

See my article onįor a breakdown of the math comparing melee cantrip spells to normal martial

Practical Guide to Prestidigitation and Similar Cantrips Thaumaturgy PHB: Thematically fun, but not especially useful.Spare the Dying PHB: Tempting, but once you’re got a reasonable number of spell slots, you can.There is usually no reason to keep a weapon in your hand. Scales, it will easily outpace your damage with a weapon, so by 11th level Way to kill zombies, and since it requires a saving throw rather than anĪttack you can use it against adjacent enemies without issue. Sacred Flame PHB: Probably the best source of radiant damage in the game.You should be casting a better Concentration spell. Throw this on an ally before going into combat, but if you have that luxury Resistance PHB: Considerably more difficult to use than Guidance.Short of Rust Monsters, nearly nothing in 5e deals Light PHB: Disposable magic light is fantastic, but if you don’t have room for the.

Rogue should have Guidance for every skill check they make while searching, Guidance PHB: As long as you’re not conentrating on something with a long durationīetween fights, you should be constantly throwing this on your allies.Optional spells are marked below with (Optional) following the spell’s name. These spells are considered optional rules, as described in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. Consult your DM before deciding to use these spells. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. RPGBOT is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy.

Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released and this article will be updating accordingly as time allows. The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. I also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and I can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. I will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, even if it is my own, because I can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. While the cleric is a spectacular healer, they also have many of the best divination options, as well as plenty of unique and powerful offensive options, including most of the best options for dealing both necrotic and radiant damage. While other classes have many excellent options for restoring hit points, no other class can match the Cleric’s ability to remove problematic status conditions.īut don’t let those strengths fool you. Clerics are the iconic divine spellcaster, and the uncontested master of healing and support spellcasting.
