Here are the four common wizard stances.
I haz COP, uh cone hat of hardyness an celerity. I Win!
Hellbent on believing their wizard is superior they use the same suggested routine tactics submitted on the forums in a typical wizard vs fighter thread. While their wizard may be soild, their lack of player skills, creativity, and ingenuity tend to be far below even someone who has played a wizard before.
I have shapechange and the ability to shift into the stuff you kill hourly is made of win.
Less often provoked outside of the Dire Turtle but still mentioned as an insult. Time Stop, buff up, Shapechange, die anyway. Damage can simply be dealt in too high of staggering numbers by people that go that route.
Diplomacy is a cross class skill for you and convincing deities to beat me up isn't fair. I cast Gate.
Gate: 5,000XP, 9th level slot.
Diplomacy: Free.
Watching people attempt to say you cannot use one but use the other: Priceless.
My wizard can beat that submitted tactic.
The largest problem by far. Wizard is always prepared in the exact manner to provide a counter to any tactic ever.
That isn't a wizard vs fighter topic, it's anything vs Batman's batbelt and can plot items be beaten if the writer isn't around to empower it.
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The real answer of course is either one can win depending on far to many factors to detail out.
Get over it.And yes, the wizard has a shit ton more options and ways to do something.
Yes, the fighter sucks, get over that too.While you were arguing an Erudite took over the multiverse.
So suck it.