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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sigfile" data-source="post: 5570549" data-attributes="member: 64646">What are your level 1 (encounter), 5, 7, and 9 power choices?  I suspect they were removed upon some later retraining, but it'll be helpful to see what's there during heroic and paragon play.I disagree with Herschel a bit.  As a swordmage with Academy Master you're going to get a bit of extra mileage out of your at-wills.  Odds are good that most of your encounter powers are interrupts.  That being said, I'm still not a big fan of White Lotus Master Riposte; you probably have more important things to do with your immediate actions.  The White Lotus Hindrance / Terrain Advantage combo is cute, though.In place of WLH and Terrain Advantage, you might consider Resourceful Leader (MC: Warlord, providing allies with a bonus upon use of an action point whether they hit or miss) and Novice Power, to swap out your level one swordmage ability with Vengeance is Mine.  Your allies will love the action point buff, and you'll get to pull a nasty trick on an enemy that decides to obey your mark.If you follow Herschel's advice to buff WIS and dump DEX, you won't qualify for Improved Swordmage Warding.  That's fine.  That makes your level 10 slot a great one to take (or retrain in to) Superior Will.  I can't say enough good things about this feat for a swordmage.  A dazed swordmage is just a sorry, sorry sight.With the two paragon tier slots available, you could either grab a fun fluff feat or two (I do love familiars, extra Genasi manifestations are often helpful, or you could take one of the feats that improve your healing surge efficiency or grant resistances) or snag Arcane Admixture: Thunder on Sword Burst and use Resounding Thunder to nudge that up to a close burst: 2 enemies-only at-will power.  That would seem to mesh well with your concept, doing bonus damage (and providing extra accuracy) from Academy Master while allowing you to further buff the damage with Promise of Storm.</blockquote>

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