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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Huntsman57" data-source="post: 6786059" data-attributes="member: 6803721">I think the Spellsinger is fantastic. While it gets its 2nd attack 1 level later than a fighter, the fact is that between levels 1-10 your damage output is similar to a fighter and with far more defensive benefits since he gets his higher level spells far faster. In fact, since the Spellsinger will get Haste long before an EK fighter you will likely be doing better average damage at levels 1-10 than the fighter. Naturally the Spellsinger will want to be mindful of acquiring feats like War Caster to avoid a loss of concentration. By level 11 the fighter gets his extra attack so he'll probably now be similar damage to the Spellsinger, and maybe a tiny temp bump from Action Surge, but he STILL doesn't have Haste if he's EK. Both classes will still be doing very similar damage and by 10th level the Spellsinger not only has access to spells levels 1-5 but also can now convert spell slots to hit points. By 13th level the EK can finally cast Haste so it is not until this moment that he genuinely takes any meaningful damage lead against the Spellsinger, but just a level later the Spellsinger catches up a fair bit with the ability to add his Intelligence modifier to damage. Then, at 17th level the Spellsinger gets Foresight to more or less permanently gain advantage while enemies have disadvantage against us. At 18th level the Spellsinger pretty much gains a permanent +5 to AC as long as he has a reaction free via the ability to cast Shield without expending a spell slot. Even were we playing for  20th level, while the fighter would finally get yet another attack, regardless that the Spellsinger already has so much going for it defensively to more than make up for the offense difference, we can dip into another class for levels 19-20 to get a bit more damage from our existing attacks to compensate for the fighter's damage output advantage. The Spellsinger will have similar damage output and superior defensive capabilities at most levels, and with the benefit of overwhelmingly superior spellcasting versatility. It's just a great class.</blockquote>

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