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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Estlor" data-source="post: 5646945" data-attributes="member: 7261">Except it's not.  A Wizard (Arcanist) or Wizard (Mage) is what a controller should be.  A Wizard (Bladesinger) is a striker that somehow got inexplicity labeled a controller and wasn't fixed in editing or playtest.Yes, I know the bladespell powers all have a slight control rub added on to them and a bladesinger's dailies are all wizard encounter powers (that, one would assume, offer controller benefits), but that's not what the class and native paragon path promote.You have a MBA-centric class with a bonus damage mechanic.  (Sounds like a monk.)  You have an encounter utility that adds considerable damage to the bladesinger's MBA.  You have a class feature that lets you do both an encounter as daily and a MBA in the same round.  There's another extra damage mechanic.  You have another class feature that lets you make extra opportunity attacks when your striker encounter power is in effect.  You've got a paragon path with an action point feature that lets you make lots of bonus MBA when your striker encounter power is in effect.Still don't believe me?  Consider that by level 11, your Eldarin Bladesinger can throw out a nova round that does 5d8 + 36 damage, plus an extra 2 + Dex damage three times, and triggers the cold vulnerability of Lasting Frost six times.11th Level Eladrin BladesingerMax Int/Dex (21 each at 11th, for +5 mod)Frost Rapier +2Bracers of Might Striking (heroic)Light Blade ExpertiseBlade Initiate (swordmage MC)Eladrin Swordmage AdvanceWeapon Focus (light blade)WintertouchedLasting FrostRound 1Minor: BladesongStandard/Move: Whatever.  Doesn't matter.Round 2Standard: Winter's WrathMove: Fey Step adjacent.Free: MBA from Eladrin Swordmage AdvanceNo Action: Use Frost Bite on same targetMinor: MBANo Action: Use Frost Bite on the same targetStandard (from AP): MBANo Action: Use Frost Bite on the same targetBonus MBA from paragon path feature for action pointNo Action: Use Frost Bite on the same targetWinter's Wrath - 2d8 + 12 (+5 Int, +2 enhancement, +5 bladesong) cold damage, inflicts vulnerable 5 coldMBA - 1d8 + 23 cold damage (+5 Int, +2 enhancement, +2 item, +2 feat, +5 bladesong, +2 expertise, +5 vulnerability)Frost Bite - 7 + 5 damage (vulnerability)That averages out to 179 points of damage in the nova round.  At 11th level.  Without a lot of item cheese.Don't get me wrong; it reads like a fun, interesting class.  But it's not a controller.  Unless you consider "dead" the controlling status <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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