Hello everyone,
- A Tempest Domain Half-Orc Cleric. Something like Thrall in WoW going in close into melee smashing faces with my hammer while at the same time crowd controlling enemies with the elements and buffing myself and allies. This is very appealing to me in theory but don't know how good Tempest Domain Cleric is in melee and how he interacts in role playing. Also, I'd really like to have Shadowheart in my party and two Clerics might be too much. Maybe multiclass for better melee and less support?
I'm almost at the end of my Tempest Cleric run and I ran the whole of act 2 with Shadowheart in my party - she was spelled up to support/heal and I was spelled up to nuke and it didn't feel any less effective than a Shadowheart and Gale combo. The main downside to melee as a Tempest Cleric is you only get one attack which is going to be weaker than using your Thunder/Lightning spells, but with Heavy Armour proficiency and shields getting close to the enemy is fine. I wouldn't recommend multi-classing them for "more attacks" as you lose out on your level 6 spell slot and the massive Destructive Wave (which lives up to it's name - a huge AoE that hits like a truck and knocks everything in it back thanks to your Thunderbolt Strike passive.. for even more fun get all the gear that applies Reverberation on Thunder/Lightning damage) which is far more deadly. In act 3 the Legendary Nyrulna is a good weapon to help you out if you really do need to hit something (or can't move out of a silence bubble) and its Zephyr Flash ability is paticulary lethal if you can hit enough targets with it.
