Brute — Power Take-Rate

Percentage of builds that include a given powerset which also took each power. Powers sorted by take rate, highest first. Slotting detail →

Most Popular Primary / Secondary Pairings

Top 20 of 2,664 qualifying builds.

Rank	Primary	Secondary	Builds	Share
1	Spines	Fiery Aura	190	7.1%
2	Radiation Melee	Fiery Aura	163	6.1%
3	Super Strength	Fiery Aura	57	2.1%
4	Super Strength	Invulnerability	54	2.0%
5	Dark Melee	Dark Armor	50	1.9%
6	Radiation Melee	Stone Armor	41	1.5%
7	Radiation Melee	Radiation Armor	40	1.5%
8	Street Justice	Willpower	38	1.4%
9	Radiation Melee	Bio Armor	34	1.3%
10	Electrical Melee	Electric Armor	32	1.2%
11	Electrical Melee	Shield Defense	32	1.2%
12	Super Strength	Electric Armor	32	1.2%
13	Super Strength	Willpower	31	1.2%
14	Fiery Melee	Fiery Aura	26	1.0%
15	Ice Melee	Fiery Aura	25	0.9%
16	Savage Melee	Shield Defense	25	0.9%
17	Claws	Fiery Aura	24	0.9%
18	Savage Melee	Bio Armor	24	0.9%
19	Dark Melee	Fiery Aura	23	0.9%
20	Super Strength	Shield Defense	23	0.9%

Most Skipped Powers

Lowest take-rate among primary and secondary powersets with at least 20 builds. Epic pools excluded.

Rank	Power	Powerset	Taken	Rate
1	Rime	Ice Armor	1 / 88	1.1%
2	Obscure Sustenance	Dark Armor	3 / 207	1.4%
3	Swipe	Claws	10 / 85	11.8%
4	Bash	War Mace	12 / 91	13.2%
5	Hand Clap	Super Strength	42 / 306	13.7%
6	Beheader	Battle Axe	10 / 72	13.9%
7	Boggle	Psionic Melee	13 / 93	14.0%
8	Jab	Super Strength	44 / 306	14.4%
9	Phoenix Rising	Fiery Aura	97 / 634	15.3%
10	Thunder Kick	Martial Arts	13 / 81	16.0%

Primary

Battle Axe 72 builds selected · 462 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Pendulum	65	90.3%
Cleave	65	90.3%
Build Up	63	87.5%
Swoop	62	86.1%
Axe Cyclone	61	84.7%
Chop	59	81.9%
Gash	42	58.3%
Taunt	35	48.6%
Beheader	10	13.9%

Broad Sword 23 builds selected · 154 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Head Splitter	23	100.0%
Build Up	22	95.7%
Disembowel	22	95.7%
Whirling Sword	21	91.3%
Hack	20	87.0%
Slice	19	82.6%
Taunt	15	65.2%
Parry	8	34.8%
Slash	4	17.4%

Claws 85 builds selected · 523 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Spin	85	100.0%
Follow Up	85	100.0%
Strike	72	84.7%
Slash	71	83.5%
Focus	71	83.5%
Shockwave	67	78.8%
Taunt	31	36.5%
Eviscerate	31	36.5%
Swipe	10	11.8%

Dark Melee 183 builds selected · 1,147 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Soul Drain	177	96.7%
Midnight Grasp	177	96.7%
Siphon Life	176	96.2%
Smite	159	86.9%
Shadow Maul	155	84.7%
Dark Consumption	135	73.8%
Touch of Fear	92	50.3%
Taunt	42	23.0%
Shadow Punch	34	18.6%

Dual Blades 48 builds selected · 286 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Sweeping Strike	45	93.8%
Ablating Strike	43	89.6%
Blinding Feint	39	81.2%
Typhoon's Edge	34	70.8%
Power Slice	28	58.3%
Vengeful Slice	28	58.3%
One Thousand Cuts	27	56.2%
Nimble Slash	21	43.8%
Taunt	21	43.8%

Electrical Melee 111 builds selected · 692 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Thunder Strike	109	98.2%
Lightning Rod	108	97.3%
Chain Induction	105	94.6%
Build Up	102	91.9%
Havoc Punch	76	68.5%
Charged Brawl	74	66.7%
Jacobs Ladder	51	45.9%
Taunt	44	39.6%
Lightning Clap	23	20.7%

Energy Melee 115 builds selected · 738 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Energy Transfer	115	100.0%
Whirling Hands	110	95.7%
Build Up	106	92.2%
Total Focus	103	89.6%
Bone Smasher	98	85.2%
Energy Punch	74	64.3%
Power Crash	51	44.3%
Barrage	44	38.3%
Taunt	37	32.2%

