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Versatile Master is the issue, if anything. I think it's more held in check by the rather sub-optimal ability scores the half elf gets compared to most classes that can abuse it. But it allows people to put out some of the highest theoretical numbers available.

There's a rule stating that forced movement needs to be horizontal. However it's pretty arbitrary; just lie prone on your side/back in this and you can horizontally move someone 5 squares up.

The main reason to take 15 Str would be to open up Heavy Blade mastery at Epic without investing any more into Str if you're using Dex. Since I think retribution avengers are Int based it's not as big of a deal. Power attack isn't generally fantastic for avengers, it depends on a number of...

Eh, most skill powers we've seen are on par with ranger utilities (i.e. most are pretty bad power-wise, though they tend to be interesting and flavorful)...

Oddly I consider hide armor expertise badly broken (con barbs have plenty of other ways to stay on their feat and their AC was never bad), the avenger with this new feat is just a tiny bit too high (one point, IMHO).

The other option is to trade out Eldritch Blast for Eldritch Strike, which lets you make basic attacks (but then you don't have blast as a ranged attack).

That's the exact number I wanted to see avengers at with the eratta. But I'd have preferred if they ruled out leather and this and just add +1 to improved armor of faith.

They never got the bonus to damage. I locked them in place with a pre-errata erratad dual-wielding dwarf fighter being fed a third attack per round by the warlord for pretty much the entire fight (at last until they were pretty much dead).

Stormwarden is all about auto damage. Auto damage (with no dice) doesn't add broken bonuses from a dozen sources. Therefore stormwarden doesn't register in the DPR chat CharOp mentality. That said I voted for it. It's cool.

I'd take the GP value of a treasure packet or two and make them ritual components worth that much. This also lets them be used to create magic items, since that's a ritual.

Yeah, no surprise there...

Pathfinder is pretty much an off-defender, as it also gets you some marking powers. If you take two-weapon defense and use a double weapon and get chain or scale you should be able to make a pretty tough character with it.

Also, remember these numbers only apply to melee and ranged attacks. Close and area attacks don't suffer a penalty.

Two minors, since you need to retrieve it. And hopefully you've got a hand free (maybe I'm just a bastard, too).

Generally the strongest. I mean, come on... Pit Fighter? +1 AC and +Wis to damage on every attack ever?

Hospitaler's divine challenge is the mark every other defender wished they had.

I'm surprised Kensai is this popular. I suppose by paragon most fighters have some option to throw their weapon with magic? I find the issue of not being able to use a secondary thrown weapon to be a bit of a dealbreaker on that one for most builds. Suppose getting flight would also work.

Here. I'm guessing this is just heroic tier stuff... Hafted Defense - Having a shield is just looking worse and worse as time goes on. Unarmored Agility - Well that settles the monk AC debate (i.e. would every monk take leather). Also, looks like avengers are back on top of the AC charts...

If it's a focus, you hit them. If it's a weapon, you hit them with it. Duh. Other valid answers are hadouken and shoryuken. Or they punch the earth so hard shockwaves throw the opponent down. Or they punch the air and release a compressed blast against their target. Or any other crazy (fun)...

Backgrounds are, IMHO, a bad example of everything needing to have a rule. I hate the idea of digging through them until I find the skill I want. Sometimes it works (I have an urban detective paladin who wanted streetwise), but a better rule would be: Choose a skill that fits your background...