My apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, I have yet to see it.
Is the following combo viable? Should it be?
Create a warlock (any type, any stats)
Procure a +1 rod of reaving and a +1 rod of corruption, wield one in each hand (a level 5 and a level 3 item, respectively).
In combat, take your move action to move in position to a minion.
Use your minor action to curse the minion.
Use the property on the rod of reaving to deal 1 damage to the minion, killing it.
Use the property on the rod of corruption to eschew your pact boon and instead place a curse on all enemies within 5 squares of the target.
Use the rod of reaving to deal 1 damage to all cursed foes, killing all minions.
Use the property on the rod of corruption to spread the curse as needed, or just start stacking up fate tokens, souls, teleporting around the board or whatever else your pact boon allows.
Repeat until all minions in the chain are dead
I don't like this combination at all. It requires two accessible magical items, uses only at will minor actions, requires no roll, wipes at all minions that are vaguely near each other, and leaves the warlock in a better position than before he or she took the action.
Is this a legal combo? Does it make minions obsolete? (they have to be positioned so carefully they are no longer worth using) Doesn't this infringe on the usefulness of wizards?
Is the following combo viable? Should it be?
Create a warlock (any type, any stats)
Procure a +1 rod of reaving and a +1 rod of corruption, wield one in each hand (a level 5 and a level 3 item, respectively).
In combat, take your move action to move in position to a minion.
Use your minor action to curse the minion.
Use the property on the rod of reaving to deal 1 damage to the minion, killing it.
Use the property on the rod of corruption to eschew your pact boon and instead place a curse on all enemies within 5 squares of the target.
Use the rod of reaving to deal 1 damage to all cursed foes, killing all minions.
Use the property on the rod of corruption to spread the curse as needed, or just start stacking up fate tokens, souls, teleporting around the board or whatever else your pact boon allows.
Repeat until all minions in the chain are dead
I don't like this combination at all. It requires two accessible magical items, uses only at will minor actions, requires no roll, wipes at all minions that are vaguely near each other, and leaves the warlock in a better position than before he or she took the action.
Is this a legal combo? Does it make minions obsolete? (they have to be positioned so carefully they are no longer worth using) Doesn't this infringe on the usefulness of wizards?