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Message: <blockquote data-quote="theNater" data-source="post: 4380204" data-attributes="member: 62560">Generalhenry makes a good point; Gandalf doesn't typically use huge amounts of magic in combat, so multiclassing into wizard might be more appropriate.For a wizard who's ready to step up to the front lines, you'll probably want to wait on multiclassing until after you've got some good survival feats.  Toughness and Durable can give you hit points and healing surges comparable to a defender(their hit points will go up faster than yours, but you won't be completely left in the dust); with Armor Proficiency(Leather) and the Staff of Defense you can get a comparable AC, so they are going to be high priority.  Armor Proficiency(Hide) is reasonable, but any further armor proficiencies will prevent use of int for AC, so are probably not optimal.With a few of those picked up, you'll be ready to go to the front lines, and that means you can use the wizard powers of type close, which are often better than the area and ranged powers(with the balancing factor presumably being the wizard's presence in melee).  Despite not fighting with a weapon, you will be a solid(temporary) front-liner.  Then you can start looking towards the melee multiclassing; picking up power-swaps fairly quickly after getting the class-specific feat.You may want to look into the wizard of the spiral tower paragon path, as you can replace your staff with a longsword, permitting you to carry a shield as well, if you like.  If your character is an eladrin, proficiency with the longsword is free, making wizard of the spiral tower even more tempting.</blockquote>

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