Another non-concentration spell that makes us hard to hit. With Action Surge, that’s up to 24d8 psychic damage nova. We can now upcast Shadow Blade further for a 4d8 weapon. We don’t lose much by activating it on round 2 of combat. At this point, we have a 19AC with Mage Armor and a shield, which isn’t terrible. Only bad thing about it is that it’s also a Bonus Action to activate. We won’t ever have the INT of a monoclassed Wizard, but if we ever find a Headband of Intellect… With our low INT though, it's barely worth using. Since we’re 13th level instead of 2nd, we actually start this class with 5 uses per day. We can, however, learn spells of any slot level that we have from scrolls and spellbooks.īladesinging. Keep in mind that the spells we learn from gaining class levels are based off the class level, not total level. We're also now no longer restricted on what spell schools we can learn from. With Action Surge, that’s up to 18d8 psychic damage nova. We can now upcast Shadow Blade for a 3d8 weapon. Slice and dice and chop! Cantrips are once again relegated to opportunity attack duty.Īrcane Recovery. We can also pick up the blade cantrip we didn’t choose earlier. There are only 26 spells with saving throws of 1st-4th level without concentration, and we want to save our higher level slots for Shadow Blade. Any enemy we hit has disadvantage on the next saving throw we subject them to (before the end of our next turn.) There’s not a lot of options that will fit into our build. No concentration and makes you very hard to hit.Īt level 10 we gain Eldritch Strike. For now, unless you need to use your bonus action for something, it is better to use a cantrip and bonus action attack for the extra damage.įinally time to increase our stats. This amounts to 96% of getting 10+ and 79.75% of getting 15+. Shield is taking up our level 3 ‘any school’ spell slot, replace it with Shadow Blade and then use the spell gained at this level to relearn Shield.įor big combats, we now have a 2d8 psychic damage weapon and +5 with advantage for concentration checks to keep it. Plus it helps us keep Shadow Blade up longer. They're great for opportunity attacks since their damage scales with level. Cantrips are now relegated to opportunity attack duty. Cantrips are now no longer used for main attacks. Saves 1-2 of our limited spell slots a day. Bargain away your soul to protect your body.

Take the Eldritch Adept feat for Armor of Shadows. Otherwise, they become our main attack for a few levels.Īlso learn Absorb Elements, Magic Missile, and Mage Armor. If your DM doesn’t go for it, see the “No Fun Allowed” section below. For the purposes of this guide, I’m going to assume that they’re allowed. So, can you use the cantrips with Shadow Blade? Ehhhmaybe? Per this thread, the intention of the change was to prevent use of the cantrips with a focus instead of a weapon. Tasha’s changed the cantrips to require “a melee weapon worth at least 1sp” as the material component. Just, you know, make sure your allies can see. Only a somatic component, so we can use it to silently extinguish enemy torches to get the drop on them. Grab a weapon cantrip of your choice and Control Flames. I’m going with Dueling.īecome an Eldritch Knight. Dueling, Interception, or Protection would be best here. Just prioritize DEX > CON > INT > everything else.įor fighting style, we won’t be wearing armor after level 3, so Defense is out. The exact ability scores aren’t super important. Obviously go with an elf of some flavor if you want to get Elven Accuracy. The free flying speed is nice, but not necessary for the build. I’m going with the SCAG Winged Tiefling variant. Start as any race with +dex and darkvision.

Not every level is going to be listed.įor added immersion, please turn your lights off now.

I've mapped out levels with either choices to make or changes to playstyle. TL DR: Eldritch Knight 11/Bladesinger 9 makes Shadow Blade go swing swing swing. *Build doesn't actually use the Skulker feat. While the rest of the party was drinking in the tavern, we were studying the blade made of darkness in the dark corner that all taverns have for some reason. A 1-20 guide for being a shadow skulking*, edgy McEdgeface warrior of darkness and shadows. What this is: Get the Shadow Blade spell.

Dnd 5e shadow blade build