Talk:Perfect Striker (5e Feat)

You could make a feat that says nothing but, "Screw 5e, my ranged attacks are better now." I don't see much difference.
It's extra broken considering as written this applies to spells.
I don't know why any experienced contributor would believe this is worth keeping. - Guy 13:39, 6 May 2020 (MDT)

It's the same as +2 ASI. Which helps spells, melee, or range depending on the ability score and class. Not broken, just redundant, unoriginal, and boring. I saw GD remove the tag, which was done properly. Ya know, template stating issue, template addressed, remove template. I don't think that stops someone from placing another valid template if they wish? Any inexperienced contributor can that. Red Leg Leo (talk) 09:30, 8 May 2020 (MDT)

It technically wouldn't stop one, sure, but a user putting up a template right after an admin removes one—or vice versa—often does not go over well.

How is this "the same" as an ASI? If one is primarily concerned with spell attacks, +2/+1 is more than twice as good as a +1/+0.

Heck, it technically even gives +1 to "damage rolls," so even magic missile and a dragonborn's breath attack get buffed.

In any case it's a pretty huge increase if the character is already sitting at 20, letting them push bounded accuracy as easily as rare magic items (and stacking with those items, even).

Even if it was perfectly balanced, you're right that it's boring and an incredibly bland feat. I don't see why it was preserved. One of the listed issues was "it's not unique," and that still hasn't been addressed. - Guy 18:57, 8 May 2020 (MDT)

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Good work. The feat's about as nice as any "I'm better at attacking now" feat could ever be. - Guy 19:29, 8 May 2020 (MDT)

Yep, I just went with something that has the same feel as "I'm better at attacking now", without breaking bounded accuracy or being bland.--Blobby383b (talk) 19:31, 8 May 2020 (MDT)

Wow nice. I think that definitely makes you consider this vs ASI. Very situational benefit (+10% hit chance) accompanied by CD perk. Obviously a perfect striker would be broken, but this certainly helps encompass that idea, or as Guy says, "I'm better at attacking now". Red Leg Leo (talk) 19:42, 8 May 2020 (MDT)

Quality Article Nomination

— This article did not become a quality article. 08:23, 23 March 2024 (MDT)
Please feel free to re-nominate it once it meets the QA criteria and when all the major issues brought up in this nomination have been dealt with.

I believe this feat to be a great additional option for characters who wade into melee combat. It is simple, thematic, but quite effective when used in the right hands. I also believe this feat fills a good niche not covered by existing feats. Because of these reasons, I believe this feat has the potential to become a quality article.--Blobby383b (talk) 14:18, 5 November 2021 (MDT)

• Support. Very nice bite-sized feat that does exactly what you want it to do without offering too much.--Malachai (talk) 21:48, 13 August 2022 (MDT)

• Oppose. As it stands, I don't think this feat is useful. The average result of "1d20, reroll 1 or 2 and keep the result" is 11.4, an increase of 0.9, which is worse than just taking the +2 Dex or Str and it doesn't give you any of the other benefits of increasing those abilities. I don't think the option to trade a bonus action for advantage once per short-rest is comes close to making up for that opportunity cost. —Salasay ♄ 09:36, 24 May 2023 (MDT)

I always though this feat was a little bit underpowered, but I also thought that a ~3 bonus to one attack roll from advantage was pretty good as well. Either way, I have added another feature to the feat that should help out a bit more in making you feel like a perfect striker. --Blobby383b (talk) 22:12, 14 January 2024 (MST)

• Oppose/Comment. The ability to negate presumably all disadvantage for missing a single attack with disadvantage seems very strong, effectively giving a fighter free range to use a Large greatsword with no downsides to overall damage output. I also feel like the first benefit is too close to Great Weapon Fighting+, which ostensibly is worth half a 1-level dip or taking the Fighting Initiate feat, but that's more of a comment than full opposition. Name feels kinda uninspired (I'm not a huge fan of anything short of 20th level being called "perfect"), but again, not the end of the world. Third benefit is fine enough, might even be worth granting uses equal to (potentially half) your proficiency bonus and nixing the first two.--Ref3rence (talk) 23:31, 14 January 2024 (MST)

You are right about the new feature being able to be abused with Large sized weapons, I honestly forget about them. Besides that, l Great Weapon Fighting rerolls your damage rolls while this feat affects just your attack rolls and by a similar amount compared to an ability score increase without the damage bonus or other benefits of an abi. I will see what I want to do, with this feat, but my gut instinct is to just leave it as it was. --Blobby383b (talk) 08:20, 15 January 2024 (MST)

Fair enough, my bad on misreading the first benefit, opposition retracted.--Ref3rence (talk) 09:05, 15 January 2024 (MST)

• Oppose. This feat is much better than when I last commented on it years ago. It's well-balanced. But "I'm just better at attack rolls" will never be a quality feat, in my opinion. - Guy 21:35, 22 March 2024 (MDT)