D&D 10 Best Magic Items For Fighters In 5e Ranked

D&D: 10 Best Magic Items For Fighters In 5e, Ranked

Fighters are often seen as the most straightforward Dungeons and Dragons class, but that doesn’t mean they can’t make great use of magic items.

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The fighter is the classic of classic Dungeons and Dragons classes. It frequently serves as an introductory class for new players and has an excellent level of flexibility thanks to its myriad of subclasses. Fighters are the typical front-liner, standing at the head of the party taking hits and dishing out massive amounts of damage to foes.

Typically, magic items given to fighters are stronger weapons and better armor in order to emphasize their natural abilities. While +3 weapons and +3 armor are perfectly valid choices for magic items for fighters, there are several others that can be used to enhance a fighter’s frontline abilities in more creative ways.

10 Give Fighters Protection From Damage Few Others Resist With A Brooch Of Shielding

Force damage is a type of damage in D&D that stands out amongst the rest of the damage types. Few items and spells deal force damage, and even fewer creatures resist force damage. This makes force damage a powerful tool, as it will likely bypass a target’s damage resistances. The Brooch of Shielding makes the wearer immunity to Magic Missile, one of the most common sources of force damage, and grants resistance to the damage type.

Facing a spellcaster enemy with Magic Missile isn’t always a guarantee, but parties that know they’ll be facing that spell would be wise to give the fighter a Brooch of Shielding to ensure that the fighter will be able to tank hits no matter what.

9 Resist Even The Hardest Hits With Adamantine Armor

Critical hits can be deadly, even against a fighter. When an enemy rolls a natural 20 the odds are good things are going to take a turn in the battle. If the fighter gets hit by a particularly bad critical, it could cost the party their heaviest hitter. Adamantine Armor can come in any type of armor, and it gives the wearer immunity to critical hits.

While it may seem like a minor advantage, resisting a critical hit is not only a great way to power up the fighter but is also satisfying for the player when they realize critical hits aren’t the threat they were.

8 Avoid Most Area Attacks With A Ring of Evasion

A lot of monsters that have area-of-effect attacks require players to make a Dexterity saving throw. Even beyond battles, many traps and other scenarios outside of dungeon-delving can require Dexterity saving throws. While some fighters will be more dexterous than others, any fighter would benefit from a Ring of Evasion. The ring has three charges, and the wearer can use a charge to succeed on a Dexterity saving throw they just failed.

This essentially gives whoever wears the Ring of Evasion a do-over with guaranteed success when making Dexterity saving throws, and that’s something that can be a great help to anyone, but especially a fighter.

7 Give Fighters An Excellent Ranged Option With A Javelin Of Lightning

As a rule, fighters in D&D tend to focus melee over ranged combat. Whether the monster is flying overhead or there’s a chasm between the fighter and their opponent, a close-quarters warrior will have a frustrating time without a decent ranged weapon. The Javelin of Lightning is a great option for those fighters looking for a ranged alternative When thrown, the javelin becomes a bolt of lightning that can deal 4d6 lightning damage to enemies in a 5 feet wide, 120 feet long line, provided they are between the fighter and their original target.

While the electric property of the javelin can only be used once a day, the javelin can be reclaimed and thrown as many times as the fighter wants and still counts as a magic weapon, giving them a good ranged backup in the event they face a foe their blade can’t reach.

6 Enhance A Fighter’s Defense With A Ring Of Protection

Fighters rely on having a high AC to deflect incoming attacks and keep the focus off their less armored allies. Standard armor can only do so much though, which is where a Ring of Protection comes in. This simple magic item provides the wearer with a +1 bonus to AC while also giving them a +1 bonus to saving throws.

These +1 bonuses will ensure that the fighter is not only harder to hit, but more likely to avoid more dangerous effects from spells and other AOE attacks.

5 Force Opponents To Guess Where To Hit With A Cloak Of Displacement

The Displacer Beast is a classic Dungeons and Dragons monster that has the ability to blur its form and give opponents disadvantage on attack rolls against it until it is finally hit or reduced to zero speed. The cloak of the same name works in much the same way, giving disadvantage to those who try to hit the wearer, at least until they finally do get hit.

Although the effect of the cloak ends when the wearer gets hit, it actually works quite well with the high AC of fighters, making sure that any monster stepping into battle will have an awful time trying to land a blow.

4 Free Up The Fighter’s Hands With An Animated Shield

An Animated Shield has the ability to leave the wielder’s hand and float protectively in front of them when the command word is spoken. This gives fighters the opportunity to fight with a two-handed weapon like a greatsword or gain the full power of a longsword by using both their hands to wield it instead of one.

The opportunities opened up by having both hands available in combat are vast, and the Animated Shield ensures that a fighter can have their high defense while also dealing high damage.

3 Break The Fighter’s Limits With A Belt Of Giant Strength

The many forms of a Belt of Giant Strength all have one unique feature to them: they allow the wearer to go beyond the 20 ability score limit that is imposed on player characters. Even the weakest of the belts can increase a character’s Strength score to 21, with the most powerful of the belts increasing Strength up to a whopping 29, increasing the wearer’s Strength modifier to +9.

Fighters are one of the classes most dependent on Strength, so giving them an item that provides such massive boosts to Strength is a great way to help them keep pace with spellcaster classes that can unleash massive amounts of damage in a single turn.

2 Allow Fighters To Reach Their Ultimate Tank Form With Armor Of Invulnerability

Armor of Invulnerability is a legendary item for good reason. When worn, it gives the wearer resistance to all nonmagical damage. In addition, the wearer can use an action to make themselves immune to nonmagical damage for 10 minutes. While 10 minutes may not seem very long, time works very differently in-game. For example, most fights in D&D don’t last longer than a minute or two within the game despite potentially going on for an hour in real-time.

10 minutes of immunity to nonmagical damage could potentially be the length of the final fight of the campaign, ensuring the main antagonist will be frustrated by the fighter as they trade blows.

1 Unleash Bloody Carnage With The Vorpal Sword

Another legendary item that earns its rarity, the Vorpal Sword can come in three different forms: a greatsword, a longsword, or a scimitar. Regardless of type, the Vorpal Sword gives its wielder a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls and it ignores resistance to slashing damage. When the sword’s wielder rolls a 20 on an attack roll made with the Vorpal Sword, they automatically decapitate their opponent, killing them instantly. The only caveats are that it fails to work on a creature with legendary actions (like a dragon), a creature that can survive without its head, or a monster that is simply too big to get beheaded by a sword. In these instances, though, the sword instead deals an additional 6d8 slashing damage.

If used in the wrong campaign it could lead to the main antagonist meeting an anticlimactic and unceremonious end, but when used in the right campaign with the right story around it, this sword will easily prove to be the strongest weapon in a fighter’s arsenal.

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