Summary

• Multiclassing in Dungeons & Dragons allows for powerful combinations of classes that bring out the best in each other.
• The Barbarian/Fighter multiclass is a strong pairing due to their shared abilities and high melee combat potential.
• The Sorcerer/Warlock multiclass can provide access to unlimited spell slots, but players should consider the potential rule complications before using this build.

Achieving mastery in a certain field of study is a pursuit that many people find appealing. However, others prefer to become a jack of many trades instead of a master of one. If you just can't quite decide between two classes, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons offers a solution through m𝔉ulticlassing. ꦗHowever, some classes make better pairs than others.

Think of a character's multiclass like a well-constructed meal. A delicious dining experience involves foods that accentuate and elevate each other's qualities. Wine and cheese, cookies and milk, and meat and vegetables are all good examples. Similarly, you'll want the classes of a character's multiclass to bring out the 📖best in one another.

These class combos have been selected based upon author experience with these pairings, boosts to stats that are given if⭕ they are combined, and, of course, how awesome they are for role-play reasons.

Updated November 21, 2024, by Alfredo Robelo: The best way to experience a class to its fullest potential is to go all the way with it to level 20, but since not every campaign reaches those heights, multiclassing is a great way to add spice to your favorite class. We've added even more combinations to the article, including things only possible with the 2024 Player's Handbook changes.

20 ꩵ Ranger/Monk

The 2024 Player's Handbook made a lot of changes to how monks and rangers work, making these two underperforming classes gain stronger elements at earlier levels. Monks gained a more straightforward way to use their resource (called focus points instead of ki in the 2024 rules), while rangers focus on the benefits of Hunter's Mark. The whole poin💦t of combining these two classes is to give monks access to Hunter's Mark, letting them deal an extra D6 each time they hit their enemy; that's a lot of hits if you count unarmed strikes.

In the 2014 rules, this wasn't worth it, since the spell specified that the attack roll needed to be from a weapon attack, but the 2024 rules changed it to any attack roll. This means that you want to spend as few levels as possible on ranger, and the 2024 rules have also changed this for the better: rangers now get 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hunter's Mark at level one. This means that, for the low cost of a single level, you get to dramatical𒅌ly augm⛄ent your damage every turn, no matter how long the campaign runs.

19 🐓 ꦗ Fighter/Warlock

A lot of classes want to multiclass into f🌃ighter due to the benefits a few levels can give. For warloc♏ks, just a single fighter level can give them a lot, like heavy armor proficiency and the second wind mechanic, giving them a lot of survivability.

The 2024 rules also give you access to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the weapon mastery property of any weapon yꦗou choose, so even though warlocks already have ways of being great melee combatants, one level in fighter gives them a lot more use out of their chosen weapon. As per the 2024 rules, however, you only get heavy armor proficiency if you start as a fighter, so keep that in mind.

18 Monk/Dr🎀uid

Monks are expert martial artists who don't often require weapons to perform well, but combining them with druids can♋ make for an interesting build based on Wisdom. Since the monk feature unarmored defense raises your armor class with both Dexterity and Wisdom, you can have a monk that deals most of its damage with🐷 Wisdom with a single level in druid.

This is possible thanks to the cantrip Shillelagh, where you use💫 your spellcasting modifier to dea🐓l damage with a staff or club. Since staves are considered monk weapons, you can end up with quite a wise and deadly character, and if you spend just one more level into druid, a character that can transform into a seemingly harmless cat as well.

17 𒐪 Barbarian/Fighter

Perhaps the most obvious multiclass of all the options available, barbarian and fighter pair together quite easily thanks to their reliance on the same ability scores and combat strategies. Both classes enjoy high Strength and Constitution scores and typically prefer a focus on melee combat. Reckless attack ⛦is a great source of constant advantage for all of your melee attacks, and action surge paired with the bonus rage damage you get on every attack makes for a hell of a turn.

Furthermore, danger sense shores up the fighter's typical weakness to Dexterity saving throws. The only awkward part of this mu♏lticlass is that you lose the fighter's ability to use heavy armor in exchange for barbaria෴n rage, but it ends up being worth it. It's up to you whether you want to take barbarian or fighter to level five. Once you hit level five in one class and unlock extra attack, take three levels in the other to unlock a second subclass.

