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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8770104" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Here's my hot take.  The spiked chain didn't break anything.Consider the hoops you have to jump through to use it effectively:*Exotic Weapon Proficiency Feat.*Combat Reflexes Feat.*Combat Expertise Feat (requires Int 13 don't forget!).*Improved Trip Feat.*Improved Disarm Feat.Ok, so with this setup, you can attack people for attempting to move through your reach or base you.  You can substitute attacks for disarms or trips, and tripped foes provoke free attacks as well.  This is, however, fairly reliant on-*Enemies who don't have reach.*Enemies who don't use ranged attacks.*Enemies who aren't very big, very strong, or have multiple legs.*Enemies who don't use weapons.And let's not forget, the spiked chain didn't do a lot of damage for a two handed weapon (2d4) to begin with.It was an effective strategy in dealing with medium-sized or smaller two legged melee attackers, but it didn't murder them as fast as a Barbarian with a fullblade and power attack.  It gave you some battlefield control, but it was far inferior to what a Wizard could do.Unfortunately, with the amount of investment required, it was a strategy that could easily be flipped from super effective to useless.  Anyways, as to what the spiked chain of 5e is, it's obviously the Bladesinger.</blockquote>