What is the best way to use the booming Blade in 5e?

To cast Booming Blade, a character must make a melee attack. On a successful hit, the creature is engulfed by energy until the start of its next turn. If the affected creature moves more than 5 feet, it is struck by 1d8 thunder damage.

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Is booming Blade good 5e?

Booming Blade is not great. It fills a niche that makes it a subpar cantrip for most casters, but it has its uses for battlefield control. Best used by melee casters, like eldritch knights, arcane tricksters, artificers, warlocks, etc. Note that it doesn't allow Extra Attacks for martial classes. Does booming Blade work with mobile feat? Things it generally won't work with are ones that require the Attack action - because to cast Booming Blade is a Cast a Spell action (and exception would be Bladesinger's Extra Attack).

Can booming Blade be used with extra attack?

Booming Blade doesn't work with Extra Attacks/Multi-Attacks. To compensate this Booming Blade does add a damage die every few levels. Meaning you won't be doing double damage at all. Just your normal damage amount with 1 additional damage die. Do you need war caster for booming blade? In order to cast Booming Blade while holding a two-handed weapon, you will need to take the War Caster feat to overcome this. Moreover, the fighting style Great Weapon Fighting does not allow you to reroll the thunder damage from the spell, only the 2d6 or 1d12 weapon deals.

Is booming blade a bonus action?

Booming Blade is a great cantrip for anyone who can add damage onto a single attack, can cast it as a bonus action (Quickened Spell metamagic) or reaction (Warcaster feat), or has enhanced mobility to skirmish (e.g. the Mobile feat). Is booming Blade loud? As written, booming blade doesn't make any more noise than a normal attack. Notably, booming blade does not have a verbal component, and the spell description says nothing about making noise. Compare it to the spell thunder step: The thunder can be heard from up to 300 feet away.

Is green flame Blade good?

Okay, it is well known that Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade are some of the best cantrips in the game for gish-builds, especially for the subclasses/classes that only get one attack from their Attack action. There are many ways to take advantage of these spells and get ahold of them. Can you ready booming Blade? As a Readied Action

What you can do, however, is ready Booming Blade and take advantage of the extra attack damage at higher levels.

Can you cast 2 cantrips in a turn?

You cannot cast two cantrips during one action. That's why many cantrips scale as you level. To further explain what you read, if you cast a spell as a bonus action, you can only use your action to cast a cantrip.