Static Shock (Artificer At-Will) Melee or Ranged 5!?

[DracoSuave]

It's of attack type Melee or Ranged.

It is of range 5.

Yes it is both.

Admittedly, it is a bit wonky, but there are a few things that have positive interactions with ranged powers but not melee.

Wierd.

 

[the Jester]

Melee means melee. So unless you have a reach weapon or you turn into Dhalsim and can stretch your arm to ten or fifteen feet, it's adjacent to you.

Actually, there are any number of attack powers that extend your melee reach when you make them; some call it out in the text, others simply have a range of (f'rex) Melee 2. So this is hardly without precedent.

 

[DracoSuave]

Actually, isn't the Warden's Nature's Grasp Melee some number higher than 2?

 

[DracoSuave]

Definition of a melee action as per the PHB - "A melee power affects a target (or targets) within melee reach."

You forgot to mention how it goes on to say that the range of said powers is a number of squares equal to the number after 'melee'.

5 -is- melee reach for a melee 5 power.

It's not melee touch or melee 1, and one need look no further than the monk list to see examples of both.

And those two don't mean the same thing either.

And weapons ONLY effect melee powers' reach if and ONLY if the range is 'Melee weapon'.

 

[Peraion Graufalke]

Actually, isn't the Warden's Nature's Grasp Melee some number higher than 2?

Warden's Grasp is a close burst 5.

 

[Kwalish Kid]

This is an implement power, so the weapoin used doesn't matter. It has a range of 5 and it can be used without provoking an attack of opportunity. Great.

 

[DracoSuave]

Warden's Grasp is a close burst 5.

Wasn't sure off the top of my head.