what is my best option

[hakurr]

ok i am posting this on Brute / Scrapper / Tanker forum i am looking for my best option for highest damage / great survivability.

 

1. should i make Brute, Scrapper, or Tanker

 

2. armor set: Shield , Bio , Stone or is there something that is better to help with survivability and damage

 

3. attack power: Energy Melee , Fire , Electric or is there something better for maximizing damage out put 

 

i mainly play solo except for the rare TF. i want to be able to run at at least +2 x8 when i hit 50 

 

and i am not worried about the cost to make the combo work.

[Erratic1]

@hakurr, seeing as there are replies in the other melee AT forums, I will respond here....

 

Highest damage is going to be Scrapper. If you go that route, go Shield before Bio, before Stone.

Highest survivability is going to be Tanker. If you want to blow everything else out of the water as goes survivability, go Stone, before Bio, before Shield. 

Not that any of the armor sets you have listed are going to suck or that any cannot be a good base, but if you're squeezing out every ounce of performance.....

 

Brute is, theoretically between Scrapper and Tanker in survivability, but with the right build a Scrapper can be so survivable you'd never notice in comparison to a Brute. But a Brute will -=NOT=- equal a Tanker's survivability.

 

Brute in theory is between Scrapper and Tanker as goes damage but Tanker overflow in survivability and so can dedicate more resources to upping damage and have larger area effects. A Brute might manage more damage on a single hit but for clearing maps, Tanker will come out ahead. So your order is Scrapper > Tanker > Brute.

 

If you decide to go Brute, EM/Bio should be pretty beastie. Electric Melee is pretty mediocre regardless of AT, though I do have an Elec/Energy Scrapper I am working up who has performed better than any other Electric Melee character I have tried.

[Snarky]

My Dark Dark Brute is very very very Tanky.  And, especially solo, will out damage a Tank easily.  He has Tanked Lord Recluse in Master Ms Liberty multiple times successfully.  (Lord Reclise has a huge Energy attack, and Energy is Darks weakness.  That I fixed.  
 

But Dark Dark is an odd beast, plays insanely different than any other melee.  And people struggle to use it and try to change things. (Which lowers survival). 
 

someone posted they used my build and died all the time.  I believe them. Incompetence is a bitch. 

[Troo]

14 minutes ago, Snarky said:

But Dark Dark is an odd beast, plays insanely different than any other melee.  And people struggle to use it and try to change things.

 

Gotta lean into power sets rather than fight against them.

[AmeliaHealYa]

On 3/23/2025 at 5:37 AM, Troo said:

 

Gotta lean into power sets rather than fight against them.

Some people insist on eating an apple and then complaining about the lack of citrus flavor.

[Zect]

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