Banishing Smite

5th level Abjuration
Casting Time
1 Bonus Action
Range
Sel F
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
Components
V
Class
Paladin

Spell Description

The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before this spell ends, your weapon crackles with force, and the attack deals an extra 5d10 force damage to the target.

Additionally, if this attack reduces the target to 50 hit points of fewer, you banish it. If the target is native to a different plane of existence than the one you’re on, the target disappears, returning to its home plane. If the target is native to the plane you’re on, the creature vanishes into a harmless demiplane. While there, the target is incapacitated. It remains there until the spell ends, at which point the target reappears in the space it left or in the nearest unoccupied space if that space is occupied.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
Damage Dice 5d10
Min Damage 5
Average Damage 27.5
Max Damage 50
Lvl Dice Min Avg Max
1st
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3rd
4th
5th 5d10 5 27.5 50
6th
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8th
9th

Is Banishing Smite Good?

Overall Rating: Sky Blue. This means that banishing smite is an amazing spell. If you do not take this spell your character would not be optimized.

Overall Notes: No save to the banishment (as long as their HP is low enough) and, on average, similar damage to a 5th-level smite. This is the best smite in the game.