TSO Bruiser AA Builds

[Goldburg]

<p>So what is everyone speccing now that STR is fixed? I'm currently trying to work on my spec and wanted some feedback from the community.</p><p>Current Brawler Spec I'm going with is</p><p>Str - 4 5 8 8 2</p><p>Agi - 4 4 8 8 2</p><p>Int - 4 4 8</p><p>I really didn't want to give up the Wis line but the dmg from crane sweep didn't seem enough to justify keeping it, and since crane twirl only seem to up our dps marginally I went ahead and went Chi. Since I lost crane growth I went ahead and got healthy constitution out of the shadow line. Any thoughts?</p>

[laawintown]

<p>yea  ide like to hear some  ideas  also   when im raiding  i like max dps</p>

[Couching]

<p>Bruiser has better aoe damage and faster reuse encounter taunt with EOF bruiser aa than monk, not to say the powerful enhanced D&C in TSO bruiser line. However, until you get 170+ aa, wis line is still very handy since about 75% heroic content in TSO is mutliple encounters.</p><p>The damge from crane sweep is tiny but it is useful to intercept multiple encounters and place mobs all together. If you are lv80 and your role in the group is tank, it can't be wrong to get wis line until you have 170+ aa.</p>

[Mogzilla]

<p>With the the cast time on rescue cut to half and the changes to CA crits, I dont have a problem holding aggro on single targets.</p><p>AOE is a different story and some of these zones have huge amount of linked in them (befallen).</p><p>Specing out of the wis line is suicide imo.</p>

[Sprin]

<p>My biggest problem with WIS line, as the same with all other attacks that trigger on anything within AOE range, is if your fighting PVP or PVE near a guard or a non aggro mob... and you end up procing an attack on the guard or whatever is close to you that you dont want to attack...   This holds true for the guards/zerkers and the Swashys of the world as well...  get into some trouble some times with all those guards at every place in the maps....</p><p>it would be nice to have either a toggle of that feature or a "chance to strike anything withine aoe range that you have engaged" kind of thing... so you dont get the fear of fighting too close to non agro mobs or guards</p>

[Mogzilla]

<p><cite>Sprinng@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>My biggest problem with WIS line, as the same with all other attacks that trigger on anything within AOE range, is if your fighting PVP or PVE near a guard or a non aggro mob... and you end up procing an attack on the guard or whatever is close to you that you dont want to attack...   This holds true for the guards/zerkers and the Swashys of the world as well...  get into some trouble some times with all those guards at every place in the maps....</p><p>it would be nice to have either a toggle of that feature or a "chance to strike anything withine aoe range that you have engaged" kind of thing... so you dont get the fear of fighting too close to non agro mobs or guards</p></blockquote><p>Click off the buff.</p>

[Junaru]

<p>My Monk is playing with a few builds right now. The current one is STR4,8,8,5,1 WIS4,8,8,2,1 and INT 4,4,8,2.</p><p>I was always a big fan of the AGI(2) and AGI(3) abilities but I'm having fun with Chi right now.And as stated above, Not going down the WIS line in TSO just doesn't seem like a good option.</p><p>My raid build is STR, AGI and INT.</p>

[Pnaxx]

<p>For a soloing build I went with this....</p><p>STR 4/8/8/5/1</p><p>AGI 6/4/6/5</p><p>INT 4/4/8/5</p><p>I do like the WIS AOE, and once I play with this setup perhaps I will see the err of my ways.</p>

[Aull]

<p>Well I must thank SOE for making the strgth line a viable option now. I think the avenues that brawlers can take are much better and many discussions will be made on the "best" aa path.</p><p>Right now for soloing and minor grouping I am strgth, agil, and intel. Sure I am loosing ae, but at the same time I am getting the deflection & chi from strgth and parry & crits from intel. So far I am liking this build. Crane twirl in wis line is very weak and should be made to 25% to ae with mods to the damage it does and not just a set value.</p><p>All in all thanks again SOE you did well. Thanks bruiser community for you info in these posts. Rock on!!</p>

[Pnaxx]

<p>I will say that I seem to be killing things better with the str line now.</p>

[Madmoon]

<p>Have to agree.  I wouldn't want the blue AoE component of this to change for anything.  Just discipline yourself, and if it's too much of a risk, then toggle it off.  The ability to grab and beat non-encounter MObs is too precious to lose over the occasional unintended add.</p><p><cite>Mogzilla wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Sprinng@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>My biggest problem with WIS line, as the same with all other attacks that trigger on anything within AOE range, is if your fighting PVP or PVE near a guard or a non aggro mob... and you end up procing an attack on the guard or whatever is close to you that you dont want to attack...   This holds true for the guards/zerkers and the Swashys of the world as well...  get into some trouble some times with all those guards at every place in the maps....</p><p>it would be nice to have either a toggle of that feature or a "chance to strike anything withine aoe range that you have engaged" kind of thing... so you dont get the fear of fighting too close to non agro mobs or guards</p></blockquote><p>Click off the buff.</p></blockquote>

[Mogzilla]

<p><cite>Aull wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p> Crane twirl in wis line is very weak and should be made to 25% to ae with mods to the damage it does and not just a set value.</p><p>All in all thanks again SOE you did well. Thanks bruiser community for you info in these posts. Rock on!!</p></blockquote><p>It does suck, it would be better if it was an aoe auto attack like the crusader agi line.</p>

[Tanino]

<p>My current build is:</p><p>Str: 4,4,8,7,2Agil:4,4,8Wis: 4,4,5Int: 4,4,8</p><p>Seems to be working pretty decently so far and I like the fast reuse timer of Crane Sweep.  I went light on the defensive items but plan on loading up in the Shadow line of AA's.  The biggest issue I have currently is zone lag <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[laawintown]

<p>ok from what ive seen posted seems  the first tree most seem to like</p><p>str 4.4.8.7.2</p><p>agi 4,4,8</p><p>wis 4.4.5</p><p>int 4,4,8,,,    im just wondering wear dos crit max at what percent?</p><p>now most say they stripped the second  tree  what do you guys feel most inportant to keep in this  tree?</p><p>off course are heal at 5  what do you all feel best kept in this tree for all around best dps and still be able to tank and take hits solo.</p><p>then  the tso tree  some of this conntent looks  nice others look weak what do you all think is best set up if you are below  170 aas?</p><p>for the best dps and still have good tanking?</p><p>and some of these look weak  like thunderous strike  our am i wrong is this one of are good spells?</p><p>now are far as these are they very good our no</p><p>1 riposte mastery</p><p>2 battle hardening</p><p>3 sneering assault</p><p>4 deflecting blow</p><p>5 tatical precision</p><p>6 inner focus</p><p> i dont mean to annoy any one but figured this is the  best place to talk  about this kind of stuff and get  a lot of  different  thoughts.</p><p> so what ya all think/</p>