New player budget build

[Masheenz]

I'm looking for a good PVE farm build for SS/Fire to mostly level other hero/villians alts solo. Is there anything current on a tight budget that would help? I have mids and have looked at other builds but I find myself lacking the infamy to get all the needed enhancements from the market YET. Is there a preferred map anyone uses also? Thanks for any tips and help given in advance. 

[PLVRIZR]

Don't have a build for you (I'm an old-school Spines/Fire broot farmer for FFs), but the @BigGotter's Big Mobs tunnel map still works for me.

 

There are several guides for making easy infl/infamy, outside of farming, so you might want to check out @Sovera's signature for "money making"...and if you're in for a majorly enjoyable and informative story, read @Yomo Kimyata's "Journey to a billion influence" (or something like that)

[Troo]

Currently: Tunnel: 64871 & 60722 (Halloweenish themed), Street/City: 46599, Carnival: 65726, Dreck: 65747, Tunnel w/EBs: 65788, AFK: 65952 ('Doodah Man' has some fun ones)

 

How low are you looking to go? (and I love what you are shooting for) 

 

L25 Entry Level Farmer 
L40 Farmer Build

L45 Farmer Build
L50 Farmer Build

 

I would suggest reading (It's older but great insights): 

 

Aegis 3 slotted and Scirocco's 5 slotted are a fire farmers friend. (only get to slot five powers typically 3-4 resist powers and 1-2 PBAoE)

[Warshades]

5 hours ago, Masheenz said:

I'm looking for a good PVE farm build for SS/Fire to mostly level other hero/villians alts solo. Is there anything current on a tight budget that would help? I have mids and have looked at other builds but I find myself lacking the infamy to get all the needed enhancements from the market YET. Is there a preferred map anyone uses also? Thanks for any tips and help given in advance.

 

I like my farmers to have 45% f/c defense as that eliminates worrying about popping purple insps. You won't have that luxury as you'll need to pay attention to rage crashes (-20% def), but popping 2 small purple inspirations before a rage crash will keep you above 45% f/c defense. This is a really quick rework of a spine/fire that I used to use before. Still hits 45% f/c defense and avoids purple IOs. Some things you will want to try and get, like the steadfast/glad armor +def uniques and LotG +rech. This build will be very endurance heavy, so craft Ageless Core destiny T4 first before anything else. Then you can add on musculature, interface, etc. 

 

I didn't spend to much time on this, so there may be some better slotting options and improvements. The goal was to keep it as cheap as possible by avoiding any purple/ATO/pvp IOs other than the necessary uniques. You shouldn't really even need to 3 slot LotG in Weave/Maneuvers if you want to save more influence, can easily replace the def and def/end ones with a cheaper Red Fortune def and def/end. Just need the LotG +rech to help with global recharge.

 

Again, monitor your blinking rage while farming to see when it's about to crash, low defense can still get you killed if you're hit enough even with 90% fire resist. You can also go to combat attributes (on the top bar after clicking "powers" on power tray), then go to defense attributes and right click on fire defense and hit monitor to have your fire defense total show up on screen for you to see. 

 

Brute (SS - Fiery Aura).mbd

 

Edit: I like to use the xtomic carnival map. Can just search "xtomic" in AE search bar.

Edited October 1 by Warshades

[Masheenz]

50 build SS/Fire so Footstomp Burn Ball lightning chain lightning repeat perma hasten hopefully and full Fire dmg resistance on a budget. Am looking for a solo'er on the second build slot also with single target chains punch haymaker knockout blow punch haymaker etc I already slotted Obliterate on my fire proc aura and that might have been a huge expensive mistake however I'm not sure yet.

Edited October 1 by Masheenz

[Warshades]

12 minutes ago, Masheenz said:

perma hasten

 

Hasten in my build probably won't be perma, but may be close depending on how often the force feedback +recharge procs go off for you. I accidentally left the procs turned on in Foot Stomp so it's counting the +100% recharge from the FF proc (those only last 5 seconds so it's not a permanent buff). For a cheap build, you're unlikely to hit perma hasten and 45% f/c defense at the same time.

[Warshades]

14 minutes ago, Masheenz said:

Obliterate on my fire proc aura and that might have been a huge expensive mistake however I'm not sure yet.

