by In both T1 and T2 raids brute conqs are quite useful as tanks in most fights. In T3 however there are several fights where brutes can just do dps. My experience is that brutes are only needed to tank on the Brothers and Hathor Ka, but that depends entirely on the raid leader and how brutes are being used. And what tactics are being used ofc. Conqs can tank the other bosses as well, but as long as guards and dt's are doing a good job, conqs are often put to better use by doing dps instead. Especially on Arbanus and Louhi. So what i've been trying to do while picking up better gear from T3 is to try and up my dps while still being able to tank where i'm expected to.
There aren't too many ways to go in the brute tree, but i'm now using this build. Brute Spec 2
This is based on using Black Dragon armor. With the extra protecion from the BD set, most of the points from Stone Skin can be removed and used for more dps. All the extra protection from AA's also helps.
@Gladyus: In your build you've feated Hateful Strikes and Improved Defensive Stance. Imo a steady dps output is better than an ability that generates hate for a short period of time, and the extra mitigation gained from Improved Defensive is way to small to be worth 5 points. Removing those and feating Substained Rage instead makes more sense to me. 15% extra weapons damage helps a lot to build hate.
I haven't feated Throat Slash because i'm not much of a pvp'er and i've never had any use for it in T3. But again, this depens on what role you're being assigned to fill. It's not needed in T4 either.
Pls post your build again here, i can't remember the rest of it
