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<blockquote data-quote="chriton227" data-source="post: 4928309" data-attributes="member: 33263">1)&nbsp; I've got Wolf-pack Tactics as my 3rd at-will (human).&nbsp; I use it maybe once per session, and even then usually no one wants the shift (the other players are very good at getting themselves into the position they want to be in).&nbsp; I had Viper's Strike for several levels and never once had the secondary effect go off.&nbsp; Cormax is nowhere near survivable enough for Brash Assault, and Furious Smash has always struck me as really weak.2) That might be worth a try3) Our fights tend to go on for 10 or more rounds, and the GM likes to use high level encounters with lots of enemies with Slow/Daze/Stun/Immobilize effects, damage auras, and high defenses.&nbsp; One encounter last session had a solo plus several allies (bloodkiss beholder, mad wraith, and 7 leveled down putrescent zombies), after taking down the allies it still took us another 5-6 rounds to chew through the solo's 400+ hit points.&nbsp; Of my 3 encounter powers, two are just so I can grant saves when needed and are saved until needed, and one is a token ranged attack (Hammer Formation) that I use as a lead-off while closing into melee when I can.&nbsp; My daily attacks are all very situational; Stand the Fallen is a panic-button mass heal (no one else in the party has an AoE heal), Lead the Attack is saved for big single targets, and Disheartening Flurry was chosen to combo with the wizard's AoE save-ends status effects, so they don't come out very often.&nbsp; Even if I used all of my encounters and dailies, I would still be using at-wills for about half the fight, and since it isn't uncommon for us to go 4-6 encounters in a day, I don't dare blow all my dailies early.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chriton227, post: 4928309, member: 33263"] 1) I've got Wolf-pack Tactics as my 3rd at-will (human). I use it maybe once per session, and even then usually no one wants the shift (the other players are very good at getting themselves into the position they want to be in). I had Viper's Strike for several levels and never once had the secondary effect go off. Cormax is nowhere near survivable enough for Brash Assault, and Furious Smash has always struck me as really weak. 2) That might be worth a try 3) Our fights tend to go on for 10 or more rounds, and the GM likes to use high level encounters with lots of enemies with Slow/Daze/Stun/Immobilize effects, damage auras, and high defenses. One encounter last session had a solo plus several allies (bloodkiss beholder, mad wraith, and 7 leveled down putrescent zombies), after taking down the allies it still took us another 5-6 rounds to chew through the solo's 400+ hit points. Of my 3 encounter powers, two are just so I can grant saves when needed and are saved until needed, and one is a token ranged attack (Hammer Formation) that I use as a lead-off while closing into melee when I can. My daily attacks are all very situational; Stand the Fallen is a panic-button mass heal (no one else in the party has an AoE heal), Lead the Attack is saved for big single targets, and Disheartening Flurry was chosen to combo with the wizard's AoE save-ends status effects, so they don't come out very often. Even if I used all of my encounters and dailies, I would still be using at-wills for about half the fight, and since it isn't uncommon for us to go 4-6 encounters in a day, I don't dare blow all my dailies early. [/QUOTE]

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