D&D 5e is now over 5 years old, has anything changed?

[ColorBlindNinja61]

Well, consider that a Sorcadin can use armor and a shield, and if they two-level dip they can get dueling style, which means that they can have a set of +3 full plate and a +3 shield or at a minimum wear Adamantine Armor (Negates Crits) which all gives them a hefty amount of frontline presence.

In general the sorcerer spell list is better than the Paladin spell list or no spell list, and since Smite converts spell slots into straight damage which gets doubled on a crit. You can basically kit yourself out to be a utility super gish that slams on people for a lot of damage with a high AC. You can also dip Hexblade Warlock to become SAD, Eldritch Blast, and for free spell points.

So a 1-2 level dip in Paladin, then take the rest of your levels in Sorcerer. You use spells for utility outside of combat and during a fight you burn them for extra damage. Do I have that right?

[WiserOdin032402]

Yes. For extra cheese a 1 level dip in Warlock (Pact of the Hexblade).

[ColorBlindNinja61]

Yes. For extra cheese a 1 level dip in Warlock (Pact of the Hexblade).

Got it. Thanks for the information.

[Lago PARANOIA]

Here's the reason why Sorceradin is good, typically the 6/14 or 7/13 split.

[*] You have Quicken Spell. If the spell you use is Booming Blade or Greenflame Blade, it's like having an extra smite attack as a bonus action.
[*] Hell, Metamagic in general just rules. How would you like to Twin Spell a Greater Invis or a Haste or even just a Protection from Evil and Good?
[*] The way the spells known mechanic works means that the Sorcerer can load up with a bunch of necessary low-level utility spells like Protection from Evil and Good, Aid, and Lesser Restoration.
[*] Between Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Blur, Haste, Greater Invisibility, Aura of Protection, and armor proficiencies you have an incredible defense. Your defense can go even higher if you go Ancients.
[*] Between Extra Attack, Haste, Wrathful Smite, Greater Invis, Quicken Spell (which doesn't just need to be used for Hold Person), and regular smites you also have an incredible offense. Your offense can get even higher if you like if you go Devotion or Vengeance.
[*] Because you have a lot of blank floating spell slots due to how multiclass spell slots stack, you can recycle them into more metamagic points (awesome), into more smites (also awesome), or use them to do things like upcast Aid and Fly (mega-awesome).

Just try it out sometime. My Adventurer's League Sorceradin was a Devotion Paladin 6 / Sorcerer 9 until I stopped playing. I went full-offense with a Flametongue Greatsword, Great Weapon Master, Resilient: Constitution, and Fire Giant Gauntlets. A typical two-punch turn for me would be something like:

[*] Standard Action: Channel Divinity: Sacred Weapon, Bonus Action: Quickened Haste, run 60 feet and smack the BBEG with GWM for 4d6+12 damage.
[*] Chaff monsters try to swarm me, my AC is normally 23 with Haste up, a Shield spell makes it impossible for them to hit me on less than an 18. One attack gets through, but because I have a concentration bonus of +13, I don't even have to make checks until they do 30 or more damage on a single attack.
[*] I unload hell on the BBEG. Haste Attack + Quickened Booming Blade + Extra Action Attack. All with some GMW stank, along with some 2nd-level spell slot smite action thrown on because why not? All attacks hit, that's 16d6+5d8+68 damage. That's enough to drop almost any creature of CR15 or below.
[*] Resources expended so far: 4 metamagic points, a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-level spell slot.

[ColorBlindNinja61]

Here's the reason why Sorceradin is good, typically the 6/14 or 7/13 split.

[*] You have Quicken Spell. If the spell you use is Booming Blade or Greenflame Blade, it's like having an extra smite attack as a bonus action.
[*] Hell, Metamagic in general just rules. How would you like to Twin Spell a Greater Invis or a Haste or even just a Protection from Evil and Good?
[*] The way the spells known mechanic works means that the Sorcerer can load up with a bunch of necessary low-level utility spells like Protection from Evil and Good, Aid, and Lesser Restoration.
[*] Between Protection from Evil and Good, Shield, Blur, Haste, Greater Invisibility, Aura of Protection, and armor proficiencies you have an incredible defense. Your defense can go even higher if you go Ancients.
[*] Between Extra Attack, Haste, Wrathful Smite, Greater Invis, Quicken Spell (which doesn't just need to be used for Hold Person), and regular smites you also have an incredible offense. Your offense can get even higher if you like if you go Devotion or Vengeance.
[*] Because you have a lot of blank floating spell slots due to how multiclass spell slots stack, you can recycle them into more metamagic points (awesome), into more smites (also awesome), or use them to do things like upcast Aid and Fly (mega-awesome).

Just try it out sometime. My Adventurer's League Sorceradin was a Devotion Paladin 6 / Sorcerer 9 until I stopped playing. I went full-offense with a Flametongue Greatsword, Great Weapon Master, Resilient: Constitution, and Fire Giant Gauntlets. A typical two-punch turn for me would be something like:

[*] Standard Action: Channel Divinity: Sacred Weapon, Bonus Action: Quickened Haste, run 60 feet and smack the BBEG with GWM for 4d6+12 damage.
[*] Chaff monsters try to swarm me, my AC is normally 23 with Haste up, a Shield spell makes it impossible for them to hit me on less than an 18. One attack gets through, but because I have a concentration bonus of +13, I don't even have to make checks until they do 30 or more damage on a single attack.
[*] I unload hell on the BBEG. Haste Attack + Quickened Booming Blade + Extra Action Attack. All with some GMW stank, along with some 2nd-level spell slot smite action thrown on because why not? All attacks hit, that's 16d6+5d8+68 damage. That's enough to drop almost any creature of CR15 or below.
[*] Resources expended so far: 4 metamagic points, a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-level spell slot.

Thank you for all the information.