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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5125231" data-attributes="member: 11821">Oh, thank goodness...&nbsp; When I was messing around on Character Builder, that's more or less exactly what I found, too when I was making a Level 15 Ardent.&nbsp; My Level 1 powers were either better or more universally useful than the available higher-level ones.&nbsp; Here goes....Level 1: Demoralizing Strike.&nbsp; Quite an excellent power; a -2 to all Defenses is huge.&nbsp; Augment 1 is great with the right party.&nbsp; Augment 2 is insane - a burst with a scaling defense penalty.Level 13: The most comparable is Victorious Urging, but it's generally worse.&nbsp; One of your allies gets the effective +2 to attack the target.&nbsp; Augment 1 is situational.&nbsp; Augment 4 is, IMO, strictly worse and more expensive than the Augment 2 of Demoralizing Strike.Level 1: Energizing Strike.&nbsp; At-Will, it's solid and will remain useful until high levels with the scaling Temp HPs.&nbsp; Augment 1 is a quick, low-resource way to revive a fallen companion.&nbsp; Augment 2 is effectively the Cleric's Healing Strike, sans mark.Level 7: Maybe Rewarding Strike?&nbsp; It's theoretically surgeless healing, but it's conditional on another ally hitting and thus IMO less useful in general.&nbsp; Augment 1 is very situational.&nbsp; Augment 2 gives a whole lot of healing potential, but again that healing is conditional on your allies hitting.&nbsp; I'm not sure I'd switch, frankly.Level 1: Focusing Strike.&nbsp; A saving throw is always handy.&nbsp; Augment 1 is situational.&nbsp; Augment 2 is basically Saves for Everyone.Level 13: Finally a strict improvement in the form of Revelatory Strike, along with flexibility.&nbsp; (I probably wouldn't have taken Focusing Strike in the first place, though, but YMMV.)Ire Strike: Basically, it's psionic Commander's Strike with a Vuln 2 All rider effect.&nbsp; Solid.&nbsp; Augment 1, situational.&nbsp; Augment 2 is very beefy, with ally movement, extra damage, and a scaling vulnerability rider.Level 7: Mindlink Strike.&nbsp; Unaugmented is basically the same, but instead of vulnerability, you can shift.&nbsp; I'd rather have the vuln, but YMMV.&nbsp; Augment 1 is probably not worth it, unless you have PPs to burn.&nbsp; Augment 2 is a burst, but I think it's more situational and less useful than Ire Strike, overall.Level 1: Psionic Shield.&nbsp; Um, honestly, I wouldn't take this one. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; But in this case, the Level 13 Revelatory Strike is strictly better.I think that's my beef, honestly.&nbsp; Until epic levels, it looks like the Psionic At-Wills don't really get better.-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 5125231, member: 11821"] Oh, thank goodness... When I was messing around on Character Builder, that's more or less exactly what I found, too when I was making a Level 15 Ardent. My Level 1 powers were either better or more universally useful than the available higher-level ones. Here goes.... Level 1: Demoralizing Strike. Quite an excellent power; a -2 to all Defenses is huge. Augment 1 is great with the right party. Augment 2 is insane - a burst with a scaling defense penalty. Level 13: The most comparable is Victorious Urging, but it's generally worse. [I]One[/I] of your allies gets the effective +2 to attack the target. Augment 1 is situational. Augment 4 is, IMO, strictly worse and more expensive than the Augment 2 of Demoralizing Strike. Level 1: Energizing Strike. At-Will, it's solid and will remain useful until high levels with the scaling Temp HPs. Augment 1 is a quick, low-resource way to revive a fallen companion. Augment 2 is effectively the Cleric's Healing Strike, sans mark. Level 7: Maybe Rewarding Strike? It's theoretically surgeless healing, but it's conditional on another ally hitting and thus IMO less useful in general. Augment 1 is very situational. Augment 2 gives a whole lot of healing potential, but again that healing is conditional on your allies hitting. I'm not sure I'd switch, frankly. Level 1: Focusing Strike. A saving throw is always handy. Augment 1 is situational. Augment 2 is basically Saves for Everyone. Level 13: Finally a strict improvement in the form of Revelatory Strike, along with flexibility. (I probably wouldn't have taken Focusing Strike in the first place, though, but YMMV.) Ire Strike: Basically, it's psionic Commander's Strike with a Vuln 2 All rider effect. Solid. Augment 1, situational. Augment 2 is very beefy, with ally movement, extra damage, and a scaling vulnerability rider. Level 7: Mindlink Strike. Unaugmented is basically the same, but instead of vulnerability, you can shift. I'd rather have the vuln, but YMMV. Augment 1 is probably not worth it, unless you have PPs to burn. Augment 2 is a burst, but I think it's more situational and less useful than Ire Strike, overall. Level 1: Psionic Shield. Um, honestly, I wouldn't take this one. :) But in this case, the Level 13 Revelatory Strike is strictly better. I think that's my beef, honestly. Until epic levels, it looks like the Psionic At-Wills don't really get [I]better.[/I] -O [/QUOTE]

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