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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 8839274" data-attributes="member: 9053"><p>The warlord is an amazing class. It does what the leader archetype says just about better than anyone else: it makes the party better.</p><p>I played a warlord all the way to high paragon tier (I remember it being level 18 when the campaign ended) and did amazing things. </p><p></p><p>My build was a "lazy warlord". Basically I played an old commander who looked like he was on his last legs. He just kept other people in the fight. If you remember Mickey "you're a BUM!" from Rocky, that was me.</p><p></p><p>My bread and butter was Commander's Strike, which lets an ally who can see/hear you take a basic attack. Most classes in 4E have powers that count as a basic attack, and the Essentials classes like the Thief and Slayer are based on them. Giving your best attacking characters extra attacks, and a bonus to damage is a chef's kiss. With a lazy warlord you don't have to worry about getting in position, you let the other characters who are good at that do it! As a bonus, you automatically focus fire, which is a big thing in 4E because early monsters just have a ton of HP.</p><p></p><p>Over the different levels, you can take a ton of powers so that you pretty much don't have to make attacks yourself. And you also get to do all of the party buffs and heals like a cleric.</p><p></p><p>So I'd put it as an excellent class as long as you tell your party to make sure to have some decent basic attacks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 8839274, member: 9053"] The warlord is an amazing class. It does what the leader archetype says just about better than anyone else: it makes the party better. I played a warlord all the way to high paragon tier (I remember it being level 18 when the campaign ended) and did amazing things. My build was a "lazy warlord". Basically I played an old commander who looked like he was on his last legs. He just kept other people in the fight. If you remember Mickey "you're a BUM!" from Rocky, that was me. My bread and butter was Commander's Strike, which lets an ally who can see/hear you take a basic attack. Most classes in 4E have powers that count as a basic attack, and the Essentials classes like the Thief and Slayer are based on them. Giving your best attacking characters extra attacks, and a bonus to damage is a chef's kiss. With a lazy warlord you don't have to worry about getting in position, you let the other characters who are good at that do it! As a bonus, you automatically focus fire, which is a big thing in 4E because early monsters just have a ton of HP. Over the different levels, you can take a ton of powers so that you pretty much don't have to make attacks yourself. And you also get to do all of the party buffs and heals like a cleric. So I'd put it as an excellent class as long as you tell your party to make sure to have some decent basic attacks. [/QUOTE]
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