HOW TO PLAY AN EVOKER WIZARD IN D&D 5E (2024)

[@binolombardi]

elemental adept makes 1s count as 2s. Wish it was 1s and 2s as 3s like the fighting style.

[@2ndlevelfighter]

Ahhhh no... my bad.

[@OriginalJDB]

I play an evocation wizard at 18th level and just used Ravenous Void for the first time last night. It was awesome. While it definitely didn’t do NEAR as much damage as Meteor swarm. But it controlled the entire battlefield and kept sucking up the enemies and even locked down the massive boss we were fighting. It also affected the reinforcements a few turns later. I think this spell wouldn’t be as good on another wizard subclass. Because that sculpt spell feature was absolutely necessary to keep my own Allie’s from flying into the void. Lol

[@2ndlevelfighter]

That's sick. Just hope they were enemy reinforcements and not your own!

[@ChristnThms]

While I wouldn't argue that Evoker is the unqualified best wizard subclass, I would argue that among the 2024 phb wizard subclasses, it is the most likely to be the most useful in the widest array of situations. This hinges largely on Sculpt Spell, which eliminates the biggest downside of the most damaging spells. Damage is sometimes discounted for casters, with the assumption that a caster can do other "more important" things for the group. But all clever strategies fall to irrelevance if you can deliver enough damage fast enough.

[@2ndlevelfighter]

Very true!

[@lucasramey6427]

Pro tip from an expert blaster faerie fire and rime's binding ice are amazing choices for an evoker thanks to sculpt spell granting you some decent control and buff options that don't negatively effect any allies, of course you can get access to faerie fire through a dip in artificer probably artillerist because it's a flavorful dip or you can grab it from magic initiate druid

[@lucasramey6427]

Also suffice to say this was in fact a comment before seeing the entire video as you had then went on to directly mention both rime's binding ice and artillerist (which bonus for people that temp hp field is gonna greatly offset the damage you take from overchannel so that should absolutely be a main pick for turret option later on)

[@2ndlevelfighter]

Faerie fire is a great call out!

[@Ahglock]

Ah potent cantrip the feature that puts you within spitting distance of eldritch blast with agonizing blast for most the game,(the entire game for most tables) and by the time eldritch out paces it you have so many spells you will never be using cantrips. Eldritch with agonizing is per the designers so powerful that you could never be a full caster and have it...

[@YItGottaBeBlack]

“A cheeky Wall of Fire…” 😂