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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7522559" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Which you must be dual-wielding in order to use. The Defense fighting style gives you a +1 bonus, while also letting you benefit from a shield and heavy armor. It pushes the envelope forward one step, instead of helping you to offset the AC penalty associated with not using a shield.Which is only useful in situations where you have those penalties. Again, you're offsetting penalties rather than actually getting better.Of course, the real benefit of fighting styles, much like the most over-powering aspect of feats, is that they stack with everything. A fighter doesn't have to choose between the Archery style and the Sharpshooter feat, or maxing out their Dexterity, because they will eventually end up with all of those things.But if I had to choose between a +2 to hit with ranged attacks, or removing -5 worth of penalties in extreme situations, I would always choose the former over the latter. There are other ways to get around those penalties.</blockquote>