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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9198718" data-attributes="member: 7030563"><p>Agree on defending allies. RK is not as durable as a EK though.</p><p></p><p>An EK has a higher effective AC due to shield, is much harder to hit without shield due to PEG, Blur and/or Mirror Image, resistance to elemental damage through Absorb Elements and at will resistance to PBS (not just one fight a day) from weapons through Blade Ward. The only time an RK is going to be better is an enemy that does PBS without using weapon attacks or posion AND that can also reliably punch through the EKs much higher effective AC and that is only one fight a day she is better against most of those those. Even against that one kind of foe that does PBS without weapons and has very high attack rolls, the EK is still going to be more durable in every fight after the RK has burned his Hill Rune.</p><p></p><p>I have played both extensively and EK is definitely more durable than RK.</p><p></p><p>RK is no slouch and it is IMO the best fighter overall, with a high CON it is the best fighter controller, is one of the best two defenders, and the best at skills, but IME it is not the equivalent of an EK in durability (assuming the same ability scores and appropriate spell choices and feats).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9198718, member: 7030563"] Agree on defending allies. RK is not as durable as a EK though. An EK has a higher effective AC due to shield, is much harder to hit without shield due to PEG, Blur and/or Mirror Image, resistance to elemental damage through Absorb Elements and at will resistance to PBS (not just one fight a day) from weapons through Blade Ward. The only time an RK is going to be better is an enemy that does PBS without using weapon attacks or posion AND that can also reliably punch through the EKs much higher effective AC and that is only one fight a day she is better against most of those those. Even against that one kind of foe that does PBS without weapons and has very high attack rolls, the EK is still going to be more durable in every fight after the RK has burned his Hill Rune. I have played both extensively and EK is definitely more durable than RK. RK is no slouch and it is IMO the best fighter overall, with a high CON it is the best fighter controller, is one of the best two defenders, and the best at skills, but IME it is not the equivalent of an EK in durability (assuming the same ability scores and appropriate spell choices and feats). [/QUOTE]
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