![]() Like it or not, but it's definitely a good option. It's like a Paladin smite spell, except at range. The one, singular, benefit I can see in its favour is that it's only a Bonus Action to cast.Have you considered that it stacks with any other damage riders? And that it changes your average weapon damage into lightning? And that you can hit other dudes along with your target? And that all the good spells you mentioned require concentration? And that a Sharpshooter can use it with an extra 3d8 damage while keeping the +10? Even so this is still probably only relevant for 9th and 10th levels whilst level 3 spells are there but before multiattack comes along for hunters. Maybe it is all about the AoE (although even for a ranger 2d8 on a 10 ft radius isn't great). Your point about sharpshooter is well made however - maybe it is useful as a secondary attack for melee focused rangers that want a bit more reach. I would say the paladin ability is better, but not by a massive amount. Paladin only uses theirs on a hit though, whereas on a miss the ranger does half damage. ![]() If you really want to compare it to other class abilities I would compare it to Paladin smiting from a 3rd level slot - 4d8 damage for each, Paladin gets to add weapon attack on top and ranger gets to add splash damage. It isn't like they can say "well I guess lightning arrow isn't that great, I guess i will learn fireball instead". Well comparing it to fireball is a bit silly as rangers don't get fireball. The one, singular, benefit I can see in its favour is that it's only a Bonus Action to cast. When it's competing with Conjure Animals or even an upcast Hunters Mark (8 hour duration) or Ensnaring Strike (3d6 damage per turn, Str to escape great caster killer).I just don't see why anyone would ever bother with it. That's without comparing it to other 3rd level direct damage spells like Fireball. An ordinary shot using Sharpshooter does 1d8+Dex+10 for an average of about 18 anyway, doesn't require a 3rd level spell slot or that you lose concentration on any spell you might have had up (like Hunters Mark). For a 3rd level spell it's.just bad.Ĥd8 (average: 18) to one target, 2d8 (average: 9) to everyone in 10ft. I've never seen the appeal of Lightning Arrow and I wonder if someone here might be able to explain it to me.
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