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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shroomy" data-source="post: 4650183" data-attributes="member: 32739">The benefits an ally gains are conditional; if they are not in effect, or your ally is out of position, or has benefits to gain from flanking, this could be quite a useful at-will.It doesn't say, but those rules are probably tied up in the Spirit keyword description, similar to how the Artifice and Summoning keywords work.Any power that has a range of Melee spirit x works through the spirit.You're essentially moving your spirit companion as a free action, its not dependent on your speed, and there's no opportunity attacks (assuming those are possible against spirits).They're pretty similar, but I like the +2 bonus to all defenses vs. a +1 bonus to AC.Its really only a corner case if you're actively trying to avoid opportunity attacks, never use a ranged attack against an adjacent target, or never retreat.  A +5 bonus to all defenses against opportunity attacks, that's a game changer, at least in my party.Agreed.I'm liking this class.  I'll want to go back and read it again after I get some sleep, but I could definitely see myself playing one in the future.</blockquote>