Cleric / WizardMulticlass Build Guide — D&D 5e

The cleric’s level-1 subclass is the most front-loaded package in 5e. One level delivers medium armour, shields, a full Divine Domain with bonus spells and a working feature, and access to Healing Word — the spell that ends death spirals. No other single-level dip hands a wizard that much survivability, and because both classes are full casters the total slot count barely dips at all.

From the cleric’s perspective this is a deliberate sacrifice: you give up everything the class builds toward — Channel Divinity at 2, Spirit Guardians at 5, the 8th-level damage upgrade, Divine Intervention at 10 — in exchange for the wizard’s spell list, which is broader than yours in every school except healing. The trade is worth it when your campaign needs a single character who can do everything: blast, control, heal and survive melee.

Pick your domain for its passive. Life doubles Healing Word’s output; Knowledge adds two proficiencies and two languages; Forge stacks +1 AC on top of your new armour. You will never use a domain’s 6th-level feature, so evaluate at level 1 only.

Ability priority: INT → CON → WIS (13) — Intelligence drives wizard spellcasting. Constitution holds concentration. Wisdom 13 is the multiclass gate — you will not cast Wisdom-save cleric spells, so 13 is enough.