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<blockquote data-quote="Saben" data-source="post: 4446115" data-attributes="member: 67244">Heavy Blades have more Paragon Paths and classes exclusive to them (Swordmage/ Sword Marshall) and it is possible this is factored into them being &quot;low tier&quot;.I think it is important to note that for all intensive damage purposes at Heroic tier +3 prof and High Crit are equal.If you hit on a 11+ and crit on a 20 with a High crit weapon you do 9[W] plus 1[MW] (maximised weapon damage)+ 1[W] (high crit). At 3+ it becomes 18[W]+ 1[MW]+ 1[W]If you hit on a 10+ and hit on a 20 with a +3 weapon you do 10[W] plus 1[MW]. At 2+ it becomes 19[W]+1[MW]At paragon tier High crit does take a lead of 1[W], but at epic the 2[W] nature of basic attacks mean that +3 stays only 1[W] behind. And given that some powers do up to 7[W], the +3 is substantially better than High crit on those attacks. But again High crit benefits more from the epic weapon powers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saben, post: 4446115, member: 67244"] Heavy Blades have more Paragon Paths and classes exclusive to them (Swordmage/ Sword Marshall) and it is possible this is factored into them being "low tier". I think it is important to note that for all intensive damage purposes at Heroic tier +3 prof and High Crit are equal. If you hit on a 11+ and crit on a 20 with a High crit weapon you do 9[W] plus 1[MW] (maximised weapon damage)+ 1[W] (high crit). At 3+ it becomes 18[W]+ 1[MW]+ 1[W] If you hit on a 10+ and hit on a 20 with a +3 weapon you do 10[W] plus 1[MW]. At 2+ it becomes 19[W]+1[MW] At paragon tier High crit does take a lead of 1[W], but at epic the 2[W] nature of basic attacks mean that +3 stays only 1[W] behind. And given that some powers do up to 7[W], the +3 is substantially better than High crit on those attacks. But again High crit benefits more from the epic weapon powers. [/QUOTE]

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