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Petrocorus
2020-05-02, 02:16 PM
Does anyone knows an up-to-date list of spells listed by damage type out there?

The only one i found is a pre-xanathar one.

LudicSavant
2020-05-02, 02:52 PM
Does anyone knows an up-to-date list of spells listed by damage type out there?

The only one i found is a pre-xanathar one.

Acid
Acid Splash
Chaos Bolt
Chromatic Orb
Dragon's Breath
Elemental Bane
Elemental Weapon
Glyph of Warding
Hunger of Hadar
Illusory Dragon
Melf's Acid Arrow
Primal Savagery
Prismatic Spray
Prismatic Wall
Storm of Vengeance
Vitriolic Sphere

Bludgeoning
Alter Self
Animate Objects
Bigby's Hand
Bones of the Earth
Catapult
Control Water
Dust Devil
Earth Tremor
Earthquake
Erupting Earth
Evard's Black Tentacles
Ice Storm
Investiture of Wind
Maelstrom
Magic Stone
Maximilian's Earthen Grasp
Meld into Stone
Meteor Swarm
Storm of Vengeance
Storm Sphere
Tidal Wave
Transmute Rock
Tsunami
Whirlwind
Wind Wall
Wrath of Nature

Cold
Armor of Agathys
Chaos Bolt
Chromatic Orb
Cone of Cold
Dragon's Breath
Elemental Bane
Elemental Weapon
Fire Shield
Frostbite
Glyph of Warding
Hunger of Hadar
Ice Knife
Ice Storm
Illusory Dragon
Investiture of Ice
Otiluke's Freezing Sphere
Prismatic Spray
Prismatic Wall
Ray of Frost
Reality Break
Snilloc's Snowball Swarm
Storm of Vengeance
Wall of Ice

Fire
Aganazzar's Scorcher
Burning Hands
Chaos Bolt
Chromatic Orb
Create Bonfire
Delayed Blast Fireball
Dragon's Breath
Elemental Bane
Elemental Weapon
Fire Bolt
Fire Shield
Fire Storm
Fireball
Flame Arrows
Flame Blade
Flame Strike
Flaming Sphere
Glyph of Warding
Green-Flame Blade
Heat Metal
Hellish Rebuke
Illusory Dragon
Immolation
Incendiary Cloud
Investiture of Flame
Melf's Minute Meteors
Meteor Swarm
Prismatic Spray
Prismatic Wall
Produce Flame
Scorching Ray
Searing Smite
Wall of Fire
Web

Force
Banishing Smite
Bigby's Hand
Chaos Bolt
Dark Star
Dimension Door
Disintegrate
Eldritch Blast
Etherealness
Gravity Fissure
Gravity Sinkhole
Guardian of Nature
Jim's Magic Missile
Magic Missile
Magnify Gravity
Mordenkainen's Sword
Prismatic Wall
Pulse Wave
Ravenous Void
Reality Break
Spiritual Weapon
Steel Wind Strike
Sword Burst
Tenser's Transformation
Zephyr Strike

Lightning
Call Lightning
Chain Lightning
Chaos Bolt
Chromatic Orb
Dragon's Breath
Elemental Bane
Elemental Weapon
Glyph of Warding
Illusory Dragon
Lightning Arrow
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Lure
Prismatic Spray
Prismatic Wall
Shocking Grasp
Storm of Vengeance
Storm Sphere
Witch Bolt

Necrotic
Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting
Arms of Hadar
Bestow Curse
Blight
Chill Touch
Circle of Death
Destructive Wave
Enervation
Finger of Death
Forbiddance
Harm
Hex
Illusory Dragon
Inflict Wounds
Life Transference
Negative Energy Flood
Sapping Sting
Shadow of Moil
Spirit Guardians
Symbol
Time Ravage
Toll the Dead
Vampiric Touch
Wish

Piercing
Alter Self
Animate Objects
Cordon of Arrows
Ensnaring Strike
Hail of Thorns
Ice Knife
Insect Plague
Mordenkainen's Faithful Hound
Spike Growth
Thorn Whip
Wall of Thorns

Poison
Chaos Bolt
Chromatic Orb
Cloudkill
Dragon's Breath
Illusory Dragon
Infestation
Poison Spray
Prismatic Spray
Prismatic Wall
Ray of Sickness

Psychic
Chaos Bolt
Contact Other Plane
Dissonant Whispers
Dream
Feeblemind
Geas
Maddening Darkness
Mental Prison
Mind Blank
Mind Spike
Phantasmal Force
Phantasmal Killer
Psychic Scream
Reality Break
Shadow Blade
Staggering Smite
Synaptic Static
Vicious Mockery
Weird
Wrathful Smite

Radiant
Blinding Smite
Branding Smite
Crown of Stars
Crusader's Mantle
Dawn
Destructive Wave
Divine Favor
Flame Strike
Forbiddance
Guardian of Faith
Guiding Bolt
Holy Weapon
Moonbeam
Sacred Flame
Sickening Radiance
Spirit Guardians
Sunbeam
Sunburst
Wall of Light
Word of Radiance

Slashing
Alter Self
Animate Objects
Blade Barrier
Cloud of Daggers
Wall of Thorns
Wrath of Nature

Thunder
Booming Blade
Chaos Bolt
Chromatic Orb
Destructive Wave
Elemental Bane
Elemental Weapon
Glyph of Warding
Primordial Ward
Shatter
Storm of Vengeance
Thunder Step
Thunderclap
Thunderous Smite
Thunderwave

Damage Type Tiers
This list is based on the frequency of resistance and immunity throughout the MM, VGtM, and MToF. If you’re wondering about vulnerabilities, these are actually quite rare (Fire has easily the most, at 13. Second place is Bludgeoning at 5. As I said, rare).

A+ (almost no resistance): Force, Radiant, Magical BPS
A- (~20 resistance/immunities): Psychic, Thunder
B (~50 resistance/immunities): Necrotic, Acid
C (~115-145 resistance/immunities): Lightning, Cold, Fire, Nonmagical BPS
D (~200 immunities, plus some resistances): Poison

Note: Monsters will not actually appear with equal frequency; this is to just try to get you a ballpark expectation.

Petrocorus
2020-05-02, 05:01 PM
Oh my....
Did you have that already prepped somewhere?

That's excellent.

LudicSavant
2020-05-02, 06:07 PM
Oh my....
Did you have that already prepped somewhere?

That's excellent.

Nope! Wrote it just for you. :smallsmile:

Petrocorus
2020-05-02, 08:09 PM
Nope! Wrote it just for you. :smallsmile:

And i made the thread just to know if i would have to do it.

Thank you very much.

But how do you work so fast?

KorvinStarmast
2020-05-02, 08:21 PM
Nope! Wrote it just for you. :smallsmile: *golf clap* Nice job.