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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9371466" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Dispel magic is one spell used as an example and the idea is not to save it, but to use it instead by casting a spell instead of saving it.Also very few enemies that are going to cast hold person are also going to be downed by 18 extra damage.  You would need multiple hits and multiple smites and now you are talking about multiple spell slots.Sure, but then you would not have been able to Divine smite either.In which case you are out 5.5 damage on average.In which case Divine Smite would have done nothing more.  If using Wrathful Smite kills an enemy or if it dies shortly thereafter then it would have been killed or died shortly thereafter with Divine Smite as well.Sure, but then do you really need to use Divine Smite either?  If you need to divine smite that means there is a good chance the Wizard will lose that control, in which cast Wrathful Smite is huge.Also it is MUCH easier to shake most Wizard control spells than it is to shake wrathful smite and it is easier to shake all of the 1st level ones.I don't think a bonus action attack is the most common bonus action on a Paladin.  I think a racial ability or a bonus action spell is the most common, occasionally a Channel Divinity.There are very few Paladins that do TWF or have the Crossbow Expert.  Some have PAM, but not many.Sure and you are out 5.5 damage.Wrathful Smite is best with good tactics.  Ideally you attack with reach and then the enemy can't attack you in melee at all after you hit (on a failed save).  If you can't attack with reach you typically take an AOO (with disadvantage) to get out of his reach after you land it.  This gives him one attack (with disadvantage) instead of typically 2 or more with multiattack.At higher levels against enemies with Legendary actions and resistances is when it really becomes even more effective because on a fail the DM either has to use a Legendary resistance on it or he really has his mobility effected, with loss of attacks and often losing legendary actions with little chance of breaking free from it, and that is with a first level spell.Wrathful smite is different though, because there is no further save after you fail the first.  It is a check and it takes an action to try.Most other spells are generally a better use of a spell slot IME.  I would reverse this and say using a slot for a smite is better in niche circumstances (in particular like you said when you want to use a lot of resources to do a lot of damage to one enemy).</blockquote>

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