Top 10 Best 3rd Level Spells in DnD 5E 

"As you can also counterspell a counterspell if an enemy caster is trying to counterspell your spell" Today in TheDuelLogs, spell speed chains!

“Murder is more permanent than manipulation.” No, no, he’s got a point

Fun Fact: There’s a background called Gruul Anarch (Guildmaster’s guild to Ravnica) that lets any caster use conjure animals, not just druids and rangers. It also allows any caster to learn a spell that only paladins get at 17th level that they can cast at 9th level. This is real

Put fireball on a Scribe Wizard and it becomes the most versatile damage dealing spells since it can take the damage types from whatever other 3rd level spell types you have. So you can deal damage types like bludgeoning, necrotic, cold, lightning and thunder damage with Fireball lol

Wizards as soon as they get acess to 3rd level spells: Haha, Fireball go booooomm!!!

I once had a character that could almost freely cast low level spells, he would use revivify at every opportunity, nobody was allowed to die

In combat use for fly : cast in on the barbarian , have him grab any unfortunate being in his reach , take them as high as possible then drop them

I would make a point for animate dead. Four skeletons or zombies can be quite useful. Provided you have extra equipment, they get even better.

Has one wise wiggli person once told me: "Just Fireball"

Recently got into my first every ever campaign and really enjoying vids like these.

If Counterspell isnt 1, riot. If SG, Haste and Sending aint in top 5, riot.

The Douglas Adams reference on Fly is great stuff. Easily one of my favorite authors.

I'm really surprised how low Spirit Guardians is listed. I think you may have misinterpreted part of the text. "...when the creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there..." I would read "or starts it's turn there" as a second way the spell deals damage and not conditional on whether or not they entered the area or the area was brought to them. Scales better than Fireball or Lightning Bolt and if you can keep up concentration, it deals a ton of passive damage over a couple of turns.

Good list. Only disagreement I really have is the ordering of the top 3. Counterspell is far and away the most must-pick level 3 spell in the game. If a caster fights another caster, and one has counterspell, and the other doesn't, the one with counterspell should win virtually every single time, because he can just flat out deny the action of the other character every single turn. Heck, even if the other Caster is significantly more powerful, but doesn't have Counterspell prepared, he's still in for a rough time. Fireball is good but it can't snuff out a Wish.

I can’t believe Animal Dead isn’t on this list! Concentration-free minions who last 24 hours, great scaling with upcasting, incredible meat shields and ranged fighting, and the ability to use leftover spell slots before taking a long rest for something instead of wasting them. It’s FANTASTIC, I wish people didn’t sleep on how good it is

One of the best If not the best channel out there rn

Love your videos, thank you.

I agree about the fireball, my group changed from being famelic to having meat for 2 months in 2 3rd level spell slots

I like all these spells, but I'd generally flip your ranking of them! Spirit Guardians is incredible dpr, and Hypnotic Pattern can solve entire encounters immediately. Fly is fantastic utility and, in smaller parties, can also solve encounters as 3/4 of the monsters can't touch you while you're flying. Tiny Hut solves most encounters where you have time to prep in the location the fight takes place in, and keeps you from being ambushed in the night. Etc. Meanwhile, Fireball's damage is good compared to other spells, but dex is a better save than wisdom, and doesn't have control bonuses, AND you have to place it to not hit allies, which is oftentimes difficult.

Huh would have put Haste in here somewhere as well as Enemies Abound

"I DIDNT ASK HOW BIG THE ROOM IS, I SAID 'I CAST FIREBALL' "

2:53 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy flavor text. 😂

The lack of Haste on this this list is quite sad and painful. I would greatly love an explanation for this.

Definitely would've put Haste in there myself, but a solid list. Conjure Animals is underrated I feel, but maybe that's just because I don't see enough spellcasting focused Druids.

