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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gavin O." data-source="post: 7514592" data-attributes="member: 6941440">LightningCantripLightning Lure (Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) The effectiveness of this spell really depends on how often you want to pull a target towards you. If you're playing a primary caster, you usually don't want enemies within 5 feet of you. Shocking Grasp (Sorcerer, Wizard) This spell doesn't have an impactful enough effect to justify being melee range. Level 1Chromatic Orb (Sorcerer, Wizard) 3d8 isn't great damage, and this requires a material component that costs 50 goldWitch Bolt (Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) 30-foot range isn't very good, especially since this spell breaks if the target is ever outside of that range. If you land the first hit, you can keep using your action to deal 1d12 damage (better than a cantrip though not by that much) to the target each round. At low levels this could be okay, but the scaling is awful and it requires your concentration. Level 2Dragon's Breath (Sorcerer, Wizard) Mediocre if you need to cast this on yourself or a party member, and excellent if you can cast it on someone’s familiar.Level 3Call Lightning (Tempest Cleric, Druid) 3d10 lightning damage in a 5-foot AOE every round for 10 rounds, and it scales well. At this level you'll need two hits to beat a fireball, at later levels it can do a fireball's worth of damage on each hit. Shame it requires your concentration and isn't available to Sorcerers and WizardsElemental Weapon (Paladin, Hexblade Warlock) Give someone's weapon (preferably someone who can make multiple attacks per round) +1 to hit and +1d4 Lightning damage, and lasts an hour. Strong.Glyph of Warding (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) For 200 gold, you can make a glyph of whatever spell you want and throw the object onto the ground to detonate it. Use as you see fit. Lightning Arrow (Ranger) 4d8 damage (replacing the damage of your weapon attack) plus 2d8 AOE (which doesn't affect the initial target) in a 10-foot range, and breaks your concentration, is just too weak. Lightning Bolt (Mountain Land Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Same damage as a fireball but the area of effect is much worse. Level 4Storm Sphere (Sorcerer, Wizard) 20-foot radius zone of difficult terrain, deals minor damage each round (and you get the damage once guaranteed on each creature in the area when you cast it, and you can use your bonus action every round to shock something for 4d6 damage. A good spell, shame it does nothing if you miss and requires concentration. Level 5(Nothing)Level 6Chain Lightning (Sorcerer, Wizard) A bit less damage than a lightning bolt upcast to level 6, but it hits four targets and has no chance of hitting your allies.Level 7(Nothing)Level 8Illusory Dragon (Wizard) 7d6 damage isn't great, but a 60-foot cone is good, it only takes your bonus action to use, and it's repeatable. Plus the dragon can block paths for you. It takes a creature's whole action to try and determine that the dragon isn't real, many creatures have poor Investigation, plus it's a check and not a save so legendary resistance doesn't help. Level 9Prismatic Wall (Wizard) Deals extremely high damage (though only 10d6 Lightning) plus it applies two conditions to creatures that try to walk through it. Doesn't require concentration, and your allies can pass through it at will. Phenomenal.FeatsElemental Adept Treating any roll of 1 as a 2 increases the average damage of a d6 from 3.5 to 3.66, which is not a very substantial increase, so the effectiveness of this spell largely depends on how much you need the ability to overcome lightning resistance. I definitely wouldn't take this before getting my casting stat to 20. Level DipsTempest Cleric (2,5-6) Two levels gets you a channel divinity that maximizes the damage of one of your lightning (or thunder) spells per short rest. Five levels gets you Call Lightning, and Six levels gets you a second Channel Divinity to maximize your damage again. Lightning Dragon Sorcerer 7 Gets you Storm Sphere, +Cha to damage with all of your lightning spells, Metamagic, and free Mage Armor. I'm not sure if 7 levels can really be called a dip though. </blockquote>

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