It costs a precious spell slot, and offers Spells become available (even if it’s just the next smite spell). Or two when you first get them, but replace them after that when better Since the smite spells don’t scale well (if they scale at all), they’re oftenĪ poor use of your limited Warlock spell slots.
In particular, even though all the smites are Bonus Actions (goodįor your action economy) they require Concentration to ensure that you’re able toĪctually get the effect off as long as you hit sometime during the next minute,īut this prevents you from running other excellent Concentration buffs likeīlur and Elemental Weapon from the very same expanded list. While several options on this list are very good, many of them requireĬoncentration. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. RPGBOT is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Keep in mind that the state of the meta periodically changes as new source materials are released, and the article will be updated accordingly as time allows. The advice offered below is based on the current State of the Character Optimization Meta as of when the article was last updated. We also won’t cover Unearthed Arcana content because it’s not finalized, and we can’t guarantee that it will be available to you in your games. We will not include 3rd-party content, including content from DMs Guild, in handbooks for official content because we can’t assume that your game will allow 3rd-party content or homebrew. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. I also strongly recommen reading my Warlock Eldritch Invocation Breakdown and my Warlock Spells Breakdown. For more information on the Warlock, see my Warlock Handbook.
This guide is specifically for the Hexblade Warlock, and omits sections of my typical class handbooks when those sections aren’t meaningfully different from other members of the class. That said, with a little work you can fill your niche as a primary damage dealer in the front lines while staying reasonably safe thanks to your spells and later parts of your kit. Hexblade warlocks are an interesting subclass: they can easily be a trap because their apparent versatility can leave you wanting to have many tools at your disposal only to discover that none of them quite satisfy the way that the more specialized subclasses can.
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