Would probably ad Haste instead of Lightning Bolt. Good list though, much better then the level 2 one with Crown of Madness. Also if your DM is particularly sadistic with Conjure Animals it also mentions OR LOWER. So he can give you 8 mice.

Top 10 best 3rd level spells in D&D 5e 1. Fireball 2. Fireball 3. Fireball 4. Fireball 5. Fireball 6. Fireball 7. Fireball 8. Fireball 9. Fireball 10. Fireball

Technically, if you shoot an arrow or bolt or throw something at a creature from inside Tiny Hut, your enemy could then pick that up and attack you back. Since it's an object that was indeed inside the dome when the spell was cast. I feel like this would make for a fun Order of the stick strip.

It's sad how Leomund's Tiny Hut and many other spells like Counterspell have been massively nerfed with the changes to npc, enemy, and creature spell casting. A bunch of things that were spells have been changed into actions that mimic a spell. So where an enemy might of had the fireball spell it's now the fiery explosion action. So you can't counterspell it and it'll pass right through Lemond's Tiny Hut. In a way this change is good because it makes the job of using spells from multiple creatures easier on the DM but horrible because it renders several spells either useless or incredibly weakened.

Hopefully, Haste will be mentioned in the next video!!

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Leomund’s Tiny Hut correction: “creatures and objects are barred from passing through it.” “spells and other magical effects can’t extend through the dome or be cast through it.” “The atmosphere inside the space is comfortable and dry.” Can dragon’s breath pass through it? I would imagine RAI, the answer is no. RAW is.. like probably not. Is fire breath a magical effect? That’s debatable, you could say yes or no. Jeremy Crawford unofficially said no. If you say no, then is fire an object? Again, debatable….. if you say no to that as well, then we have to look at that last quote. “The atmosphere is comfortable and dry.” It mentions no scenario that would change it from being comfortable and dry, it just says that it IS comfortable and dry. This certainly implies a sort of immunity to the elements.. not to mention, if fire is flying through the hut, that would be interfering with its “comfortable and dry” atmosphere. Probably not comfortable.. so that feels like a strong implication, from this one quote and even more so with all the quotes together, that dragon’s breath would not be able to pass through LTH. It very strongly seems to be intended as pretty solidly reliable protection from any damage.. I think that’s definitely RAI and I don’t think RAW really leaves much room to try and argue that dragon’s breath can go through..

"I didn't ask how big is the room - I said I cast FIREBALL!!" Dunkel Weissenbrau, esq.

Typo for Lightning Bolt, it says 8d8 instead of 8d6. Didn't realize it was wrong at first and was surprised it was so low on the list.

conjure animals only does up to CR 2 creatures, giant constrictors are CR 2 so to summon 8 snakes you would have to upcast it to 9th lv slot twice, as its 4 times the CR a better use is to summon several small creatures, summoning 8 raptors is better than 1 snake, cause action economy

kinda wrong about the conjure animals. their initiative is rolled as a group. so all the animals would have the same initiative

I'd drop mass healing word, since its hopefully rare for more than on member of the party to drop at the same time. Slow has a 120' range and stops reactions, which is great if it is a caster since they can't Counterspell, and since melee people can't take attacks of opportunity. And any caster only have like a 50% chance of a spell going off that round. and the ability to exclude your allies. among the other things it does

Minor necro post, but gotta show some love for Spirit Shroud. You throw an upcasted SS on an Eldritch Blast, Scorching Ray, or even Crown of Stars and holy shit do those numbers start to pile up.

I like sleet storm, slow and gaseous form too.

*pauses video at **16:23* *reads text of spell on screen, specifically "Roll imitative for summoned creatures as a group"* *looks at text on screen stating, "Each creature has it's own imitative so they don't all go at once"" Uhm.....

My first full caster class as a sorcerer and 5th level is coming up. Trying to decide between like 5-7 spells which to take is torture.

Some were there a wizard with a tear in their eye form just hearing the word fireball

Top 10 best subclasses in the PHB.

