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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 6544618" data-attributes="member: 907">Without Hex (which uses one of the warlock's limited spell slots, and should be counted as that spell slot being used to deal damage, and not as part of at-will damage calculations), a 2nd level warlock with Agonizing Blast deals 1d10+Cha damage. A paladin who focuses on damage deals 2d6 (reroll 1 and 2) + Str (greatsword + Great Weapon Fighting style). So, the paladin is ahead there. At 5th level, both gain a second attack dealing the same amount of damage.At 11th level, it gets a bit iffy. The warlock gains a third beam, so he deals 3x 1d10+Cha. Assuming a maxed-out Charisma (+5), that's 31.5 points if all attacks hit. The paladin, on the other hand, gains Improved Divine Smite for +1d8/attack, so he deals 2x 2d6 (reroll 1 and 2) + 1d8 + Str. If both attacks hit, that's 35.7 points of damage - so the Paladin is still ahead. I'm ignoring the chance to hit here because it should be the same for both characters.It's not until 17th level, when the warlock gets his fourth Eldritch Blast beam for a total of 42 damage if all hit, that the warlock is actually out-damaging the paladin with at-will abilities - and at that point, the paladin has enough spell slots that spending one or more per round on Divine Smite for +2d8 or more damage shouldn't be a problem.Also, regarding Hex: the paladin has his own version, called Divine Favor. It's only +1d4 damage instead of +1d6, but it does help even things out. As another aside, I did choose to use the most-damaging version of the paladin (great weapon fighting), but the "balanced" option of dueling also outdamages the warlock (1d8+2+Str per attack vs 1d10+Cha), though the 11-16 version is really close (2 attacks for 2d8+2+Str vs 3 attacks for 1d10+Cha).The ranger is a bit weaker when it comes to damage-dealing though, particularly at level 11+ because it doesn't gain a strong damage increase at that level the way the warlock and paladin do.</blockquote>

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