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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mneme" data-source="post: 5481885" data-attributes="member: 59248">Or you could multiclass into Assassin or Monk and go back to only needing to maintain a single magical weapon (plus, if you're reading the rules strictly, +1 versions of anything you plan to throw).I think, if you're playing well, Rogue > Thief.  Rogues also usually have combat advantage (90% as opposed to 95%+ for a thief), have great spike damage, can do area damage, have builds that can inflict massive ongoing damage (I've seen a paragon rogue who can, several encounters per day, drop a 50 damage ongoing effect on a monster with a -6 to saves), status effects (or even status burst--blinding barage, anyone?)Of course, one can make the same argument of rogues vs PH rangers.  PH Rangers can do a lot more consistent damage once you go up a few levels (though somewhat less so now that sneak attack can be used more than once a round if you abuse out of turn attacks).  But while PH rangers do have some decent status effects, PH rogues are very much strikers with a minor in controller.</blockquote>