Guide:Gish (Spellblades): Difference between revisions

'''1. 5 Paladin + 5 Warlock + 2 Fighter:''' Probably the strongest single target melee build in the game, this build utilizes a ''possibly'' unintended interaction between '''Improved Pact: Pact of the Blade''' Warlocks and the Extra Attack class feature from other striker classes.  Currently, this combination of '''Improved Pact''' and '''Extra Attack''' allows a character to make a weapon attack three times per action, and naturally scales further with other sources of bonus actions.   

*While you can do this with classes other than Paladin, like Bard, Paladin offers the greatest single target burst damage due to Divine Smite, and also does extra damage to fiends and undead, which happen to be a good number of enemies and bosses in this game.   

*If you use Bind Weapon, you can dump strength and completely focus on Charisma for better spell accuracy.   

*I wanted to include this build just for fun, but it's not a very "good" spellblade.

'''1. 6 Warlock + 6 Bard / 6 Bard + 5 Warlock + 1 Fighter:''' The Extra Attack that '''College of Swords''' Bards gain synergizes with the extra attack from '''Deepened Pact''' the same way that Paladin does, but comes a level later, making this build less flexible.  However, the trade-off here is that we are not restricted to melee weapons, can use Slashing Flourish to attack two targets with one attack, and we can still attack three times per action.  This effectively gives us more attacks in group encounters when compared to the Paladin version of this build, and does scale better with on-hit, additive bonuses to our damage, but makes us less effective in single-target encounters. Otherwise, the main benefit this build has over the Paladin version is access to much better utility spells, in my opinion.

*With 6 Bard levels, you will have 4 Bardic Inspiration charges that refresh per Short Rest.

*Warlock spell slots refresh on Short Rest, rather than Long Rest like other spellcasters.

*Since we don't have Divine Smite with this build, we can use our spell slots for AoE or Crowd Control instead.  Or Misty Step.  Or Darkness; Devil's Sight + Darkness is a pretty brutal combo.

*Same as before, '''Bind Weapon''' allows you to use your Charisma for weapon attack and damage rolls.

*Beguiling Influence is really good for party faces.