Blur
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level illusion
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Wizard
Your body becomes blurred. For the duration, any creature has Disadvantage on attack rolls against you. An attacker is immune to this effect if it perceives you with Blindsight or Truesight.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level illusion
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Wizard
Your body becomes blurred, shifting and wavering to all who can see you. For the duration, any creature has disadvantage on attack rolls against you. An attacker is immune to this effect if it doesn't rely on sight, as with blindsight, or can see through illusions, as with truesight.
Blur 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Blur popularity
How popular is Blur? It is a commonly found spell in the game, but is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may be situational for many spellbooks.
- Top 50% of all 5e spells
- Bottom 50% picked level 2 Wizard spell
- Bottom 50% picked level 2 Sorcerer spell
- Bottom 50% of all level 2 spells
Spells similar to Blur
Invisibility 2nd-level illusion
An illusion that protects the caster by removing them from attackers' normal sight and thus reducing incoming attacks over a sustained period.
Players prefer Invisibility over Blur
Greater Invisibility 4th-level illusion
A stronger invisibility effect that likewise grants significant defensive benefit while allowing the caster to act without breaking the effect.
Players prefer Greater Invisibility over Blur
Mirror Image 2nd-level illusion
A second-level illusion that protects you by making you harder to hit for up to a minute, serving the same defensive niche as the target.
Players prefer Mirror Image over Blur
Blink 3rd-level transmutation
A short-duration self spell that improves survivability by shifting the caster between planes and making them harder to reliably hit.
Players prefer Blink over Blur
Elminster's Elusion 2nd-level abjuration
A self-only, short-duration protective effect at the same level that explicitly exists to make the caster harder to strike.
Players prefer Blur over Elminster's Elusion