16 𝕴 Ba𒀰rbarian/Druid

With this m🐽ulticlass, you are specifically looking to take advantage of the druid's Circle of the Moon subclass alongside the barbarian's Path of the Totem Warrior subclass. This is because all of the features gained from the barbarian class can be taken advantage of while in wild shape form.

As a result, you can become the tankiest character in the game as far as damage mitigation is concerned. The build ultimately gains the extra HP (hit pointsꦡ) of wild shape form, has resistance to all damage besides psychic, can grant advantage on all attacks, and is able to convert spells slots into healing as a bonus action. Add casting barkskin for 16 AC (armor class) during a wild shape into the mix and the barbarian/druid combo becomes an unstoppable force.

15 Fighter/Wizard 📖ꦺ

Though the Eldritch Knight fighter subclass is supposed to fulfill the fantasy of a warrior wizard, if you want access to higher level spells, the fighter wizard multiclass will better serve your desires. The way these builds work is by starting off with two levels of fighter in order to pick up the class' 1d10🍌 hit dice, heavy armor proficiency, defense fighting style, second wind, and action surge. Then, invest all other levels into wizard.

By fifth level, an Eldritch Knight has three first-level spell slots. In comparison, a fifth-level fighter/wizard multiclass has access to four first-level spell slots ༺and two second-level spell slots. Furthermore, the fighter's action surge ability can be used to cast two spells in a single turn. No other class or multiclass in the game is capable of casting two separate spells in one turn, making the fighter/wizard multiclass especially unique.

14 🌊 Sorcerer/Warlock

The Dungeons & Dragons community has popularized this multiclass into what is now referred to as thꦆe 'coffeelock.' The proper combination of these two classes can provide access to an unlimited number of spell slots, which is something many players consi🐟der equivalent to breaking the game.

However, in order to achieve these shenanigans, the sorcerer/warloꦅck must take multiple short rests in a row. Many DMs argue that chaining short rests is another way of taking a long rest, which could devolve the game into an argument about rules interpretations. If you want to try and take advantage of this exploitative build, ask your dungeon master first. Otherwise, you could very well ruin your table's game night.

13 ꦿ Monk/Rogue

While the monk is arguably the weakest class in fifth edition, this actually makes it a🌱n even better choice for multiclassing. This is especially true considering that levels six through ten of monk are pretty lackluster. In particular, the shadow monk subclass makes for a great choice to pair with rogue thanks to the spellcasting it offers including pass without trace, darkness, and more.

Adding sneak attack to one of your monk's weapon attack provides a nice damage boost, and cunning action is a full-on upgrade from step of the wind. This also allows you to use your ki points on more important things such as more stunning strikes.♏ It ought to be noted that you'll want to reach seven levels in one of these classes by level 10, as evasion is an important defensive ability for both classes.

12 ♛Ranger/Rogue

The ranger/rogue multiclass dra𒀰ws its power from both classes being dexterity-based. It also combines the additional damage di💟ce each class provides on their melee or ranged attacks. Pair several things together first: hunter's mark, sneak attack, chosen fighting style, and the colossus slayer or dread ambusher feature (depending on the ranger subclass choice). Then, you end up rolling a fistful of dice every time you make an attack.

It's debatable whether to start as a rogue or ranger, and it really comes down to what saving t𒁏hrow proficiencies you prefer, as well as whether you're willing to wait until level six for the extra attack feature. It should be noted that this multiclass makes for some of the best ranged damage dealers possible. After taking five levels in ranger for extra attack, dump the rest of your levels into rogue.

11 ও Cleric/Fighter ✨

Due to the cleric's ability to168澳洲幸运5开奖网: access its subclass at second level as well as powerful features like channel divinity, spellcasting, and heavy armor proficiency, it's undeniably the best class for multiclassing in general. While this multicla💟ss has an uncanny similarity to the paladin class, it 🔴actually plays quite differently thanks to the difference in spell selection cleric offers.

Spiritual weapon and spirit guardians are both great spells unique to clerics, and they pair perfectly with the fighter's game plan of getting into melee. Plus, nobody is going to complain about your fighter having💜 access to a little healing. Perhaps most importantly, action surge allows you to cast two spells in a single turn, which is something that only fighter multiclasses are capable of achieving.