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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlagMortar" data-source="post: 4210813" data-attributes="member: 24821">In terms of dealing damage, I think a ranged striker paladin can probably compete with and potentially out do a standard striker by using divine challenge + ranged attacks.  If not, a ranged paladin with the ranger multiclass feat probably can.  However, I think replacing a striker with a ranged paladin might suffer in its ability to deal damage where it counts - to the enemy's artillery and controllers.Consider a 5-person party of fighter, paladin, rogue, cleric, wizard facing a 4-person enemy group of artillery, brute, brute, brute.  As I understand it, this situation calls for the rogue to attack the artillery while the defenders and controller keep the brutes off the rogue.Replacing the rogue with a paladin striker could do very well (possibly better than the rogue) at damaging the brutes with DC + ranged attacks.  However as long as the enemy artillery is able to stay 6 squares behind the brutes, the paladin will have a difficult time getting past the brutes to apply DC to the artilery.  This is because the paladin lacks the movement related powers common to a striker.  Whether this situation really presents the paladin striker's party with a problem depends on the artillery being the enemies' major offensive threat and on the paladin having a hard time getting enough movement related powers from feats, items, multi-classing, etc.</blockquote>