.  For BH must get that Chimera EB next. 🙂

 

Sorry I'm late, but I'm so glad somehow BH lives on in people's minds here and there.  Silly thing he is. See ya around when I can be around, life's just a little... Fun.  Yeh.  Fun, y'know?  All good, but fun.  Ch ch ch chaanges...

 

houtex

 

/And goshdarnint, BH looks faaantastic in that pic!  😁

//Also, agreed, don't team with this thing... unless you wanna do all the heavy liftin'.  

///I'll let The Dependent be that problem for you instead.  But at least she buffs with ICE!

Edited Sunday at 11:32 PM by houtex