Brawler Archive
Thread: Mater Bralwer alone.
Master brawler itself can be quite useful as long as you have good armour and a good weapon. Two-handed swords at Master Brawler level were more useful then when I was a low-level TKA. You don't need another prof, but of course you won't be soloing rancors with just brawler, but you can get around quite well with it in medium levels.
If you do take up just one tree ofan elite profession with master brawler, it's up to you which to take on. If you go TK, go with Power Techniques. You don't need the balance knockdown because lunge2 is a KD already.
In the other professions I can't say which will be best, because I haven't mastered them yet. I'm currently 1112 swordsman and the various trees appear equally useful to me so far.
footwork in fencer.
you get all the speed + bleeds and you already have KD + dizzy in brawler
You'll almost certainly end up better if you specialize more, but a lot of combinations can be effective and I say: start out doing whatever you want. By the time you get there you'll have some new ideas.