Thunder Cleric

Charisma-Based Melee Fighting (Single Attribute Dependency)

• The Benefit: Pact of the Blade lets you bind any melee weapon, making its attack and damage rolls scale off your Charisma modifier instead of Strength or Dexterity. [1]
• The Synergy: You can completely dump Strength and Dexterity (relying on the Tempest Cleric’s Heavy Armor proficiency for defense). This allows you to aggressively maximize Charisma, which scales both your weapon strikes and your Warlock spell DCs. [1, 2, 3]

2. Proc-on-Hit Thunder Strike Synergy [1]

• The Benefit: Tempest Clerics gain Divine Strike: Thunder at Level 8, adding thunder damage to weapon attacks once per turn.
• The Synergy: By utilizing Hexblade’s weapon proficiency and Charisma scaling, you can reliably hit enemies in melee to trigger this bonus thunder damage. Because it deals thunder damage, a standard melee swing will automatically trigger the Cleric’s Thunderbolt Strike, physically blasting the enemy backward 10 feet and stacking your Reverberation gear instantly.