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Blaster of Elements

Primary Combat Role: AoE Damage Secondary Combat Roles: Single-Target Damage (Eldritch Blast), Heals (Healing Word)
Out of Combat Role: Negotiator, Resurrection (Revivify)
Lineage: Half Elf
Background: Any (except Sellsword)

Build Notes

We start as Law Cleric for medium armor, shields, Shield spell, and Healing Word. With that utility in hand, we then want to rush Fireball and Firewall as an Elementalist patron Warlock. Somewhere along the way, we'll take a Sorcerer (Mana Painter) level to get the boost to our saving throws and to add Entangle to our bag of tricks. If your party is light on control, you might even consider taking Sorcer at either 2 or 7 to have Entangle available, but we'll be waiting until near the end for that here. We'll also pick up a second level of Law Cleric along the way, so that we can use the channel divinity to make sure we can land our nuke for full effect when we really need to. Elementalist pact gives this Warlock access to all the big boom elemental spells, and we'll be looking to take all of them, especially those that upcast well (because Pact Magic). In fights where we don't need the big AoE nukes, we will Eldritch Blast to do solid (and resource free!) damage. The elemental forms we get will let us add damage of whatever type we need on-demand, and enhances either our Edlritch blasting or AoE nukes as needed. So with this build, you'll have plenty of damage to go around, good defenses, a splash of control, and the ability to be a backup healer and resurectionist.

Ability Scores

STR: 9
DEX: 13 +1
CON: 15 +1
INT: 8
WIS: 13
CHA: 17 +2

Level Progression

  1. Cleric (Law Domain) 1
  2. Warlock (Elementalist Patron) 1
  3. Warlock 2 [Eldritch Invocation: Agonizing Blast] [Eldritch Invocation: Repelling Blast]
  4. Warlock 3 [Feature: Pact of the Chain]
  5. Warlock 4 [Feat: Telekinetic (CHA)] or [Feat: Fey Teleportation (CHA)]
  6. Warlock 5 [Eldritch Invocation: Eldritch Mind]
  7. Cleric 2 [Channel Divinity: Turn Undead] [Channel Divinity: Force of Law] [Channel Divinity: Holy Retribution]
  8. Sorcerer (Mana Painter) 1 [Feature: Mana Absorption]
  9. Warlock 6
  10. Warlock 7 [Eldritch Invocation: Hindering Blast] or [Eldritch Invocation: Gift of the Everliving Ones]
  11. Warlock 8 [Feat: War Caster] [Eldritch Invocation: Mire the Mind] replace Eldritch Mind
  12. Warlock 9

Spell Selection

  1. Healing Word, Bless, ^Shield, ^Heroism, Guidance, Light
  2. Pact Mark, Thunderwave, Eldritch Blast
  3. Fog Cloud
  4. -Fog Cloud, +Shatter, Heat Metal
  5. Misty Step
  6. -Heat Metal, +Fireball, Hypnotic Pattern
  7. Protection from Evil and Good or Shield of Faith
  8. Fog Cloud, Magic Missile, ^Entangle, Air Blast, Sound Burst, Ray of Frost
  9. -Thunderwave, +Lightning Bolt, Sleet Storm
  10. -Sleet Storm, +Wall of Fire, Ice Storm
  11. Banishment
  12. -Shatter, +Mind Twist, Cone of Cold

^spell denotes a spell granted by a subclass, spell denotes a recommended spell, and cantrip denotes a recommended cantrip