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<blockquote data-quote="JackOfAllTirades" data-source="post: 6625046" data-attributes="member: 6790063">I'm aware from your posts on other threads that you play a finesse-based BladeLock, Mephista. (So do I.) But not all BladeLocks are the same, and several of the other fighting styles you dismissed are actually useful for some of them.Let's take a look. (Note that I'm looking at the hypothetical case of &quot;what if we gave Bladelocks a fighting style&quot; here, not talking about MC-ing into Fighter.)Archery: Not useful. Eldritch Blast is better than a ranged weapon in almost every way.Defense: Warocks start with Light Armor only. Adding +1 AC brings their Light Armor up to par with Armor of Shadows, which frees up an Invocation slot. Not bad.Dueling: Excellent choice for DEX BladeLocks.Great Weapon Fighting: The Polearm Master build is popular for BladeLocks, and this fighting style helps make the most of it. Protection: Warlocks don't have Shield proficiency, so no.Two Weapon Fighting: Hex damage gets added to all attacks. Therefore, this is good.Archery and Protection are the only styles for which I see no benefit. The rest are useful on some level. TWF and GWF (via Polearm Master) both have excellent synergy with Hex, the Warlock's bread and butter damage augment. So I wouldn't say Duellist is the only choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JackOfAllTirades, post: 6625046, member: 6790063"] I'm aware from your posts on other threads that you play a finesse-based BladeLock, Mephista. (So do I.) But not all BladeLocks are the same, and several of the other fighting styles you dismissed are actually useful for some of them. Let's take a look. (Note that I'm looking at the hypothetical case of "what if we gave Bladelocks a fighting style" here, not talking about MC-ing into Fighter.) [B]Archery[/B]: Not useful. Eldritch Blast is better than a ranged weapon in almost every way. [B]Defense[/B]: Warocks start with Light Armor only. Adding +1 AC brings their Light Armor up to par with Armor of Shadows, which frees up an Invocation slot. Not bad. [B]Dueling:[/B] Excellent choice for DEX BladeLocks. [B]Great Weapon Fighting[/B]: The [I]Polearm Master[/I] build is popular for BladeLocks, and this fighting style helps make the most of it. [B]Protection[/B]: Warlocks don't have Shield proficiency, so no. [B]Two Weapon Fighting[/B]: Hex damage gets added to all attacks. Therefore, this is good. Archery and Protection are the only styles for which I see no benefit. The rest are useful on some level. TWF and GWF (via Polearm Master) both have excellent synergy with Hex, the Warlock's bread and butter damage augment. So I wouldn't say Duellist is the only choice. [/QUOTE]

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