
Options at low levels, but you’ll abandon them in favor of other options Though your defenses aren’t really turned on yet so maintainingĬoncentration can be a challenge in melee. The Wisdom save for fear is a nice touch, Is staggeringly good damage at low levels, assuming the target moves and Running another Concentration spell, Wrathful Smite into Booming Blade You get access to 2nd-level slots for Armor of Agathys. Slot, and offers no benefits for upcasting, so it’s only helpful until When better spells become available (even if it’s just the next smiteįantastic… on any other spellcasting class. Them for a level or two when you first get them, but replace them after that They’re often a poor use of your limited Warlock spell slots. Minute, but this prevents you from running other excellent Concentrationīuffs like Blur and Elemental Weapon from the very same expanded list.įurthermore, since the smite spells don’t scale well (if they scale at all), Particular, even though all the smites are Bonus Actions (good for yourĪction economy), they require Concentration to ensure that you’re able toĪctually get the effect off as long as you hit sometime during the next Options on this list are very good, many of them require Concentration. 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 the article will be updated 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. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we 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. For more information on the Warlock, see our Typical class handbooks when those sections aren’t meaningfully different from This guide is specifically for the Hexblade Warlock, and omits sections of my Reasonably safe thanks to your spells and later parts of your kit. That said, with a little work you canįill your niche as a primary damage dealer in the front lines while staying Your disposal only to discover that none of them quite satisfy the way that Hexblade warlocks are an interesting subclass: they can easily be a trapīecause their apparent versatility can leave you wanting to have many tools at