 

Also, you should have a few free respecs available, you can always change things unless you've used them all. Type /respec into the chat window when you get into the game and you'll see if you have the option to repick your powers and power slots (you can always cancel by backing out and it won't consume the respec unless you finish the entire process). 

[Sovera]

o/

[Masheenz]

Well I have been farming now solo and leveling some alts up. So far I am still needing luck inspirations to feel safe enough to do +2/8 maps, I have a bunch of sets now with scirocco set 5 slot, Ragnarok,, force feedback in footstomp, burn has obliteration, I slotted some endurance and recovery heal stuff in those slots etc. I should be easily survivable with what I have but I am still finding a need to eat lucks to survive solo as the mobs just aren't melting fast enough without them. I tried +4/8 but it takes to long and the reward vs time isn't there compared to my current speed with +2/8. Other than spamming looking for team to get "hitters" I think I need more build help. I will post the mids of what I have done so far as I was following an older build guide but it was a solo all around build so I might be missing something here.  I put hecatomb in Haymaker and Superior brutes fury on punch but it is still feeling a bit weak to me. I've only been on a few farm teams and they were all tanks just standing after gathering mobs to them mostly so it's not my playstyle, yet anyway. 

[Masheenz]

On 10/1/2025 at 3:36 PM, Warshades said:

 

I like my farmers to have 45% f/c defense as that eliminates worrying about popping purple insps. You won't have that luxury as you'll need to pay attention to rage crashes (-20% def), but popping 2 small purple inspirations before a rage crash will keep you above 45% f/c defense. This is a really quick rework of a spine/fire that I used to use before. Still hits 45% f/c defense and avoids purple IOs. Some things you will want to try and get, like the steadfast/glad armor +def uniques and LotG +rech. This build will be very endurance heavy, so craft Ageless Core destiny T4 first before anything else. Then you can add on musculature, interface, etc. 

 

I didn't spend to much time on this, so there may be some better slotting options and improvements.

 

Again, monitor your blinking rage while farming to see when it's about to crash, low defense can still get you killed if you're hit enough even with 90% fire resist. You can also go to combat attributes (on the top bar after clicking "powers" on power tray), then go to defense attributes and right click on fire defense and hit monitor to have your fire defense total show up on screen for you to see. 

 

Brute (SS - Fiery Aura).mbd 45.99 kB · 13 downloads

 

Edit: I like to use the xtomic carnival map. Can just search "xtomic" in AE search bar.

 

 

 

 

What is LOTG? I see a lot of acronym use and as a returning player that is still new I can't remember what all the acronyms are. I had to google what Yin and Tinpex were just to figure out why people were lft for that even. AE architect entertainment was the first one that I kept scratching my head wondering what people were talking about etc.

[On-Fire Dude]

25 minutes ago, Masheenz said:

 

 

 

 

What is LOTG? I see a lot of acronym use and as a returning player that is still new I can't remember what all the acronyms are. I had to google what Yin and Tinpex were just to figure out why people were lft for that even. AE architect entertainment was the first one that I kept scratching my head wondering what people were talking about etc.

Luck of the Gambler. Has a +global recharge that isn't limited to 1 per character.

Edited October 16 by On-Fire Dude
correction

[PLVRIZR]

4 hours ago, Masheenz said:

I should be easily survivable with what I have but I am still finding a need to eat lucks to survive solo as the mobs just aren't melting fast enough without them.

Sounds like your defense is getting debuffed.  You can monitor your stats and know when your defense is floored.  The "Big Mobs" maps' mobs *do* have the Fiery Melee defense debuffs in-play.  Furthermore, you are susceptible to ranged attacks from any mob that is in LOS (with some distance limits), so if you may be taking more incoming damage than needed.

[Masheenz]

Here is about where I am at with the build. curios how some are slotting the defense and resistance slots now as I used a blend of stuff to get +endurance +regen. Where people are slotting in the lotg procs most or what sets don't need the 6th slot to put a lotg proc into etc.

mids_build.mxd

[Masheenz]

Here are my totals if mids is right. I slotted a couple IO into plasma shield for resistance and it seems to have worked, I only need luck inspirationis if I draw too many mobs at once being pointless because of the target cap for area of effect powers. 

[Masheenz]

What are people using for a keybind script to auto engage  the rage and fiery embrace powers, just binding it to a number key for a combo?