Epinephrine
2014-05-19, 10:05 AM
I've often used Mage's Weapon to pick up a cheap defensive bonus (parrying dagger, spiked shield), or to wield an offensive weapon I couldn't normally (bastard sword, fullblade) but I had never spent much time looking at the encounter power, which allows you to expend an arcane encounter attack power to regain the use of a martial encounter attack power you know of up to the same level.
I only really realised it has this power recently, and would like to figure out a good way to use it; there are some solid low-level martial encounter attack powers, it's just that you need to sacrifice another power to recharge it, so it has to be a very good pick to be able to justify using your weapon slot and wasting another power (and you shouldn't have to stretch to get said power, or you've gimped yourself in the first place. Getting an arcane power and a martial to recharge is tricky; themes seem to be a decent way of getting an arcane power on a martial character. Rain of Blows might be a good choice, or Vengeance is Mine on a defender? Low Slash? Any other good choices of encounter power that are strong enough to be worth recharging by sacrificing another power (preferably low-level so you can achieve it via a theme)?
E.g., Level 4 Fighter (Unseelie Agent) with Warlord MC, Powerswap for Vengeance is Mine, Cold Shadow's Strike (to be substituted with ViM), Mage's Weapon (Bastard Sword?), can twice a combat punish foes for actually following his mark.
I only really realised it has this power recently, and would like to figure out a good way to use it; there are some solid low-level martial encounter attack powers, it's just that you need to sacrifice another power to recharge it, so it has to be a very good pick to be able to justify using your weapon slot and wasting another power (and you shouldn't have to stretch to get said power, or you've gimped yourself in the first place. Getting an arcane power and a martial to recharge is tricky; themes seem to be a decent way of getting an arcane power on a martial character. Rain of Blows might be a good choice, or Vengeance is Mine on a defender? Low Slash? Any other good choices of encounter power that are strong enough to be worth recharging by sacrificing another power (preferably low-level so you can achieve it via a theme)?
E.g., Level 4 Fighter (Unseelie Agent) with Warlord MC, Powerswap for Vengeance is Mine, Cold Shadow's Strike (to be substituted with ViM), Mage's Weapon (Bastard Sword?), can twice a combat punish foes for actually following his mark.