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<blockquote data-quote="kerbarian" data-source="post: 6461839" data-attributes="member: 40393">Until level 11, I think barbarians with the Great Weapon Master feat have the lead.&nbsp; When you combine the -5 attack/+10 damage with Reckless Attack for constant advantage, the damage is enormous.&nbsp; You can often get bonus attacks as well.At level 11, the fighter's third attack mostly evens things out, though I think even the fighter does best using Great Weapon Master with -5/+10 on average, with no advantage.&nbsp; It depends greatly on the enemies' AC, of course.Of the fighter subclasses, I think Battlemaster does the most damage, particularly via Precision Attack (on -5/+10 attacks) and Riposte, each of which is comparable to a free attack.As a barbarian, I think it's worth picking up a few levels of fighter for Action Surge and the Battlemaster maneuvers.&nbsp; As a fighter, you really want to stick to straight fighter at least through level 11.&nbsp; Even after that, I don't think a couple levels of barbarian for Reckless Attack works well -- you won't be able to rage often enough to make the incoming attacks with advantage survivable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kerbarian, post: 6461839, member: 40393"] Until level 11, I think barbarians with the Great Weapon Master feat have the lead. When you combine the -5 attack/+10 damage with Reckless Attack for constant advantage, the damage is enormous. You can often get bonus attacks as well. At level 11, the fighter's third attack mostly evens things out, though I think even the fighter does best using Great Weapon Master with -5/+10 on average, with no advantage. It depends greatly on the enemies' AC, of course. Of the fighter subclasses, I think Battlemaster does the most damage, particularly via Precision Attack (on -5/+10 attacks) and Riposte, each of which is comparable to a free attack. As a barbarian, I think it's worth picking up a few levels of fighter for Action Surge and the Battlemaster maneuvers. As a fighter, you really want to stick to straight fighter at least through level 11. Even after that, I don't think a couple levels of barbarian for Reckless Attack works well -- you won't be able to rage often enough to make the incoming attacks with advantage survivable. [/QUOTE]

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