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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashkelon" data-source="post: 6977119" data-attributes="member: 6774887">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=82132" target="_blank">Cyber-Dave</a>. With feats at level 11 at level 11 the two best single class fighter damage builds are polearm master and hand crossbow fighter.  The melee warrior using a polearm has only 1 more AC than an archer. 3 attacks per round for 1d10+15 damage and a bonus action attack for 1d4+15 damage. Using the -5/+10 feats he will hit roughly 50% of the time for about 40 DPR.The hand crossbow fighter has 3 attacks at 1d6+15 and one bonus action attack for 1d6 + 15. The crossbow archer also benefits from +2 accuracy over the melee warrior due to the archery fighting style. Since he hits enemies 60% of the time, his DPR is around 45.The archer will also have +5 more to initiative as well as better proficiency bonuses to many skills. The crossbow archer can theoretically use a shield as well to increase his AC above that of the polearm warrior (though there is some disagreement about whether or both this is intended within the rules).Whenever an enemy is over 35 ft away, the polearm warrior missed out on 4 potential attacks because enemies are out of range. The archer never suffers from this issue. Even if this only occurs once or twice a day, it leads to a massive damage drop for the melee warrior. The crossbow archer can fight at point blank range just as good as the polearm warrior so even if combat is within 35 feet all day long (highly unlikely) the crossbow warrior will still perform just as well as the melee warrior.</blockquote>

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