Best Sorcerer spells for running away/being hard to catch

[SpamCreateWater]

What are the best spells "run away spells" on the Sorcerer spell list? Also, spells that allow you to pass unseen for whatever reason.

Spells that, if caught off guard, can be used to get out of dodge. Or spells that you use to become undetectable. Or enable you to survive in environments otherwise unsuitable for you.

Things like Alter Self - can breathe underwater, enabling you to escape via swimming. Or Feather Fall - jump off a cliff and slow your fall before hitting the bottom. Invisibility. Disguise Self. Misty Step. Dimension Door.

Things that can be cast in combat, or at a moment's notice.

Edit: Thank you to everyone for your responses. I have put them in a table. Sorry for terrible formatting, never done the table before so unsure how to change column widths.



Spell Level
Spell Name
Concentration?


Cantrip
Minor Illusion
No


1
Disguise Self
No


1
Expeditious Retreat
Yes


1
Feather Fall
No


1
Silent Image
Yes


2
Alter Self
Yes


2
Invisibility
Yes


2
Misty Step
No


3
Blink
No


3
Fly
Yes


3
Gaseous Form
Yes


3
Haste
Yes


3
Major Image
Yes, unless 6th level or higher slot is spent.


4
Banishment - assuming you cast this on yourself
Yes


4
Dimension Door
No


4
Greater Invisibility
Yes


4
Polymorph
Yes


5
Seeming
No


6
Arcane Gate
Yes


7
Etherealness
No


7
Plane Shift
No

7
Teleport
No
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9
Gate - you can walk through this yourself, I believe?
Yes
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9
Time Stop
No
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9
Wish
No
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[Snowbluff]

Blink
Wall of force
Polymorph
Illusions

[MrBig]

Minor Illusion. Create a rock/barrel. Hide inside.

[UrielAwakened]

Misty Step is probably the best one by a fair margin.

Major Illusion can summon something that obscures vision between you and the target.

[TheUser]

Blink
Wall of force
Polymorph
Illusions

Wall of Force is not a Sorcerer spell....

[LeonBH]

1: Silent Image (10 min spell)
2: Misty Step or Invisibility
3: Major Image or Gaseous Form
4. Dimension Door or Polymorph
5: ???
6: Arcane Gate
7: Etherealness, Teleport, or Planeshift
8: ???
8: Time Stop, Gate, or Wish

[Oerlaf]

Expeditious Retreat - 1st level spell, bonus action to cast, for 1 minute you can use Dash as a bonus action. Requires concentration, unfortunately.

[SpamCreateWater]

Thanks for your replies! I have made a table compiling them, with one or two added :)

[Talamare]

Hello Haste?

Doubles your Speed
and gives you an Extra Action Dash

That makes you literally 3x faster

No Haste
30 -> Dash 30 = 60 distance

Haste
60 -> Dash 60 -> Dash 60 = 180 distance

[SharkForce]

i would hesitate to include any highly situational spells as particularly good for a sorcerer in any situation.

so while expeditious retreat isn't bad for running away, it is *terrible* as a sorcerer spell because it is so situational.

[Byke]

The new 3rd level Thunder Step deserves an honorable mention.

[SpamCreateWater]

Hello Haste?

Doubles your Speed
and gives you an Extra Action Dash

That makes you literally 3x faster

No Haste
30 -> Dash 30 = 60 distance

Haste
60 -> Dash 60 -> Dash 60 = 180 distance

This is why I should not be a copy editor. Thank you for point that out.


i would hesitate to include any highly situational spells as particularly good for a sorcerer in any situation.

so while expeditious retreat isn't bad for running away, it is *terrible* as a sorcerer spell because it is so situational.

I'm looking for as many different spells as possible. Situational I'm happy with as the point is to get out of as many situations as possible.


The new 3rd level Thunder Step deserves an honorable mention.

XGtE? Haven't read through it yet. Isn't there a Far Step spell as well?

[samcifer]

This is why I should not be a copy editor. Thank you for point that out.



I'm looking for as many different spells as possible. Situational I'm happy with as the point is to get out of as many situations as possible.



XGtE? Haven't read through it yet. Isn't there a Far Step spell as well?

Yep, it's a lv. 5 spell that lets you Misty Step 60' as a bonus action on each of your turns. Concentration up to 1 min. Range: Self. Components: Verbal only.