Is that a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy reference on fly?

How to get around fireball being fire: 1) Make a gun 2) Use fireball to propel the bullet to hypersonic velocity 3) ??? 4) Profit!

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but the text on your video for lighting bolt says 8d8 instead of 8d6

How did mass healing word make it, but Haste didn't?

Fireball always makes me anxious because it reminds me of the time it hit my Level 1 hexblade warlock for twice their max HP. He only survived due to a racial trait, which was hype as heck, but now he has pyrophobia.

Aid I'll say is basically as good as mass healing word especially in small partys since at the same level it still beats the hp boost of the best case scenario of healing word and increases max hp

What's the name of song playing while he is talking about leomund's tiny hut?

Spirit guardians deserves a higher ranking because it upcasts so well. Fireball is great when you first get it, but it doesn't stay good for many levels because it doesn't upcast well.

Man I love an 11 cleric "summoner" spirit guardian faith guardian and celestial ranger

Where are the spell cards from, they look real nice

if you cast spirit guardians and have a druid friend cast plant growth it makes for a devastating combo as it not only quarters movement, it is also still additionally difficult terrain which means it further reduces movement by another half this means most enemies literally cannot move hypnotic pattern out of combat lacks the downside of the people you charmed becoming hostile once it ends this can be used to calm a crowd for example and actually, if a party member uses plant growth or web you can further immobilize individuals in some cases outright ending an encounter because neither plant growth or web deal damage.

Np Haste or possibly even Slow?

Going for Fireball? Take the feat Elemental Adept as soon as you can. Ignores resistances and all rolls of 1 count as 2's, so you'll never be rolling minimal damage again!

Top ten signature spell for wizards, also for the level 18

14:15 That's very YGO

So, on the Conjure Animals, you say that Initiative is rolled per animal, but the info card says it's rolled as a group. Which is it actually?

I got to pick my first level 3 spell lat session and I would’ve loved Hypnotic Pattern but my DM has a tendency to “fudge rolls” behind his screen when our attacks would cause the most benefit or damage

Just use dodge action with spirit guardians

Spirit guardians combos with sanctuary is really good

Can't be a D&DLogs video without Giant poisonous snakes.

My aasamar paladin with spirit guardians and radiant consumption up makes for a fun danger zone.

Personally, I value Counterspell, Revivify, and Leomund's Tiny Hut more than the spells ranked above them (because ending individual combats < not letting the villain escape or a player character die), but there's no denying that most if not all of these spells are definitive staples of D&D play.

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Ditto the other comments about Haste being omitted, but I won't beat that horse; personally I'm not as big a fan of Haste, but I see why others would want it on the list. I am a bit surprised that Plant Growth didn't make the list (as it's a VERY effective control spell, zero save, and a truly immense radius with zero concentration, so great stacking with other spells like Spirit Guardians or Spike Growth), and I personally would rank Fireball lower as it rarely hits more than 2-3 targets, as you don't often see masses of guys coming at you. But on the whole solid list!

Melee Clerics can and should take Resilient Con *and* Warcaster.

I think Hypnotic Pattern is generally better than Fireball past 3rd level. Fireball's damage scales very poorly later into the game even when upcast, whereas Hypnotic Pattern's effect never falls off as long as you keep your spell save DC high. While yes, making enemies dead is stronger than making them disabled, that's only true while you're actually killing the mobs you fireball. Once fireball is just doing some damage to the mob and not killing anything, it becomes way worse than disabling them, as enemies are just as lethal at 1 hp as they are at full hp. Sure Hypnotic is shut down by charm immunity, but I still think it's going to be somewhat rare for an entire mob of enemies to all be charm immune except in specific campaigns.

But the card says you roll for initiative as a group does it not? For conjure animals

You may want to consider another internal ban list. Some (fireball) appear very often.

