D&D 4e Stiker AdviceFollow

So I'm looking to join another 4e campaign. My first outing was as ta paladin tank; while I enjoyed hanging out with friends, the actual playing was very fun. I took hits for the party, but it felt more like the DM was giving them to me than my character presenting a real reason to be attacked. The taunt move is crap. Additionally I wasn't really a tank, because even with the maximum armor available to me the ranger still had nearly as much armor, because D&D still thinks it is a good idea to let lighter armor use dex/int bonuses. Hide armor has the exact same defensive boost--with far fewer penalties--as full plate on a well stated ranger. But enough with the complaining.

I'm looking into making a striker this time around. The core books will be matieriels avaiable. I will also be using the given 22 point buy.

 
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| Race:   Bugbear       | 
| Class:  Ranger        | 
| Level:  1             | 
|                       | 
| Str:    20            | 
| Con:    11            | 
| Dex:    16            | 
| Int:    10            | 
| Wis:    10            | 
| Chr:     8            | 
|                       | 
| HP:     28            | 
| AC:     16            | 
| Fort:   16            | 
| Ref:    14            | 
| Will:   10            | 
|                       | 
| Init:   3             | 
| Atk:    7             | 
| SurgeV: 7             | 
| SurgeD: 6             | 
|                       | 
| Weapon: Battle Axe x2 | 
| Armor:  Hide          | 
|                       | 
| Feat 1:  Toughness    | 
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Suggested builds? Right now I'm considering swapping battle axes to longsword on the ranger, a decrease from 1d10 to 1d8, but a proficiency increase from 2 to 3. I can also spend a feat to upgrade to ******* swords with +3 prof and 1d10 damage.




Ignorable scratch work below
Twin strike does 1W (Rng) and Piecring Strike does 1W+Dex.
2d10+2+1d6 and 1d4+5+2d8 or 1d6+5+2d8 which comes to an average of 16 and 16.5.

Encounter powers:
2d10+2+10+1d6 and 2d4+5+2+2d8 or 2d6+5+2+2d8.
Avg 26.5 and 21 or 23.

Daily powers:
4d10+2+10+1d6 and 3d4+5+2d8 or 3d6+5+2d8.
Avg 37.5 and 21.5 or 24.5.


Edited, Mar 11th 2009 11:38pm by Allegory