D&D 5E (2024) 2nd level casters are disappoint

[Zardnaar]

Yea.

There's also the daisy chain wake up which can make waking all enemies/allies net 0 additional actions lost when only having a single enemy left awake.

It's also the major concern with Hypnotic Pattern.

I mean it's not a wasted spell, as you cost N enemies each 1 action, but it's potentially a heck of a lot weaker than typically assumed.

Yup.

I prefer the holy trinity of control spells. Hypnotic pattern+fear+slow. Upcastable Hunger of Hadar might become a thing idk.

Death is also best debuff any edition.