Just One Attack?!

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[bonzwah]

I once played a "darth vader" character. it was actually only paladin 2 then whispers bard for 5 levels and went divine sorcerer after that. The entire premise was thunderwave for force push, hold person for force choke, and bardic inspiration die for battle meditation. All nice and sithy.
It ended up leading to my favorite personal character moment in all of dnd, where we were doing the classic being placed under arrest by the local authority as a betrayal thing, and I ended up casting hold person at 5th level and literally all 4 targets failed their saves and I got to have my darth vader moment as I force choked all the arresting officers and stalked menacingly up to autocrit. I remember i was using booming blade cuz I didn't have extra attack, and I used the whispers ability and i smited with my highest remaining slot. I've never rolled so many dice. I'm trying to calculate it back right now and I think it was like 16d8 and 6d6 or something dumb but I remember dealing over 100 damage in a single roll. good times.

[drumlineking]

this is giving me some serious One Punch Man vibes and I'm loving it!

[aidandunne]

Yes! I have wanted a one-hit-wonder Nova damage build for so long! I was hoping it might be a Zephyr Strike based thing, but I'm just as excited for the nuclear smite!

[casfontana]

I got excited when he said in one attack + smite because I thought eldritch smite would get involved
Then he said one spellslot.
Maybe one day ;-;

[benjeffries]

Also makes it a beast for breaking concentration on spells.

Also also, if you have quickened spell, you can bonus action booming blade and leave your action available for spell casting.

Can’t wait!

[naum]

Ah yes, this looks like my one stab man idea. Assassin rogue/paladin/sorcerer/grave cleric. Tho i guess if we're trying to not blow every ressource available every time, the grave cleric might be a bit off. Idea being that you'd want to channel divinity with your action, quicken spell booming blade and smite to the 4th level, while having surprise. Getting that juicy guaranteed crit + weakness to everything from that single attack.

[EdsonR]

this sounds like a rogue with extra steps

[Satchel_Gizmo]

I'm sensing a rogue paladin, a grave cleric paladin with a fighter dip, a hexblade warlock paladin, or even a swords bard paladin. Lot's of interesting paths to take here for this one Colby!!!

[beastslayer]

My favorite superNOVA character is the Paladin Warlock (Padlock). You get Divine Smite and Eldritch smite with a greatsword and you are dealing some MASSIVE damage. I would love to see an optimized Padlock build some day.

[BobbyKnuckles]

My guess: grave cleric 2+ fighter 2+ conquest pally 3 + whispers bard 10

Or pally 2, hexblade 11, grave cleric 2, fighter 2
Booming blade+ banishing smite + eldritch smite+ regular smite + path to the grave + fury of the small from goblin or something

[GodakDS]

...What if you didn't need to attack at all? *Wiggles eyebrows in Bard*

[kbeazy_]

Grave cleric 2, assassin 18 with quick toss maneuver from a feat.
1 attack which is advantage, critical hit, double damage, and vulnerable

[chadnorris]

I have a level 11 Oath of Conquest paladin with spiritual weapon, and spirit shroud.

2d12 damage from attacking twice with a great axe. 1d8 from spiritual weapon. 3d8 extra radiant from spirit shroud on all those attacks. 2d8 radiant from improved smite on the melee weapon attacks. This does not count smites, or anything else, and I'm already dealing a buttload of damage. :) Take that, fighters.

[WolfHreda]

Maybe some Rogue/Paladin/Ranger mixing? Perhaps (does it really matter which Paladin subclass you take when it comes to smiting?).

[aperson]

I had a sniper build that did 217 or something for the first round of combat using a longbow after that it dropped to relatively normal levels

[Blossom_Nova]

Rogue Pally Fighter Warlock Grave Cleric incoming

[stevenwhitehead]

Hexblade/Assassin. Grung. You'll figure it out

[matthewcrowther]

Calling it’s a paladin mixed with fighter for action surge and grave cleric for path to the grave.

[deadpoolrwbyfan]

I’m gonna guess Whispers bard. Already has a burst option and only gets one attack

[ninnusridhar]

I have a double character idea that can do precisely this. A grave cleric and a, death cleric/paladin(2) multiclass.
Essentially you can nuke any enemy for something like 300 damage. 500+ if you crit.

Otherwise I'm thinking a arcane trickster/paladin with booming blade?