Dimension Door vs Misty Step
Short-range bamf vs. long-range relocate.
Dimension Door
- Level
- 4
- School
- Conjuration
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 500 feet
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Concentration
- No
- Ritual
- No
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
You teleport to a location within range. You arrive at exactly the spot desired. It can be a place you can see, one you can visualize, or one you can describe by stating distance and direction, such as "200 feet straight downward" or "300 feet upward to the northwest at a 45-degree angle." You can also teleport one willing creature. The creature must be within 5 feet of you w
Full entry →Misty Step
- Level
- 2
- School
- Conjuration
- Casting Time
- Bonus Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Concentration
- No
- Ritual
- No
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Briefly surrounded by silvery mist, you teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see.
Full entry →Which one should you pick?
- Pick Dimension Door: Pick Misty Step (level 2) for the bonus-action 30-ft escape — keeps your action free.
- Pick Misty Step: Pick Dimension Door (level 4) when you need 500 ft or to carry an ally.
- Tiebreaker: Misty Step is the most-cast level-2 in 5e for a reason — the action economy is everything.