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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4517603" data-attributes="member: 5143"><p>Actually, despite that being the obvious thing to think, it actually works much better for Shielding Swordmages.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of powers that add extra benefit for having a high strength, most of which are good for Assault Swordmages. When your strength is 16 and your int is 18, it doesn't make that much of a difference. If you lower your strength, you really have no other stat that directly helps your build. You really have the choice of putting it into Con and taking the powers meant for the Shielding Swordmages or putting it into Dex in order to qualify for feats.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, most of the Shielding Swordmage's powers that use Con are even more useful the more Con you have. The ability to dump Str entirely benefits them dramatically. The one thing that was stopping me from being a Shielding Swordmage was that I had nearly no chance of hitting with basic attacks, so I had to split my stats between Str, Con, and Int. The ability to drop Strength entirely so I only need 2 stats is very tempting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 4517603, member: 5143"] Actually, despite that being the obvious thing to think, it actually works much better for Shielding Swordmages. There are a number of powers that add extra benefit for having a high strength, most of which are good for Assault Swordmages. When your strength is 16 and your int is 18, it doesn't make that much of a difference. If you lower your strength, you really have no other stat that directly helps your build. You really have the choice of putting it into Con and taking the powers meant for the Shielding Swordmages or putting it into Dex in order to qualify for feats. On the other hand, most of the Shielding Swordmage's powers that use Con are even more useful the more Con you have. The ability to dump Str entirely benefits them dramatically. The one thing that was stopping me from being a Shielding Swordmage was that I had nearly no chance of hitting with basic attacks, so I had to split my stats between Str, Con, and Int. The ability to drop Strength entirely so I only need 2 stats is very tempting. [/QUOTE]
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