List of features and items that affect melee attack rolls
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This is a comprehensive list of all features and items that directly affect melee attack rolls.
General information
- A source can cause different effects as part of its mechanic, but this article lists only effects to melee attack rolls.
- If a source causes a condition that affects melee attack rolls (for e.g.,
, 
), only the condition is mentioned.
Class features
Barbarian
- Gain 
Advantage on melee attack rolls until next turn
- Foes have 
Disadvantage on Opportunity Attacks
- Allies within 
2 m / 7 ft have Advantage on melee attack rolls
- Throwing Camp Supplies targets
- Add an additional Strength modifier to melee attack rolls against 
or 
targets
- Deal 1d6
Radiant damage and possibly target for one turn
- Add 
+1d4 bonus to melee attack rolls for self or ally for 10 turns
Bard
(
) - Add 
+1d6 bonus to melee attack rolls of an ally
- increases this die to
+1d8 at level 5 and 
+1d10 at level 10, respectively. - and are identical in their effect on melee attack rolls
- Incur a penalty equal to your die on melee attack roll of an attacking creature
Cleric
- Impose Disadvantage on any attacking creature
- Impose Disadvantage on any creature attacking an ally
- Gain Advantage on melee attack rolls against creatures within 3 m / 10 ft of the summoned illusion and attacker
- Become 
if Obscured
- Gain a +10 to melee attack roll
- Add a +10 to melee attack roll of an ally within 10 m / 33 ft
Druid
- Burrow into the ground and emerge at the target position, possibly knocking nearby creatures 
- Bite a target to possibly it
- Expel webbing that possibly 
creatures
- Gain Advantage on melee attack rolls if an ally is within 3 m / 10 ft
- Roar at nearby creatures to possibly 
them
- Attack a creature's eyes and it
- Gain 
- Wallop a foe with a fist of stone and thunder, possibly knocking them
Fighter
- While carrying a shield, impose Disadvantage on a creature attacking your ally within 1.5 m / 5 ft
- Attack a creature to possibly 
it
- Impose Disadvantage on melee attack rolls against self
- Gain Advantage to melee attack roll
- Attack a creature to possibly it
- Attack a creature to possibly 
it
- Add a bonus equal to Superiority Die to next melee attack roll
- Attack a creature to possibly knock it
Monk
- Melee attack rolls made with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks use Dexterity instead of Strength if Dexterity is higher
- Melee attack rolls against you have Disadvantage
- Push a creature back to possibly knock it 
- Summon a strong wind to push creatures back, forcing them 
- Possibly knock a target 
- Hold a humanoid enemy still, imposing Advantage on melee attack rolls against it
- Punch twice in succession to possibly knock a creature 
- Use a bonus action to 
, gaining Advantage on melee attack rolls- - Become if Obscured
- Teleport from one Obscured region to another, gaining Advantage on next melee attack roll
Paladin
- Gain Advantage on melee attack rolls against celestials, fiends, and undead- - While carrying a shield, impose Disadvantage on a creature attacking your ally within 1.5 m / 5 ft
- Possibly 
an enemy
- Add Charisma modifier to melee attack rolls
- Possibly an enemy
- Gain Advantage on melee attack rolls against one enemy
- Casting on oneself grants Advantage on melee attack rolls againt all creatures
- Casting
Ranger
- Become 
- Enemy Opportunity Attacks have Disadvantage
- Enemies incur a -4 penalty to additional melee attack rolls when they attack you
- Summoned companions receive a bonus to their melee attack rolls equal to your Proficiency bonus- - Roar at nearby creatures to possibly them
- Lash out at an enemy, possibly knocking it if it is not holding a weapon
- Charge forward, attacking all creatures and possibly knocking them - - Attack a creature's eyes and it
- Hurl one of your feathers at a target, marking it as 
- Fly to a target location and create a cloud of 
upon landing
- Lunge at a target, possibly knocking it - - Gain Advantage on melee attack rolls if an ally is within 3 m / 10 ft
- Become for 10 turns if Obscured- - Use a bonus action to , gaining Advantage on melee attack rolls
Rogue]
- - Use a bonus action to , gaining Advantage on melee attack rolls
- Blend into the environment so completely that you become 
- Mage Hand turns 
- Melee attack rolls against enemies that have not taken a turn yet gain Advantage
Sorcerer
- Create a fog of cloud that all creatures within
- All creatures within 9 m / 30 ft are 
- Create a vine surface within 4 m / 13 ft, possibly 
all caught creatures
- Gain Advantage on your next melee attack roll
- Spend 2 Sorcery Points to impose +1d4 or -1d4 to a target's melee attack roll
Warlock
- Upon landing a Critical Hit, possibly all nearby enemies
- Impose Disadvantage on a melee attack roll against you, gaining Advantage on melee attack rolls against the attacker if their attack missed
- Possibly nearby foes
- Become upon taking damage
- Melee attack rolls made with Pact Weapon use Charisma modifier instead of Strength or Dexterity
Wizard
- Use a reaction to change the die of any melee attack roll within 18 m / 60 ft to one of your Potent Dice