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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Proctor" data-source="post: 4671417" data-attributes="member: 78547">I play a Dragonborn Fighter, and one of the reasons why is for Dragonbreath.  As a Fighter, I can use Dragonbreath to mark anyone in a Close Blast 5 at the beginning of a fight.  I will also be taking Sweeping Blow and later Come and Get It.  Why?  Because they're muti-target powers that allow me to mark anyone I attack.The difference between that and a Swordmage or Paladin, that you seem to not understand, is that they can't do the same thing.  A Dragonborn Pally or Swordmage doesn't mark everyone in the CB5, just the one guy they use their power on.  Additionally, if they MC Fighter and pick up the powers I mentioned?  They still can't multi-mark with them because it's not specifically listed as something that the power does...that's because it's the Fighter's class feature that allows him to mark anyone that he attacks, with no restrictions on the power being required to state that it creates a mark.In other words...if you want to mark enemies, you should be a Fighter because EVERYTHING YOU ATTACK CAN BE MARKED.  With Pally's and Swordmages, you can only mark if something specifically tells you that you can, which IMO means that they're not as good for the job of sole Defender for a party.If you want though, we could get into a treatise about the effectiveness of Combat Challenge and Combat Superiority versus Aegis and Divine Challenge...</blockquote>