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The Best Class/Build for My Party's Leader?
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<blockquote data-quote="Aulirophile" data-source="post: 5405171" data-attributes="member: 86312"><p>If you're not in a rush remember you can use a Healing Spell, wait five minutes, use a... etc., Song of Rest barely helps if you do this (and this is completely intended, in fact there is even a feat that maximizes all healing done this way). So that feature is rarely worthwhile.</p><p></p><p>Secondly a Bard will never outheal any reasonable Cleric build, and Warpriests are basically just as strong. Bards score something like fifth overall for healing when it comes to being a Leader, Clerics are first (Inspiring Warlords are second). </p><p></p><p>You do unfortunately sort of need another melee character (unless that is a melee/close Dragon Magic Sorc) or I'd reccomend Killswitch. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/24994633/Killswitch:_A_We_Win_button_for_your_party.__ArtificerWarlordSpell_CommanderPlaneshaper.?pg=1" target="_blank">Whoops! Browser Settings Incompatible</a></p><p></p><p>Hell, I'll recommend Killswitch anyway. You have two Arcane party members.</p><p></p><p>If not that, your groups perception probably stinks. Shaman or Cleric. Shaman is kind of nice in that it provides both a melee blocker with the spirit and you can stay at range, but tactically they are one of the most difficult leaders to play and build well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aulirophile, post: 5405171, member: 86312"] If you're not in a rush remember you can use a Healing Spell, wait five minutes, use a... etc., Song of Rest barely helps if you do this (and this is completely intended, in fact there is even a feat that maximizes all healing done this way). So that feature is rarely worthwhile. Secondly a Bard will never outheal any reasonable Cleric build, and Warpriests are basically just as strong. Bards score something like fifth overall for healing when it comes to being a Leader, Clerics are first (Inspiring Warlords are second). You do unfortunately sort of need another melee character (unless that is a melee/close Dragon Magic Sorc) or I'd reccomend Killswitch. [url=http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/24994633/Killswitch:_A_We_Win_button_for_your_party.__ArtificerWarlordSpell_CommanderPlaneshaper.?pg=1]Whoops! Browser Settings Incompatible[/url] Hell, I'll recommend Killswitch anyway. You have two Arcane party members. If not that, your groups perception probably stinks. Shaman or Cleric. Shaman is kind of nice in that it provides both a melee blocker with the spirit and you can stay at range, but tactically they are one of the most difficult leaders to play and build well. [/QUOTE]
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