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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fanboy2000" data-source="post: 4999294" data-attributes="member: 19998">Yep. Mind you there are cleric attack powers that do something similar to what he's talking about.At Will Attack PowersLance of faith (+2 to one ally you can see) targets ReflexRighteous Brand (one ally within 5 squars of you gain a power bonus to melee attack rolls against the target equal to your Str mod until the end of your next turn.)Gaze of Defiance (your allies gain a +1 power bonus to attack rolls against the target until the end of your next turn. If the target attacks you before the end of your next turn, the bonus increases to +3.)Encounter Attack PowersDivine Glow (Effect: Allies in the blast gain a +2 power bonus to attack rolls until the end of your next turn)Although, for those pesky monsters who won't die soon enough, there's a daily utility that's not bad. (And it's only 2nd level)Bless (Until the end of the encounter, all targets gain a +1 power bonus to attack rolls.)So the most important questions I think are thus: can a PC count on getting situational and power bonuses to attacks during the encounter? And if so, does that mitigate the need to take a feat like Expertise as a gap filler? Because if combat advantage is a +2 and the PC can expect an additional +1 from something else, that's +3 and Expertise grants a +3 at the Epic tier.I don't know that answer to those questions.</blockquote>