Fiery Melee 94 builds selected · 550 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Fire Sword Circle	93	98.9%
Build Up	84	89.4%
Greater Fire Sword	81	86.2%
Cremate	77	81.9%
Fire Sword	62	66.0%
Incinerate	60	63.8%
Scorch	34	36.2%
Taunt	31	33.0%
Breath of Fire	28	29.8%

Ice Melee 73 builds selected · 468 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Ice Patch	67	91.8%
Frozen Aura	67	91.8%
Freezing Touch	65	89.0%
Build Up	64	87.7%
Frost	62	84.9%
Ice Sword	56	76.7%
Greater Ice Sword	38	52.1%
Frozen Fists	26	35.6%
Taunt	23	31.5%

Katana 83 builds selected · 524 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
The Lotus Drops	83	100.0%
Golden Dragonfly	83	100.0%
Soaring Dragon	81	97.6%
Build Up	65	78.3%
Flashing Steel	54	65.1%
Gambler's Cut	46	55.4%
Divine Avalanche	44	53.0%
Sting of the Wasp	42	50.6%
Dragon's Roar	26	31.3%

Kinetic Melee 38 builds selected · 244 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Smashing Blow	38	100.0%
Burst	36	94.7%
Power Siphon	33	86.8%
Concentrated Strike	31	81.6%
Body Blow	29	76.3%
Focused Burst	25	65.8%
Quick Strike	24	63.2%
Taunt	16	42.1%
Repulsing Torrent	12	31.6%

Martial Arts 81 builds selected · 483 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Dragon's Tail	81	100.0%
Storm Kick	74	91.4%
Focus Chi	64	79.0%
Crippling Axe Kick	64	79.0%
Eagles Claw	63	77.8%
Cobra Strike	61	75.3%
Warrior's Provocation	32	39.5%
Crane Kick	31	38.3%
Thunder Kick	13	16.0%

Psionic Melee 93 builds selected · 585 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Greater Psi Blade	93	100.0%
Mass Levitate	92	98.9%
Psi Blade	87	93.5%
Psi Blade Sweep	85	91.4%
Telekinetic Blow	83	89.2%
Concentration	75	80.6%
Taunt	40	43.0%
Mental Strike	17	18.3%
Boggle	13	14.0%

Radiation Melee 344 builds selected · 2,004 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Irradiated Ground	339	98.5%
Atom Smasher	332	96.5%
Radioactive Smash	299	86.9%
Fusion	268	77.9%
Devastating Blow	230	66.9%
Radiation Siphon	203	59.0%
Taunt	130	37.8%
Proton Sweep	114	33.1%
Contaminated Strike	89	25.9%

Savage Melee 168 builds selected · 1,081 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Rending Flurry	165	98.2%
Savage Leap	164	97.6%
Vicious Slash	160	95.2%
Maiming Slash	154	91.7%
Blood Thirst	151	89.9%
Savage Strike	112	66.7%
Shred	81	48.2%
Taunt	53	31.5%
Hemorrhage	41	24.4%

Sonic Melee 3 builds selected · 22 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Strident Echo	3	100.0%
Attune	3	100.0%
Sonic Clap	3	100.0%
Deafening Wave	3	100.0%
Earsplitter	3	100.0%
Sound Booster	2	66.7%
Taunt	2	66.7%
Sandman's Whisper	2	66.7%
Sonic Thrust	1	33.3%

Spines 290 builds selected · 1,709 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Quills	289	99.7%
Spine Burst	253	87.2%
Build Up	238	82.1%
Throw Spines	237	81.7%
Lunge	208	71.7%
Ripper	176	60.7%
Impale	114	39.3%
Barb Swipe	104	35.9%
Taunt	90	31.0%

Staff Fighting 67 builds selected · 411 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Eye of the Storm	66	98.5%
Guarded Spin	61	91.0%
Sky Splitter	61	91.0%
Innocuous Strikes	60	89.6%
Precise Strike	58	86.6%
Serpent's Reach	58	86.6%
Taunt	26	38.8%
Mercurial Blow	21	31.3%

Stone Melee 91 builds selected · 565 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Heavy Mallet	90	98.9%
Seismic Smash	90	98.9%
Tremor	86	94.5%
Build Up	84	92.3%
Stone Mallet	73	80.2%
Fault	51	56.0%
Stone Fist	39	42.9%
Taunt	33	36.3%
Hurl Boulder	19	20.9%

