I plan to build a D&D Gish, and want to document a good Eldritch Knight build. Here as ever are my notes and links. …
Some references
This video runs an Eldritch Knight to level eleven, picks up two levels of Wizard, then another fighter level, and finishes as wizard. A war mage is recommended, but blade singer seen as an option. I might use an Abjurer. The levels of wizard allow spells from all schools, ritual casting, and the writing of scrolls.
Like most spell sword/gish builds, this relies on Shadow Blade and so Darkvision becomes important/useful, although it might be better get to Devil’s Sight via Eldritch Adept. Darkvision is a second level transmuter spell and so can be taken if one takes three levels of wizard.
Some more
- Fighter:eldritch-knight from dnd5w at wikidot
- Wizard:war-magic from dnd5w at wikidot
- Wizard:abjuration from dnd5w at wikidot
- https://dnd5e.wikidot.com
- Wizard from dnd5w at wikidot
Another model build, this time at CBR. This build deals with each factor of the build as a chapter, rather than focus on levels. (I like this way of doing it.)
I found another video which had two good ideas at least one for another time. Firstly a wizard dip gives more cantrips and arcane recovery which given the cap on EK spells, is good.
The author of the above vidoe, also proposed a fighter/sorcerer build, with two levels of fighter then six of sorcerer. He takes the PSI warrior as the fighter subclass and aberrant mind sorcerer as its subclass. He takes quicken meta magic feat and proposes spell /point swaps to keep allowing the use of the bonus action to cast spells as well as an attack. He then recommends talking some fighter levels. I need to read that with more care.
Treantmonk offers two videos, a generic spell focused guide, and a specific build guide.
Things I have found
This gets so much better at 7th level. This is where war magic and 2nd level spells kicks in, thus making shadow blade available. Booming blade (& Green Flame blade) use an action and this prohibit the extra attack.
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