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7 months ago ::
Dec 02, 2012 - 1:43AM
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Oct 28, 2010
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Ditto. Hybrid Cleric|Ranger is very, very nice. Take Mighty Hew, Disruptive Strike, Ruffling Sting (or Lashing Leaves) as encounter powers, Weapon of Astral Flame in addition to the usual daily suspects from the Ranger. Laugh, as you have a melee ranger with probabl the highest AC in the party and a number of self-buffing options, as well as good PPs coming out of your ears. Seriously, the Cleric has some excellent ones, particularly Paragon of Victory and Tactical Warpriest, and that's if you don't want the Ranger classics like Blade Dancer or Stormwarden.
Use Dwarven Weapons Training and probably Hybrid Talent to dual-wield waraxes. Saving a feat with DWT is probably worth the lower proficiency bonus on as feat-strapped a buld as the melee ranger.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 02, 2012 - 8:36AM
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If you're starting in Paragon, Hybrid Talent for Prime Shot which can turn into the excellent series of melee applications of that feature.
Khopeshes are axes and heavy blades. Blade Dancers like holding two blades. Axes and heavy blades together offer some truly awesome feat support, along with an even higher AC from Blade Dancer.
This is CharOp. We not only assume block-of-tofu monsters, but also block-of-tofu DMs.
One reach cheese'd threatening reach Spiked Chain shuts down any non-teleporting quarterback.
You're already refluffing, what not refluff to something that doesn't suck?
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 9:10AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 16, 2007
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Use Dwarven Weapons Training and probably Hybrid Talent to dual-wield waraxes. Saving a feat with DWT is probably worth the lower proficiency bonus on as feat-strapped a buld as the melee ranger.
I think Gauntletaxe and Waraxe is probably sufficient, and gives you a nice extra AC boost. Or if you're an LFR build, a double weapon like Urgosh or Double axe is probably best for single enchantment, particularly for a frost build (one weapon, one shard). Hybrid talent is better used on something else, or save the feat, because as you say, the build is quite feat strapped.
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 10:36AM
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Why on earth would you use a gauntlet axe and a waraxe when you could use a gauntlet axe and a gouge?
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 11:25AM
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Oct 16, 2009
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Why on earth would you use a gauntlet axe and a waraxe when you could use a gauntlet axe and a gouge?
Because you're a ranger, not a barbarian, and thus need to be able to use two separate weapons?
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 11:31AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 28, 2010
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Which a Gauntlet Axe and a Gouge are...
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 12:10PM
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Why on earth would you use a gauntlet axe and a waraxe when you could use a gauntlet axe and a gouge?
Because I didn't think of it, and I'm sitting here wondering what else I could hold in my free hand..
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7 months ago ::
Dec 03, 2012 - 12:19PM
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The other thing to look at is the Elemental Initiate Theme for the Ki Focus proficiancy. Then you only have to "keep up" with one weapon enchantment.
As others have said, just pay the two feats for scale by/at Paragon if you want to avoid the "cheese" and play a single-class Ranger, that way you can use your MC for Battle Awareness for the "extra" off-turn attack.
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