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<blockquote data-quote="Matthra" data-source="post: 4353483" data-attributes="member: 67903">Why do so many people think righteous brand is a good cleric power? Admittedly its better than priest shield but so is just about everything. Let take a look at it from a character op point of view:The first problem is it attacks AC, statistically the worst defense to attack. Second the buff it gives relies on the classes tertiary ability (wisdom, then charisma, and wayyyyy behind that strength). Third it requires the cleric be in melle to use. Finally, there is a perfectly good ranged version of this power that attacks reflex using the classes primary stat to hit, lance of faith.I think the lure of the potential plus to hit causes people to miss the fact the power is really quite bad in application.While I'm on the topic of lemons, let me give viper strike a firm 2 of 10 rating. This is like a ghetto version of hammer and anvil, except even more situational. It requires that you have an ally adjacent, that the ally can make a worthwhile attack of oppurtunity, and that the mob will shift. If you have a warrior adjacent, commanders strike is probably a better choice because hit or miss, he'll get the attack on shift anyway because he marked the target. Mabey if you had a striker set up to maximize OA's (ranger comes to mind), and knew for a fact he was going to shift, mabey then it would be better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Matthra, post: 4353483, member: 67903"] Why do so many people think righteous brand is a good cleric power? Admittedly its better than priest shield but so is just about everything. Let take a look at it from a character op point of view: The first problem is it attacks AC, statistically the worst defense to attack. Second the buff it gives relies on the classes tertiary ability (wisdom, then charisma, and wayyyyy behind that strength). Third it requires the cleric be in melle to use. Finally, there is a perfectly good ranged version of this power that attacks reflex using the classes primary stat to hit, lance of faith. I think the lure of the potential plus to hit causes people to miss the fact the power is really quite bad in application. While I'm on the topic of lemons, let me give viper strike a firm 2 of 10 rating. This is like a ghetto version of hammer and anvil, except even more situational. It requires that you have an ally adjacent, that the ally can make a worthwhile attack of oppurtunity, and that the mob will shift. If you have a warrior adjacent, commanders strike is probably a better choice because hit or miss, he'll get the attack on shift anyway because he marked the target. Mabey if you had a striker set up to maximize OA's (ranger comes to mind), and knew for a fact he was going to shift, mabey then it would be better. [/QUOTE]

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