Is Eldritch Blast a good cantrip for Wizard?

[craig234]

It seems about equivalent to Fire Blast. I could get it as the cantrip with the spell sniper feat, but not sure why.

[pirate135246]

you should take it at character creation, Eldritch Blast is what the entire warlock kit is based around

[pirate135246]

Originally posted by pirate135246:

you should take it at character creation, Eldritch Blast is what the entire warlock kit is based around

oh i just read wizard as warlock oops, yeah not worth taking that feat imo

[Wokelander]

Slightly better than elemental cantrips due to resistances but I wouldn't bother if you're not a warlock

[craig234]

ok thanks. Spell Sniper still seems nice for the crit, but no need for that cantrip.

[Pat Fenis]

spell sniper is nice but luxurious, passing up +2 int, resilient con, or alert. Cantrips are hardly used by the end of act 1. Ray of frost and shocking grasp with wet see the most use (for me)

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Lvl 10 Evocation Wizard
Lvl 2 Warlock (Agonizing Blast)

(Empowered Evo + Agonizing)

[Sharkinbear]

Eldritch blast is still good even for non warlock types but it's not as good because you don't get the benefits that warlock gets buuuuuut..... if I'm correct, I thought I read that in BG3 that EB scales off of character level and not warlock levels so eventually EB can hit for 3d10 as a centrip which is still nutty. It really kind of depends of you like that spell because at the end of the day it's about what you want to do.

[Hobocop]

Originally posted by Sharkinbear:

Eldritch blast is still good even for non warlock types but it's not as good because you don't get the benefits that warlock gets buuuuuut..... if I'm correct, I thought I read that in BG3 that EB scales off of character level and not warlock levels so eventually EB can hit for 3d10 as a centrip which is still nutty. It really kind of depends of you like that spell because at the end of the day it's about what you want to do.

It's nice, but not necessarily worth giving up one of your three feats for, since the real juice for it comes from being able to add your casting modifier to damage multiple times with stuff like Agonizing Blast. Without that, other cantrips scale up to do similar damage.

[Hellsteeth30]

It's the Warlock's thing, it's primary attack really.