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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 9136391" data-attributes="member: 2525">Remember the more attacks you get the more that difference in damage adds up together.This was Treantmonk's analysis for a bladelock using a longbow instead of EB at 13th level, which does not include a subclass yet:Ranged: Longbow (moontouched or whatever, assumes no magic bonus to hit and damage just base 1d8+5 damage). Includes Slow Mastery, which is nice but not changing DPR calculation.Rd 1 Bonus Action: Hex (same as baseline attack)Attack #1 1d8+51d6 Lifedrinker1d6 HexTotal average damage for a hit = 16.560% chance to hit = 9.9 average damage5% chance to crit (Eldritch Smite used on Crits) 89.5 damage on crit = 4.48 average [BUT SEE BELOW]Attack #1 total average damage: 14.38Attack #2 total average damage: 14.38Attack #3 total average damage: 14.38Great Weapon Master (Applies proficiency bonus to damage once per round - and yes, it now applies to a longbow too): Chance of hitting at least once with 3 attacks = 94% x 5 (proficiency bonus) = 4.7 damage average per round.Total Damage Per Round: 47.84 average (14.38 + 14.38 + 14.38 + 4.7), which is 79% more than Eldritch Blast with Agonizing Blast and Hex.Now Eldritch Smite can use more spell slots. So lets assume for this one you never took Eldritch Smite and that big boost on crits goes away. Crits are now 5% x 12.5 = 0.63. New total is 36.59, which is still 37% more than Eldritch Blast + Agonizing Blast + Hex. And you're Slowing Target (Weapon Mastery) rather than pushing Target (Repelling Blast). And getting more range from longbow than Eldritch Blast. Bottom Line: why use Eldritch Blast anymore when this does a lot more damage for just one more invocation involved really?</blockquote>

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