Hey guys, here's my destiny tree:

Shuriken
Vitality
+3 Strength
+3 Strength
Shield
Net
+3 Speed
First Strike
+3 Speed

Then I branched off to either:

+3 Endurance
Toughened Skin
+3 Strength

or

Dog A
+3 Agility
+3 Endurance

All of my other choices weren't that great.

I just ranked up to Furious Soul and I was wondering which branch I should continue. I know toughened skin is always good, and I'm not a big fan of dogs, but I was thought the dog would be good as a meat shield for big hits and to decrease the chance of getting hit by sabotage/shock. Do you guys agree, or should I go back with toughened skin?

+3 Endurance
Toughened Skin
+3 Strength

I think

from this Rank you will have to lvl your brute to a higher lvl before being able to win a tourney because the Nr of registered brutes is 64, so actualy it doesn´t matter which path you go, it would only matter what comes after it.

if you are still don´t know which to take this may help on the way:

- the damage of every single Ninja hit increases with higher Agility , so you need every Agi gets offered and better yet feline.
- now as you said the Dog can be very useful for this type of brutes , but sadly if you have vitality it is not a good choice to take any Dog because it will decrease your HP more than if you don´t have vitality. and since you have first strike you wont have to orry about sabotage or shock.

so i would go with
+3 Endurance
Toughened Skin
+3 Strength