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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zsig" data-source="post: 4389764" data-attributes="member: 56809">IMO, it's not really worth it to have the Heavy Blade feats,-Heavy Blade Opportunity will let you use Greenflame Blade instead of a regular Basic Attack when making an Op. Attack, not a big deal (all other at-wills either doesn't have the Weapon keyword, or in the case of Booming Blade, favors Con instead of Str).-Heavy Blade Mastery, even though awesome, it is quite prohibitive for you, unless you cripple yourself on your main stat (Int), Str 21 and Dex 17, no way.-Polearm Gamble to use with your Glaive? Yeah, good luck with your Wisdom 15 (which should be your dump stat, unless you've chosen Cha).Now, that Heroic Tier feat, Blade Opportunist (which only requires Str and Dex 13) is quite reasonable for the Swordmage to get. If you feel like you need to.Also, Charisma Paladins and Artful Dodger Rogues have lived this far with poor Op. Attacks, why is this a big deal to worry about it now? It's not like your Op's interrupt target's move or anything.Paladins got Enfeebling Strike to make it for the lack of "glue", Swordmages have Booming Blade and Lightning Lure (to some extent).Now, there are a couple interesting things you can do with light blades... think about multiclassing into Rogue for the sneak attack... maybe get yourself a rapier. Sure, Dex might be a problem if you decide to keep going through the Rogue path.Lastly, Swordmage attacks are pretty inconsistent, I'm not sure how they end up at higher levels, but the damage types are pretty diverse, being it difficult to specialize in a certain damage type/keyword (there is the Greenflame Blade>Flame Cyclone>Burning Blade though), and it could also be a problem for the Weapon/Implement ones, you never know if the power you want will benefit from Weapon Focus, unless you plan ahead. This makes the Swordmage quite unreliable at being optimized for doing damage.And I think it's fine.</blockquote>

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