Is green flame blade a bonus action?

Casting Green-Flame Blade is the Cast A Spell action, despite it resulting in an attack. So you can use your haste action to attack, and that will enable you to use your bonus action for your off-hand while your main action casts Green Flame Blade.

Can Eldritch Knight Use green flame?

No. It is an action to cast and that’s your turn. It doesn’t get activated when you attack, attacking is part of casting the spell.

Can you use green flame blade Warcaster?

Booming Blade and Green-flame Blade work with War Caster but Green-flame Blade can be used with War Caster to make an Attack of Opportunity only if you do not hit a second target with its “jump”’effect. This is why it says it CAN and doesn’t say MUST.

Is flame blade a bad spell?

Flame Blade is a 2nd level spell, and a very weak one: You can use your action to make a melee spell attack with the fiery blade. On a hit, the target takes 3d6 fire damage. A lot more creatures resist Fire than are vulnerable to it, but magical bludgeoning can affect everyone.

Can you sneak attack with flame blade?

For example, if you have the Sneak Attack feature and cast green-flame blade with a finesse weapon, you can deal Sneak Attack damage to the target of the weapon attack if you have advantage on the attack roll and hit.

Does flame blade count as a weapon?

The only mechanical uses of the the fiery blade are its unique action (make a melee spell attack, deal 3d6 fire damage on hit), and its ability to shed light. Since you can’t make a melee weapon attack with it, it isn’t a weapon, and thus can’t be used in conjuction with Green-Flame Blade.

Can you attack with flame blade as a bonus action?

The blade is similar in size and shape to a Scimitar, and it lasts for the Duration. If you let go of the blade, it disappears, but you can evoke the blade again as a Bonus Action. You can use your action to make a melee spell Attack with the fiery blade.

Can you stack shadow blade and green-flame blade?

Shadow Blade is a weapon, so it works perfectly fine with things like Green-Flame Blade. You can’t use Two-Weapon Fighting with it, because: A. You need to take the attack action, not the “Cast a Spell” action (meaning they also do not benefit from Extra Attack).

Is flame blade a finesse?

No. It looks like a scimitar, but it’s conjured by a spell, and you make melee spell attacks with it rather than melee weapon attacks.

Can you cast booming blade with shadow blade?

Yes, they can. Booming Blade requires a weapon to use, Shadow Blade creates a weapon to use it with. You can cast both, but shadow blade just conjures a weapon.

How do you cast a green flame blade?

As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell’s range, otherwise the spell fails.

Can you twin spell green flame blade?

Green flame Blade can’t be twinned For a spell to be twinnable it needs to only target one creature. To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current level. Green flame blade is able to target two creatures; the one you attack and one next two it.

Can you quicken green flame blade?

If you quicken Green-Flame Blade, you can’t cast Scorching Ray because it’s not a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. However if you quicken Scorching Ray instead, you can cast Green-Flame Blade using your action.

Can you twin spell booming blade?

Yes, Booming Blade can be twinned, because a range of Self is not the same thing as a range of Self (5-foot radius) When a spell has a range of “Self”, it definitionally targets the caster themselves, and no one else.

Is green flame blade better than booming blade?

In general, GFB is better for pure damage as the secondary effect is more likely to trigger. Booming Blade is better for keeping someone in place, either because you have mobility to escape them or because you want them attacking you instead of someone else.