Mathematically Correct Ranking of Damage Types in D&D

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[sarcastic_slob]

Well, finally i can say "use the Force" and not "use the fork"

[Sanches]

Me: “Images cannot talk“
My brain: “Hey, Vsause! Michael here”

[dyingfyre]

Well that explains why Eldritch Blast is the way it is

[TheCanadianGuy]

What did we learn? That magic missle is the best spell in the game of course.

[spicytotino]

GM: “It’s your turn. What are you going to do?”

Me, playing my evocation wizard, knowing that it most likely will almost never be resisted: “I’m gonna cast magic missile.”

If it aint broke, don’t fix it.

[Kaylee-Bear]

What did we learn? "Use the force, warlock”

[masterlock]

Wizard uses magic missile with a ninth level spell slot “ are you prepared to meet Jesus”

[GrayTempest]

So fighters should be using Warhammer and Mauls for best damage

[schuker]

"...Warlocks are the Superior Lifeform."
Me: Laughts in School of Scribes.

[purpledevilr]

What you also have to consider. Is the prevalence at which each monster appears.

[VilasNil]

I think that how common the monsters that have certain immunities should be taken into account, not just the ammount of monsters that resist them. It would obviously depend on the campaign and so on, so it's really hard to calculate really

[blockeontheleafeon]

Guess the Tempest Clerics of the world are underdogs. Who knew Thunder Damage packed a punch.

[liamroberts]

"so what did we learn?"

Trust in the Force?

[VeteranVirtuoso]

As important as resistances are here, It’s hard to say that this is an objective ruling, since it fails to take into account things like damage vulnerabilities or priority targets (for example if extremely powerful enemies tend to have resistance to damage types higher on the list, they might be considered worse because they don’t function when it matters). Ultimately though, since damage types are very easy for casters to switch between in 5e and easy to ignore with magical weapons, metagaming damage types is mostly redundant. It’s still good fun to look at the numbers though.

[enntran]

“What did we learn”
I can make Star Wars in Dnd

[Dusk_Daze]

This ranking should have also considered what saving throws these damage types tend to target and factored in proficiencies.

Avoiding resistance isn’t as impactful if the saving throw is likely to be successful anyway.

[randymarshislorde]

Seeing you on shorts makes me happy, you are literally one of like 4 people I see shorts from that I genuinely enjoy the content of. Thank you for giving me something to smile about my friend 😁

[pyromaniac]

Instantly reminds me of the short talking about the op monk item that does an insane amount of force damage, while also healing over 100 health. it’s definitely even stronger than it seemed then, with force being the least resisted damage type to boot haha

[dumnor]

I think more important information would be which combination of two elements have least number of monsters resisting them. It wouldn't matter if you used poison and fire (most resisted types) if no monster had both resistances.

[casbot]

Just remember, if you have a *sword* you can use a murder stroke and "end him rightly" with *bludgeoning* damage.
It's a legitimate technique that was actually used historically against foes in heavy armour.