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BattleCast Blog
Data-driven D&D 5e analysis from BattleCast: monster tournaments, class simulations, Monte Carlo tests, and encounter design findings.
Latest D&D 5e simulations
- D&D 5e Level 1 Encounters: Easy, Balanced, and Deadly Fights Tested - Tested D&D 5e level 1 encounters for the classic Fighter, Cleric, Rogue, and Wizard party, with easy, balanced, and deadly fight examples.
- Best D&D 5e class at level 1: tier list from 432K battles - BattleCast simulates 432,000 level 1 class battles to rank every D&D 5e class in solo and team fights, with Sorcerer on top.
- Goblins vs Kobolds in D&D 5e: who wins, and on which map? - Goblins vs kobolds, tested across equal-XP teams and three maps with 81,000 D&D 5e simulations. See who wins and why.
- The strongest CR 1 monster in the 2024 SRD, decided by 6.8 million simulated battles - Every land-or-air CR 1 creature in the 2024 SRD fights round-robin across 6.8M simulations. See the winner and cross table.