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<blockquote data-quote="mneme" data-source="post: 4985492" data-attributes="member: 59248"><p>The best?&nbsp; No -- probably, the best option is starting with a greataxe and switching weapons when you've got a free feat slot.&nbsp; OTOH, if it's between fullblade and greatsword, I'm not seeing a lot of options that increase damage as well.&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; If we assume that 10-19 hits (+3 weapon, +5 stat mod, so likely), and a 20 crits, we have dpr(noncrit) increase: .75 * +1 (and +2 and +3 for full-W encounters and dailies).&nbsp; For crits, we have .0975 * +2+6.5 for at-wills, and 4+6.5 and 6+6.5 for 2W and 3W weapons.&nbsp; Doing the math a bit, that means you get an increase of 1.58 in DPR (-not- in damage per hit) for at-wills, and better than 3.45 increase at the top end in your big daily damage.&nbsp; This...isn't quite the performance you get from the Broken Bracers -- but is a better damage increase than you can get from any other feat (as an Avenger) that I know of.&nbsp; Of course, you can go in other directions -- if you're not starting out with a big weapon, you might go more controlly -- with powers that don't focus on big Ws, but instead going for effects.&nbsp; You won't be doing the striker job of &quot;take down your mark&quot; as well -- but you might do better at covering a single-target controller job when it's needed, herding your prey away from the big battle and making it fight you (more slowly) one on one.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="mneme, post: 4985492, member: 59248"] The best? No -- probably, the best option is starting with a greataxe and switching weapons when you've got a free feat slot. OTOH, if it's between fullblade and greatsword, I'm not seeing a lot of options that increase damage as well. Hmm. If we assume that 10-19 hits (+3 weapon, +5 stat mod, so likely), and a 20 crits, we have dpr(noncrit) increase: .75 * +1 (and +2 and +3 for full-W encounters and dailies). For crits, we have .0975 * +2+6.5 for at-wills, and 4+6.5 and 6+6.5 for 2W and 3W weapons. Doing the math a bit, that means you get an increase of 1.58 in DPR (-not- in damage per hit) for at-wills, and better than 3.45 increase at the top end in your big daily damage. This...isn't quite the performance you get from the Broken Bracers -- but is a better damage increase than you can get from any other feat (as an Avenger) that I know of. Of course, you can go in other directions -- if you're not starting out with a big weapon, you might go more controlly -- with powers that don't focus on big Ws, but instead going for effects. You won't be doing the striker job of "take down your mark" as well -- but you might do better at covering a single-target controller job when it's needed, herding your prey away from the big battle and making it fight you (more slowly) one on one. [/QUOTE]

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