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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaebos" data-source="post: 2117136" data-attributes="member: 1499">I got confused, but that was because I was trying to see into others logic.  It is clear again and it is the way I have understood it as b4.Flanking still has the word threaten in it.Flanking"When making a melee attack (against an opponent), you get a +2 flanking bonus if your opponent is threatend by a character or creature friendly to you on the opponents opposite border or opposite corner."PHB 153It does not say that a requirement is that your ally attacks it.  Just that your ally must threaten it.Threaten"You threaten all squares into which you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your action.  Generally , that means everything in all squares adjacent to your space (including diagonally)."PHB 137You still get a +2 bonus to attack a flanked creature, even if you choose not to attack that creature.Any square you can melee attack is a threatend square.  By this, the fact that under the flanking rule it says that "When making a melee attack...", it would be redundant to have the word threaten in since you already threaten the square into which you can make a melee attack as stated under the threaten rule.So in order to get a flanking bonus, you must satisfy 3 things.1) Your opponent is being threatend by an ally2) By default, you threaten your ally (by making a melee attack against it)3) Your ally is on an opposite border or opposite corner of your opponent or can reach your opponents opposite border or opposite corner (as the diagram shows on page 153).</blockquote>

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