What's a good combat skill line up for bruisers at 44 now?

[Mandiepal]

Sorry, have been gone since before the Combat Upgrade, everything is different now and so I'm not sure now what I should be using. I'm gonna go try some different arrangement's on lower mob's though and see if i can figure this stuff out. Sorry for not searching first, if this has been posted before I will search for it in a bit, just don't have much time to search atm. Regards, Electa <div></div>

[Mandiepal]

No hints? Anything would help to set me on the right path. =) <div></div>

[Lorant]

I'm not sure what you're asking.  Use all your Combat Skills. <div></div>

[Mandiepal]

I mean, I used to use a specific line up on my hotbar, eye gouge, then umm, I forget, been too long and I cleared my hotbar. lol Anyway, lets say, 1. Eye Gouge, 2. Crush, 3. whatever, etc...for example. That way I had a general line up of Combat Arts I used on every mob, then I had some other on my 2nd hotbar for special cases, typically heroics or when I am in a group and doing back-up tank duty, etc. Maybe I'm too organized, I dunno. heh Thanks for the reply, Lorant. <div></div>

[TheSummoned]

I'm using: Hammer fist, onehanded slap, merciless stomp, grapple, eye gouge, dirty punch. (maybe get an auto attack off between eye gouge and dirty punch to maximize the stun duration) The rest is aditional damage between auto attacks...

[Sanamien]

<blockquote><hr>TheSummoned wrote:I'm using: Hammer fist, onehanded slap, merciless stomp, grapple, eye gouge, dirty punch. (maybe get an auto attack off between eye gouge and dirty punch to maximize the stun duration) The rest is aditional damage between auto attacks... <hr></blockquote>First off, eye gouge isn't a stun, it's an attack debuff. And why would you take autoattack off to maximize a stun? Knockdown works no matter if you damage the mob or not.To the OP:Check your knowledgebook, put all the newest versions of your skills on your hotbar and try using them. I have the CA's with the shortest recast on the main hotbar + 1-4 on the ALT+number hotbar. Then the more rarely used skills on hte higher numbers on those two hotbars and on the tertiary hotbar. Hope that helps <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[AnAnimatedcorpse]

What TheSummoned was trying to say is that he gives a small period of time between Combat Arts to maximize the duration of a stun, i.e.: While there is still some time left in the stun, he wants to add soem extra damage. I use crusher, followed by 100 hand slap, then barbarous stomp (for bonus damage and extra stun) followed by dirty punch then meteor punch, finishing with pummel and autoattack, if the mob still has health i stun again with hammer fist and pull off a couple of kicks (roundhouse etc) By using this method you can spend most of the fight behind the mob, doing (in most cases, unless you are fighting other brawlers or brawler mobs) max damage, all the while avoiding most hits. This can be quite power straining, but with use of manastoen or manastone 2.0 and some decent drink, you can excell +) <div></div>

[Raidi Sovin'faile]

<DIV>As I've found out... Drink + Power Totem = very little downtime. Most folks neglect the totems, not something we are used to seeing (other than sow/chameleon totems). At level 30, a Gnoll Bite and Spirit Totem of the Bat nets you 108 power per tick out of combat. That's just under 10% per tick (for my char at that level)! Not to mention any in-combat regen you might have chosen...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Stacking totems and drink/food is great for soloing.</DIV>

[TheSummoned]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sanamien wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> TheSummoned wrote:<BR>I'm using: Hammer fist, onehanded slap, merciless stomp, grapple, eye gouge, dirty punch. (maybe get an auto attack off between eye gouge and dirty punch to maximize the stun duration) The rest is aditional damage between auto attacks... <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>First off, eye gouge isn't a stun, it's an attack debuff. And why would you take autoattack off to maximize a stun? Knockdown works no matter if you damage the mob or not.<BR><BR>To the OP:<BR>Check your knowledgebook, put all the newest versions of your skills on your hotbar and try using them. I have the CA's with the shortest recast on the main hotbar + 1-4 on the ALT+number hotbar. Then the more rarely used skills on hte higher numbers on those two hotbars and on the tertiary hotbar. Hope that helps <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Ummm... yea...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I use eye gouge right before my last stun because I'll be out of stuns after dirty punch and debuffing your opponents ability to hit you will help you survive! D'uh! And I didn't say turn auto attack off, I said try to get an auto attack hit in before your last stun to maximize your DPS.</DIV>

[Sanamien]

reading > me <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[Mandiepal]

Thanks for all the replies, I think I have a good line up now. Appreciate it. <div></div>