Meteor Swarm

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Damage

Meteor Swarm is a Damage spell. Damage spells focus on dealing harm to enemies.

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 spell that rains apocalyptic fire across
multiple impact points

Meteor Swarm is a Multi Target spell. Multi Target spells have an area of effect or can explicitly target multiple allies or enemies.

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, scorching wide zones and crushing everything caught in its blazing fall.

2024 Rules
Level & School
9th-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
1 mile
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Sorcerer, Wizard

Blazing orbs of fire plummet to the ground at four different points you can see within range. Each creature in a 40-foot-radius Sphere centered on each of those points makes a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 20d6 Fire damage and 20d6 Bludgeoning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature in the area of more than one fiery Sphere is affected only once.

A nonmagical object that isn't being worn or carried also takes the damage if it's in the spell's area, and the object starts burning if it's flammable.

2014 Rules
Level & School
9th-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
1 mile
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
Sorcerer, Wizard

Blazing orbs of fire plummet to the ground at four different points you can see within range. Each creature in a 40-foot radius sphere centered on each point you choose must make a Dexterity saving throw. The sphere spreads around corners. A creature takes 20d6 fire damage and 20d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature in the area of more than one fiery burst is affected only once.

The spell damages objects in the area and ignites flammable objects that aren't being worn or carried.

Meteor Swarm 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Only the object interaction changed: in 2024, the spell explicitly damages nonmagical objects in the area, instead of objects generally. It also says flammable objects start burning rather than using the old “ignites” wording. Everything else works the same.

Spells similar to Meteor Swarm

  • Storm of Vengeance 9th-level conjuration

    Both are high-level, long-range spells that call down a massive, multi-target weather-like barrage over a wide area.

  • Blade of Disaster 9th-level conjuration

    This is another ninth-level spell that deals extreme multi-target damage and serves as a caster's big-finisher option like Meteor Swarm.

  • Sunburst 8th-level evocation

    An area-focused, high-level evocation that delivers broad, powerful radiant damage to many targets at once, matching the one-shot impact.

  • Delayed Blast Fireball 7th-level evocation

    A classic high-damage evocation fire effect that can be positioned and timed for maximum multi-target damage much like Meteor Swarm's devastating zones.

  • Fire Storm 7th-level evocation

    A mid-high level spell that creates multiple fiery zones and deals heavy fire damage across several areas, echoing Meteor Swarm's multi-point fire devastation.