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<blockquote data-quote="Herschel" data-source="post: 5313913" data-attributes="member: 78357"><p>The Swordmage plays differently from other defenders. They're more versatile and their powers mean as much as their mark, if properly chosen. Dimensional Vortex is an awesome power for defending your allies, for example, but has nothing to do with your mark. In many ways, you are then engaging multiple enemies who aren't adjacent to you. As an example: five party members vs. 5 baddies, say two Frost Giants and three Winter Wolves. If they all bunch together then a &quot;tank&quot; can do well but if they spread out a Swordmage can have greater effect. Say there's a giant left, giant/wolf center-left, wolf center-right and wolf right. If they form a crescent and attack, the Swordmage can mark a wolf on the right, step up to the center-left group&nbsp; and still get off a Dimensional Vortex if the guy from the left charges. Sure, he may not get to port or nerf the wolf, but he still gave it -2 to attack, is prime target for two baddies and just dropped the other giant in with the batch and put a hurt on his ally and now is essentially engaged with three baddies while the allies focus fire behind him. It has far better range than Come &amp; Get It for re-arranging teh battlefield.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Herschel, post: 5313913, member: 78357"] The Swordmage plays differently from other defenders. They're more versatile and their powers mean as much as their mark, if properly chosen. Dimensional Vortex is an awesome power for defending your allies, for example, but has nothing to do with your mark. In many ways, you are then engaging multiple enemies who aren't adjacent to you. As an example: five party members vs. 5 baddies, say two Frost Giants and three Winter Wolves. If they all bunch together then a "tank" can do well but if they spread out a Swordmage can have greater effect. Say there's a giant left, giant/wolf center-left, wolf center-right and wolf right. If they form a crescent and attack, the Swordmage can mark a wolf on the right, step up to the center-left group and still get off a Dimensional Vortex if the guy from the left charges. Sure, he may not get to port or nerf the wolf, but he still gave it -2 to attack, is prime target for two baddies and just dropped the other giant in with the batch and put a hurt on his ally and now is essentially engaged with three baddies while the allies focus fire behind him. It has far better range than Come & Get It for re-arranging teh battlefield. [/QUOTE]

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