Savage Melee/Willpower Build Request

[Adamsticks]

Hi all,

 

I'm pretty new to the game, and recently hit level 40 and wondered if anyone could suggest some builds to aim for my Savage Melee/Willpower brute for when i hit 50 🙂.

 

I've tried using mids, and i get the general idea behind it, but it's still just a little confusing, as i have no idea if there are any softcap or hardcaps on stats i should aim for.

 

I play mostly solo, as i'm the only one in my friend group who seems to enjoy this game (i did play when it initially released, but it wasn't for long, and never got past level 30). I'd love to say i understand enough to try making my own build, but i'm happy to admit i just don't have enough experience yet. 

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

This is how my build and power choices currently look - no goals in mind, just blindly winging it.

 

 

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[Psyonico]

I’m on my phone, so I can’t look at your build, but I can recommend this page from the wiki that taps about hard and soft caps

 

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Limits

 

of note, there are really only 2 ‘soft’ caps, defense at 45% for non-incarnate content / 57.5% for incarnate content, and to-hit/accuracy, which has a floor of 5% and a soft cap of 95%.  You can go above these soft caps, but the benefits it provides are small.  Going above these soft caps only provides mitigation against debuffs.

 

As for Willpower, I personally try to hit the 45% defense cap for S/L/E/N/F/C. Admittedly, this is easier on a tank than a brute, but it’s still quite doable with some finagling.  After defense, I try to stack some extra resistance.  I the use Vigor Core alpha slot for the health/regen bonuses.

 

 

[Adamsticks]

This is really useful information - thank you 🙂