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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5226730" data-attributes="member: 11821">Even moreso, Rangers need everything they can get for tweaking out Twin Strike.  When you don't add your stat mod to damage, you need to get it from somewhere.Yeah, I remember looking at the math, and it's a bit funny.* Bonuses to-hit (such as going to a Greatspear) are pretty much always worth it.  * If you're thinking about using a two-handed sword, you owe it to yourself to switch to a Fullblade.  It's two steps up from a Greatsword instead of just one.* At Heroic, Superior Weapon is better if you even have one 2[W] or higher power.* At Paragon, the math gets funny - Superior Weapon is only getting you a +1 to average damage on your 1[W] powers, but weapon focus is giving you +2.  Unless you have a wealth of 3[W] or better powers, Weapon Focus is probably better if you can't take both feats.* At Epic, the numbers go funny again.  Superior Weapons are back in the lead, especially considering your options for increasing crit ranges.  If your At-Wills are still only doing 1[W], though, Weapon Focus looks better.  But really, by now, most weapon-using PCs will have both.Caveat: If you're a Swordmage, particularly if you're using 1-handed weapons, Weapon Focus is always better.This is, of course, not taking into account how much fun the Brutal property is.  IMO, that surpasses all other considerations. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />-O</blockquote>

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