Invoke Duplicity | Thoughts

[Darthclimo]

It dawned on me that I'm yet to use Shadowheart's Cantrip, Invoke Duplicity even once. Can any of you convince me to use it? Any good combos or interesting strategies it pairs well with?

[***]

It's better accuracy boost than bless for solo target like bosses since it give advantage
but your party need to be near

[Snake_In_The_Eye]

it is not a cantrip, it is a channel divinity feature. It is important to understand the difference because cantrips are spells you can use at-will.

It is pretty handy, gives free advantage it both attacker and target are within 3 feet of the illusion. I have used it to defeat some pretty powerful bosses like the Gnolls, or the Grymforge colossus, without any exploits or tricks.

This illusion does not move and can be attacked, so you have to position it wisely.

[Darthclimo]

Originally posted by Snake_In_The_Eye:

it is not a cantrip, it is a channel divinity feature. It is important to understand the difference because cantrips are spells you can use at-will.

It is pretty handy, gives free advantage it both attacker and target are within 3 feet of the illusion. I have used it to defeat some pretty powerful bosses like the Gnolls, or the Grymforge colossus, without any exploits or tricks.

This illusion does not move and can be attacked, so you have to position it wisely.

Thanks for the clarification, man. I've had a sneaking suspicion it's more powerful than I've assumed it to be. Giving every ally Advantage within 3m sounds pretty great. Definitely going to experiment with it.

[doublejesus]

More free sneak attack for rogues.

[Tingly]

Sometimes enemies will use an action targeting the illusion instead of one of your party members. Frustrating because it can only take one hit and the buff is gone, but that is at least one action the enemies aren't spending on real party members.

[Cur]

It helps your melee attackers with advantage but it's also really great at soaking an attack in a pinch. Enemies will prioritize it so you can use it to buy another party member some time if they get caught in a bad spot.

Pay attention to the initiative order. Sometimes you can place the illusion and be quite certain that a specific enemy will waste it's action attacking it. Sometimes you get lucky and a bunch of minor enemies will miss ranged attacks on it too.