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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ClaytonCross" data-source="post: 8083469" data-attributes="member: 6880599">Your welcome. I love warlocks but like I said, the don't quite get there for Pact of the Blade. Its a trap. I think the subclass I made is better for a warlock pact of Blade with the exception of a support damage with a reach weapon which as you said prevents the Darkness + Devil's sight option because you would blind allies. Improved Pact of the blade let you use a longbow or heavy crossbow but your not going to be as good as a ranger, arcane archer, or an Eldritch blast build Warlock. Then again your not much of a gish if you have to fight at range anyway.When it comes down to it Eldritch Knight is the "gish" most people are really looking for. It and Rune Knight are both good options but really playing Eldritch Knight as a single class does a better job of reaching the goal most people are trying to achieve with Pact of the Blade and it even gets the weapon you can summon. On top of that it has better health and fewer concentration spells and proficiency with constitution save for when you do need to maintain concentration. The result is you don't have to pump constitution and you can grab strength or dexterity and intelligence for a far easier build than Pact of the Blade warlocks without heavy armor which basically require Charisma, Dexterity, and constitution to function leaving nothing to play with. Eldritch Knights get more than Double warlocks spell slots with access to shield spell, absorb elements, mage armor, protection form evil and good, counter spell, dispel magic, stone skin, and otiluke's resilient sphere on top of heavy armor and shields. They can easily be a Tank Gish. You could just go all damage and murder with your magic and it would still work with your 5 attacks and abundance of feats instead of invocations your have to spend to attempt to be ok at the job.But I digress. Some pint up frustration, I am venting here. lol Sorry.</blockquote>

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