List of features and items that affect melee attack rolls

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.,  Blinded,  Invisible), only the condition is mentioned.

Class features

Barbarian

•  Aspect of the Beast: Chimpanzee - Throwing Camp Supplies  Blinds targets
•  Aspect of the Beast: Tiger - Add an additional Strength modifier to melee attack rolls against  Bleeding or  Poisoned targets
•  Bolstering Magic: Boon - Add +1d4 bonus to melee attack rolls for self or ally for 10 turns
•  Rage: Eagle Heart - Foes have  Disadvantage on Opportunity Attacks
•  Rage: Wolf Heart - Allies within ⁠2 m / 7 ft have  Advantage on melee attack rolls
•  Reckless Attack - Gain  Advantage on melee attack rolls until next turn
•  Wild Magic: Bolt of Light - Deal 1d6⁠⁠Radiant damage and possibly  Blind target for one turn

Bard

•  Bardic Inspiration ( Bardic Attack) - Add +1d6 bonus to melee attack rolls of an ally
  •  Combat Inspiration and  Valiant Attack are identical in their effect on melee attack rolls
  •  Improved Bardic Inspiration increases this die to +1d8 at level 5 and +1d10 at level 10, respectively.
•  Cutting Words - Incur a penalty equal to your  Bardic Inspiration die on melee attack roll of an attacking creature

Cleric

•  Cloak of Shadows - Become  Invisible if Obscured
•  Guided Strike - Gain a +10 to melee attack roll
•  Invoke Duplicity - Gain  Advantage on melee attack rolls against creatures within ⁠3 m / 10 ft of the summoned illusion and attacker
  •  War God's Blessing - Add a +10 to melee attack roll of an ally within ⁠10 m / 33 ft
•  Warding Flare - Impose  Disadvantage on any attacking creature
  •  Improved Warding Flare - Impose  Disadvantage on any creature attacking an ally

Druid

•  Burrow - Burrow into the ground and emerge at the target position, possibly knocking nearby creatures  Prone
•  Goading Roar - Roar at nearby creatures to possibly  Goad them
•  Grounded Thunder Strike - Wallop a foe with a fist of stone and thunder, possibly knocking them  Prone
•  Invisibility - Gain  Invisibility
•  Pack Tactics - Gain  Advantage on melee attack rolls if an ally is within ⁠3 m / 10 ft
•  Rend Vision - Attack a creature's eyes and  Blind it
•  Venomous Bite - Bite a target to possibly  Poison it
•  Web - Expel webbing that possibly  Enwebs creatures

Fighter

•  Distracting Strike - Attack a creature to possibly  Distract it
•  Evasive Footwork - Impose  Disadvantage on melee attack rolls against self
•  Feinting Attack - Gain  Advantage to melee attack roll
•  Goading Attack - Attack a creature to possibly  Goad it
•  Menacing Attack - Attack a creature to possibly  Frighten it
•  Precision Attack - Add a bonus equal to Superiority Die to next melee attack roll
•  Protection - While carrying a shield, impose  Disadvantage on a creature attacking your ally within ⁠1.5 m / 5 ft
•  Trip Attack - Attack a creature to possibly knock it  Prone

Monk

•  Clench of the North Wind - Hold a humanoid enemy still, imposing  Advantage on melee attack rolls against it
•  Cloak of Shadows - Become  Invisible if Obscured
•  Fist of Unbroken Air - Push a creature back to possibly knock it  Prone
•  Flurry of Blows: Topple - Punch twice in succession to possibly knock a creature  Prone
•  Martial Arts: Dextrous Attacks - Melee attack rolls made with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks use Dexterity instead of Strength if Dexterity is higher
•  Patient Defence - Melee attack rolls against you have  Disadvantage
•  Rush of the Gale Spirits - Summon a strong wind to push creatures back, forcing them  Off Balance
•  Shadow Arts: Hide - Use a bonus action to  Hide, gaining  Advantage on melee attack rolls
•  Shadow Step - Teleport from one Obscured region to another, gaining  Advantage on next melee attack roll
•  Water Whip - Possibly knock a target  Prone

Paladin

•  Abjure Enemy - Possibly  Frighten an enemy
•  Divine Sense - Gain  Advantage on melee attack rolls against celestials, fiends, and undead
•  Nature's Wrath - Possibly  Restrain an enemy
•  Protection - While carrying a shield, impose  Disadvantage on a creature attacking your ally within ⁠1.5 m / 5 ft
•  Sacred Weapon - Add Charisma modifier to melee attack rolls
•  Vow of Enmity - Gain  Advantage on melee attack rolls against one enemy
  • Casting  Vow of Enmity on oneself grants  Advantage on melee attack rolls againt all creatures

Ranger

•  Bad Omen - Hurl one of your feathers at a target, marking it as  Cursed
•  Boar Charge - Charge forward, attacking all creatures and possibly knocking them  Prone
•  Companion's Bond - Summoned companions receive a bonus to their melee attack rolls equal to your Proficiency bonus
•  Dread Ambusher: Hide - Use a bonus action to  Hide, gaining  Advantage on melee attack rolls
•  Escape the Horde - Enemy Opportunity Attacks have  Disadvantage
•  Fly - Fly to a target location and create a cloud of  Darkness upon landing
•  Goading Roar - Roar at nearby creatures to possibly  Goad them
•  Hide in Plain Sight - Become  Invisible
•  Honeyed Paws - Lash out at an enemy, possibly knocking it  Prone if it is not holding a weapon
•  Lunging Bite - Lunge at a target, possibly knocking it  Prone
•  Multiattack Defence - Enemies incur a -4 penalty to additional melee attack rolls when they attack you
•  Pack Tactics - Gain  Advantage on melee attack rolls if an ally is within ⁠3 m / 10 ft
•  Rend Vision - Attack a creature's eyes and  Blind it
•  Umbral Shroud - Become  Invisible for 10 turns if Obscured

Rogue

•  Assassinate: Initiative - Melee attack rolls against enemies that have not taken a turn yet gain  Advantage
•  Cunning Action: Hide - Use a bonus action to  Hide, gaining  Advantage on melee attack rolls
•  Mage Hand Legerdemain - Mage Hand turns  Invisible
•  Supreme Sneak - Blend into the environment so completely that you become  Invisible

Sorcerer

•  Bend Luck - Spend 2 Sorcery Points to impose +1d4 or -1d4 to a target's melee attack roll
•  Tides of Chaos - Gain  Advantage on your next melee attack roll
•  Wild Magic: Blur - All creatures within ⁠9 m / 30 ft are  Blurred
•  Wild Magic: Entangle - Create a vine surface within ⁠4 m / 13 ft, possibly  Entangling all caught creatures
•  Wild Magic: Fog - Create a fog of cloud that  Blinds all creatures within

Warlock

•  Entropic Ward - Impose  Disadvantage on a melee attack roll against you, gaining  Advantage on melee attack rolls against the attacker if their attack missed
•  Fey Presence: Disturbing - Possibly  Frighten nearby foes
•  Misty Escape - Become  Invisible upon taking damage
•  Mortal Reminder - Upon landing a Critical Hit, possibly  Frighten all nearby enemies
•  Pact of the Blade - Melee attack rolls made with Pact Weapon use Charisma modifier instead of Strength or Dexterity

Wizard

•  Portent - Use a reaction to change the die of any melee attack roll within ⁠18 m / 60 ft to one of your Potent Dice