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As requested... Assuming 7th level: Light Cleric Round 1 RotD plus SW upcast into 4th with 20 WIS: 2d10+7 + 2d8+5 (32 average) Round 2 RotD plus SW: 2d10+7 + 2d8+5 (32 average) Rounds 3+ SW: 2d8+5 (14 average) Tempest Cleric Round 1 Upcast into 4th level Call Lightning, with Maximized...

Or Booming Blade. I made good use of Booming Blade with my Half-High Elf Tempest Cleric. (And you don't need a high INT/CHA, like you would if taking the other damage cantrips like Shocking Grasp or Lightning Lure.) Tempest Cleric 2/Mountain Druid X is another decent option for a multiclass...

Any other Cleric would also have access to all the same Radiant damage spells as a Light Cleric (including a Tempest Cleric ;) ). These include the Sacred Flame, Word of Radiance, Guiding Bolt, Spirit Guardians, Guardian of Faith, Dawn, Flame Strike, and Holy Weapon spells. None of the Light...

Cleric 15 Fighter 15 Paladin 9 Ranger 5 Rogue 18 Wizard 15

That'd do it. Maximized Fireball will be doing noticeably more damage per spell level than a Maximized Shatter/Call Lightning (48 vs. 32/30 at 3rd, 54 vs. 40 at 4th, 60 vs. 48/50 at 5th, etc.), and over a larger area to boot. And you still have options for Maximized Thunder damage blasting to...

At Tier 2, Level 2 spells start to matter less. You can be upcasting that Spiritual Weapon into a 4th level slot for double dice on each hit. Or upcasting that Maximized Thunderwave, Shatter, or Call Lightning into a 4th or 5th level slot for a flat 40 or 48/50 damage. While Radiance of the...

And while that's handy at low levels, or against mobs of low HP mooks, it scales poorly, doing a flat 2d10 + caster level.

Tempest still works well as a DEX-based, light armor wearing ranged caster/bow user. Especially with a little bit of multiclassing, like Fighter 1 for Archery Fighting Style or Ranger 2 for Archery Fighting Style, Absorb Elements, and Hunter's Mark.

Bard 2 Dangit, don't die on me! Healing Word! (Look, I get it... They're often played as annoyingly flamboyant and lecherous. But they don't have to be. And it's a fantastic and versatile support class.) Cleric 18 Druid 5 Fighter 15 Paladin 14 Ranger 13 Great flavor. Lots of history...

Better. I still think a Druid with Bladesinger dip would work better with a different caster-focused Druid subclass, but it still looks workable with a Moon Druid. Since they're so reliant on Wild Shape, Moon Druids lag a bit in power at levels ~7-9, just at the tail end of Tier 2, before they...

Tempest is just fine indoors. Call Lightning is the only spell affected, since it requires either an open outdoor area, or an indoor area that is at least 120 feet wide and over 15ish feet tall. (The original requirement of a 100 foot tall ceiling was errata'd out; now you just have to have...

Tempest, by a large margin. Good AoEs, and maximized damage. And while it's technically not a Cleric, but still Divine, the new UA Wildfire Druid makes a dandy fire-based blaster, with Firebolt, Create Bonfire, Produce Flame, Flaming Sphere, Scorching Ray, Heat Metal, Fireball, Flame Arrows...

Bard 12 Cleric 26 Deus Vult! Druid 13 Fighter 18 Monk 8 Go home, Monk... You're drunk. Paladin 18 Ranger 17 Rogue 14 Warlock 15 Wizard 24

19 AC on a bear is pretty good, but 34 HP on a 13th (or 10th, or 8th) level Wildshape isn't. 19 AC will still get hit, especially by higher level enemies. Not to mention the damage sources that target saves instead of AC. And at those higher levels against high CR monsters or higher level...

Correct. Casting a spell, even if it includes a melee/ranged attack as part of it, is the Cast A Spell action. That is different from using the Attack action on your turn. Page 12 of the Sage Advice Compendium: https://media.wizards.com/2019/dnd/downloads/SA-Compendium.pdf

Casting a cantrip means you're using the Cast A Spell action. The monk abilities rely on using the Attack action: The only one that doesn't specify requiring the Attack action is Stunning Strike, so that means it can be used on some other types of attacks like an Opportunity Attack. But...

Haven't played it personally, but looking at it on paper, there's a significant drawback... Namely, using the Primal Savagery cantrip doesn't trigger the Monk's bonus action Martial Arts attack, Flurry of Blows, Stunning Strikes, Extra Attack, etc. For example, a 1st level Monk would be...

It's definitely not worth delaying your Wild Shape progression by several levels. A Moon Druid delaying their Wild Shape and spell progression by 1 level for a dip into Barbarian/Monk for an Unarmored Defense boost to their Wild Shape AC is worth it. Any dip going beyond 1 level is not worth...

I'd give it a shot. But honestly, a lot of D&D DMs and players tend to gloss over the other aspects in favor of heavy combat, and either as a reason or result (chicken/egg) don't really have a firm grasp on how to do the other pillars. So it would take the right DM and group to make it work...