melee or magic?

[AshDesert]

Even though it's been said by ... well, everyone, after level 5, your wizard turns into an engine of pure destruction that keeps the fighter around so the monsters don't attack his squishy butt, and, well, the fighter keeps all the monsters off the wizard's squishy butt (unless your DM is a meta-gaming D-Bag).

If you include non-core, there are some melee classes and feats that can keep the warriors relevant (sort of) until about 10th level, but it still ends up as:

Wizard: "I end the encounter, you go chop there heads off our something."

Warrior: "But, I didn't even get do anything!"

Wizard: "You know, Gate doesn't complain, just saying."

Warrior:

Okay, I'm using hyperbole here, but not that much.