What are some fun bruiser builds?

[BimboGooch]

Obviously I really enjoy melee builds that are a little more tanky but also dish out good damage.

[Halcyon]

That's a pretty broad criteria. Dual wield, weapon and shield, or 2 hander? What kind of damage? How do you want to tank? There are many ways: High resistance to damage, reduce enemy power, steal life, heal yourself, dodge attacks, etc.

[IMayBackstab]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUxTuX2nyi8

this guy seems to make a lot of good viable builds since he plays mostly hardcore

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by Halcyon:

That's a pretty broad criteria. Dual wield, weapon and shield, or 2 hander? What kind of damage? How do you want to tank? There are many ways: High resistance to damage, reduce enemy power, steal life, heal yourself, dodge attacks, etc.

I said "some fun build" meaning anything that is bruiser like :^)

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by IMayBackstab:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUxTuX2nyi8

this guy seems to make a lot of good viable builds since he plays mostly hardcore

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[Faust Wither]

my old build: https://www.grimtools.com/calc/a2EdaAPN

https://youtu.be/IxWCR-c4RZI
https://youtu.be/DDmz4rr1WKA
https://youtu.be/PgO3htDDWnk

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Stuff i've had immense fun with
DW melee pierce Infiltrator or Blademaster <-- peak entertainment for me, specially with some choice farmed greens (grab 2x dermapteran slicers any time you can)
2h Forcewave Warlord
Sword 'n Shield fire Shieldbreaker (also works fine with Cadence Warlord, tho fire Shieldbreaker was more fun imo)
2hand "anything" Primal Strike/Savagery+Primal Strike -Shaman main class, fill in "whatever" you feel supports it well as it's Primal Strike(maybe+ Savagery) we want, Soldier, Demolitionist, Occultist,, even Inquisitor works with a 2h melee "stryker"
2hand Blade Arc plaguespreader Witchblade, slow leveling as bleed build, but damn was it fun to mix melee Blade Arc with caster Bloody Pox -besides a little slow it could be highly squishy for me at times weirdly enough(needed better gear i suppose than just rushing through campaign)
DW acid Witch Hunter. squishy as hell (suppose depends on gear while leveling) but man do i just enjoy those dual-wield Nightblade mastery combos
DW acid Dervish (noticing a trend? lol)

as a final mention, which is not really traditional "Bruiser" but ended up surprisingly entertaining in lvling, was an Acid retaliation Sentinel, using Acid Righteous Fervor and acid Aegis of Menhir to supplement retaliation dmg. Normally a bit boring leveling as retaliation, but because i had Vilescorn and Perdition blue sets it was both decently speedy, very powerful and then fun


probably some more i'm forgetting... so much damn variation, almost too many to keep track of lol