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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9440902" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Ranger 2-Monk 1 using Hand Axe or light hammer, Dagger (with nick) and martial arts.   That is going to outdamage most Ranger 3 builds.  In addition to doing more damage, you can do more at range too than a single class ranger.Another option is a Human Ranger 2/Monk 1 with MAgic-Intiate Truestrike using a greataxe with cleave and martial arts. Even at level 5 running a greataxe, truestrike-cleave, martial arts and GWM is going to be pretty darn competitive with a straight class Ranger and this is without even having extra attack yet.The Monk weapons are not a concern due to the new weapon switching rules.  You can use any weapons and still get Monk unarmed attacks because you can juggle them more effectively.The interesting question is the armor.  In some of the initial reviews I saw they did not mention an armor limitation for the new martial arts, but later reviews have?  If that exists (no martial arts in armor) it changes things quite a bit and makes this mostly applicable only to dex-based builds.Also I believe under the new rules you can optimize your fighting style at every level and your mastery with every short rest.  This means you can take a fighting style just for a single level where it is optimal and switch out to another one at the next level when something like extra attack comes online.</blockquote>