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<blockquote data-quote="mneme" data-source="post: 4290152" data-attributes="member: 59248">eben has the answer, rilly.&quot;ready an action: if an enemy moves into my range, hit them&quot;.&nbsp; Readied actions,&nbsp; and not AoO, are what you use to be able to hit attackers as they charge.&nbsp; Set up a phalanx of spearsmen who all ready, and any charging attacker is going to be very unhappy by the time they get an attack in...and even more unhappy after.&nbsp; Up to 5 concentrated attacks on picked targets -- probably encounter powers, at that, before they get to close, then they get an attack, then five -more- attacks from the back rank who also had readied actions..., then on the defender's turns, they get to make a round of attacks -again-; and keep in mind that some of those readied attacks might be &quot;knock 'em down&quot; type powers that will interrupt movement..so on the defender's turns, they get to hit again and retreat...probably switching front and back rank, so those who attacked twice are in the rear, whereas in the front have readied actions to repeat the trick.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mneme, post: 4290152, member: 59248"] eben has the answer, rilly. "ready an action: if an enemy moves into my range, hit them". Readied actions, and not AoO, are what you use to be able to hit attackers as they charge. Set up a phalanx of spearsmen who all ready, and any charging attacker is going to be very unhappy by the time they get an attack in...and even more unhappy after. Up to 5 concentrated attacks on picked targets -- probably encounter powers, at that, before they get to close, then they get an attack, then five -more- attacks from the back rank who also had readied actions..., then on the defender's turns, they get to make a round of attacks -again-; and keep in mind that some of those readied attacks might be "knock 'em down" type powers that will interrupt movement..so on the defender's turns, they get to hit again and retreat...probably switching front and back rank, so those who attacked twice are in the rear, whereas in the front have readied actions to repeat the trick. [/QUOTE]

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