GLYPH OF WARDING Also haste

Is there an errata that allows bards to use mass healing word? All the info I can find online says cleric only

You put lightning bolt in before slow? I hate how many people don’t seem to appreciate how cracked slow it.

Summon woodland creatures -quicklings is a very deadly option too.

Blink allows you to potentially be invincible in most situations

You cant hit at 190ft with a fireball. radius is 20ft (not 40ft as in the video) 150+20 is 170ft max. The area you hit max is from 130ft to 170ft with a radius of 20ft (diameter of 40ft) It is in the description of the spell on the left while calculated incorrectly at 18:00

JUST FIREBALL JUST FIREBALL JUST FIREBALL

Lightning Bolt should have been linked to Fireball and not occupied its own slot. Then replace Lightning Bolt with Dispel Magic, Haste, or Slow. Dispel Magic has been so consequential in certain campaigns I've both played and DM'd for. It's invaluable. Both Haste and Slow are also incredibly useful spells.

Typo on lightning bolt you wrote 8d8 not 8d6

if Revivify brings people back to life but does not restore limbs... could you cast it on someone who has been decapitated? would it work on their head or their body, or either?

The whole, "enters the area on a turn thing" does not have to be willing movement. Whenever something requires willing movement, it specifies that

Lightning Bolt is in, but Haste isn't? O.o

I'm surprised Haste isn't on this list.

Giant Poisonous Snakes! Yay!

Number 0: Daylight, best 3rd level spell in the game :^)

I’d argue, that “Slow” should’ve been on that list based on how laughably easy it can make fights where you just kite enemies and they can do nothing but run up to you using their action to dash while you can attack them easily with their -2 to AC and then just move back without them being able to take reactions either.

You got your math a bit wrong. A fireball can only affect creatures that are less than 170ft away. 190ft is too far. Choose a POINT that is 150ft away. THEN apply the 20-ft radius sphere centered on THAT POINT. You don't get an extra 40ft just because the diameter is 40ft. The POINT you choose is the center of the sphere. The farthest that POINT can be is 150ft away. THEN add the 20ft radius sphere.

It's really not that hard to maintain concentration ( just take the dodge action and get warcaster ). Spirit Guardians is the best lvl 3 spell, if you don't do shenanigans with Conjure Animals ofc... You can also pull enemies inside the Spirit Guardians to deal damage in the round that you cast it.

A dragon's breath weapon is considered to a magical effect (iirc), so Tiny Hut would stop it as well!

Without watching the video directly, does anyone else hear "masculine word" at 7:12 ? 😹❤️

Mass healing word def wouldn't make my list. Its waaaaay too situational. If you want a healing one, aura of vitality gives you 20d6 or 70hp (avg) healing out of combat. That's same as a Heal spell, which is 6th level.

actually 190 ft is inaccurate you can only hit things within 170ft as the 150ft range applies to the central area of the fireball but still the point stands im rules lawyering on a small detail but 190 vs 170 is a huge diffrence

My fav is leomonds tiny hut and counterspell is just boring tbh

whole party of druids all using conjure animals (assume a party of 4-5 people) all of them summon 8 cr 1/4 creatures. assuming a party of 5 thats 40 creatures and if all of them are giant badgers not that they could realistically do so but if all the badgers attacked thats a 40d6+40 piercing and 80d4+40 slashing if max damage was rolled not including crits thats 640 damage now granted concentration requirements make this questionable but lets face it surrounding most enemys entirely in a ring of beasts is generaly speaking a bad time

I think Haste need be in the list

Haste, presuming you have a tank/striker will almost always contribute more than Lightning Bolt or Fireball. Fireball, however, has a real niche as “battlefield artillery” against massed infantry, siege engines…it is the D&D WMD.

Of course Fireball is number 1. Because the last person who said Fireball WASN'T number 1 was in Fireball-spitting distance.

FIREBALL!!!!

Fireball hits to 170 feet because its radius is 20 feet

Why isnt haste on this list