Did I not? I thought I did...
Pretty sure I included a line in each damage section to describe "realistically probable" damage.
Thank you fro your input.
Blue & RogueJK
These are both enviably excellent builds!
I hadn't thought of going Celestial - interesting idea! Getting Revivify at 6th level is awesome and you've built up the SB damage beautifully. Very nicely balanced! When I'd been considering Warlock, Hexblade seemed to be the logical...
@RogueJK
Thank you, for both your praise and very pertinent feedback!
I did wonder about 5th level: whether to take DS1 or EK5. Two attacks would seem pretty essential to an EK build. And that would strongly influence taking EK6 next for Mobile as well as rounding up the spell slot boost for...
Tl;dr? Why this build?
Potentially 75d8+70 action surge damage [145-670, 407.5av.] at 20th level, not including critical hits, which have a 15-30% probability.
Potentially 51d8+60 damage without action surge [111-468, 289.5av.] at 20th level, ditto criticals.