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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 9617930" data-attributes="member: 27957">Depends on what parameters you're trying to optimize around. Both what metrics you focus on and what scenarios you imagine will be most common.Like, Defensive Duelist having an AC boost that applies to all melee attacks until your next turn is really good if you expect to be holding off mobs of minions making lots of individual attacks against. But conversely, PAM with a Spear so you have the Sap Mastery might be better against holding off one or two stronger foes. Also PAM offers more damage, and depending on how your DM runs NPC target prioritization that might matter for keeping attention on you.There are a lot of these conditional considerations that mean there's no one right answer. What Fighting Style do you take? Dueling is obviously the best pick for personal damage, but if you coordinate with your fellow players so that one of them can go all-in on a glass cannon melee while you take Protection to cover them, that's also a valid path.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 9617930, member: 27957"] Depends on what parameters you're trying to optimize around. Both what metrics you focus on and what scenarios you imagine will be most common. Like, Defensive Duelist having an AC boost that applies to all melee attacks until your next turn is really good if you expect to be holding off mobs of minions making lots of individual attacks against. But conversely, PAM with a Spear so you have the Sap Mastery might be better against holding off one or two stronger foes. Also PAM offers more damage, and depending on how your DM runs NPC target prioritization that might matter for keeping attention on you. There are a lot of these conditional considerations that mean there's no one right answer. What Fighting Style do you take? Dueling is obviously the best pick for personal damage, but if you coordinate with your fellow players so that one of them can go all-in on a glass cannon melee while you take Protection to cover them, that's also a valid path. [/QUOTE]

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