Brute - Spines/Regen Best Build

[JustBowey]

Hi Team, I have dabbled in CoH over the years but never made it too high in levels on a singular character before (too many interesting ideas!). Because of that, I don't necessarily know or understand the endgame build and sets, as I've never had to look into it too hard.

 

I have a Brute, Spines/Regen, that I have always liked the concept of and was wondering what the absolute best build could look like. So for all of you who have tested the idea before, or maybe just enjoy Mids, I'd love to see what you can do!

 

Now, whenever I look at Regen, I kinda want everything (the passiveness is appealing, such as Reactive Regeneration), and I currently have a few picks from the Leaping Pool. I was thinking Energy could be the Ancillary option. Resistance seems to be the focus, with Defence as the secondary mitigation factor. With that in mind, go crazy and show me what you can build! 

 

I appreciate all the help, time, and effort!

Edited December 1 by JustBowey

[JustBowey]

Updates from the Discord:

J0J0B0nez -

"Honestly, in terms of power choice-making, Spines and Regen go together fairly well because you realistically want everything in Regen and are encouraged to skip about half of the powers in Spines. You’ll want a fair amount of recharge in the build, so I definitely recommend taking Hasten. On the protection end you’ll want to prioritize resistances over defense since you don’t have anything in the way of Defense Debuff resistance (DDR). Since Regen doesn’t really give any boost offensively and Spines has only a few okay attack powers, you’ll want to really load up on damage procs and add some attacks from your Epic pool. I would also go with Vigor or Cardiac for your Alpha Incarnate. Don’t have a build on MIDS pre-built, but I can take a swing at it in a few minutes.

Also saw you were looking at Energy Mastery for your Epic pool. It’s a good choice if you need more help in managing your Endurance, but Regen and your Alpha will almost certainly do more than enough to do that, and the attacks are nothing to write home about.

 

This is what I cooked up in MIDS. A lot of similarities with Icesphere's build (indeed, it turns out he IS pretty good at build-crafting!), but I sacrificed some resists, the 4-piece Titanium Coating set bonus, and (mainly) a 5-piece Panacea recharge set bonus to include three attacks (one ST and two AoE cones) from Leviathan Mastery to add some -DEF and -RES into your build as well as extra proc bombs. It also feels like it could be a thematic choice based on how you're imagining the character. The Force Feedback +Recharge procs in Ripper (35% chance in a AoE cone) and Spirit Shark (50%) mean that you should have perma-Hasten a decent amount of the time and more access to Moment of Glory. Open to any feedback!"

 

 

Acupunctural Anomaly - Brute (Spines - Regeneration).mbd

Edited December 1 by JustBowey

[JustBowey]

Updates from the Discord:

Icesphere -

Brute (Spines - Regeneration).mbd