Street Justice 107 builds selected · 701 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Crushing Uppercut	104	97.2%
Spinning Strike	99	92.5%
Rib Cracker	98	91.6%
Shin Breaker	98	91.6%
Heavy Blow	93	86.9%
Combat Readiness	84	78.5%
Sweeping Cross	48	44.9%
Initial Strike	39	36.4%
Taunt	38	35.5%

Super Strength 306 builds selected · 1,714 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Knockout Blow	302	98.7%
Foot Stomp	301	98.4%
Punch	273	89.2%
Rage	272	88.9%
Haymaker	263	85.9%
Taunt	135	44.1%
Hurl	82	26.8%
Jab	44	14.4%
Hand Clap	42	13.7%

Titan Weapons 98 builds selected · 678 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Arc of Destruction	98	100.0%
Whirling Smash	93	94.9%
Build Momentum	92	93.9%
Rend Armor	92	93.9%
Follow Through	78	79.6%
Crushing Blow	68	69.4%
Titan Sweep	65	66.3%
Defensive Sweep	51	52.0%
Taunt	41	41.8%

War Mace 91 builds selected · 636 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Clobber	91	100.0%
Crowd Control	90	98.9%
Pulverize	88	96.7%
Shatter	86	94.5%
Build Up	81	89.0%
Whirling Mace	81	89.0%
Jawbreaker	68	74.7%
Taunt	39	42.9%
Bash	12	13.2%

Secondary

Bio Armor 186 builds selected · 1,468 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Hardened Carapace	186	100.0%
Environmental Modification	186	100.0%
Ablative Carapace	186	100.0%
Evolving Armor	186	100.0%
DNA Siphon	186	100.0%
Inexhaustible	185	99.5%
Genetic Contamination	185	99.5%
Parasitic Aura	168	90.3%

Dark Armor 207 builds selected · 1,564 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Murky Cloud	207	100.0%
Dark Embrace	206	99.5%
Obsidian Shield	206	99.5%
Cloak of Darkness	206	99.5%
Death Shroud	204	98.6%
Dark Regeneration	203	98.1%
Cloak of Fear	125	60.4%
Soul Transfer	112	54.1%
Oppressive Gloom	92	44.4%
Obscure Sustenance	3	1.4%

Electric Armor 216 builds selected · 1,735 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Charged Armor	215	99.5%
Static Shield	215	99.5%
Conductive Shield	214	99.1%
Grounded	214	99.1%
Energize	214	99.1%
Lightning Field	212	98.1%
Lightning Reflexes	188	87.0%
Power Sink	179	82.9%
Power Surge	84	38.9%

Energy Aura 151 builds selected · 1,257 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Kinetic Shield	151	100.0%
Power Shield	151	100.0%
Dampening Field	150	99.3%
Energy Protection	149	98.7%
Energy Cloak	148	98.0%
Energy Drain	147	97.4%
Energize	146	96.7%
Entropic Aura	141	93.4%
Overload	74	49.0%

Fiery Aura 634 builds selected · 4,868 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Fire Shield	634	100.0%
Blazing Aura	631	99.5%
Healing Flames	628	99.1%
Burn	618	97.5%
Plasma Shield	603	95.1%
Temperature Protection	565	89.1%
Consume	555	87.5%
Fiery Embrace	537	84.7%
Phoenix Rising	97	15.3%

Ice Armor 88 builds selected · 711 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Frozen Armor	88	100.0%
Energy Absorption	88	100.0%
Hoarfrost	87	98.9%
Glacial Armor	87	98.9%
Icicles	87	98.9%
Chilling Embrace	84	95.5%
Wet Ice	82	93.2%
Permafrost	80	90.9%
Icy Bastion	27	30.7%
Rime	1	1.1%

Invulnerability 171 builds selected · 1,386 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Invincibility	170	99.4%
Resist Physical Damage	169	98.8%
Tough Hide	169	98.8%
Temp Invulnerability	168	98.2%
Unyielding	168	98.2%
Dull Pain	164	95.9%
Resist Energies	164	95.9%
Resist Elements	163	95.3%
Unstoppable	51	29.8%

Psionic Armor 39 builds selected · 350 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Psionic Shield	39	100.0%
Psychic Wall	39	100.0%
Impenetrable Mind	39	100.0%
Consume Psyche	39	100.0%
Impose Presence	39	100.0%
Psychokinetic Barrier	39	100.0%
Precognition	39	100.0%
Aura of Insanity	39	100.0%
Memento Mori	38	97.4%

