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If you start Fighter, you also have proficiency in Con saves. For the rest it really depends on the setup. Both can be pretty lethal.

Well a Bladesinger/EK, who wants to have both, Eldritch Strike and Song of Defense might end up that way.

Eldritch Strike is lvl 10, so either it or three attacks. Abjuration spells are nice, but Abjuration school is not very helpful without high Int and more than 10 lvl of Wizard. Divination is a good choice, maybe even Transmutation, because of the lvl6 gadget. Elf EK/wizard with high Dex/Int...

You can just trip any target within your range by using shove (to prone), while having another target grappled. You can even shove/prone a tertiary target within your range (you still got your legs, shoulders and the head dor doing so), while grappling two baddies. That's also more reliabe for a...

Your example is too abstract for a comparison. Also you are comparing a feature to a subclass. An Eldritch Knight/Arcane Trickster has far less spell slots than a Wizard, not to mention no Arcane Recovery, yet would you advise him also not to take any risk like casting save or suck spells? This...

Mirror Image is better for wizards, because it does not require concentration, unlike Blur. Also your images benefit from your high dexterity. Blur is a good spell for protective Eldritch Knights in Heavy Armor and Shield (when Protection from Evil and Good does not work).

1. Superiority dice are always limited, even and especially for a pure Battle Master, who is using nothing else. 2. The risk is therefore not being reduced by having more dice. It is reduced by having advantage over the target. 3. Furthet applying disadvantage on the target increase the chance...

I suggest you consult the Art of War Fighter guide, to get a view on the battle master maneuvers, since you can't really follow my arguments. Even if not being able to grapple/prone your adversary, Riposte is still superior in almost every aspect. If used while grappling it will up your damage...

A grappled and proned adversary does not normally require precision strike. On his turn he can choose use his action in full to escape from your grapple (due to rage you have advantage on the contesting role), or he can choose to attack you with disadvantage. If he does the first and is...

It is practically one additional attack once in a fight provided that the opponent misses you. That can be achieved even by grappling and shoving btw. So how can it be less great than any other maneuver, for which you also have only one d6 for? Menacing and trip attack is pretty useless for a...

The sage advice says nothing about how to deal with that issue. He and Mike Mearls only have the impression, that a shield (as any appropiate item) becomes a weapon, when used as such (improvised). Also your question is answered by my previous post. You can't have it all, Dueling, TWF and Dual...

Riposte...

@Kithas Your explanation is missing something. When you use something as/like an improvised weapon, it becomes a weapon (to you). So you can't say you are dual wielding two shields as weapons and gaining the TWF benefit and be able to use BB/GFB, while simultaneously stating it is not a weapon...

Yeah, Ranger has no access to, GWF,...but Defense. Further you can't use TWF and Dueling in the same turn, since Dueling is negated by default as soon as you use an object held in your off-hand to attack. You can't attack and include the Dueling bonus to your attacks' damage rolls and then do...

https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/717564235916574720 @Blue Sry, but I fail to see, how Dual Wielder and/or Tavern Brawler will give you a Str bonus to your shield damage while using sword and shield for attacking. Afaik only the TWF fighting style does that. What you do get is the...

I believe that restraint is useful, but not at the cost of being restraint yourself. The first ability of the Grappler feat is made redundant by the second, and the third is a beta-remnant anyway. I have ranged combatants in my party, too. A warlock and a ranger. Yet they've never fallen short...

First and foremost team optimisation isn't a one-way street either. You're the meat shield, so your're mates should be able to adapt to your style, too. About the warlock, he isn't exclusively designed for ranged combat. A bladelock wouldn't mind anyway. A tomelock can either pick Shocking...

Learn to read the sentences in full! No disadvantage applied! Quite the opposite, they gain advantage. And instead of using a dex save spell, use Cloud of Dagger, Spike Growth, Shocking Grasp or whatever suits you.

In all cases ranged attack party members can just draw a melee weapon and go hog wild, too. As I already pointed out this is not 4E. Whether ranged or melee, a rogue may still have one attack (Two, if he is dual wielding). He has advantage on the proned target in melee, and you are close, so he...

Again, there is no pinned condition. What you are referring to is the restraint condition. And yes, advantage counters disadvantage, as I have already stated myself. That means you get nothing out of this situation yourself, apart from having disadvantage on Dex saving throws yourself and...