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-{{ up to date | 2023-08-07 }} <!-- Date format is YEAR-MONTH-DAY, like 2023-08-07. -->
+{{See also|Brace (Ranged)}}
-{{WeaponActionPage
+{{Weapon action page
-| name = Brace (Melee)
+| name = Brace
-| action type = movement
+| image = Brace Melee.webp
+| controller icon = Brace Melee Icon.webp
+| icon = Brace Melee Unfaded Icon.webp
+| cost = movement m:6
 | movement ft = 20
 | movement m = 6
 | weapon types = Glaives, Pikes
-| description = Spend {{distance|ft=20}} of your [[Movement Speed|movement]]. For the rest of your turn, roll melee damage twice and use the highest result.
+| description = Spend {{distance|m=6}} of your [[Movement Speed|movement]]. For the rest of your turn, roll melee damage twice and use the highest result.
 | duration = 1
 | recharge = Short Rest
+| condition = Braced
+| condition duration = 1
+| notes =
+* The average bonus damage dealt per die is equivalent to taking the [[Savage Attacker]] feat.
+| bugs =
+* When used with Savage Attacker, it will roll each dice 3 times and use the highest result.
+** The tooltip is showing 4 rolls but it appears to be a bug as of patch 6.
+* When used with Savage Attacker and [[Great Weapon Fighting]], it will do a first roll and reroll if it's a 1 or 2, and then roll 2 more times and use the highest result.
+** The tooltip is showing 4 to 6 rolls but it appears to be a bug as of patch 6.
 }}
+==Math==
+=== Average bonus damage of Brace ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Average bonus damage per die rolled
+|-
+! Damage die !! Average bonus damage !! Average damage roll
+|-
+|1d4|| 0.63|| 3.13
+|-
+|1d6|| 0.97|| 4.47
+|-
+|1d8|| 1.31|| 5.81
+|-
+|1d10|| 1.65|| 7.15
+|-
+|1d12|| 1.99|| 8.49
+|-
+|2d6|| 1.94|| 8.94
+|}
+=== Average bonus damage of Brace and [[Savage Attacker]] ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Average bonus damage per die rolled
+|-
+! Damage die !! Average bonus damage !! Average damage roll !! Avg bonus damage added by Savage Attacker (or Brace)
+|-
+|1d4||0.94||3.44||0.32
+|-
+|1d6||1.46||4.96||0.49
+|-
+|1d8||1.97||6.47||0.66
+|-
+|1d10||2.47||7.97||0.82
+|-
+|1d12||2.98||9.48||0.99
+|-
+|2d6||2.92||9.92||0.98
+|}
+=== Average bonus damage of Brace and [[Savage Attacker]] and [[Great Weapon Fighting]] ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Average bonus damage per die rolled
+|-
+! Damage die !! Average bonus damage !! Average damage roll !! Avg bonus damage added by Great Weapon Fighting !! Avg bonus damage added by Savage Attacker
+|-
+|1d4||1.08||3.58||0.14||0.21
+|-
+|1d6||1.62||5.12||0.16||0.35
+|-
+|1d8||2.13||6.63||0.16||0.51
+|-
+|1d10||2.64||8.14||0.17||0.67
+|-
+|1d12||3.14||9.64||0.16||0.83
+|-
+|2d6||3.24||10.24||0.32||0.70
+|}
+== External Links ==
+* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ebI3SACmQFpC82tSN5UOQEI4HwizHDOPZDofTJqh9Hs/edit#gid=781019269 Savage Attacker and Great Weapon Fighting calculations] by Kalaeman