Radiation Armor 202 builds selected · 1,722 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Alpha Barrier	202	100.0%
Gamma Boost	201	99.5%
Fallout Shelter	201	99.5%
Particle Shielding	201	99.5%
Proton Armor	200	99.0%
Radiation Therapy	198	98.0%
Beta Decay	196	97.0%
Ground Zero	186	92.1%
Meltdown	137	67.8%

Regeneration 158 builds selected · 1,219 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Integration	158	100.0%
Resilience	158	100.0%
Reconstruction	157	99.4%
Moment of Glory	155	98.1%
Fast Healing	152	96.2%
Quick Recovery	152	96.2%
Instant Healing	121	76.6%
Second Wind	78	49.4%
Ailment Resistance	58	36.7%
Reactive Regeneration	30	19.0%

Shield Defense 169 builds selected · 1,385 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Battle Agility	169	100.0%
Deflection	169	100.0%
True Grit	168	99.4%
Phalanx Fighting	166	98.2%
Shield Charge	164	97.0%
Active Defense	154	91.1%
Against All Odds	153	90.5%
Grant Cover	131	77.5%
One with the Shield	111	65.7%

Stone Armor 138 builds selected · 1,092 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Stone Skin	138	100.0%
Earth's Embrace	138	100.0%
Mud Pots	138	100.0%
Rooted	136	98.6%
Rock Armor	121	87.7%
Minerals	120	87.0%
Crystal Armor	119	86.2%
Brimstone Armor	116	84.1%
Granite Armor	66	47.8%

Super Reflexes 103 builds selected · 829 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Focused Fighting	103	100.0%
Focused Senses	103	100.0%
Agile	102	99.0%
Dodge	101	98.1%
Evasion	101	98.1%
Lucky	100	97.1%
Practiced Brawler	95	92.2%
Quickness	92	89.3%
Elude	32	31.1%

Willpower 202 builds selected · 1,590 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
High Pain Tolerance	202	100.0%
Indomitable Will	200	99.0%
Heightened Senses	200	99.0%
Mind Over Body	199	98.5%
Rise to the Challenge	199	98.5%
Fast Healing	194	96.0%
Quick Recovery	194	96.0%
Strength of Will	123	60.9%
Resurgence	79	39.1%

Ancillary / Epic

Dark Mastery 36 builds selected · 21 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Petrifying Gaze	8	22.2%
Dark Blast	7	19.4%
Tar Patch	3	8.3%
Night Fall	2	5.6%
Penumbral Grasp	1	2.8%

Earth Mastery 82 builds selected · 191 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Stalagmites	50	61.0%
Quick Sand	44	53.7%
Stone Prison	43	52.4%
Salt Crystals	31	37.8%
Fossilize	23	28.0%

Energy Mastery 1,308 builds selected · 2,872 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Physical Perfection	1,150	87.9%
Superior Conditioning	1,090	83.3%
Focused Accuracy	420	32.1%
Laser Beam Eyes	130	9.9%
Energy Torrent	82	6.3%

Fire Mastery 288 builds selected · 628 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Char	210	72.9%
Fire Ball	155	53.8%
Melt Armor	145	50.3%
Fire Blast	77	26.7%
Ring of Fire	41	14.2%

Ice Mastery 151 builds selected · 130 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Block of Ice	43	28.5%
Ice Storm	34	22.5%
Ice Blast	23	15.2%
Chilblain	19	12.6%
Shiver	11	7.3%

Leviathan Mastery 48 builds selected · 94 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Arctic Breath	30	62.5%
School of Sharks	29	60.4%
Spirit Shark	16	33.3%
Bile Spray	16	33.3%
Summon Guardian	3	6.2%

Mace Mastery 18 builds selected · 40 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Web Envelope	14	77.8%
Disruptor Blast	10	55.6%
Focused Accuracy	6	33.3%
Mace Blast	5	27.8%
Summon Blaster	5	27.8%

Mu Mastery 712 builds selected · 1,525 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Ball Lightning	627	88.1%
Electrifying Fences	516	72.5%
Mu Lightning	269	37.8%
Static Discharge	79	11.1%
Summon Striker	34	4.8%

Psionic Mastery 319 builds selected · 715 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Harmonic Mind	298	93.4%
Dominate	293	91.8%
Psionic Tornado	99	31.0%
Mesmerize	17	5.3%
Mental Blast	8	2.5%

Soul Mastery 1,054 builds selected · 2,138 powers taken

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Power	Taken	Rate
Gloom	932	88.4%
Dark Obliteration	641	60.8%
Darkest Night	431	40.9%
Soul Tentacles	101	9.6%
Summon Widow	33	3.1%