Hold the line

Hold the line

warlord attack 3

With a snap series of commands, you keep your allies in formation and well defended as you assault your adversary.

Encounter ✦ martial, weapon

Standard Action

Melee weapon

Target: one creature

Attack: Strength vs. AC

Hit: "1[W] + Strength modifier damage."

Effect: "Until the end of your next turn, allies gain both a +2 power bonus to AC and cannot be pulled, pushed, or slid while adjacent to you."^{[PH:146][Dr397:19]}

Hold the line is an encounter power available to warlords at 3rd level.

Hold the Line was first introduced in the Player's Handbook.

CharOp Evaluation: Poor ^{[Char-op Warlord]}

This does poor damage, and has an effect that encourages clustering, a tactically questionable action. This might have place in very specific builds, but it's too corner-case to be useful to most Warlords.