En Garde (Fighter)(General)

You can use your weapon to deflect incoming attacks.

Originally Posted by Shadowfoot of the Wizards Community forums.

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• Prerequisites: BAB +8, Combat Parry feat, Weapon Finesse feat.
• Benefit: When you fight defensively or take the total defense action while holding a melee weapon in your main hand, you add a deflection bonus to you AC equal to half of your highest unmodified BAB (rounded down) against all melee attacks made against you. For example, an 11th-level fighter using En Garde would add a +5 deflection bonus to his AC when fighting defensively or using the total defense action. This feat stacks with the benefits of the Combat Expertise and Combat Parry feats.