How good is Vicious Mockery compared to a "real" attacking cantrip?

  • I wouldn't delay getting to 5 by multiclassing before that, 5 is an important powerspike and what you'll gain from bard won't offset what you'll get from sorc 5
  • If you're 100% on support, then who cares what damage you do, pick spells and combinations that support
  • Giving disadvantage is the main reason to take it, you could either combine it as an action with a healing word bonus, or quicken it as a sorcerer and do it in combination with other spells for a good round of support actions
  • It's best used against something big that's going to hit hard, chuck it at an Ogre in combination with something like shield of faith, and you likely stop it taking a big chunk out of an ally
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