Greywander
2021-01-20, 10:17 PM
Specifically regarding the Genie's Wrath subfeature. This subfeature allows you to add damage equal to your proficiency bonus to one attack per turn (your turn only, sorry OAs). It's not a lot of extra damage, but what's interesting is that it adds a specific type of damage instead of just more of the same damage type. Depending on what kind of genie your patron is, you can add either fire, cold, thunder, or bludgeoning.
I'm not aware of any interesting combos that use cold damage.
The fire damage can stop a troll's regeneration. Something like a fighter who has multiple attacks only needs to land one blow in order to negate regeneration. A 1 level dip into genielock is an excellent choice for a character built around troll slaying, as any attack you make can add fire damage. If you cast an attack spell, it can also trigger Flames of Phlegethos, although since the damage is a flat amount rather than rolled, the only benefit is wreathing yourself in flames that damage melee attackers. Maybe use this with a build who's primary attack is Booming Blade or something (you could use GFB, but BB works better against fire resistant/immune enemies).
Storm sorcerers might also consider a dip, as now any attack spell of 1st level or higher will trigger Heart of the Storm by adding a bit of thunder damage. Sadly, Tempest cleric procs off of lightning damage, not thunder.
Choosing bludgeoning damage allows you to use the Crusher feat with any attack, including spells. Sadly, we can only add bludgeoning damage to one attack per turn, so that attack specifically needs to crit in order to activate the last bullet point of Crusher; critting on, say, one of the other beams of EB won't cause the effect.
Keep in mind that you only need a 1 level dip to get this feature, so you can get a lot of mileage out of any effects that trigger on dealing fire, cold, thunder, or bludgeoning damage.
I'm not aware of any interesting combos that use cold damage.
The fire damage can stop a troll's regeneration. Something like a fighter who has multiple attacks only needs to land one blow in order to negate regeneration. A 1 level dip into genielock is an excellent choice for a character built around troll slaying, as any attack you make can add fire damage. If you cast an attack spell, it can also trigger Flames of Phlegethos, although since the damage is a flat amount rather than rolled, the only benefit is wreathing yourself in flames that damage melee attackers. Maybe use this with a build who's primary attack is Booming Blade or something (you could use GFB, but BB works better against fire resistant/immune enemies).
Storm sorcerers might also consider a dip, as now any attack spell of 1st level or higher will trigger Heart of the Storm by adding a bit of thunder damage. Sadly, Tempest cleric procs off of lightning damage, not thunder.
Choosing bludgeoning damage allows you to use the Crusher feat with any attack, including spells. Sadly, we can only add bludgeoning damage to one attack per turn, so that attack specifically needs to crit in order to activate the last bullet point of Crusher; critting on, say, one of the other beams of EB won't cause the effect.
Keep in mind that you only need a 1 level dip to get this feature, so you can get a lot of mileage out of any effects that trigger on dealing fire, cold, thunder, or bludgeoning damage.