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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7219431" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>First, there's a problem in your combat routine. Booming Blade is a spell that you need to use the Cast a Spell action, not an attack that you take as part of an Attack action. This has several effects:</p><p></p><p>It's not compatible with extra attack. That comes from the Attack action.</p><p>It can't be used during your Haste attack. That is an Attack action (one attack only) or some others, not Cast a Spell.</p><p>You need an Attack action (though the one from Haste is okay) to trigger two weapon fighting bonus action, so until you have Haste, if you are using BB you aren't getting your offhand attack.</p><p></p><p>Second, if you drop the Duel Wielder feat and just take +2 DEX, you can use shortsowrds. The differences are:</p><p></p><p>Base damage goes from d8+3 to d6+4. Same average, though a point lower on a crit.</p><p>+1 to hit</p><p>+1 AC</p><p>+1 initiative</p><p>+1 Dex saves</p><p>+1 Dex skills</p><p></p><p>That +1 to hit will boost your expected damage per attack, especially once Song of Victory is in play.</p><p></p><p>Third, while Song of victory is quite nice with more attacks, an alternative would be to go Dueling style, single Rapier, and drop warcaster as well since you have a hand free. (You still need that hand for somatic components even with warcaster.) This allows a +5 DEX total. A single attack goes from d8+3 (dex)+5 (SoV) with an average of 12.5 before to-hit, to d8+5 (dex) +2 (style) + 5 (Sov) for an average of 16.5 before to hit. One less attack but about the same total damage, and more likely to land it because of the better to-hit with +5 DEX. And all the other dex benefits like AC and Init.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7219431, member: 20564"] First, there's a problem in your combat routine. Booming Blade is a spell that you need to use the Cast a Spell action, not an attack that you take as part of an Attack action. This has several effects: It's not compatible with extra attack. That comes from the Attack action. It can't be used during your Haste attack. That is an Attack action (one attack only) or some others, not Cast a Spell. You need an Attack action (though the one from Haste is okay) to trigger two weapon fighting bonus action, so until you have Haste, if you are using BB you aren't getting your offhand attack. Second, if you drop the Duel Wielder feat and just take +2 DEX, you can use shortsowrds. The differences are: Base damage goes from d8+3 to d6+4. Same average, though a point lower on a crit. +1 to hit +1 AC +1 initiative +1 Dex saves +1 Dex skills That +1 to hit will boost your expected damage per attack, especially once Song of Victory is in play. Third, while Song of victory is quite nice with more attacks, an alternative would be to go Dueling style, single Rapier, and drop warcaster as well since you have a hand free. (You still need that hand for somatic components even with warcaster.) This allows a +5 DEX total. A single attack goes from d8+3 (dex)+5 (SoV) with an average of 12.5 before to-hit, to d8+5 (dex) +2 (style) + 5 (Sov) for an average of 16.5 before to hit. One less attack but about the same total damage, and more likely to land it because of the better to-hit with +5 DEX. And all the other dex benefits like AC and Init. [/QUOTE]
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