New Posts For Thread: Spitting Cobra Stance too stronghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19748478/Spitting_Cobra_Stance_too_strongWhen you use Spitting Cobra stance, chances are you'll get a free basic attack against every melee foe in the first round you use it, and at least one such attack every round thereafter, if not more if the rest of the party cooperates and shifts backShifting and teleporting clearly bypass OAs now, like forced movement, so that aspect of the argument has actually been solved.Of course, now it's an immediate so they don't help - so in some situations it's much weaker now (many creatures at once clhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19748478/Spitting_Cobra_Stance_too_strong?post_id=411001921#411001921Shifting and teleporting clearly bypass OAs now, like forced movement, so that aspect of the argument has actually been solved.Of course, now it's an immediate so they don't help - so in some situations it's much weaker now (many creatures at once clThu, 22 Apr 2010 12:49:08 -0500so instead of a situation where the Monster takes a hit and charges in, you have a situation where it spends its time inching in to hit? wouldn't the ranger just shift away from the on coming creature? It's not a bad idea, it's just not enough.If thehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19748478/Spitting_Cobra_Stance_too_strong?post_id=410777685#410777685so instead of a situation where the Monster takes a hit and charges in, you have a situation where it spends its time inching in to hit? wouldn't the ranger just shift away from the on coming creature? It's not a bad idea, it's just not enough.If theWed, 21 Apr 2010 05:42:29 -0500The issue is damage.  Rangers are all about damage, so the benchmark for deciding whether SCS is worth getting is "How much damage does it allow me to do?"Action Economy is also part of the equation, but clearly, if you're planning to use SCS more thttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19748478/Spitting_Cobra_Stance_too_strong?post_id=386479833#386479833The issue is damage.  Rangers are all about damage, so the benchmark for deciding whether SCS is worth getting is "How much damage does it allow me to do?"Action Economy is also part of the equation, but clearly, if you're planning to use SCS more tThu, 14 Jan 2010 03:10:39 -0600Perhaps this thread is cursed.  Let's attempt to raise the level of discourse here and stop the insults.  SCS has been a controversial topic.  I'm a bow ranger, constructed for point blank/prime shot fun.  I love immediate actions for the ranger.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19748478/Spitting_Cobra_Stance_too_strong?post_id=379931413#379931413Perhaps this thread is cursed.  Let's attempt to raise the level of discourse here and stop the insults.  SCS has been a controversial topic.  I'm a bow ranger, constructed for point blank/prime shot fun.  I love immediate actions for the ranger.Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:21:02 -0600Okay, you just chose about the most corner-case and contrived situation that would make SCS worthless.I have no leader, I prefer Off-Hand Diversion over Armor Splinter, and Blade Cascade is worthless because I can't get it to hit on a 2. See, I can phttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19748478/Spitting_Cobra_Stance_too_strong?post_id=379927241#379927241Okay, you just chose about the most corner-case and contrived situation that would make SCS worthless.I have no leader, I prefer Off-Hand Diversion over Armor Splinter, and Blade Cascade is worthless because I can't get it to hit on a 2. See, I can pFri, 04 Dec 2009 17:42:19 -0600