While it is a lot, it's not as much as you'd think. True strike is comparable to other cantrips in its damage, and, while TS lets you use eldritch smite, which other cantrips don't, you can't true strike and also use blade pact's extra attacks, so smiting on the normal attacks is probably more effective overall.
Also, one should compare what you get out of eldritch smite with what else you can get out of the spell slots. Is true strike damage plus 4d8 plus prone to a single target really better than, say, Fireball?
(And you also don't have a lot of spell slots.)
Is it bad? Not at all. But I don't think it's categorically better than either non-TS blade pact, nor vanilla EB-and-spells warlocks.
* Some people disagree. I think they're wrong, but you should confirm with your DM before placing all your hopes and dreams in the hands of this combo.
But I could also divine smite at the same time, while not sustainable it makes a big boom. Awesome combat starter and could one shot mage BBEGs if you roll decent. Plus it all goes off charisma.
And if you have a enspelled weapon with divine smite you can just be warlock for this to work. This is also not a reliable strategy But very possible if you tell your DM exactly what your looking for or have a paladin plus artificer in the party.
So… now 5.5E true strike qualifies for agonizing blast and pact of the blade and eldritch smite and repelling blast all at the same time right?
Like, that’s a lot of damage/control and all off of charisma. Am I interpreting this right? I have no idea.
Yes. *
While it is a lot, it's not as much as you'd think. True strike is comparable to other cantrips in its damage, and, while TS lets you use eldritch smite, which other cantrips don't, you can't true strike and also use blade pact's extra attacks, so smiting on the normal attacks is probably more effective overall.
Also, one should compare what you get out of eldritch smite with what else you can get out of the spell slots. Is true strike damage plus 4d8 plus prone to a single target really better than, say, Fireball?
(And you also don't have a lot of spell slots.)
Is it bad? Not at all. But I don't think it's categorically better than either non-TS blade pact, nor vanilla EB-and-spells warlocks.
* Some people disagree. I think they're wrong, but you should confirm with your DM before placing all your hopes and dreams in the hands of this combo.
But I could also divine smite at the same time, while not sustainable it makes a big boom. Awesome combat starter and could one shot mage BBEGs if you roll decent. Plus it all goes off charisma.
And if you have a enspelled weapon with divine smite you can just be warlock for this to work. This is also not a reliable strategy But very possible if you tell your DM exactly what your looking for or have a paladin plus artificer in the party.
Just curious,where/who does it say it qualifies?